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Amputation, Al Gore and Heroin
A hiker is pinned underneath a refrigerator-sized boulder deep in the wilderness and a speechwriter describes his most challenging assignment ("Make Al Gore funny"). Hosted by the founder of The Moth, George Dawes Green.
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Al Gore Is So Boring...
by Mark Katz
Speechwriter Mark Katz accidentally steals a popular joke and dreads confessing to Al Gore.
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Warren Macdonald
A hiker details his journey home through a trial by stone.
Warren MacDonald on one of his many hikes after his accident. Photo courtesy Warren Macdonald.
Mark Katz
Speechwriter Mark Katz accidentally steals a popular joke and dreads confessing to Al Gore.
Mark Katz gets a laugh from President Clinton. Photo courtesy Mark Katz.