Wigs, Wigouts, and Insurance - Jenny Allen

“ I feel like I’ve done something really bad, like robbed a bank, and now I'm trying to just kinda lose myself in the crowd by going incognito in my wig.”

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Wigs, Wigouts, and Insurance

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A woman decides whether she's a wig person or a scarf person while undergoing chemotherapy, a magazine editor is confronted by rapper Foxy Brown, and a mother navigates the everyday after her son is gravely injured. Hosted by The Moth's Artistic Director, Catherine Burns.

Jenny Allen is diagnosed with cancer and is forced to make a decision when she starts chemotherapy.

Danyel Smith is confronted by a musician who didn't like an article she wrote for Vibe Magazine.

Stephanie Peirolo fights with an insurance company while her son is in a coma. 

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18:00
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

by Jenny Allen

A woman decides whether she's a wig person or a scarf person while undergoing chemotherapy.

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12:48
Foxy

by Danyel Smith

A magazine editor is confronted by rapper Foxy Brown.

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12:33
Walking With RJ

by Stephanie Peirolo

A mother navigates the everyday after her son is gravely injured.

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Extras From This Episode

Wigs, Wigouts, and Insurance extras

Danyel Smith

Read Danyel Smith’s 1998-1999 article about Foxy Brown from Vibe Magazine.

Stephanie Peirolo

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Stephanie and RJ at his 16th birthday.

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Stephanie with RJ.

Music Featured in this Episode

The Drift – Uncanny Valley – Memory Drawings
Ozzie Kotani & Daniel Ho – Paka Ua – ###em/em###
Foxy Brown – Sorry – Dance Hall 101 Vol. 2
Lawless Music – Coming Up Roses – Lawless Music
Lawless Music – Fly! – Lawless Music