Moth Stories
Recorded April 11, 2016There's A Thing...
Rachel Ogilvy is forced to make a huge decision in the face of a health scare.
The Moth Radio Hour
Added May 3, 2025Doctors, Judgments, Dictators
This episode is available on your local radio station, on PRX and below via The Moth Player. It will be published on iTunes | Spotify | RadioPublic | RSS on date of upload to podcast feed 8/10/21
In this hour, Doctors, Judgements and Dictators! Stories of Patriot Games both on and off the field, huge decisions in the face of life and death; from meetings with Colonels to dances with Hephzibah. Hosted by The Moth's Senior Producer, Meg Bowles. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.
Moth Storytellers
Annabelle Gurwitch
Annabelle Gurwitch is an actress and New York Times Bestselling author who makes her home in Los Angeles. You can read more about the Council and other families Annabelle has joined — accidentally or on purpose — in her new essay collection "Wherever You Go, There They Are: Stories about My Family You Might Relate To."
Moth Storytellers
Vin Shambry
Vin Shambry grew up in Portland and after getting a degree in musical theater, he performed on Broadway and in several national tours before moving back to the rose city. Locally, he has won a couple Drammy awards for his acting. In his day jobs, Vin works with youth as an acting coach, choreographer, and director. He is also a dedicated Blazer fan and a new dad.
Moth Storytellers
Lauren Weedman
Lauren Weedman is an award-winning comedic actress, playwright, and author. A former correspondent for “The Daily Show, " she has also appeared on all sorts of other respectable TV shows with titles like "HUNG," “Two Broke Girls" and was nominated for a Critic’s Choice Award for HBO’s “Looking.” She’s been in a variety of films and has created nine solo plays, including “Bust” for which she was awarded a Macdowell Fellowship for playwriting. She's also the author of two books: A Woman Trapped in a Woman’s Body and Miss Fortune; Fresh Perspectives on Having it All from Someone Who is Not Okay, which was on the LA Times Bestseller list for three weeks which means it sold 12 copies.
Moth Storytellers
Flora Diaz
The Moth Podcast
Apocalypse Now?: Om Choudhary & Annabelle Gurwitch
In this episode, apocalypse now? Om Choudhary learns that even in dire times it's still not the end of the world, and Annabelle Gurwitch tries to usher in a new era of change — the Age of Aquarius.
Moth Storytellers
Om Choudhary
Om Choudhary is a Computational Biologist and Bioinformatician, and received his Ph.D. from Joint University of Pittsburgh/Carnegie Mellon University. Along with his love for science, he carries a deep passion for Blues music, and can often be seen dancing at blues events all over the northeast.
Moth Storytellers
Michele Oberholtzer
Michele Oberholtzer is a housing advocate for United Community Housing Coalition, where she leads the tax foreclosure prevention project. The Tricycle Collective is still going strong as a volunteer-run non-profit, and in their three years of operation, they have raised and donated over $50,000 to help Detroit families with young children save or buy the houses they already live in. Michele is still a writer and storyteller and singer, more work can be found at oberdoit.com.
Moth Stories
Recorded April 19, 2016Love of a Little Brother
by Om Choudhary
Om Choudhary learns that even in dire times it's still not the end of the world.
Moth Stories
Recorded December 4, 2013Members of the Council
Annabelle Gurwitch tries to usher in a new era of change — the Age of Aquarius.
Moth Stories
Recorded June 2, 2015Outdoor Camp
by Vin Shambry
Vin Shambry goes to outdoor school and feels like a kid again.
The Moth Radio Hour
Added January 4, 2022Where We Belong
--- This episode is available on your local radio station, on PRX and below via The Moth Player. It will be published on iTunes | Spotify | RadioPublic | RSS on 1/11/2021
In this hour, stories about looking for home. A homeless child lives under a tree; a woman finds her birth mother; an activist fights against home foreclosures; a science project goes haywire; and finding peace at a silent retreat. Hosted by The Moth's Senior Producer, Jenifer Hixson. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.
Vin Shambry goes to outdoor school and feels like a kid again.
Lauren Weedman meets her biological mother.
Michele Oberholtzer sets up a fund to help families fight home foreclosure.
Flora Diaz becomes attached to the subjects of a middle school science project.
Jon Jay Read gets news from home while at a 30-day silent retreat.
Moth Stories
Recorded January 8, 2015Radicalization by Tricycle
Michelle Oberholtzer sets up a fund to help families fight home foreclosure.
Moth Stories
Recorded January 28, 2013Drosophila Melanogaster
by Flora Diaz
Flora Diaz becomes attached to the subjects of a middle school science project.
Moth Stories
Recorded April 16, 2015Frenchie’s Silent Retreat
by Jon Jay Read
Jon Jay Read get news from home while at a 30 Day silent retreat.
Moth Storytellers
Robert Sherer
Robert Sherer is a native Seattleite who recently returned after spending 15 years living mostly in New York, with a brief spell in Los Angeles, and a briefer spell backpacking. A soccer obsessive, he attended the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, has Sounders season tickets, and—though he’s not a very good player—captained a co-ed recreational soccer team in Brooklyn named Zidane’s Forehead. He loves ramen that’s not the instant kind, makes his own bagels, and used to have a blog about having lunch with his Grandma.
Moth Storytellers
Ann Jankie
Ann’s boarding school experience inspired her passion for youth development and she remains committed to working with children in underserved communities. She lives in Brooklyn, NY where she also works as a Charter School Program Manager.
Moth Stories
Recorded February 2, 2015What Are You Doing Over There?
Robert Sherer cares for his elderly grandmother, but can't escape her concerning eye.