The Universe of Impossible Things

In this hour, stories of doing the seemingly impossible; taking a risk for a chance at love, trusting a gut instinct, believing in a message from beyond and shooting (literally) for the stars. 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.

Daniel Heuman takes dating lessons from a romantic comedy.

Navreet Chawla is cornered into a phone booth during a walk home late at night.

Cathy Olkin must troubleshoot a problem more than 4 billion miles away.

Ashok Ramasubramanian worries over his fate and a repeating cycle of life.

Daniel Heuman

Americans think Daniel Heuman is British. Brits think Daniel is American. But everyone agrees that he eats a lot of bagels. When he’s not swing dancing or drinking Scotch, he’s the founder of Intelligent Editing, a startup that produces proofreading software that locates consistency mistakes.

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Navreet Chawla

Navreet Chawla is a practising pharmacist and expert in complementary medicine, with over 17 years' experience. In her eclectic career, she has been a stand-up comedian and performed in improvisation shows in London. She is a trained clown and has clowned for patients with dementia in nursing homes. Navreet also writes about the history and culture of medicine and well-being and is fascinated by the doctor-patient relationship and its impact on therapeutic outcome s. In her blog she explores the schism between scientific biomedicine and complementary medicine and the use of language in health and illness.

Cathy Olkin

Cathy Olkin is a planetary scientist at Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Her main topic of research is the outer solar system, specifically planetary atmospheres and surfaces. As a Deputy Project Scientist for NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto, Cathy has been wonderfully busy soaking in all the new information about her favorite planet. After more than nine years and three billion miles, the New Horizons spacecraft made it to Pluto and took the first ever close-up pictures of Pluto and its moons.

Shall We Dance!

by Daniel Heuman

Daniel Heuman takes dating lessons from a romantic comedy.

It’s a Box

by Navreet Chawla

Navreet Chawla is cornered into a phone booth during a walk home late at night.

On Approach to Pluto

by Cathy Olkin

Cathy Olkin must troubleshoot a problem more than 4 billion miles away.

Things Will Be Okay

by Ashok Ramasubramanian

Ashok Ramasubramanian worries over his fate and a repeating cycle of life.

Steve Clark

Steve Clark is a writer, storyteller, and high school English teacher from Philadelphia, PA. He works at the best high school in Philly with the best kids in Philly, which makes him super happy. He is tall.

Megan McNally

Rocky Was A Tragic Hero, Right?

by Steve Clark

After 7 hours and 29 minutes, Steve Clark finishes in last place in the Philadelphia Marathon.

Forward Is A Pace

by Megan McNally

A woman commemorates a decision she made 18 years ago.

On Your Mark, Get Set, Go

Get your running shoes on, because in this episode we’re pounding the pavement. A man has his own personal “Rocky” moment, and a woman commemorates a decision she made 18 years ago. Stories by Steve Clark and Megan McNally. Hosted by Dan Kennedy.

The Vietnam War

In this special hour, three stories from the Vietnam War Era. A troop comes under attack deep in the Vietnamese jungle; a triage nurse does her best to save the lives of soldiers; and a young man tries to save his little brothers as Saigon falls. Hosted by The Moth’s Senior Director, Jenifer Hixson. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

Dave Dillard and his company are trekking through the Vietnamese jungle when they hear an unusual sound.

Edie Meeks comes to face the carnage of war.

Jason Trieu tries to save his family as the U.S. Army retreats and Saigon falls.

The Porch: A Gathering for CUNY Women

The Porch: A Gathering for CUNY Women is a day-long Moth storytelling workshop sponsored by the Kate Spade & Company Foundation. Join us in an inspiring space to share your own story with new friends and potential colleagues, while learning about how you can use stories in career and entrepreneurial spaces.

Dave Dillard

Dave Dillard was born and raised on a small farm near Williams, California in the Sacramento Valley. Joining the U.S. Army in 1966 at the age of 17, he volunteered for and became a U.S. Paratrooper. He served eight years, which included two combat tours in Vietnam with the airborne infantry. After his discharge in 1974 he went to college at Monterey Peninsula College and finished his BA at San Francisco State University at its school of theatre arts as a performing artist. He is a recording artist singer/songwriter and has taught music/ drama in the San Francisco Bay Area elementary schools. His passion will always be the veteran. For over 25 years Dave has been a veterans’ advocate helping those who served in combat process their claims. He is the father of six and now lives with his wife, Susie, on a small ranch near Livingston, Texas, north of Houston. His main project today is establishing the “Home Town Release Foundation,” making sure we don’t forget our men and women serving in combat zones today.

Edie Meeks

Edie Meeks was born in Minneapolis and graduated from St. Mary’s School of Nursing in Rochester, Minnesota—beginning a nursing career that spans over 50 years. She joined the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) in early 1968 and was sent to Vietnam just a few months later. There, Edie worked in the Intensive Care Units of the 3rd Field Hospital in Saigon and the 71st Evac Hospital in Pleiku as one of 10,0000 women who served in the Vietnam War. In 1970, she left the ANC and began her work in the operating room, which she continues to this day in the Northern Westchester Hospital of Mt. Kisco, New York. Edie has served on the Board of Directors of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial Foundation, and currently sits on the Board of Directors of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor and on Congressman Sean Mallony’s Veterans’ advisory board.

Jason Trieu

Jason Trieu was born February 24, 1961, in central Vietnam as the oldest of three boys, and graduated from high school in the U.S. in 1978. After working for a few years, he went on to earn his BS degrees in Speech Communication and Computer Science and has worked in IT/Software engineering ever since. Jason currently lives in Camas, Washington with his wife, Jaclyn, and two daughters, Tionni and Lena, and works as a Software Engineer Principal for XPO Logistics. In his spare time, Jason enjoys art, traveling with his family, skiing, playing tennis and ping pong, and being in the outdoors.