An Awkward Anniversary

by Matteson Perry

Matteson Perry agrees to two resolutions after learning a lesson in love the hard way. 

SWOT For Love

by Rachel Lee

Rachel Lee puts her marketing skills to their toughest test yet.

Progress Not Perfection

On this week's episode, we ring in the new year. Stories about resolutions, change, and new perspectives.

Kemp Powers is convinced he will never be a good dad.

Matteson Perry agrees to two resolutions after learning a lesson in love the hard way.

Rachel Lee puts her marketing skills to their toughest test yet.

Liel Leibovitz

Liel Leibovitz has written some books, most of which are about the beautiful and desperate things people do when searching for redemption. He's a senior writer for Tablet Magazine, the world's finest Jewish publication, and occasionally contributes to The Wall Street Journal and other swell places. He also has a Ph.D. in video games, which would have made his seven-year-old self very happy. He's married, a father of two, and a religious fundamentalist when it comes to good coffee.

Real Men Don't Rob Banks

by Liel Leibovitz

Liel Leibowitz learns the identity of a real-life anti-hero from his childhood.

Wake Up Call

by Teri Garr

Teri Garr bonds with friends over justice and revenge.

Nasrin Marzban

Nasrin is a chemist by trade, and owns her own company. She currently splits her time between Northern California and Istanbul.

Reading a Poem for the Shah

by Nasrin Marzban

Nasrin Marzban gets ready to meet the Shah of Iran.

Eye Spy

by Michaela Murphy

Michaela Murphy endures a family beach vacation. 

Shocks and Surprises

--- 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 3/29/2022

In this hour, a woman gets a call in the middle of the night; a young boy discovers the truth about his idol; a girl does her best to prepare for a big moment; and a family camps out in hopes of seeing the Kennedy family. Hosted by The Moth’s Artistic Director, Catherine Burns. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

Teri Garr bonds with friends over justice and revenge.

Liel Leibowitz learns the identity of a real-life anti-hero from his childhood.

Nasrin Marzban gets ready to meet the Shah of Iran.

Micaela Murphy endures a family beach vacation. 

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Kevin Roose

Kevin Roose is a business columnist for The New York Times and a contributor to The New York Times Magazine. Previously, he was the Vice President of Editorial at Fusion Media Group, an executive producer and co-host of "Real Future," an original television series about technology and the future, and a columnist at New Yorkmagazine.

Roose is the author of the New York Times bestselling book Young Money, an intimate portrait of the lives of eight young Wall Street bankers after the financial crash of 2008. The book was optioned for a TV show by Fox Television Studios, and has been translated into several languages. His first book, The Unlikely Disciple, about the semester he spent undercover as a student at the ultra-conservative Liberty University, was published while he was still in college.

Roose has been named to Forbes' "30 Under 30" list of media leaders and Time's list of the 140 best Twitter feeds, and his work has been featured in The Best Business Writing, GQ, Esquire, Vanity Fair, and other publications. He has appeared on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," CNN, NPR, MSNBC, CNBC, and many other outlets. He lives in Brooklyn.

Abraham Leno

Abraham has spent his whole career promoting health, dignity and joy in the world’s most difficult places — starting in Guinea, where he and his family were refugees themselves for eleven years. As a humanitarian leader, Abraham has led relief and development efforts in Liberia, South Sudan, Darfur, Ethiopia, Balochistan in Pakistan, and now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In DRC, Abraham is executive director of Eastern Congo Initiative and co-creator of the revolutionary Asili business model.

Abraham is grateful to have lived beyond survival, and now has a family and a home of his own and other people who look up to him. His relief and development work are inspired by memories of the kindness and the generosity of many others. He travels widely throughout the DRC and United States, but he is based in ECI’s headquarters in Bukavu.

Going the Liberty Way

by Kevin Roose

Kevin Roose goes undercover at a Evangelical Christian university.

The Tourist and the Refugee

by Abraham Leno

Abraham Leno's dream of college is threatened when war breaks out in his country. 

Camouflage: Stories of Hidden Selves

In this hour, four stories about secret identities and true selves. A secular man immerses himself in a Christian world; a young woman pledges herself to a humble life of joy; a father writes in his son’s voice; and a young man from Sierra Leone is enlisted to serve in war. Hosted by The Moth’s Executive Producer, Sarah Austin Jenness. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. 

Kevin Roose goes undercover at a Evangelical Christian university.

Sister Carolyn Martin commits herself to a love greater than any other.

Boris Timanovsky has a transatlantic pen pal adventure.

Abraham Leno's dream of college is threatened when war breaks out in his country. 

Witz End

by Tere Figueras Negrete

Tere Negrete is a young reporter eager to impress her boss.