Don’t Violate My People

by Mmachi Dimoriaku

Mmachi Dimoriaku struggles with her given name.

Afros, Boxers, Handcuffs, and Guns

by Sharif El-Mekki

Sharif El-Mekki wants to follow in the footsteps of his Black Panther father.

A Brief Update About The Moth Podcast in 2018

Suzie Afridi

Dan Larsen

Dan Larsen was born on Martha’s Vineyard in 1950 to a family of commercial fisherman. At eight years old, Dan went out on his first swordfishing trip with his father, Louis. When he wasn’t out fishing, Dan grew up in Menemsha surrounded by his Norwegian immigrant family, his brother Louie, his sisters Kristine and Betsy and a multitude of colorful friends. Dan opened a fish market in 1987 and continues to run the shop with his son, Daniel. He has a wife, Marie, a daughter, Heidi, two other sons, Aaron and Sam, and six grandchildren.

Gabrielle Shea

Gabrielle is a wife and working mother of three beautiful girls. For more about Gabrielle, visit her website.

Jim Obergefell

Jim is on the Board of Advisors of the Mattachine Society of Washington, DC. This organization practices archive activism - scouring archives, collections, personal papers, legal documentation and more to document the anti-LGBTQ animus of the past in order to use it in the fight for equality in the present.

Olive Oil Eyes

by Suzie Afridi

Suzie Afridi is given an ultimatum: family or love.

The Lucky Larsens

by Dan Larsen

Dan Larsen comes to appreciate what it means to be lucky.

Hip Hop Love

by Gabrielle Shea

Gabrielle Shea finds love with the help of Common and Questlove from the Roots.

Love Wins

by Jim Obergefell

Jim Obergefell takes on a supreme fight to fulfill his husband’s last wish.

In The Name of Love

--- 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 2/15/2022

In this hour, we celebrate things we do in the name of love. A woman is asked to choose between her family and the man she loves; a fisherman comes to appreciate his roots; a love song becomes a love story; and a man battles the law to protect his husband’s legacy. Hosted by The Moth's Senior Director, Meg Bowles. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. 

Suzie Afridi is given an ultimatum: family or love.

Dan Larsen comes to appreciate what it means to be lucky.

Gabriel Shea finds love with the help of Common and Questlove from the Roots.

Jim Obergefell takes on a supreme fight to fulfill his husband’s last wish.

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A Tribute to Bokara

A tribute episode to Bokara Legendre. 

Paul Murray

Paul was born and raised in London. His passion is traveling the world with his better half, Fiona, sampling whatever the local cuisine has to offer.

Margie Morris

Margie Morris is a utility attorney who dreams of being a chef and cookbook author.  She also works with Philadelphia homeless families through the non-profit organization, HAP. 

Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan

Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan is an arts manager, fundraiser, writer and spoken word performer from India -- living in Dublin, Ireland -- and she was recently selected to participate in the Irish Writers Centre's XBorders: Accord programme. Chandrika says she spends her spare time playing tabletop games, reading fantasy fiction, and eating pasta.

Just One Sip

by Paul Murray

Paul Murray indulges in forbidden (and fermented) fruit in Italy.

The First Time

by Margie Morris

Margie Morris brings back gifts for her child's classmates - just not the ones she thought.

A Country Worth Queueing For

by Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan

Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan has a life dictated by her visa.