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by Jessi Klein

Emily Matuzek

Emily Matuzek is an avid people watcher and collector of moments. She spends her days wrestling with juicy questions about organizational strategy in her career as a non-profit manager. Emily recently boomeranged back to Houston, Texas where she lives right down the street from her alma mater, Rice University, with her husband and 8-month-old daughter.

Reza Jalali

Reza Jalali is a writer, educator and a community activist who has taught at the Bangor Theological Seminary and the University of Southern Maine (USM) as an adjunct faculty. Jalali wrote the Foreword to New Mainers (Tilbury House Publishers, 2009), a book on immigrants? lives in Maine, and his children's book, Moon Watchers, received a Skipping Stones Honor Award for Multicultural Book. Jalali's short story collection, Homesick Mosque and Other Stories, was published in 2013. His play, The Poets and the Assassin, which is about women in Iran and Islam, was published in 2015. He coordinates the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs at USM and advises students at Bowdoin College.

My Lost Paradise

by Reza Jalali

Reza Jalali returns to an unfamiliar home that's been ravaged by war.

The Dry Run

by Emily Matuzek

Emily Matuzek gets ready to leave the nest, but not before she gets a few test runs in first.

Travel Tales: Reza Jalali & Emily Matuzek

In this second podcast episode featuring stories all about transformative travel, we'll hear from Reza Jalali and Emily Matuzek.

Reza Jalali returns to an unfamiliar home that's been ravaged by war.

Emily Matuzek gets ready to leave the nest, but not before she gets a few test runs in first.

Battle Of The Slams

This month, compete against 28 other cities to win the grand prize!

Squeaky Wheels

In this episode, we take a look into the people and things that flash into our lives, and the indelible mark they leave behind. Hosted by Jenifer Hixson, The Moth’s Senior Director. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

R. Eric Thomas pens a satire for his college paper with unintended consequences.

Annie Tan stokes the fire of her curiosity, but uncovers a dark moment in her family’s history.

Morley McBride comes across a stroke of luck when wandering the streets of New York City.

Warren Dahlin makes a friend who stays with him in life and in death.

R. Eric Thomas

R. Eric Thomas is an award-winning playwright and the host of The Moth in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. He is a Senior Staff Writer for ELLE.com, where he writes a daily humor column on politics and pop culture. In addition to ELLE.com and ELLE magazine, his writing has appeared in The New York Times, Man Repeller, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Magazine and more. His debut essay collection, Here For It, is forthcoming from Ballantine Books.

Annie Tan

Annie Tan is a special education teacher, activist, writer and storyteller based in Chinatown, New York City. Annie fights for her students, public education, teachers unions, tenants rights, and Asian American issues, all towards a better world. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Huffington Post, New Republic, and PBS' documentary series Asian Americans. Annie is currently working on a book about her family and Asian American history. You can follow Annie's work at annietan.com and @annietangent on Instagram or Twitter.

Warren Dahlin

A Sign, A Satire, and a Scandal

by R. Eric Thomas

R. Eric Thomas pens a satire for his college paper with unintended consequences.

Open My Eyes

by Warren Dahlin

Warren Dahlin makes a friend who stays with him in life and in death.

Remembering Vincent

by Annie Tan

Annie Tan stokes the fire of her curiosity, but uncovers a dark moment in her family’s history.

Small Wins or You Spin Me Right Round

by Morley McBride

Morley McBride comes across a stroke of luck when wandering the streets of New York City.

Larry Kerr

Larry Kerr served in the U.S. Army from 1964 to 1974. After graduation from Infantry Officer Candidate School, he served two tours in Vietnam, the first as an infantry platoon leader with the 101st Airborne Division, the second as an A-team leader with the 5th Special Forces Group. He also served in the Dominican Republic, Germany, and at several U.S. posts. In 2004, Kerr retired from a twenty-five year career in the U.S. Department of State as a Senior Foreign Service Officer. His last State Department assign-ment was with the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., where he was Associate Professor of National Security Strategy, lead-ing seminars in the history of the great empires, the history of military thought, and the national security process. Earlier assignments includ-ed diplomatic postings to Mexico, Singapore, Guatemala, Georgia, and Chile. Laurence and his wife Omie live on Bainbridge Island, a ferry ride from Seattle. He is the author of Captain Billy and the Lunatic, a book of poems largely drawing on the Vietnam experience. His current project is a history of the Mobile Strike Force Command in Vietnam.