Take it Back

by Hillary Orsini

Hillary Boone and their mother scheme to save Vermont from hate.

An Unexpected Alliance

by Maria Hodermarska

Maria Hodermarska fights for services for her son.

Seeing Color

by Ed Mabaya

Ed Mabaya finds himself in danger while visiting his girlfriend.

Orange Ya Glad I Was Around?

by Brad Lawrence

Brad Lawrence and his sister work their mom's last nerve with their brawling.

Hearing Voices

--- 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 3/28/23 ---

In this hour: stories of the power of sound -- and the newness we find through listening, and trusting our ears. 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.

Stanley Alpert relies on his hearing when he is kidnapped.

Faith Ekienabor finds a brand new way to her college class.

T Dixon discovers the power of her own voice.

Anna Schuleit builds an unconventional instrument.

Stanley Alpert

Stanley Alpert is the author of The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival, which The New York Times called “Hilarious...harrowing…(and) one of the most exhilarating, improbable New York stories ever told.” Stan is currently an environmental and commercial litigator at Constantine Cannon in New York and has thrown himself into the new green business and green building phenomena changing the way America combines economy with environment. For more information, visit www.stanleyalpert.com.

Faith Ekienabor

Faith Ekienabor was born on the 3rd of May,1987 in Benin, Nigeria. She was the first blind person to study psychology in Nigeria. A strong advocate of the rehabilitation and integration of persons living with disabilities, she is also a passionate youth leader who gives inspiration and hope to the blind community. Faith works as a counselor in a domestic violence unit and currently lives and work in Lagos, Nigeria.

T. Dixon

Raised in the Deep South, T Dixon went on to medical school and then to the United States Army and is a combat veteran of the Iraq War. She has had a varied life working as everything from a tutor to a trash collector to a waitress in addition to her work in medicine and surgery. Currently, Dixon is focusing on her writing and public speaking and on applying her skills to help various nonprofit organizations, volunteering with Mission Continues, Wounded Warrior Project, Team RWB, Habitat for Humanity and Team Rubicon - most recently helping with Southern California wildfire cleanup. She enjoys a wide variety of activities from crossfit and obstacle course racing to theater shows and quilt making. Dixon and her faithful service dog, Pax, make their home in Los Angeles, CA.

Anna Schuleit

Anna Schuleit is a painter and installation artist whose large-scale installations revolve around the remembrance of public sites and modern ruins. She is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and the recipient of fellowships from the Banff Centre, the Blue Mountain Center, and the MacDowell Colony. Her work has been supported by numerous agencies and organizations, including the Animating Democracy Initiative of Americans for the Arts, the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, and the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities. She recently served as a public art consultant for “Arts for Transit” of the MTA in New York City. She is currently a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute and the recipient of 2006 MacArthur Fellowship.

The Birthday Party

by Stanley Alpert

Stanley Alpert relies on his hearing when he is kidnapped.

My Step, My Freedom

by Faith Ekienabor

Faith Ekienabor finds a brand new way to her college class.

Critical Crash

by T. Dixon

T Dixon discovers the power of her own voice.

The Magnificat

by Anna Schuleit

Anna Schuleit builds an unconventional instrument.

The MOTHerview with Storyteller Maria Hodermarska

Don’t Stop the Music

In this hour, Motown, hip hop, folk and pop. Stories of the indelible impact of music on both its creators and listeners. This hour is 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.

David Montgomery gets immersed in Spice World.

Cal Street describes her time as part of The Velvelettes.

Dawn Smith grows up in a cult that forbids music.

Jin Au-Yeung's lyricism connects him to Barack Obama.

David Montgomery

David Montgomery is a writer, comedian and storyteller based in Los Angeles. Trained in comedy by both a terrible childhood and the Upright Citizens Brigade, David has won multiple Moth Storyslams and been featured on Risk! with Kevin Allison, The Moth Mainstage and True Story. He is the author behind the storytelling blog RideshareStorytime.com, where he tells the tales of terrible passengers. He also hosts the podcast, 2 Gays, No Girls, At A Pizza Place, available on iTunes. His solo storytelling show How The Queen Found His Crown has had sold-out runs in Los Angeles and in Pittsburgh, where it picked up the award for Audience Choice at the Fringe Festival. Videos of some of his stories can be seen at Facebook.com/buymeahotdog. Potential titles for his work-in-progress memoir include War and Peace and How Am I Getting Away With This?, but he is certainly open to suggestions.

Caldin Street

Dawn Smith

Dawn Smith is a writer and producer residing in Boston, Massachusetts, by way of Los Angeles and Chicago.

Jin Au-yeung

Jin Au-Yeung was born and raised in Miami, Florida to immigrant parents from Hong Kong. He fell in love with Hip-hop culture as an adolescent and following a breakthrough performance on BET’s Freestyle Battle competition, he landed a high profile record deal at the age of 21. Since then, he has released several albums, as well as forayed into acting and other performance platforms, the latest being stand up comedy. After spending 4 years living in Hong Kong, he recently returned to the states to further explore and expand his repertoire as a performer the world has come to know as MC Jin.

Lawrence Wood

Lawrence Wood is an attorney, a Moth StorySLAM regular, and a Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago, where he teaches a seminar on poverty law. Lawrence has also won The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest a record-setting seven times.