A Collision in My World

by Les Strayhorn

Les Strayhorn heeds his father's advice.

Never to Forget

by Michael Mcnamee

District Fire Chief Michael McNamee confronts his worst fear.

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Teller

Teller has been the smaller, quieter half of Penn & Teller since 1975.  With Penn Jillette, he has played off and on Broadway, toured in North America and the UK, and is currently the longest-running headline act in Las Vegas. Penn & Teller have written and starred in their own Emmy-winning television series and specials, including eight seasons of the Emmy-nominated Showtime series Penn & Teller: Bullshit!; Penn & Teller Tell a Lie on Discovery; Penn & Teller’s Sin City Spectacular on FX; Behind the Scenes, a PBS children’s series on the arts; The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller a magic and comedy series on England’s Channel 4; and currently host the hit magic-variety series, Penn & Teller: Fool Us for The CW. Teller has written for The Atlantic Monthly, Smithsonian, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Esquire, GQ, The New Yorker and three books with Penn Jillette and two on his own. He’s also a frequent contributor to All Things Considered on NPR. Teller and Aaron Posner co-directed a version of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, conceived as a supernatural horror thriller that employed stage magic to represent the play’s uncanny hallucinations and manifestations. Teller also co-wrote and directed the Off-Broadway and Los Angeles productions of Play Dead, which received rave reviews from the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Wall Street Journal. On film, he directed the acclaimed documentary feature, Tim’s Vermeer, which was released in theaters by Sony Pictures Classics. The film, which was shortlisted for the Oscars and nominated for a BAFTA, follows the journey of Texas inventor Tim Jenison and his quest to solve the mystery behind the technique of 17th Century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer. Teller makes his home in Las Vegas where he is active in local organizations such as AFAN (Aid for AIDS Nevada) and Opportunity Village.

Gaelynn Lea

Gaelynn Lea won NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest in 2016, and she's been on the road ever since playing her unique mix of haunting original songs and traditional fiddle tunes. In addition to performing and recording, Gaelynn also does speaking engagements about disability, finding inner freedom, and the power of music. Gaelynn has a congenital disability called Osteogenesis Imperfecta, or Brittle Bones Disease. In recent years, she has used her music as a platform to advocate for people with disabilities and to promote positive social change.

Daniel Sperling

Daniel Sperling grew up in Queens, New York, surrounded by animals that his father, a biology professor, liked to bring home from his laboratory. After law school, he served as a JAG in the United States Army for six years. He left the army and moved to Minnesota in 2014, where he lives with his wife, Kristina, and their dog, Bowie. Daniel and Kristina are expecting their first baby, a girl, in December.

Carmen Aguirre

Carmen Aguirre is an award-winning theatre artist and author who has written and co-written twenty-five plays. Her first memoir, Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter, won CBC Canada Reads 2012 and is a #1 national bestseller. Her second memoir, Mexican Hooker #1 and My Other Roles Since the Revolution, was a finalist for the 2017 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize, is a Globe and Mail bestseller and a National Post and CBC best book of 2016. 

All The World's A Stage

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In this hour, true stories of taking center stage from a magician, a musician, a member of the underground resistance in Chile and a soldier stationed in Iraq. 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.

Notoriously quiet magician Teller (of Penn and Teller) discovers his love of magic.

Musician Gaelynn Lea describes life on the road with a disability.

Daniel Sperling attends Shabbat services while deployed in Iraq.

Carmen Aguirre is a member of the underground resistance in Chile during Pinochet's regime.

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Steve Anderson

Steve Anderson is the Director of Disability Resources at Hamline University in Saint Paul. He isalso a member of the Board of Directors for  Access Press and Upstream Arts.

Adam Ross

Adam Ross has been writing and telling fiction and nonfiction stories since he and his nerdy friends started ditching recess in the fourth grade to create plays and home movies. For the last two decades, Adam has worked for technology companies in various legal and business capacities, where he has mastered the art of cat-herding. Though he doesn’t enjoy long walks on the beach, Adam does enjoy being a part-time science nerd, political junkie, and gay rights rabble-rouser. You can follow Adam’s storytelling at adamross.me.

Since We’re Being Honest

by Adam Ross

Adam Ross comes out to his mother and receives a surprising truth in return.

And What Would You Like?

by Steve Anderson

Steve's happy hour outing with his coworkers turns into an awkward learning experience for the waitress.

Assumptions

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This week, we have two stories about assumptions, and you know what they say about assuming…

Hosted by: Dame Wilburn

Storytellers: Adam Ross, Steven Anderson

The Howdy Doody Magic Kit

by Teller

Notoriously quiet magician Teller (of Penn and Teller) discovers his love of magic. 

Accessibility is the New Punk Rock

by Gaelynn Lea

Musician Gaelynn Lea describes life on the road with a disability.

Shabbat in Iraq

by Daniel Sperling

Daniel Sperling attends Shabbat services while deployed in Iraq.

Gut Instincts

by Carmen Aguirre

Carmen Aguirre is a member of the underground resistance in Chile during Pinochet's regime.