Dina Adler is a writer, law school career counselor, and former assistant district attorney. She maintains a blog, www.getdinaadler.com and gets her inspiration and much of her story material from living with her husband, adorable son, gerbils, guinea pigs, and fish.
by Dina Adler
Dina has one true love: the New York Yankees.
This week, the title says it all: we have two stories about the mixed bag that is life.
Hosted by: Dan Kennedy
Storytellers: Meena Ziabari, Dina Adler
Arn Chorn-Pond is a musician, human rights activist, and peace advocate. He was born in Battambang province in Western Cambodia in the 1960s, and grew up in a family of artists. During the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s, free expression through music and arts was banned in Cambodia. 90% of the country’s artists were killed during the years of the regime, and overall around 2 million people died. Arn believes in the vital power of music and the arts to heal and to transform; in terms of individual people, communities, and whole countries. He has dedicated his adult life to this cause, founding the organization Cambodian Living Arts in 1998. Originally, Cambodian Living Arts worked to revive the country’s endangered traditional art forms and pass them on to the next generation. Twenty years later, they offer scholarships, fellowships, grants, exchanges and more - acting as a catalyst for creativity and innovation, and helping artists today to write the stories of Cambodia’s future.
Arn Chorn-Pond uses his musical gift to survive the Khmer Rouge.
Tricia Rose Burt attempts to break the strictures of her Southern upbringing.
After finally accepting his sexuality, Pádraig Ó'Tuama uses language to heal rather than harm.
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In this hour, stories of the digital space and its affect on the family connection IRL. From digital carts to hive minds and data collection - closing geographical and temporal distance between past and present. This hour is 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.
Meg Ferrill struggles with her fears of becoming a parent while shopping for sperm.
Anaïs Bordier makes a surprising connection via social media.
Trina Robinson, while researching online, discovers a shocking family history.
Meg Ferrill is an Oakland-based storyteller, comedian and writer. Meg was selected to perform at Upright Citizen’s Brigade Stand-Up Smackdown, Mortified, and Amateur Night at the Apollo. She is a five-time winner of The Moth’s StorySLAM and holds one GrandSLAM title. Meg has nabbed a mention in the New York Times, and even caught the attention of documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock who cast Meg in his Webby-nominated series Failure Club, a year-long online documentary featuring seven people pursuing lifelong dreams and conquering the fear of failure in the process.
Anaïs Bordier is a French designer. She was born in South Korea and grew up in Paris where she first graduated from ENSAAMA – Olivier de Serres with a degree in Textiles. She further developed her creative skills while studying at Central Saint Martins in London for four years earning a BA (hons) in Fashion Design. She went on to earn an MBA in luxury brand marketing and international management at Sup de Luxe in Paris in 2015. Anaïs has been nurtured at the crafting and making of leather goods since her early years, as her family owns the French luxury leather goods company Manufacture Jean Rousseau, where she has now been working for four years as a brand manager.
Trina Michelle Robinson is based in San Francisco and is interested in exploring memory through video, archival materials, and text. Her video essay The Call has been exhibited in New York at the 2018 Governors Island Art Fair and the Wassaic Project’s 2018 summer exhibition Change of State, and in the Bay Area at Root Division and Southern Exposure. Her work has also screened at the Blackstar Film Festival in Philadelphia, NewFilmmakers NY at Film Anthology Archives, Crested Butte Film Festival in Colorado, and the Museum of the Moving Image during the Queens World Film Festival. Her performance and written pieces have been included in the Museum of the African Diaspora’s I’ve known Rivers project, and New Jersey Dramatists Which Way to America at the Jersey City Museum and Puffin Cultural Forum. She has worked in print and digital media as a managing editor and in production at California Sunday Magazine, The New Republic, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Vanity Fair, and content team at Slack. She also worked as a drama and spoken word poetry teaching artist at Women’s Project and Productions in New York.
Matty Struski takes matters into his own hands.
Javier Morillo's life takes an unexpected turn when he becomes the leader of a union of janitors.
This week, we have two stories about the times when small actions make big waves. It’s not too late to register to vote!
Hosted by: Dame Wilburn
Storytellers: Matty Struski, Javier Morillo
Welcome to #TheMothLive in Santa Monica! We’re thrilled to be joining you from The Broad Stage. Tonight, we have five true stories on the theme: Close To Home.
We’ll be taking a short intermission between our third and fourth story. Our show tonight was directed by Sarah Austin Jenness and produced by Chloe Salmon. Stick around after the show for a Q&A with tonight’s director and storytellers!
by Meg Ferrill
Meg Ferrill struggles with her fears of becoming a parent while shopping for sperm.
Anaïs Bordier makes a surprising connection via social media.