Marjorie Tahbone is Iñupiaq and Kiowa from Nome Alaska. She is currently working on her masters degree in Indigenous Studies with a focus on traditional Inuit Kakiñiit (tattoos) and ceremony. She also practices traditional Iñupiaq kakiñiit. Kunaq and her aippaq Dewey have a beautiful panik named Telele Iŋmaġana. Kunaq loves to sew and bead to create art that represents her Iñupiaq culture.
Marjorie Kunaq Tahbone reconnects to her culture and her ancestors.
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This week, Marjorie Kunaq Tahbone tells us about reconnecting to her culture and her ancestors
Hosted by: Dan Kennedy
Storytellers: Marjorie Kunaq Tahbone
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This week, Marjorie Kunaq Tahbone tells us about reconnecting to her culture and her ancestors
Hosted by: Dan Kennedy
Storytellers: Marjorie Kunaq Tahbone
Talaya Moore is a recent college grad with a B.A in communications and event planning. She is a plus-size model and brand ambassador for numerous online shops. Talaya is also a YouTube Personality creating content ranging from hair tutorials, storytimes, vlogs and more. Her future goal is to pursue a career in acting and producing.
Nikesh Shukla is the author of three novels. His latest, "The One Who Wrote Destiny" comes out in Spring 2018. His debut novel, "Coconut Unlimited," was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2010. His second novel "Meatspace" was released to critical acclaim in 2014. Nikesh has written for The Guardian, Observer, Independent, Esquire, Buzzfeed, Vice and BBC2, LitHub, Guernica and BBC Radio 4. Nikeshis also the editor the bestselling essay collection, "The Good Immigrant," which won the reader's choice at the Books Are My Bag Awards. Nikesh was one of Foreign Policy magazine's 100 Global Thinkers and The Bookseller's 100 most influential people in publishing in 2016 and in 2017. He is the co-founder of the literary journal,The Good Journal and The Good Literary Agency.
Andrew Solmssen was born in Brazil to peripatetic parents, and grew up in Washington DC as a precocious smart-aleck. He now resides in Los Angeles, where he spends his days making computers work and walking up hills and his nights hearing and telling stories, jokes, fun-em-ups, and other japes. He has already noticed what cell phone you carry.
Caitlin Fitzgerald is an actress, director, and writer. As an actress her theater credits include: Hedda in Hedda Gabler (Private Theater Company), Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Santa Cruz), and The Optimist (Abingdon Theater). Her film credits include It’s Complicated, Newlyweds, Damsels in Distress, Manhattan Romance, Always Shine, The Show, A Little Something for Your Birthday, and the upcoming The Man who Killed Hitler and then Bigfoot. Her television credits include New Girl, Law and Order: SVU, How to Make it in America, Gossip Girl, Rectify, and the role of Libby Masters in Showtime’s acclaimed series Masters of Sex. She can be seen next year in the third season of Lifetime’s UnReal. Caitlin co-wrote and starred in the independent feature Like the Water. She has directed two short films, The Girl with the Jacket, and Mrs. Drake, which is currently touring festivals. She is a proud member of The Actors Center and well as the Barefoot Theater Company.
Bridgett Davis is the author of the memoir, The World According To Fannie Davis: My Mother’s Life In The Detroit Numbers, a New York Times Editors’ Choice. She is also the author of two novels, Into the Go-Slow and Shifting Through Neutral, shortlisted for the Hurston/Wright Award. She is writer/director of the award-winning feature film Naked Acts, and a creative writing professor at Baruch College, (City University of New York). Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, The LA Times, The Washington Post, Real Simple and O, The Oprah Magazine. A graduate of Spelman College and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, she lives in Brooklyn with her family. Visit her website at bridgettdavis.com.
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In this hour, stories of things past shaping the here and now; the smell and taste of home, whirlwind romance, and finding comfort and kinship in the most dire of circumstances. This hour is hosted by Moth Senior Director Meg Bowles. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.
Talaya Moore, a homeless child, takes solace in her most valued possession - her dolls.
Nikesh Shukla finds a frozen moment in time after the death of his mother.
Self-professed nerd Andrew Solmssen meets his match.
Caitlin FitzGerald discovers her new home has a terrible past.
Luke Rodehorst has written one haiku for each of the past 1,639 days (and counting). When he’s not thinking about poetry, he helps nonprofits tell more compelling stories (but often approaches this in stanzas too.) He is honored to share the stage with these fellow storytellers.
Katiana and her mother struggle with a language barrier.
When Luke's relationship crumbles, he looks for closure in a unique way.
This week, stories of learning to co-exist.
Hosted by: Dan Kennedy
Storytellers: Luke Rodehorst & Katiana Ciceron
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A special live edition of The Moth brought to you from the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara, California. An encounter in the Alaskan wilderness, an intergenerational connection through music, and a rockstar who feels out of touch. This episode is hosted by Dame Wilburn, with additional hosting by Jay Allison. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Monte Montepare finds himself at an emotional crossroads in rural Alaska.
Christina Igaraividez connects to her grandmother through the violin.
Drummer Patty Schemel finds herself on tour with millennials.