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by Journey Jamison

Loose Ends and New Beginnings: Otis Gray & Eliana Saenz

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This week, we're tying up loose ends and starting new beginnings as we head into 2020. From all of us at The Moth, Happy New Year

Hosted by: Dan Kennedy

Storytellers: Eliana Saenz, Otis Gray

Stuck!

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In this hour, stories of being stuck. Stranded in Las Vegas, a desperate search for a pet sitter, a wreck on the Colorado River, and stage fright on the church pulpit. This hour is 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.

Alistair Bane reluctantly attends church as his friend's grandmother's "special guest"...

Jon Levin is penniless with a con man in Las Vegas.

Noriko Rosted must find a pet sitter for her beloved cat before her trip to Italy. 

Taylor Tower wonders if her dad is the "right" kind of parent. 

Live from Santa Barbara extras

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.

Monte Montepare

Monte Montepare is a mountain guide, comedian and storyteller who grew up in Breckenridge, Colorado. At the ripe age of 20 he and his best friend moved into his truck and drove to Alaska. For the better part of the last decade he lived in McCarthy, AK taking people on the adventures of a lifetime as one of the co-owners of Kennicott Wilderness Guides. Even though he’s based out of LA these days, the Wrangell Mountains will always feel like home. He's a three-time Moth StorySLAM Winner, a Moth GrandSLAM Champion and was recently Keynote Presenter at the 2018 Ouray Ice Climbing Festival.

Christina Igaraividez

Christina Igaraividez is a content creator who’s sole purpose in writing comedy is to have someone else to laugh with, because laughing at your jokes is sometimes frowned upon. She is the only child in her family, but as luck would have it, she is Latina, and hence was never spoiled. In the last five years she has lived in four major cities and was crazy enough to settle on Los Angeles as her current home.

Patty Schemel

Patty Schemel is an American drummer, songwriter and amateur comedian best known for her work with the platinum selling band, Hole. She is on the board of the Rock N' Roll Camp For Girls in California, a non-profit organization that teaches girls all over the world that it's okay to be loud. Her memoir Hit So Hard came out in October 2017 with DeCapo Books and is available now. She continues to perform, teach and tour, currently with the band Upset, and lives in Los Angeles with her wife and daughter.

Nowhere to Run

by Monte Montepare

Monte Montepare finds himself at an emotional crossroads in rural Alaska.

Music, Memories and My Abuela

by Christina Igaraividez

Christina Igaraividez connects to her grandmother through the violin.

If It Makes You Happy

by Patty Schemel

Drummer Patty Schemel finds herself on tour with millennials. 

Stuck! extras

In this hour, stories of being stuck. Stranded in Las Vegas, a desperate search for a pet sitter, a wreck on the Colorado River, and stage fright on the church pulpit. This hour is 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.

Alistair Bane reluctantly attends church as his friend's grandmother's "special guest"...

Jon Levin is penniless with a con man in Las Vegas.

Noriko Rosted must find a pet sitter for her beloved cat before her trip to Italy. 

Taylor Tower wonders if her dad is the "right" kind of parent. 

Alistair Bane

Alistair Bane is a citizen of the Eastern Shawnee Nation of Oklahoma and currently resides in Denver, Colorado. Besides being a storyteller he is also a visual artist. He makes dance regalia, quilts, and paints. In 2016 he was a resident artist for the Denver Art Museum’s Native American Arts Program. In his spare time he enjoys rehabilitating feral rez dogs, which is a much more relaxing hobby than it might sound like, as long as you don’t mind a tiny bit of growling.

Shawnees Never Quit

by Alistair Bane

Alistair Bane reluctantly attends church as his friend's grandmother's "special guest"...

Death in Vegas

by Jon Levin

Jon Levin is penniless with a con man in Las Vegas.

Noriko Rosted

Noriko Rosted was born and raised in Japan. She has a passion for healthy living, running, and engaging in multicultural communication where like-minded people from all over the world can meet and inspire each other through personal stories. She lives in Brooklyn with her Danish husband and two year-old cat. All three of them believe in Hygge - taking pleasure in simple things in life.

Spencer the Cat

by Noriko Rosted

Noriko Rosted must find a pet sitter for her beloved cat before her trip to Italy.

Taylor Tower

Taylor Tower is a storyteller and communications professional based in Montreal. Her work has appeared in Maisonneuve magazine, as well as on Public Radio Remix and CBC's WireTap with Jonathan Goldstein. You can read more and listen to her radio voice at taylorgtower.com.

Little Niagara

by Taylor Tower

Taylor Tower wonders if her dad is the "right" kind of parent. 

War, Barbie Dream House, Coco, and a Nekkid Man extras

Phil Caputo shares how a bullet wound helped him heal his soul; a little girl learns what love is all about after surviving a terrible car accident; a burnt-out corporate executive tries to shake her type A personality at art school; and a young man and and his father succumb to guilt at an animal shelter. The Moth's Senior Director Jenifer Hixson hosts this hour. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. 

Airdate: 1/7/20

MOTHerview with Storyteller Alistair Bane