Shannon Cason has told stories all over the country with The Moth, Snap Judgment, and other popular storytelling platforms. He hosts three podcasts of his own - Homemade Stories, In Good Co. Detroit, and The Trouble. He is the chief educator for the Brutally Honest Storytelling workshop series. Shannon is originally from Detroit. Find him at shannoncason.com
Shannon Cason comes face to face with his gambling addiction.
Lydia Velez has been working as a registered nurse for 26 years. She's now the Nurse Manager of the Medical Surgical Unit at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York.
by Lydia Velez
An experienced nurse has to act fast to save a life.
Rickie Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for a crime he didn't commit. He was exonerated in 2008, after serving 25 years, thanks to The Innocence Project – an organization dedicated to freeing wrongfully convicted men and women, with help from DNA testing.
A prisoner is contacted by a girl who says she’s his daughter.
Charles Fatone is a constituent of SAGE, Service and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders. He is a Moth Community Program graduate.
A single man ventures into a gay bar in the Greenwich Village in the 1970s.
Kim Parati works in corporate development at a radio station and an Equity stage actor.
by Kim Parati
A woman discovers a family secret at age 21.
Ben Lillie is the co-founder and director of The Story Collider, where people are invited to tell stories of their personal experience with science. He is also a Moth StorySLAM Champion and contributing editor for TED.com.
A physicist rethinks his career path - and his medication.
Josh Broder worked as an actor and director for over twenty years. Now he makes his living as a writer and an executive coach. He is the co-author of two screenplays, one a romantic comedy based on his Bible Belt tour in a Passion Play, the other a biopic of a great American charlatan.
by Josh Broder
A character actor shares the backstory of a pivotal scene in a classic movie.
Alan Gordon has been a public defender with the New York City Legal Aid Society for nearly 30 years, a Kleban Prize-winning librettist and lyricist, and the author of eight mystery novels and many short stories.
by Alan Gordon
Alan Gordon is a public defender who has always longed for an Encyclopedia Brown moment.
Amy Brill is a writer and producer. Her debut novel is entitled The Movement of Stars.
by Amy Brill
A Brooklyn mom has to deviate from her birth plan.
Hector Black was an organic farmer who lived outside of Nashville, Tennessee. He served in the army during World War II and graduated from Harvard in 1949. He died in 2020, at home surrounded by friends and family. He was laid to rest next to his daughter Patricia and wife, Susie, in the family cemetery underneath dawn redwoods he planted many years ago.
by Hector Black
A man strives to grant forgiveness after a devastating loss.