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Moth Stories
Recorded August 20, 2019
My Summer of Growing Up

by Katya Duft

Katya Duft goes camping for her 15th birthday.

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Moth Stories
Recorded September 4, 2019
Double Whammy

by Aditya Dakshinamourtay

Aditya Dakshinamourtay learns a lesson about negotiating.

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Moth Stories
Recorded February 20, 2020
Kitchen Magic

by Brenda Williams

Brenda Williams finds meaning in a set of pots and pans.

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Moth Stories
Recorded August 16, 2019
The Beautiful Life of a Plain Chestnut Horse

by Alistair Bane

Alistair Bane finds a kindred spirit in his horse, Bo. 

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Moth Stories
Recorded January 28, 2020
But I Just Might

by Kathi Kinnear Hill

Kathi Kinnear Hill has hard conversations on the campaign trail.

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Moth Stories
Recorded October 8, 2016
Starstruck in Produce

by Jason Schommer

Jason Schommer has a chance encounter in a grocery story.

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Moth Storytellers
Samira Sahebi

Samira is a writer and performer based in Portland, Oregon. She is a winner of the Moth GrandSlam championship and has appeared on RISK! and Pickathon.

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Moth Storytellers
Lizzie Peabody

Lizzie lives in Washington, D.C., where she has the incredibly cool job of producing and hosting the Smithsonian's podcast, "Sidedoor." She still has a sweet tooth, but she has not eaten a gumball since that day in 2015, and probably never will again.

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Moth Stories
Recorded April 16, 2018
Great Balls of Sugar

by Lizzie Peabody

Lizzie Peabody risks it all for the ultimate forbidden fruit: a gumball. 

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Moth Stories
Recorded January 20, 2015
Collide

by Samira Sahebi

Samira Sahebi has an unexpected visit to the ER. 

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The Moth Radio Extras
Added June 7, 2025
Shame On You: Lizzie Peabody & Samira Sahebi Extras

This week, we're talking about one of the most powerful feelings in the world: shame; maybe it starts as a pit in your stomach when you put your foot in your mouth or washes over you like a wave when someone points out something you hoped they wouldn’t notice. Our storytellers this week show us that the only way to beat back the shame dragon is to talk about it.

Hosted by: Michelle Jalowski

Storytellers: Lizzie Peabody, Samira Sahebi

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The Moth Podcast
Shame On You: Lizzie Peabody & Samira Sahebi

This week, we're talking about one of the most powerful feelings in the world: shame; maybe it starts as a pit in your stomach when you put your foot in your mouth or washes over you like a wave when someone points out something you hoped they wouldn’t notice. Our storytellers this week show us that the only way to beat back the shame dragon is to talk about it.

Hosted by: Michelle Jalowski

Storytellers: Lizzie Peabody, Samira Sahebi

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The Moth Sponsors
Added June 7, 2025
The Moth

by Bridgett Davis

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Dispatches from The Moth
Added April 9, 2021
Moth Playlist: Make It Rain!

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The Moth Radio Extras
Added June 7, 2025
PTSD, Lost Art, and The Berlin Wall

 --- This episode is available on your local radio station, on PRX and via The Moth Player. It will be published on  iTunes | Spotify | RadioPublic | RSS on 4/20/2021 ---

The victim of a random stabbing struggles to reestablish his life while suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, author Nathan Englander describes coming of age at 19 while traveling through Europe to witness the fall of The Berlin Wall, and an artist and documentary film maker loses three years of work in an instant and finds it hard to continue. Hosted by The Moth’s Artistic Director, Catherine Burns. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

Ed Gavagan is nearly stabbed to death by a gang, then loses his job and his home while working through PTSD.
Nathan Englander is still a teenager when he heads to Europe hoping to witness the fall of Communism in East Berlin.
Ellie Lee suffers an enormous setback in the making of her documentary but gets inspired, years later, to try again. 


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Dispatches from The Moth
Added April 13, 2021
Storytelling School with The Moth: Storytelling Activity #36

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The Moth Sponsors
Added June 7, 2025
The Moth

by Jon Lehre

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The Moth Radio Extras
Added June 7, 2025
Right Here, Right Now: Julie Baker & Meg Lavery

This week, two stories about moments of reckoning.

This episode is hosted by Jon Goode. Recording support from Tiffany Goode.

Storytellers: Julie Baker, Meg Lavery

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Moth Storytellers
Harjeet Kapor

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Moth Storytellers
Hope Iyiewuare

Houston born and Nigerian-raised, Hope Iyiewaure now lives in Chicago. He just finished his final year of medical school. You can usually catch him cycling through the city on the hunt for the best Korean BBQ Chicago has to offer, or teaching himself new skills.

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