Moth Stories
Recorded October 16, 2012Hayride to Hell
Amir Baghdadchi takes on a frightening new gig
Amir Baghdadchi takes on a frightening new gig
Two (not-so-scary) stories that could only have taken place in costume! It’s our Halloween Episode! This episode is hosted by Dame Wilburn.
Storytellers: Bruce McCulloch & Amir Baghdadchi
Airdate: 10/22/21
Two (not-so-scary) stories that could only have taken place in costume! It’s our Halloween Episode! This episode is hosted by Dame Wilburn.
Storytellers: Bruce McCulloch & Amir Baghdadchi
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A feminist searches for the perfect wedding dress, a playwright visits a prison in Malawi, a man spends a lifetime regretting a single moment, and a new mother struggles with her prosthetic arm.
A special Veterans' Day episode of The Moth. A Naval Aviator trains to land his plane on an aircraft carrier, a future marine rebels against her abusive father, an Iraqi man risks his life working as a translator for the armed forces. 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.
by Beth Bucher
Beth Bucher makes a hard decision to protect her health.
Jan Stapleman navigates the borders of her moral compass and her family.
Lin-Manuel Miranda is a Pulitzer Prize, Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning songwriter, actor and director. He is the creator and original star of Broadway’s Hamilton and In the Heights, and the recipient of the 2015 MacArthur Foundation Award and 2018 Kennedy Center Honors. Mr. Miranda, and The Miranda Family, are active supporters of initiatives that increase people of color’s representation throughout the arts and government, assure access to women’s reproductive health, and promote resilience in Puerto Rico. His 2021 film releases include: In The Heights, Vivo, tick, tick… BOOM! (Miranda’s film directorial debut), and Disney’s Encanto. He lives with his family in New York.
Quiara Alegría Hudes is the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Water By the Spoonful; author of memoir, My Broken Language; and screenwriter for In the Heights and Vivo. She wrote the script for the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical In the Heights along with other plays and musicals produced around the world. She is the co-founder of Latinx Casting Manifesto as well as Emancipated Stories, a platform where people behind bars can share one page of their life story with the world. A passionate wife and mom, Hudes now lives with her family in Washington Heights.
Washington Heights’ own, Led Black is a Dominican American writer, blogger, filmmaker, entrepreneur and social media strategist. Led is the founder of www.UptownCollective.com, a voice for Uptown Manhattan online. Led Black is the Social Media Manager for the Manhattan Times, the Bronx Free Press, the New York Latino Film Festival, and the West Harlem Development Corporation. He’s also working on Nutcracker Inc, a documentary on the infamous street cocktail, and a left-of-center film on the history of Washington Heights.
As a high school student, Lin-Manuel Miranda reveals more of himself than he realized while writing his first musical.