The Little Pink General Lee

by Samuel James

Samuel James looks at an artifact from his past with new eyes. 

My Knight in Shining Sidecurls

by Frimet Goldberger

Frimet Goldberger ventures into the unexplored world of a Florida water park.

The Case of the Cussing Canoeist

by Michael Steinberg

Michael Steinberg gets an unexpected case in his new role as the director of the Michigan ACLU. 

Underpinning Extras

In this hour, stories of tradition, codes, regulations — and breaking them wide open. A foul-mouthed boater, a long-forgotten toy car, and a foray to Florida. This episode is hosted by Moth Senior Director Meg Bowles. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

Michael Steinberg gets an unexpected case in his new role as the director of the Michigan ACLU. 
Samuel James looks at an artifact from his past with new eyes. 
Frimet Goldberger ventures into the unexplored world of a Florida water park. 

Airdate: 12/28/2021

Underpinning

--- This episode is available on your local radio station, on PRX and below via The Moth Player. It will be published on iTunes | Spotify | RadioPublic | RSS on 1/4/2021

In this hour, stories of tradition, codes, regulations — and breaking them wide open. A foul-mouthed boater, a long-forgotten toy car, and a foray to Florida. This episode is hosted by Moth Senior Director Meg Bowles. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

Read the transcript here.

Michael Steinberg gets an unexpected case in his new role as the director of the Michigan ACLU. 
Samuel James looks at an artifact from his past with new eyes. 
Frimet Goldberger ventures into the unexplored world of a Florida water park. 

Jessica Ribera

Dean Rudoy

Just Wait a Whale

by Jessica Ribera

Jessica Ribera finally sees some whales... and tries to get her kids to see them as well.

Out of Print and Impossible to Find

by Dean Rudoy

Dean Rudoy magically finds the final book in his favorite author’s series.

Some Kind of Wonderful: Jessica Ribera and Dean Rudoy Extras

This week, two stories about searching and finding. This episode is hosted by Moth Producer Jodi Powell.

Storytellers: Jessica Ribera, Dean Rudoy

Some Kind of Wonderful: Jessica Ribera and Dean Rudoy

This week, two stories about searching and finding. This episode is hosted by Moth Producer Jodi Powell.

Storytellers: Jessica Ribera, Dean Rudoy

Where We Belong Extras

In this hour, stories about looking for home. A homeless child lives under a tree; a woman finds her birth mother; an activist fights against home foreclosures; a science project goes haywire; and finding peace at a silent retreat. Hosted by The Moth's Senior Producer, Jenifer Hixson. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

Vin Shambry goes to outdoor school and feels like a kid again.

Lauren Weedman meets her biological mother.

Michele Oberholtzer sets up a fund to help families fight home foreclosure.

Flora Diaz becomes attached to the subjects of a middle school science project.

Jon Jay Read get news from home while at a 30 Day silent retreat.

The Moth

by Bobby Stoddard

Moth Playlist: Winter Wonderland

Writing Amidst the Ruins

by Elif Shafak

Elif Shafak's self-imposed isolation draws her closer to her neighbors.

Feedlot Calves

by Jackie Andrews

16 and pregnant, Jackie Andrews must find a way out of financial hardship.

Julie Pryor

JULIE PRYOR grew up listening to Bruce Springsteen and planning her escape from New Jersey. After earning her master's degree in science journalism from Boston University, she spent a decade crisscrossing the planet producing documentaries for PBS, the History Channel, and National Geographic. She’s flown with Coasties on search and rescue missions, learned the secrets of making moonshine in Appalachia, and spent the night in Al Capone’s cell on Alcatraz Island. She now lives in Boston and works at MIT helping neuroscientists tell their stories to the world. The rest of the time you can find her in the woods hiking with her dog, her husband, and her son – all of whom are rabid Springsteen fans.

On the Road Again

by Julie Pryor

Julie Pryor is tasked with driving on the [infamously] dangerous Alaskan Haul Road.

Unexpected Grace

by Madeleine Berenson

A pregnant Madeleine Berenson endures harassment and discrimination from her employer.

Michael Fischer

MICHAEL FISCHER was released from state prison in 2015 and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree and two master’s degrees. He now helps edit a bimonthly magazine distributed to federal prisons and is a faculty member of the Odyssey Project, a free college credit program for income-eligible adults. Michael is an Illinois Humanities Envisioning Justice fellow, Luminarts Cultural Foundation fellow, Illinois Arts Council grantee, and a finalist for the PEN America Writing for Justice Fellowship. His nonfiction appears in the New York Times, Salon, The Sun, Lit Hub, and elsewhere.