Moth Stories
Recorded February 15, 2013No Matter What
by Mark Lukach
A surfer contends with his wife’s deep depression.
Moth Storytellers
Scott Holzknecht
Scott Holzknecht is a storyteller and teacher of theology at Trinity High School in Louisville, Kentucky.
Moth Stories
Recorded February 1, 2013The Lost and Found
A man travels to Africa to find a higher purpose.
Moth Storytellers
Cole Kazdin
Cole Kazdin is an Emmy award winning television producer, writer and performer living in Los Angeles. She was recently featured in the New York Times column "Modern Love." Her book What's Eating Us: Women, Food, and the Epidemic of Body Anxiety is out now.
Moth Stories
Recorded January 28, 2013Memorial Under the Sea
by Cole Kazdin
A woman plans a sing-along funeral finale.
Moth Storytellers
David Harris-Gershon
David Harris-Gershon is a blogger for Tikkun magazine, a freelance writer on Israeli and American politics, and a Jewish day school teacher in Pittsburgh. His "controversial" memoir What Do You Buy the Children of the Terrorist Who Tried to Kill Your Wife? will be published on September 10.
Moth Stories
Recorded January 17, 2013Adult Chat Room Adventures
A man comes up with a creative way to win votes.
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Dana Stallard
Dana Stallard is a social worker at a transfer high school on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. She is involved with Also Known As, a nonprofit organization that offers social, educational, and community-building programs & activities for international adoptees. She is a Moth Community Program graduate.
Moth Stories
Recorded January 17, 2013Lost and Found Daughter
An adoptee fears rejection by her birth family in Korea.
Moth Storytellers
Earlyne Alexander
Earlyne Alexander works at the Aviation Department at the Port Authority of NY & NJ. Earlyne met The Moth through the 9/11 Tribute Center.
Moth Stories
Recorded January 7, 2013The Cup of Coffee
A daughter tries to surprise her mom at the World Trade Center one September morning.
Moth Stories
Recorded January 9, 2013Boom-Boom Waits for Nobody
by Tara Clancy
A woman is reunited with a high school crush.
Moth Storytellers
Ophira Eisenberg
Ophira Eisenberg is a stand-up comedian and writer. She's the host of NPR's Ask Me Another and a frequent host of The Moth StorySLAMs in New York City.
Moth Storytellers
Trisha Coburn
Trisha Coburn has worked as an artist in Boston and New York, and has built an interior design practice. She is working on a collection of short stories based on her childhood experiences growing up in Alabama.
Moth Stories
Recorded December 12, 2012Miss Macy
A small town girl from Alabama attends charm school and gets ‘discovered’.
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John Lincoln
John Lincoln is an avid and rabid fan of The Moth, and lives in Charlotte, NC, with his "kids" – a Pitbull named Belle, and tom cat, Pooter. His life goal is to be "a silly little old man who people love to be around..." John's blog is called "Ponderable Postulations."
Moth Stories
Recorded December 13, 2012Good Guys & Good Ol' Boys
by John Lincoln
A teenage hotel clerk comes of age, at gunpoint.
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Sarah Bird
Sarah Bird is the author of eight novels and many screenplays. Sarah was recently voted Best Austin Author for the fourth time by the readers of the Austin Chronicle, and was inducted into the Texas Literary Hall of Fame.
Moth Stories
Recorded December 13, 2012From the Archives of the Heartbroken & Spiritually Bereft
by Sarah Bird
A Texas romance is thwarted by religion.