Dispatches from The Moth
Added March 18, 2022The Moth Playlist: Fighting Back
The Moth Radio Hour
Added March 23, 2022Shocks and Surprises
--- 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 3/29/2022
In this hour, a woman gets a call in the middle of the night; a young boy discovers the truth about his idol; a girl does her best to prepare for a big moment; and a family camps out in hopes of seeing the Kennedy family. 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.
Teri Garr bonds with friends over justice and revenge.
Liel Leibowitz learns the identity of a real-life anti-hero from his childhood.
Nasrin Marzban gets ready to meet the Shah of Iran.
Micaela Murphy endures a family beach vacation.
The Moth Radio Extras
Added June 2, 2025Keep Calm and Carry On Extras
In this hour, challenges that reveal one's truest self. The insatiable needs of an electronic pet, being forced to face one's fears, and the dogged pursuit of one's dreams. 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.
8-year-old Sara Jonsson realizes her new toy is more responsibility than she bargained for.
Mike Maloch has to face his fears on the job.
Samira Sahebi has an unexpected visit to the ER.
Beth Bradley inches toward a breaking point near the end a 14k hike up a mountain in Colorado.
Shaun Leonardo pursues his dream of becoming a luchador.
The Moth Radio Hour
Added March 23, 2022Keep Calm and Carry On
--- 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 3/29/2022
In this hour, challenges that reveal one's truest self. The insatiable needs of an electronic pet, being forced to face one's fears, and the dogged pursuit of one's dreams. 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.
8-year-old Sara Jonsson realizes her new toy is more responsibility than she bargained for.
Mike Maloch has to face his fears on the job.
Samira Sahebi has an unexpected visit to the ER.
Beth Bradley inches toward a breaking point near the end of a 14k hike up a mountain in Colorado.
Shaun Leonardo pursues his dream of becoming a luchador.
Moth Storytellers
Sara Jonnson
Moth Stories
Recorded April 1, 2013The Death of Nano-Puppy
by Sara Jonnson
8-year-old Sara Jonsson realizes her new toy is more responsibility than she bargained for.
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Moth Storytellers
Mike Maloch
Moth Stories
Recorded October 2, 2017High Above Ground
by Mike Maloch
Mike Maloch has to face his fears on the job.
Moth Stories
Recorded September 29, 2019The Hardest Climb
by Beth Bradley
Beth Bradley inches toward a breaking point near the end of a 14k hike up a mountain in Colorado.
Moth Storytellers
Shaun Leonardo
SHAUN LEONARDO is a Brooklyn-based artist from Queens, New York City, recently profiled in the New York Times and CNN. His work has been featured at The Guggenheim Museum, the High Line, New Museum, MASS MoCA and The Bronx Museum, with his first major public art commission now on view at FDR Four Freedoms State Park. For his early performances, Leonardo investigated the popular icons and role models that impacted his sense of manhood. He strived to transform his body and psyche into that of the hypermasculine figures he was fascinated with as a child—exploring wrestling, mixed martial arts, boxing, and bullfighting. Shaun now has a much gentler arts practice, working and living in Brooklyn with his wife and two daughters.
Moth Stories
Recorded October 14, 2021El Conquistador
Shaun Leonardo pursues his dream of becoming a luchador.
Moth Storytellers
Lyralen Kaye
LYRALEN KAYE, SAG-AFTRA, AEA, (fae/they) is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, actor, and solo artist. Most recently they won the New England Film Star Award for their web series Assigned Female at Birth (found on YouTube), which has also won Best Web and New Media at 10 film festivals worldwide from 2020 to the present. Prior to AFAB, Lyralen won the Best in Fringe in San Francisco for My Preferred Pronoun Is WE, a supposedly solo show about trying to emigrate to Canada. They have won the Boston StorySlam, the Amazon Poetry Slam Finals, the Stanley and Eleanor Lipkin Prize in Playwriting and the Meryl Streep Funded Writers Lab, all while trying to overturn the patriarchy and laughing at their own jokes.
Moth Stories
Recorded October 11, 2017My Mother, the Nun, and Me
by Lyralen Kaye
Lyralen Kaye comes to terms with their sexuality, while realizing that their mother might be in love with a nun.
Moth Storytellers
Phyllis Omido
Moth Stories
Recorded August 13, 2017Undaunted Planet
An activist works to try and stop a smelting plant from poisoning an entire community.
The Moth Radio Extras
Added June 2, 202525 Years of Stories: Finding Power Extras
This week, we feature two stories about power - who gets it, who wields it, and what it takes to find it. This episode is hosted by Jodi Powell.
Storytellers: Lyralen Kaye, Phyllis Omido
To find out more about Phyllis Omido’s work, check out her NGO The Center for Justice, Governance, and Environmental Action - centerforjgea.com
The Moth Podcast
25 Years of Stories: Finding Power
This week, we feature two stories about power - who gets it, who wields it, and what it takes to find it. This episode is hosted by Jodi Powell.
Storytellers: Lyralen Kaye, Phyllis Omido
To find out more about Phyllis Omido’s work, check out her NGO The Center for Justice, Governance, and Environmental Action - centerforjgea.com