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 May 4, 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
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 4/5/2022
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 May 4, 2025Shocks and Surprises
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.
Dispatches from The Moth
Added March 31, 2022The Moth Playlist: April Fools
Moth Storytellers
Charlotte Mooney
Moth Storytellers
Rose Saia
| ROSE SAIA is a Boston-born Southie girl who has happily called Acton her home for over 20 years, where she raised a gaggle of children—biological, blended and foster—and now revels in time with her husband and black labrador retriever who she adores. She is an entrepreneur and marketing maven who began storytelling last year. She produces Fugitive Stories, a monthly series of “Moth-inspired True Stories Told Live” in Acton and Framingham that presents experienced tellers with first-time tellers alongside tellers from non-profit partners to raise awareness of their good deeds in the community. She is a published writer who has been an Op-Ed contributor to MetroWest newspapers as well as the New York Times. A former high tech CEO, she twice received the Mass High Tech Council’s annual award for Social Responsibility. |
Moth Storytellers
Manuelito Wheeler
Born and raised in the Navajo Nation, Manuelito Wheeler is currently the Director of the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, AZ. With many years in the museum field, he has developed a sense of how museums can be more effective as places of understanding and wonder. He has led his team of 8 in creating evocative projects which influence and preserve Navajo culture, including partnerships with major motion picture studios to dub popular movies into the Navajo language. Past projects include dubbing Star Wars IV A New Hope and Finding Nemo in Navajo. Currently, he is working with the National Archives in Washington DC to bring the Navajo Treaty of 1868 to the Navajo Nation Museum for the momentous 150th anniversary.
Moth Stories
Recorded August 27, 2019Paint it Black
by Rose Saia
Rose Saia feels understood by her new 4th-grade teacher.
Moth Stories
Recorded January 26, 2018Navajo Star Wars
Manuelito Wheeler wants to help preserve the Navajo language by dubbing Star Wars.
Moth Stories
Recorded April 17, 2014Searching for my Grandmother
by Ishmael Beah
Ishmael Beah is separated from his beloved grandmother during the war in Sierra Leone.
Moth Stories
Recorded July 14, 2019A Good Car
Charlotte Mooney helps a man wandering on the highway.
The Moth Radio Extras
Added May 4, 2025The Wisdom of Elders Extras
In this hour, stories of learning from our elders. A mechanic, a teacher, a patriarchy-busting grandmother, and Star Wars in translation. This hour is hosted by regular Moth host Angelica Lindsey-Ali. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.
Ishmael Beah is separated from his beloved grandmother during the war in Sierra Leone.
Rose Saia feels understood by her new 4th-grade teacher.
Charlotte Mooney helps a man wandering on the highway.
Manuelito Wheeler wants to help preserve the Navajo language by dubbing Star Wars.
The Moth Radio Hour
Added April 6, 2022The Wisdom of Elders
--- 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 4/12/2022
In this hour, stories of learning from our elders. A mechanic, a teacher, a patriarchy-busting grandmother, and Star Wars in translation. This hour is hosted by regular Moth host Angelica Lindsey-Ali. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.
Ishmael Beah is separated from his beloved grandmother during the war in Sierra Leone.
Rose Saia feels understood by her new 4th-grade teacher.
Charlotte Mooney helps a man wandering on the highway.
Manuelito Wheeler wants to help preserve the Navajo language by dubbing Star Wars.