Borrowing the Car

by Mary Ann Ludwig

Mary Ann Ludwig’s teenagers decide to get up to some trouble with the family car

The Family Car: Mary Ann Ludwig and Melanie Kostrzewa

On this episode of the Moth podcast, we examine the relationship between cars and families. This episode is hosted by Kate Tellers.

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Storytellers:

Mary Ann Ludwig’s teenagers decide to get up to some trouble with the family car.

Melanie Kostrzewa redefines her relationship with her minivan.

The Family Car Extras

The Moth

by ​Anagha Mahajan

Moth Playlist: Dog Days of Summer

Employee Matching Gifts

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Occasional Magic Extras

Occasional Magic

--- 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 8/8/23 ---

In this hour, stories of moments of beauty, awe, and clarity uncovered amidst chaos and the quotidian. 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.

Chenjerai Kumanyika seeks protection through tradition and faith.

Edgar Oliver propagates monsters in his backyard.

Matt McArthur witnesses rare beauty during an Arctic dive.

Sofija Stefonovic gets her first taste of capitalism.

All The World's A Stage Extras

All The World's A Stage

--- 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 8/15/23 ---

In this hour, true stories of taking center stage from a magician, a musician, a member of the underground resistance in Chile and a soldier stationed in Iraq. This hour is hosted by The Moth's Senior Director, Jenifer Hixson. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

Notoriously quiet magician Teller (of Penn and Teller) discovers his love of magic.

Musician Gaelynn Lea describes life on the road with a disability.

Daniel Sperling attends Shabbat services while deployed in Iraq.

Carmen Aguirre is a member of the underground resistance in Chile during Pinochet's regime.

A Chat on the Stoop: Hasna Muhammad and In Deep Water

In this special episode, we examine the relationship between Swimming and the Black community. And we hear from one of our favorite podcasts, The Stoop. If you’d like to listen to more great stories from The Stoop, subscribe to it wherever you get your podcasts, or visit thestoop.org to learn more.

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This episode is hosted by Suzanne Rust and Leila Day.

Storyteller:

While out for a swim, Hasna Muhammad finds a kindred spirit.

Storytelling School with The Moth: Monthly Storytelling Activity: ​Lesson #59: In Their Own Words: The Moth Storytelling workshop experience

Dave Stratton

DAVE STRATTON has been a professional writer in the fields of advertising and corporate communications for a very, very long time. He is also a co-writer, along with Frank Haney and Carol Kimball, of the trailer park musical Lust 'n Rust, published by Samuel French. His comedy blog, Deadpan Inc., garnered a modest but loyal international following from 2008 to 2011 and continues to draw new fans today. He recently completed his first novel, Lifelike, and is currently collecting rejection letters from potential agents. Dave and his wife Ginnie enjoy world travel now that their delightful daughter Lia is a fully functional adult.

Carolina Ureña-Ruiz

Amber Wallin

Pedro Haro

Pedro Haro has a Master's degree in Public Health from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and is the Executive Director of a nonprofit in Honolulu. He was born in Mexico and grew in Lahaina, Maui, where attended the oldest high school west of the Rockies, Lahainaluna High. Pedro has worked his entire adult life bringing public health programs to life in Hawaii in a variety of issues, including for tobacco control, domestic violence, sexual assault, elder care, and lung disease. As a hobby, he’s a novice actor and singer, appearing on local stages and having credits on such projects as Disney’s Jungle Cruise, Netflix’ Triple Frontier, and as a co-star on Hawaii Five-O. He and his husband, Troy, have a terrier-mix dog named Minnie Pearl, who is infinitely spoiled.

Hawaii or Bust

by Pedro Haro

Pedro Haro goes on a harrowing journey, guided by his brother, and has a medical emergency.

“The A-B-C story”

by Nestor Gomez

Nestor Gomez finds a new way to engage a tough audience of kindergarteners. 

I think it's time to start screaming now

by Dave Stratton

While hiking with his 8-year-old daughter, Dave Stratton realizes he's in over his head.

There’s no crying in crafting

by Carolina Ureña-Ruiz

Carolina Ureña-Ruiz faces the horrifying prospect of a failing grade.