After twenty years of dealing with the IRS and the Department of Labor, coupled with the early childhood trauma of abruptly moving to Israel from Yonkers with his family at the age of 9 and then moving to Miami at 13, Josh Blau, a Manhattan CPA, has decided it's time to share his tales of woe with the world. He and his wife are raising five children, including 8-year old triplets, here in Manhattan. He's always under a lot of stress.
by Josh Blau
A father gets some unexpected news.
Peter Story is an actor and storyteller based in Los Angeles. He is a frequent Moth StorySLAMmer.
by Peter Story
A couple takes an online wedding contest very seriously.
Carlos Kotkin was born in Mexico City and grew up in San Diego, California, went to film school, and wrote a book called Please God Let It Be Herpes.
A college dropout finds himself in the unlikeliest of places.
James Fallon has made major scientific and medical breakthroughs in neuroscience. He was the first to show how to stimulate the mass production of stem cells in the adult brain. His recent imaging genetics research has discovered new genes for Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia. He was the first to present a comprehensive genetic, neuroanatomical and behavioral theory on the basis of psychopaths. Fallon is professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the University of California, Irvine.
by James Fallon
A world-renowned neuroscientist identifies patterns in the brains of psychopathic killers. This story was produced in collaboration with the World Science Festival.
by Kodi Azari
A surgeon details his involvement in one of the world's first-ever hand transplants. This story was produced in collaboration with the World Science Festival.
Roald Hoffmann was born in 1937 in Poland. He came to the U.S. in 1949 and has been at Cornell University for 47 years. He was awarded the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In chemistry he's taught people how to think about molecular orbitals. Hoffmann is also a writer, carving out his own land between poetry, philosophy, and science.
A renowned scientist remembers his family's struggle for survival during the Holocaust. This story was produced in collaboration with the World Science Festival.
Ishmael Beah, born in Sierra Leone, is the NYT bestselling author of A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier and Radiance of Tomorrow: a Novel. A UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Advocate for Children Affected by War, he is, among other titles, a member of the Human Rights Watch Children's Advisory Committee. He lives in Nouakchott, Mauritania with his wife and children.
by Ishmael Beah
A man from Sierra Leone describes his transformation from innocent child to cold-hearted soldier.
Bernard Jenkins is a graduate of the Phipps Opportunity Center and The Moth Community Program
A young man has to compete with his "brothers" during Christmas.
June Cross is a professor at Columbia Journalism School, a documentary filmmaker, and the author of the memoir Secret Daughter: A Mixed Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away.
by June Cross
A young woman is told to keep her heritage a secret...by her mother.
Mishka Shubaly is the author of the best-selling Kindle Singles Shipwrecked, The Long Run, Are You Lonesome Tonight? and Bachelor Number One. He is currently at work on a full-length memoir and another album of his original songs.
Richard Price is an author (Clockers), screenwriter (The Color of Money
A wrestling-obsessed grandmother has a nasty surprise for the contenders.