Moth Stories
Recorded February 18, 2010Stumped
by Peter Hyman
A man fulfills his fatherly duty a year late.
by Peter Hyman
A man fulfills his fatherly duty a year late.
by Dan Kennedy
A CSW helps a young slacker get on track, and gives him the tools, and a reason, to cry.
by Kat Burdick
A precocious middle schooler learns the danger of trusting others.
by Al Letson
Haunted with guilt, a father admits he was not quite ready for a second child.
Daisy Rosario is a journalist, comedian, and storyteller. She's proud to be a Brooklyn native and Moth StorySLAM assistant producer. She longs to be the quasi-love child of Manny Pacquiao, Theodore Roosevelt, and Carl Sagan. What do you do with that?
A young woman meets her brother for the first time at their father's funeral.
Chris Tombline is an undertaker from New York. He's a husband, the father of four little girls, and in his spare time, an amateur boxer.
An undertaker deals with a problematic client.
Craig Chester is an actor, writer and director. His memoir, Why the Long Face? The Adventures of a Truly Independent Actor, was published by St. Martin's Press. He divides his time between New York and Los Angeles and writes for television.
An artist reluctantly acknowledges that he is haunted.
A little boy visits his Lieutenant father at the police station.
Walter Pavlo founded Etika, LLC to promote ethical behavior in business.
by Walter Pavlo
Walter Pavlo is an MCI manager who learns that crime does not pay.
by Peter Aguero
A mom gets everything she wants for Christmas.
Kyp Malone is a singer and guitarist for the band TV On The Radio. The group has released several EPs and albums including Return to Cookie Mountain, Dear Science, and Nine Types of Light.
by Kyp Malone
A father's visit to his daughter's kindergarten classroom brings back memories of his own childhood.
James Foster is a regular storyteller at The Moth StorySLAMs in Detroit.
by James Foster
A Detroit native learns the danger of trusting others.
Irene Pepperberg, an Adjunct Associate Professor at Brandeis University and Research Associate and Lecturer at Harvard, studies cognition and communication in Grey parrots. Her book, Alex and Me, a New York Times bestseller, describes life with her most famous subject.