Dispatches from The Moth
Added March 29, 2016The Moth Profiles: Paul Ruest
Dispatches from The Moth
Added March 29, 2016The Moth Remembers Christopher Hitchens
Dispatches from The Moth
Added March 29, 2016The New York Neo-Futurists to Honor The Moth on November 14th!
Dispatches from The Moth
Added March 29, 2016A Tribute to Wanda Bullard
The Moth Radio Hour
Added April 21, 2025B-52s, SNL and Prison Wine
A special live edition in New York City's Central Park. Comic Jessi Klein lands her childhood dream job writing for Saturday Night Live; a prisoner in Attica is caught making alcohol in his cell; and a woman rebounds with style from her husband’s infidelity
The Moth Radio Hour
Added April 21, 2025PTSD, Lost Art, and The Berlin Wall
--- 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 4/20/2021 ---
The victim of a random stabbing struggles to reestablish his life while suffering from post traumatic stress disorder; author Nathan Englander describes coming of age at 19 while traveling through Europe to witness the fall of The Berlin Wall; and an artist and documentary film maker loses three years of work in an instant and finds it hard to continue.
Ed Gavagan is nearly stabbed to death by a gang, then loses his job and his home while working through PTSD.
Nathan Englander is still a teenager when he heads to Europe hoping to witness the fall of Communism in East Berlin.
Ellie Lee suffers an enormous setback in the making of her documentary but gets inspired, years later, to try again.
The Moth Radio Hour
Added April 21, 2025Texas Hold ‘Em, Kin, and Cloistered Nuns
A professional gambler details a pivotal poker game at the televised Tournament of Champions, road rage lands a new mom in jail, a young woman is about to give birth just as her grandfather is dying, and a Holocaust survivor describes hiding with cloistered nuns as a little girl during World War 2. Hosted by The Moth’s Producing Director, Sarah Austin Jenness. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.
Annie Duke plays the most high-stakes poker game of her life, live on camera, in Las Vegas.
Stacy Keene learns that her grandfather is terminally ill just as she announces her first pregnancy.
Adam Fawer must bail his hot-headed wife out of jail after a traffic incident gets her arrested.
Flora Hogman survives the Holocaust but loses her identity while hidden in a convent with nuns.
The Moth Radio Hour
Added April 21, 2025Bible Salesmen, Ghosts and Strippers
A young woman in Southern California describes her unconventional upbringing with a very free-spirited mother; a door-to-door bible salesman, circa 1953, shares sales tactics; an actor from the golden age of Hollywood reaches out from beyond the grave; and a little boy gets through a hospital stay by pretending he’s a superhero.
The Moth Radio Hour
Added April 21, 2025Two Weddings and a Prison Break
Writer and bon vivant, Simon Doonan, sets out on a mission to fulfill a childhood desire; a secret finally catches up with a suburban housewife and mother; a college drop out finds himself in the unlikeliest of places and a young woman sets out to sabotage the wedding of the man she loves.
Moth Stories
Recorded February 17, 2011Whatever Doesn't Kill Me
by Ed Gavagan
A violent encounter causes a man's life to spiral out of control.
The Moth Radio Hour
Added April 21, 2025Stepchild, Big Brother and Mug Shot
Comic Tig Notaro details her complicated relationship with her step-father; a New York City cop on a bust discovers the value of a mug shot; and a teenager rebels after her brother is disowned. Hosted by The Moth’s Producing Director, Sarah Austin Jenness. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.
The Moth Radio Hour
Added April 21, 2025Deer Meat, Dance Moves and Motherhood
A young mother is obsessed with creating an absolutely perfect life for her children, Moth founder George Dawes Green details a bizarre interruption during a beloved poker game in Georgia, and a little boy’s dreamy childhood comes to a screeching halt on a North Carolina highway. 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.
Moth Stories
Recorded April 9, 2015My Innocent Murderer and Guilty Mugger
On her last night in Dublin working to exonerate wrongly-convicted criminals, Anne is the victim of an attempted mugging that challenges her conception of the police and legal systems.
Teachers
Opportunities include professional development, curriculum partnership, and a teacher's guide to go along with our book All These Wonders.
Students
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School Year Programming:
Are you a high school student? :
1) Story Lab In-Person is a free, out-of-school storytelling workshop series for students in NYC. High school students from all New York City meet to practice and perform Moth stories every weekend for 8 weeks. The program ends with a performance that may be open to friends, and family.
Click here to apply! The application closes on February 28rd at 11:59pm ET.
Dates:
- Mondays from 4:00 - 6:00pm ET - 3/10, 3/17, 3/24, 3/31, 4/7, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5
- Saturdays from 12:00-2:00pm ET - 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 4/5, 4/12, 4/26, 5/3, 5/10
2) Story Lab Virtual is a free, virtual, out-of-school storytelling workshop series. High school students from all over the country meet to practice and perform Moth stories weekly for 8 weeks. The program ends with a performance that may be open to friends, and family.
Click here to apply! The application closes on February 28rd at 11:59pm ET.
Dates
- Saturdays from 2:00-4:00pm ET - 3/22, 3/29, 4/5, 4/12, 4/26, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17
- Sundays from 12:00-2:00pm ET - 3/9, 3/16, 3/23, 3/30, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4
- Sundays from 2:00-4:00pm ET - 3/9, 3/16, 3/23, 3/30, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4
3) Storytelling for the College Essay (Virtual)
During this workshop you (10th-12th graders) will learn how to apply your Moth story to a personal statement for college applications. Instead of telling them about your work ethic, or study habits, or resilience, you can show them through your true, personal story. The workshop will take place April 5th from 12 to 3pm!
Click here to apply! The application closes on March 30th at 11:59pm ET.
4) Midwinter Break Story Lab Intensive
Midwinter Break Story Lab Intensive is a free, virtual, out-of-school storytelling workshop series that has both in-person and virtual options. High school students from all over the country meet to practice and perform Moth stories weekly for 1 week. The program ends with a performance that may be open to friends, and family.
Summer Programing:
Summer Moth Story lab is a free, out-of-school storytelling workshop series that has both in-person and virtual options. High school students from all over the country meet to practice and perform Moth stories weekly for 1 week. The program ends with a performance that may be open to friends, and family. This summer, Story Lab will run two different sessions. One from July 15th to July 19th and from July 22nd to July 26th there will be four schedules to choose from and they will ALL run from 1pm ET to 4pm ET.
The Moth Story Lab application is now Closed and will open again in May.
Get Involved
We’re inspired by your energy and passion for storytelling. We look forward to working with you more!