One Voice

by Kusum Thapa

Kusum Thapa decides to stand up for a girl who was a victim of sexual violence.

Ruth Adong

Ruth Adong is a new anchor and reporter for Touch FM — a radio station in Kampala. She keeps a blog called “Rabelah’s World” where she covers a variety of social justice issues.

Grandmother's Lesson

by Ruth Adong

Ruth discovers the truth behind her family's strict eating habits.

Monica Cheru-Mpambawashe

Monica Cheru-Mpambawashe is an assistant editor at The Herald — Zimbabwe’s largest daily newspaper. She’s also the author of two short stories — Chivi Sunsets and The Happy Clapper.

The Game Changer

by Monica Cheru-Mpambawashe

Monica sees that her parents' fridge is empty and realizes that she must take responsibility for their care.

Lebo Moletsane

Lebo Moletsane is a professor in Rural Education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Unsilenced

by Lebo Moletsane

Lebo Moletsane, a teacher in rural South Africa, speaks up in defense of one of her female students.

Isobel Connelly

Isobel Connelly is a senior at School of the Future. She is an aspiring artist and filmmaker currently working at Prinkshop, a socially conscious graphic company.

360 Beats Per Minute

by Isobel Connelly

Isobel Connelly discovers she has a heart condition at age six.

Aryana Rose

Aryana Rose spent most of her adult life in France and is now living in the United States. She works as a private assistant and in her time enjoys Free Style dancing, travelling, and deeply exploring her friends’ psyches.

I Can Die Now

by Aryana Rose

A woman falls in love with a man over a decade younger than her.

Carolyn Martin

Carolyn Martin has been a member of the Little Sisters of the Poor, an international congregation of Roman Catholic women, for 46 years. She’s also a registered nurse and serves as administrator at Sacred Heart Residence in Mobile, Alabama.

My Guy

by Carolyn Martin

Sister Carolyn Martin commits herself to a love greater than any other.

The Promise

by Matthew Dicks

Matthew Dicks tries to keep a promise to his high school sweetheart.

Live from NYC: Adoption, a Plane Crash and a Busload of Lutherans

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A special live edition of The Moth recorded at The Players Club in New York City. A professional who works with adoption services details the personal reason she was drawn to her work, a son desperately seeks a connection with his father after a near deadly plane crash, and a Lutheran minister visits The Middle East and combats her intense fear of heights. Hosted by Peter Aguero and The Moth Radio Hour Producer, Jay Allison. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

Maris Blechner A teacher describes her difficulties with pregnancy, the children she adopts, and her eventual work in the field of adoption.

Joshua Wolf Shenk After his father barely survives a plane crash a son finally makes the connection he’s longed for his whole life.

Nadia Bolz-Weber A Lutheran minister with a strong independent streak has to admit that she is terrified of heights during a bus trip.

Sewing, Singing, Suits, and Cemeteries

An adolescent boy leaves home and finds a peculiar new family, a fashion guru is forced to improvise, a Baptist finds himself at a gay bar and a young woman discovers the beauty in the hometown she’d left behind years before. 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.

London Calling – with Crossfire, and a Vampire

A tourist gets a scare in London’s Highgate Cemetery, a Nigerian man tells a bold truth on live television and Christina Lamb talks about her double life as a mother and a war correspondent.

Moth GrandSLAMs: Life and Death

In this episode of The Moth Radio Hour, GrandSLAM stories from around the country: a subway altercation, a child’s view on love and war, an awkward first-year teacher, a widow at The Grand Canyon, a sixth-grade clown and the loved ones left behind after a tragedy.

Three Chefs and a Meal

A special hour all about food. Stories from the farm and the table; complete with celebrated chefs and presidential diners.

Zimbabwe, Camping, Goths and Grace

A goth teenager makes an unlikely friend, social upheaval in the early days of Zimbabwe, a whiney kid on an camping trip and clergy at the scene of a crime.