Tina Zimmerman

Tina Zimmerman is a small-town clergy person in Manchester, Michigan and a chaplain at a retirement community. Before that, she was a stay-at-home mom and longtime volunteer Christian educator. 

Michelle Fecteau

The Triangle Shirtwaist Connection

by Michelle Fecteau

Michelle Fecteau is working at The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Museum when she meets an enthusiastic history buff on a pilgrimage with no place to stay.

Sam, Me and Oscar the Grouch

by Eddie Hejka

Eddie Hejka’s son Sammy is autistic and very determined to meet Oscar the Grouch.

Go in Peace

by Tina Zimmerman

Tina Zimmerman is on the cusp of empty-nest syndrome when an accident helps her decide that she wants to become a minister.

The Curse

by Dame Wilburn

Dame Wilburn is told that she is cursed and decides to try and lift the curse herself.

From the Other Side: Stories in Action

Jon Lovett

Jon Lovett has hung up his hat as a speechwriter, and he has gone into entertainment. He is a founder of Crooked Media and currently hosts the podcasts Pod Save America and Lovett or Leave It. He is also a co-creator of 1600 PENN and a producer of HBO’s The Newsroom. 

Not on the Usual Tour

by Jon Lovett

A presidential speechwriter doesn't agree with what he's asked to write.

Adam Mansbach

Adam likes to write books with titles we aren’t allowed to say on the radio. In addition to “Go the Fuck to Sleep," he is also the author of “You need to Fucking Eat.” His latest novel, Rage is Back, was named a Best Book of 2013 by NPR and the San Francisco Chronicle. Adam wrote the feature film: Barry about a young Barack Obama. His daughter Vivienne sleeps and eats just fine now. Adam is thrilled. He lives in Berkeley, California. 

Go the F*ck to Sleep

by Adam Mansbach

After writing Go The Fuck To Sleep, Adam is propelled into a media spotlight he is not ready for.

Fathers and Children: Adventures, Joys, and Predicaments

This hour is dedicated to Fathers — to having a father, to being one... And to celebrating the stories that Fatherhood provokes. Hosted by Jay Allison. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

Clifton Truman Daniel

Clifton Truman Daniel is the author of Growing Up With My Grandfather: Memories of Harry S. Truman and “Dear Harry, Love Bess: Bess Truman's Letters to Harry Truman”. Clifton is working on a book on the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Karen Jones

Karen is a registered and licensed Occupational Therapist and the author of the blog, See Our Soldier, A Chronicle of Healing

Nestor Gomez

Nestor Gomez was born in Guatemala and traveled undocumented to the US in the mid 1980's. He started to tell stories as a way to get over stuttering. He has won The Moth's StorySLAM over 70 times and he is also a 3-time Chicago Grand SLAM Champion. However, if you ask him he will tell you that his biggest accomplishment are his two kids, making his mother proud and winning the heart of his wife "sweet Mel". Nestor has published a collection of ride sharing stories titled YOUR DRIVER HAS ARRIVED and also produces/hosts/curates the storytelling show 80 Minutes Around the World, Immigration stories. He is also a t-shirt designer. You can learn more about Nestor, his show, podcast based on that show and buy some of his t-shirts designs and his book by visiting his website nestorgomezstoryteller.com

Glenn Rockowitz

Glenn is a former TV writer, comedian and author of the bestselling memoir Rodeo in Joliet. He currently serves as the Director of Clinical Advocacy for the Health Care Rights Initiative in Seattle. 

Beneath the Mushroom Cloud

by Clifton Truman Daniel

Clifton Truman Daniel joins bomb victims in Nagasaki. 

Forgiven

by Karen Jones

Karen Jones discovers that her father’s lifelong depression is related to his time as a soldier at The Battle of the Bulge.

Three Months

by Glenn Rockowitz

Glenn Rockowitz gets harrowing news on the eve of the birth of his son. 

Labor of Love

by Nestor Gomez

Nestor Gomez tries to teach his children about fiscal responsibility by putting them to work on a grueling job.