Kristy Hawkins

Kristy Hawkins lives in Colorado. She is a mother of three, and spends her days working in HR for a healthcare company, and her afternoons and evenings driving around a car full of kids.

Autumn Spencer

Autumn Spencer is a freelance writer, editor, and stand-up comic. She lives with her family in Burlington, Vermont where she is a regular host of the The Moth.

Lucy Huber

Lucy works at the academic database JSTOR by day and is a writer, podcaster, and aspiring comedian by night. She has an MFA in creative writing from the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, and also volunteers at 826 Michigan where she helps develop creative writing skills with students from Detroit and Ann Arbor.

Yes, No, Maybe

by Kristy Hawkins

A woman thumbs her way through the prospects of love.

The Proposal

by Lucy Huber

A surprise proposal is even more unexpected than was planned.

Valentine's Day Special 2017: Kirsty Hawkins, Autumn Spencer and Lucy Huber

In this special Valentine's Day episode, we're bringing you three stories from SLAMs across the country. A woman thumbs her way through the prospects of love, a mother learns what Valentine's Day is all about, and a surprise proposal is even more unexpected than was planned.

Love and Loss on Valentine's Day

by Autumn Spencer

A mother learns what Valentine's Day is all about.

Sylvia Earle

National Geographic Society explorer-in-residence Sylvia Earle is an oceanographer, explorer, author, and lecturer who has been called a “Living Legend” by the Library of Congress and “Hero for the Planet” by Time magazine. Formerly chief scientist of NOAA, Earle is the founder of Deep Ocean Exploration and Research, Inc., founder of Mission Blue and SEAlliance, and chair of the advisory councils of the Harte Research Institute and the Ocean in Google Earth. Earle has led more than a hundred expeditions and logged more than 7,000 hours underwater, including leading the first team of women aquanauts during the Tektite Project in 1970; participating in ten saturation dives, most recently in July 2012; and setting a record for solo diving in 1,000-meter depth. Her research concerns marine ecosystems with special reference to exploration, conservation, and the development and use of new technologies for access and effective operations in the deep sea and other remote environments. Earle’s more than one hundred national and international honors include the 2011 Royal Geographical Society Gold Medal, 2011 Medal of Honor from the Dominican Republic, and the 2009 TED Prize.

George Church

George Church is professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and director of PersonalGenomes. org, providing the world’s only open-access information on human Genomic, Environmental, and Trait data (GET). His 1984 Harvard Ph.D. included the first methods for direct genome sequencing, molecular multiplexing, and barcoding. These lead to the first commercial genome sequence (pathogen, Helicobacter pylori) in 1994. His innovations in “next generation” genome sequencing and synthesis, and cell/tissue engineering resulted in 12 companies spanning fields including medical genomics (Knome, Alacris, AbVitro, GoodStart, Pathogenica) and synthetic biology (LS9, Joule, Gen9, Warp Drive) as well as new privacy, biosafety, and biosecurity policies. He is director of the NIH Center for Excellence in Genomic Science. His honors include election to NAS and NAE, and Franklin Bower laureate for achievement in science.

Live From the World Science Festival

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A special Live edition of The Moth at Lincoln Center in New York City in partnership with The World Science Festival. Hosted by Adam Gopnik with additional hosting from Jay Allison. An astronaut gets his swimming legs; a scientist becomes a human guinea pig; and a marine biologist shatters a glass ceiling. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

Mike Massimino must take to swimming before he can take off to outer space.

George Church tests his own strength of will as a human-gineau pig for science.

Sylvia Earle explores the ocean's depths as a pioneering aquanaut.

Lydia Dubois

Lydia is a graduate of The Moth’s education program, and is a current college student studying social sciences. Lydia says she's grateful for her mother, who never unplugged the mic, for her father, for teaching her the f-word at age five, and for her brother, for always listening.

Louise Irving

Louise Irving is a community radio broadcaster, university administrator and erstwhile copywriter from Melbourne, Australia.

Microphone, Uninhibited

by Lydia Dubois

Lydia Dubois shares some advice with family and friends.

When Possums Attack

by Louise Irving

Louise Irving gets acquainted with Australian wildlife.

Lydia Dubois & Louise Irving

This week, two stories of going off-script. What happens when a teenager is given the spotlight and a microphone, or when humans and animals cross paths? 

Lydia Dubois shares some advice with family and friends.

Louise Irving gets acquainted with Australian wildlife. 

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Swimming with Astronauts

by Michael J. Massimino

Mike Massimino must take to swimming before he can take off to outer space. This story was produced in collaboration with the World Science Festival.

My Life As A Guinea Pig

by George Church

George Church tests his own strength of will as a human-guinea pig for science. This story was produced in collaboration with the World Science Festival.

Blue Hope

by Sylvia Earle

Sylvia Earle explores the ocean's depths as a pioneering aquanaut. This story was produced in collaboration with the World Science Festival.