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In this hour, a man whose mother never learned to read enrolls in law school.; a recent graduate runs in to familiar faces; an uber driver encounters an unruly passenger; a photo collage fails to capture the scope of a relationship; and a child's hair is shaved to save her life. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.
Ray Christian struggles to realize his dream of graduating from law school.
Alyssa Ladd is embarrassed to run into familiar faces while working at a Michaels craft store.
Nestor Gomez is stuck driving an unruly Uber passenger during rush hour.
Steven Carr is given a photo collage from his mother of he and his "friend."
Melanie Kostrezwa learns her daughter must undergo a craniotomy.
Ray Christian struggles to realize his dream of graduating from law school.
by Alyssa Ladd
Alyssa Ladd is embarrassed to run into familiar faces while working at a Michaels craft store.
by Nestor Gomez
Nestor Gomez is stuck driving an unruly Uber passenger during rush hour.
by Steven Carr
Steven Carr is given a photo collage from his mother of him and his "friend."
Melanie Kostrzewa learns her daughter must undergo a craniotomy.
John Turturro made his theatrical debut when he created the title role of John Patrick Shanley's Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, for which he won an OBIE Award. Since then, he has performed in numerous stage productions including Waiting for Godot, The Bald Soprano, and Souls of Naples, for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. He appeared at BAM in Beckett's Endgame, and the title role of Ibsen's The Master Builder. On Broadway he appeared in Yasmina Reza's Life x3, and directed an evening of one-acts Relatively Speaking, by Ethan Coen, Elaine May, and Woody Allen. Turturro was nominated for a SAG Award® for his portrayal of Howard Cosell in Monday Night Mayhem, and again nominated for The Bronx is Burning. He won an Emmy® Award for his guest appearance on Monk. Turturro has performed in many films, including Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, and Jungle Fever; Martin Scorsese’s The Color of Money; Robert Redford’s Quiz Show; Alison Anders’ Grace of My Heart; and Joel and Ethan Coen’s Miller’s Crossing,The Big Lebowski and O Brother Where Art Thou. For his lead role in Barton Fink, Turturro won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival. He received Cannes' Camera D'Or Award for his directorial debut, Mac. Other films as director/ writer include Illuminata, Romance & Cigarettes, Passione: a Musical Adventure, Fading Gigolo, and a segment in the upcoming anthology film, Rio, I Love You.
John Turturro has a brother with mental health issues who lives in an institution and causes his family quite a bit of grief.
Daniela Schiller is a neuroscientist. Her research is about the neural basis of emotions. Her findings about changing fear memories were recently published in the journal Nature. Daniela has been telling stories on various stages in New York City and she is a two time MothGrandSLAM finalist. Daniela is also the drummer of The Amygdaloids, a band of scientists turning scientific ideas into love songs.
By studying memory, Daniela connects with her father, who refuses to speak about his memories of the holocaust.
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In this hour, a chaplain guides a family through death and goodbyes; a man wanders New York City during the black out of 2003; and a daughter tries to break her father’s silence about the Holocaust. Hosted by The Moth’s founder, George Dawes Green. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.
Kate Braestrup attempts to bring a moment of peace to a difficult crime scene.
John Turturro ponders his future with an aging mother and dependent brother.
Daniela Schiller gets a new understanding of her father’s past while studying memory.
Andrew Forsthoefel is an author, speaker, and peace activist. He’s committed to the collective project of learning how to be human with love, together.
Walking across the U.S., Andrew meets a man who tests the limits of his compassion.
Walking across the U.S., Andrew meets a man who tests the limits of his compassion.
James produces new exhibitions for Museums Victoria, in Melbourne, Australia.
Simon Bill is an artist and writer. His novel ‘Artist in Residence’, about a failing and drunken painter who discovers a kind of success as artist in residence at a neurology clinic, was published in May 2016 by Sort of Books. As an artist, his most recent solo exhibition, at BALTIC center for contemporary art, featured his characteristic oval paintings, identical in size and shape but otherwise wildly diverse in style, subject matter and medium (Bill’s materials have included dried maize, bathroom sealant, Champagne corks, fake gems and dental floss). His many interests include European swords and the neuropsychology of visual perception. In November 2016 Bill becomes Gulbenkian Fellow at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Lisbon.