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The Moth Radio Hour
Breasts, Burials, and Cake

After losing her mother to breast cancer, a woman must make a tough decision; an undertaker explains how he was called to the job as a kid; and a young man tries to console a friend who had her heart broken by an Elvis Impersonator. Hosted by Producing Director, Sarah Austin Jenness. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

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The Moth Podcast
September 16, 2014

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The Moth Podcast
September 2, 2014

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13:31
My Friend, Ibrahim

by Bisi Alimi

A Nigerian man tells a bold truth on live television. 

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The Moth Podcast
August 26, 2014

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The Moth Podcast
August 19, 2014

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The Moth Radio Hour
Chinatown, Hot Dogs and Genetics

Geneticist Paul Nurse, a Nobel Laureate, learns the truth about his origins; a nine-alarm blaze in Boston's Chinatown teaches a daughter about her father's wisdom; and a cop's misadventures during a stakeout.

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14:15
Poe and I

by Matthew Mercier

A caretaker gets caught up in the life of a famous 19th Century poet

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The Moth Podcast
August 12, 2014

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The Moth Radio Hour
Gambling and Long Lost Dads

A young woman meets her brother for the first time at their father's funeral, a professional blackjack player faces down his gambling demons, and Colin Quinn (Weekend Update, SNL) is hired to do comedy for Robert DeNiro's birthday party...and bombs.

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The Moth Podcast
August 5, 2014

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The Moth Radio Hour
Goats, Cops and Haircuts

A prisoner in a small town lock-up gets sprung on a promise; a man desperate for a cure for depression travels to Africa to try a tribal remedy; and novelist/screenwriter Richard Price ("Clockers," "Lush Life," "The Wire") gets a lesson in interrogation in the back of a NYC cop car.

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The Moth Radio Hour
Soldiers, Skydives, Firemen and Heartbreak

A man in a mid-life crisis takes a terrifying parachute jump; an Iraq war veteran shares details of his battle back home; a daughter sits at the bedside of her ailing father; a fireman tries to save two children; and a would-be Romeo laments the agony of platonic love.

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13:53
Fires of the New Year

by Ted Conover

A guard works New Year's Eve at Sing Sing prison.

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The Moth Podcast
July 15, 2014

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The Moth Radio Hour
Love, Faith, and Money

A man enters a world of high stakes gambling; a family tragedy turns into a stand-off with police detectives; and a neuroscientist searches for clues of God's existence.

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08:09
Mets Magic

by Marie Hershkowitz

A young girl falls in love with the New York Mets. 

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The Moth Podcast
July 8, 2014

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The Moth Podcast
July 1, 2014

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The Moth Podcast
June 24, 2014

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