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04:50
Gluttony

by Zeroboy

Zeroboy explores gluttony in audio.

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The Moth Radio Hour
Facing Off and Facing Up

--- This episode is available on your local radio station, on PRX and below via The Moth Player. It will be published on iTunes | Spotify | RadioPublic | RSS on 8/23/22 ---

In this episode, five storytellers work up the courage to face and battle fear and doubt. This episode is hosted by Moth Producer and Director Jodi Powell. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

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Harjas Singh seeks the answer to a haunting question. 

Antoinette-Marie Williams inherits her family's love of games and shows up on the world stage. 
Rachel Cain worries she may have taken things too far. 

Eddy Laughter discovers parts of her identity in an unlikely location. 
Michael Donovan runs into a "small" problem on the job.

 

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Facing Off and Facing Up Extras

In this episode, five storytellers work up the courage to face and battle fear and doubt. This episode is hosted by Moth Producer and Director Jodi Powell. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

Harjas Singh seeks the answer to a haunting question. 

Antoinette-Marie Williams inherits her family's love of games and shows up on the world stage. 

Rachel Cain worries she may have taken things too far. 

Eddy Laughter discovers parts of her identity in an unlikely location.

Michael Donovan runs into a "small" problem on the job.


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09:43
How To Move in the Games of Life, Lessons from My Dad.

by Antoinette-Marie Williams

Antoinette-Marie Williams inherits her family's love of games and shows up on the world stage. 

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08:06
Quakish

by Eddy Laughter

Eddy Laughter discovers parts of her identity in an unlikely location. 

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07:28
The Scare-Dee-Cats

by Michael Donovan

Michael Donovan runs into a "small" problem on the job.

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05:38
Mischief, Murder, and Macaulay Culkin

by Rachel Cain

Rachel Cain worries she may have taken things too far. 

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12:00
Pulling Back The Turban

by Harjas Singh

Harjas Singh seeks the answer to a haunting question. 

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The Moth Radio Hour
Confidence: Too Much, Too Little?

--- This episode is available on your local radio station, on PRX and below via The Moth Player. It will be published on iTunes | Spotify | RadioPublic | RSS on 8/16/22 ---

In this hour, stories about confidence and uncertainty. A young girl is confronted with color and identity; a teenager lets loose at his school dance; and a massage goes awry. Those stories and more. 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. 

Aleeza Kazmi tackles difficult questions when working on a self-portrait.

Dante Jackson comes out of his shell at his 8th grade prom.

David Crabb celebrates an anniversary with a trip to the spa.

Sam Shepard brings his personal horse to the set of “The Right Stuff.”

Sarah Lee Nakintu fears her dream of education has been betrayed

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The Moth Podcast
25 Years of Stories: Detroit and Chicago

This week, we take a look back at our Detroit and Chicago StorySLAMs, and play two of our favorite stories from those events. This episode is hosted by Dame Wilburn.

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Grace Topinka tries to learn stick shift.
 

Jeni De La O remembers her grandmother.

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25 Years of Stories: Detroit and Chicago

This week, we take a look back at our Detroit and Chicago StorySLAMs, and play two of our favorite stories from those events. This episode is hosted by Dame Wilburn.

Grace Topinka tries to learn stick shift.

Jeni De La O remembers her grandmother.

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05:07
The Cocotazo

by Jeni De La O

Jeni De La O remembers her grandmother.

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05:29
Shifting Gears

by Grace Topinka

Grace Topinka tries to learn stick shift.

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Facing the Music: Stories about Coming to Terms Extras

In this episode, four storytellers square up to the truth. This hour is hosted by Moth Senior Curatorial Producer, Suzanne Rust. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

EJR David breaks a decades long silence
Mary Furlong Coomer prepares for her first communion. 
Karen Kibaara learns the meaning of invincible.
Colin Channer stages a perfect heist.

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The Moth Radio Hour
Facing the Music: Stories about Coming to Terms

--- This episode is available on your local radio station, on PRX and below via The Moth Player. It will be published on iTunes | Spotify | RadioPublic | RSS on 8/9/22 ---
 

In this episode, four storytellers square up to the truth. This hour is hosted by Moth Senior Curatorial Producer, Suzanne Rust. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. 

Read the transcript here.

EJR David breaks a decades long silence
Mary Furlong Coomer prepares for her first communion. 
Karen Kibaara learns the meaning of invincible.
Colin Channer stages a perfect heist.

 

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11:59
Make Noise

by EJR David

EJR David breaks a decades long silence.

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05:28
Score One for St. Rose of Lima

by Mary Coomer

Mary Furlong Coomer prepares for her first communion. 

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12:38
Karen the Invincible

by Karen Kibaara

Karen Kibaara learns the meaning of invincible.

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The Kindness of Strangers Extras

In this hour we delve into the goodness of humanity through acts both small and large. A tourist has a major setback while on vacation; a holiday gift exchange is botched; and a nurse in a fertility clinic secretly blesses hopeful couples. Those stories and more. 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.

Laura Zimmermann loses herself . . . and her stuff in Portugal.
David Cole does all that he can to return to sender.
Niccolo Aeed faces scrutiny at the airport. 
Denise Scheuermann shares a ritual of good hope.
Caroline Abilat struggles to show herself kindness after the birth of her first child.
Ed Gavagan is called upon to show grace to the boys who stabbed him. 


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The Moth Radio Hour
The Kindness of Strangers

In this hour we delve into the goodness of humanity through acts both small and large. A tourist has a major setback while on vacation; a holiday gift exchange is botched; and a nurse in a fertility clinic secretly blesses hopeful couples. Those stories and more. 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.

Laura Zimmermann loses herself...and her stuff in Portugal.

David Cole does all that he can to return to sender.

Niccolo Aeed faces scrutiny at the airport. 

Denise Scheuermann shares a ritual of good hope.

Lozirah Caroline Abilat struggles to show herself kindness after the birth of her first child.

Ed Gavagan is called upon to show grace to the boys who stabbed him. 

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