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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.
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.
A 16 year-old takes her little brother on a cross-country goose chase to use free tickets to an All-Star Game; a young man wants to finally meet his troubled Vietnam veteran father; a grandmother demonstrates her boxing moves; and a cousin has a secret life.
Christy Kent tracks her relationship to pornography through the years as a transgender woman.
George Plimpton gives an auction winner a star-studded walkthrough of legendary NYC eatery Elaine's; rookie reporter Lewis Lapham learns a lot about the world when he has to break some bad news to a new widow; World Boxing Light Heavyweight Champion Jose Torres defines and then conquers fear; Christopher Hitchens is deified in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Hosted by George Dawes Green, founder of The Moth. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Story synopsis:
George Plimpton gives an auction winner a star-studded walk through the legendary NYC eatery Elaine's.
Scandal, vice and magnificent hypocrisy: the truth about the press in 1950s America, as seen by a wide-eyed cub reporter.
A boxer defines and then conquers fear.
A man is deified in Ceylon.
A teenage boy has a standing Saturday night date with his grandma, a quest for a perfect first kiss, a young woman worries when her mother intercepts a romantic letter, a teen faces a wild buck in the woods and a middle school mystery involving a treasured pencil case.
A boy who loves Barbies is terrified at the thought of playing tackle football.
A life-changing email arrives from an almost-stranger; a single man ventures into a gay bar in Greenwich Village in the 1970’s; an adoptee fears rejection by her birth family in Korea; and a newlywed’s stomach ache turns life threatening.