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The Moth Podcast
December 9, 2014

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The Moth Radio Hour
Prosthetics, Boot Camp, and Heartache

Double amputee Aimee Mullins chronicles her adventures with prosthetic legs as an athlete, actress and artist; the mother of a bullied teen tells the story of his suicide; Ex-NYC Mayor Ed Koch stands up to his anti-Semitic platoon leader while in training for WWII; and three teenagers from Grace King High School in New Orleans share their stories on the theme Prejudice and Power.

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The Moth Podcast
November 25, 2014

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The Moth Podcast
November 18, 2014

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The Moth Radio Hour
Taxidermy, Orderlies and Spinal Tap

A socialite-turned social activist inherits her mother's hunting trophy collection, a hospital orderly with an attitude problem is put to the test and Tony Hendra takes us on the set of the groundbreaking hilarious 1984 mockumentary "This Is Spinal Tap."

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The Moth Podcast
November 4, 2014

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The Moth Podcast
October 28, 2014

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The Moth Podcast
October 14, 2014

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The Moth Radio Hour
Snowsuits, Swordfights, Swindles

Jonathan Ames ("Bored to Death") details an epic fencing match, a wallflower teaches herself the slide and ends up in the spotlight, a flight attendant contends with a passenger on his final flight, and a good Samaritan regrets a seemingly good deed.

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15:51
The Lost Bookbag

by Edgar Oliver

A young cadet is entrusted with vital records at a military academy. 

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The Moth Podcast
September 30, 2014

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10:38
The Real Jon Ronson

by Jon Ronson

Jon battles a Twitterbot that is using his name and his photo. 

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The Moth Podcast
September 16, 2014

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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 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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