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The Moth Podcast
Unexpected Gifts: Zanele Chisholm & Isabel DeBre

On this episode, two stories of unexpected gifts. Tis the season, right? These stories are not exactly TRADITIONAL gifts… Zanele Chisholm learns who she is when others learn her name, and Isabel DeBre’s family gets an unconventional pet.

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06:15
The Dog Days Are Over

by Isabel DeBre

Isabel DeBre's family gets an unconventional pet.

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07:05
Enough

by Zanele Chisholm

Zanele Chisholm learns who she is when others learn her name.

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12:32
The Care Package

by Leonard Lee Smith

Leonard Lee Smith struggles to survive his first California Christmas.

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05:13
The Thawing

by Nisha Coleman

Nisha Coleman responds to a threat.

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06:48
Knock

by Kwong Yue Yang

Kwong Yue Yang tries to muster the courage to meet his idol.

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05:44
He Was Dating My Hair

by Aleathia Brown

Aleathia Brown makes a bold aesthetic change.

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13:29
Double Exposure

by A. J. Jacobs

AJ Jacobs gets an unwanted modeling gig.

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The Moth Radio Hour
Holiday Special 2014: Monkeys, Megachurches, and First Elves

Simon Doonan encounters challenges when called on to decorate the White House for Christmas, a man is hesitant to work with a ‘Hollywood’ style church in his neighborhood, a Jewish girl meets Santa, and a boy thinks his dreams have finally come true when he gets an exotic pet.

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The Moth Radio Hour
Guts! Courage.

In this hour, we present stories of the brave and the bold. Tales of risks, hard lessons and big changes that leave an indelible mark. 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. 

AJ Jacobs gets an unwanted modeling gig.

Aleathia Brown makes a bold aesthetic change.

Kwong Yue Yang tries to muster the courage to meet his idol.

Nisha Coleman responds to a threat.

Leonard Lee Smith struggles to survive his first California Christmas.

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The Moth Radio Hour
Doctors, Prom, and Ellen

A high schooler encounters racism when he tries to go to prom, a young woman is afraid to tell her grandmother that she is gay, an English woman has to answer a tough question on her US citizenship test, and a doctor must make a life and death decision for his mother.

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World AIDS Day: Shakirah Namwanje & Jamie Brickhouse

2018 is the year Nelson Mandela would have turned 100. This episode is dedicated to the values he fought for: promoting equity, community service, education for all, and to the ongoing fight to end HIV/AIDS. Jamie experiences prejudice from his dental hygienist when she learns he has HIV. Traumatized after learning of her HIV status, Shakirah comes to recognize the support system that had grown around her. And a word of caution: Shakirah’s story involves mention of physical abuse.

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07:32
Bitten Fruit

by Shakirah Namwanje

Traumatized after learning of her HIV status, Shakirah comes to recognize the support system that had grown around her.

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05:25
Full Disclosure

by Jamie Brickhouse

Jamie experiences prejudice from his dental hygienist when she learns he has HIV.

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The Moth Radio Hour
Two Weddings and a Prison Break

Writer and bon vivant, Simon Doonan, sets out on a mission to fulfill a childhood desire; a secret finally catches up with a suburban housewife and mother; a college drop out finds himself in the unlikeliest of places and a young woman sets out to sabotage the wedding of the man she loves.

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14:38
Dinner with Wonder Woman

by Adam Linn

Adam Linn discovers the true meaning of Thanksgiving.

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Dinner with Wonder Woman: Adam Linn

Adam Linn discovers the true meaning of Thanksgiving.

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13:51
Way Down Upon the English Channel

by Jerry Neal

Jerry Neal describes a bird’s eye view of the English Channel on D Day.

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06:22
Are We Fine Yet?

by Franny Civitano

Franny Civitano anxiously awaits her brother’s return from deployment in Afghanistan.

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12:58
Roadside

by Dylan Park

Dylan Park finds hope in the chaos of war.

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