The Moth Podcast
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
by Isabel DeBre
Isabel DeBre's family gets an unconventional pet.
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07:05
by Zanele Chisholm
Zanele Chisholm learns who she is when others learn her name.
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12:32
by Leonard Lee Smith
Leonard Lee Smith struggles to survive his first California Christmas.
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06:48
by Kwong Yue Yang
Kwong Yue Yang tries to muster the courage to meet his idol.
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13:29
by A. J. Jacobs
AJ Jacobs gets an unwanted modeling gig.
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The Moth Radio Hour
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
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
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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The Moth Podcast
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
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
by Jamie Brickhouse
Jamie experiences prejudice from his dental hygienist when she learns he has HIV.
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The Moth Radio Hour
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
by Adam Linn
Adam Linn discovers the true meaning of Thanksgiving.
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Adam Linn discovers the true meaning of Thanksgiving.
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13:51
by Jerry Neal
Jerry Neal describes a bird’s eye view of the English Channel on D Day.
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06:22
by Franny Civitano
Franny Civitano anxiously awaits her brother’s return from deployment in Afghanistan.
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12:58
by Dylan Park
Dylan Park finds hope in the chaos of war.
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