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10:55
A Father’s Cover

by Blessing Digha

Blessing Digha fears she has fallen short of her father’s expectations.

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06:13
My Father’s Hands

by Harwood Taylor

Harwood Taylor reaches for a father who is out of touch.

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06:10
Against the Wind

by CJ Hunt

CJ Hunt reflects on mix-tapes and memories from his past.

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The Moth Radio Hour
Blue Men, Psychopaths and a Bad Date

After many years in the legendary Blue Man Group, a performer makes a profound connection with an audience member; Saturday Night Live alum Rachel Dratch meets a debonair man at a cocktail party and dares to think he might be Mr. Right; and a world-renowned neuroscientist identifies patterns in the brains of psychopathic killers.

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The Moth Podcast
New Pride: Jill McDonough, Owen Lewis, and Bethany Cintron

To celebrate Pride Month, we hear from three storytellers embarking on each of their new lives. Jill McDonough meets the girl at the rock show. Owen Lewis embraces a new moniker. Bethany Cintron yearns to go to the Pride Parade.

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06:15
Take That, Homophobia!

by Bethany Cintron

Bethany Cintron yearns to go to the Pride Parade.

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04:50
What’s In A Name?

by Owen Lewis

Owen Lewis embraces a new moniker.

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03:58
Bob Maloney, Josey Packard, and the Bike Thief

by ​​​Jill McDonough

Jill McDonough meets the girl at the rock show.

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06:44
September 21, 2013

by Terin Dickerson

Terin Dickerson nurtures his art through a living canvas.

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06:14
Pool Party

by David Lepelstat

David Lepelstat is convinced of his superhero powers until they get him into a deadly situation.

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06:24
If They Gunned Me Down

by David Coven

David Coven hears a poem that sticks with him for life.

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The Moth Podcast
David Coven, Terin Dickerson & David Lepelstat

David Coven hears a poem that sticks with him for life.

Terin Dickerson nurtures his art through a living canvas.

David Lepelstat is convinced of his superhero powers until they get him into a deadly situation.

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The Moth Radio Hour
Hand Transplant, DNA and a Backwards Heart

An astrophysicist discovers wild parallels in her research and romantic life; a surgeon details his involvement in one of the world's first-ever hand transplants; and a geneticist is called to testify in a murder case and lays the groundwork for DNA fingerprinting as forensic evidence.

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12:41
Italian Stallion

by Janice Bartley

Janice Bartley experiences the thrill and complications of first love.

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05:19
Lessons in Rock Technology

by Mack Dryden

Mack Dryden leaves the flat marshes of Mississippi to stand atop the world.

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11:16
Hang Time

by Brian Gavagan

Brian Gavagan trades his BMX for a helicopter for a day.

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06:52
Wild Womxn and Dancing Queens

by Lex Jade

Lex Jade embraces the natural beauty of the wild.

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06:37
200,000 Miles and Counting

by Lucy

Lucy yearns for the open road.

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The Moth Radio Hour
Moth GrandSLAMs: Life and Death

In this episode of The Moth Radio Hour, GrandSLAM stories from around the country: a subway altercation, a child’s view on love and war, an awkward first-year teacher, a widow at The Grand Canyon, a sixth-grade clown and the loved ones left behind after a tragedy.

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The Moth Podcast
Diavian Walters and Lori Gottlieb

Diavian Walters has a relationship with hair that is shear madness. Lori Gottlieb searches for the perfect donor and the whole package.

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