The Moth
Latest Episodes
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Ivan Kuraev & Dina Pearlman: StorySLAM Favorites
Released 05.13.13
A boy’s grandmother gets revenge on his bullies, and a woman dreams of being rescued from her dull job by an underwear model.
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Tina McElroy Ansa: Stars on the Ceiling
Released 05.06.13
A father’s risky entrepreneurial endeavors keep a close-knit Southern family in flux.
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Elna Baker: To Russia With Love
Released 04.29.13
A woman raised as a Mormon is terrified that her parents will disown her when she confesses that she has left the faith.
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George Lombardi: Mission to India
Released 04.22.13
A young doctor is whisked halfway across the globe to care for an ailing international religious icon.
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James Braly: StorySLAM Favorites
Released 04.15.13
A man talks about the adventures of his wife’s placenta.
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Peter Aguero: Me & Her & It
Released 04.08.13
A husband describes his wife’s lifelong battle with epilepsy.
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Wayne Reece: Easter in a Texas Roadhouse
Released 04.01.13
A preacher in 1960s Texas gets help from an unexpected source.
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Rashaunda Tyson: It Could Have Happened To Anyone
Released 03.25.13
A daughter recounts her relationship with her mother’s addiction.
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Richard Kind: I Don’t
Released 03.18.13
An actor proposes marriage, and waits a long, long time for an answer.
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Amy Rood & David Sampliner: StorySLAM Favorites
Released 03.11.13
A librarian takes a dance class to spice things up, and a man and his girlfriend rush to get married before their baby is born.
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Richard Price: Hatpin Mary
Released 03.04.13
A wrestling-obsessed grandmother has a nasty surprise for the contenders.
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Christopher Hitchens: Mistaken Divinity
Released 02.25.13
A man is deified in Ceylon.
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Walter Mosley: Let That Weight Go
Released 02.18.13
A man thinks about confronting someone over his racist language.
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Gabe Bullard & Alisha Brophy: StorySLAM Favorites
Released 02.11.13
A man is treated differently after getting a bad burn, and a woman is an unwitting witness to a prank show.
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Faye Lane: Fireworks From Above
Released 02.04.13
A flight attendant describes how she adjusts her attitude while up in the air.
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Lisa Lampanelli: Fat Girl, Interrupted
Released 01.28.13
Battling with her weight and relationship, a woman is forced to make a bold decision.
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Satori Shakoor: Too Much
Released 01.21.13
A woman releases her grief and lets her passion take over.
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Tim King: A Change of Plans
Released 01.14.13
An educator takes in a troubled student after his mother dies.
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Jim Bennett & Rebecca Addelman: StorySLAM Favorites
Released 01.07.13
An activist finds himself at an awkward dinner, and a woman is a willing participant in her brother’s games.
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Tristan Jimerson: A Dish Best Served Cold
Released 12.31.12
A case of credit card fraud sets an amateur sleuth on a crime-solving caper.
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The Moth Radio Hour: Episode 1010
Released 12.24.12
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 S...
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Catherine Smyka & Lisa Schuldt: StorySLAM Favorites
Released 12.17.12
A young woman is afraid to share a secret with her grandmother and a beloved dog takes a walk on thin ice.
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Elna Baker: A Mexican Morman Christmas
Released 12.10.12
A woman brings a new boyfriend home to her eccentric family during the holidays.
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Ernesto Quiñonez: Dog Days of Spanish Harlem
Released 12.03.12
A young teen “borrows” dogs to make money.
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Janna Levin: Life on a Möbius Strip
Released 11.26.12
An astrophysicist discovers wild parallels in her research and romantic life.
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Stacy Keene & Robert Weinstein: StorySLAM Favorites
Released 11.20.12
A pregnant woman learns that her grandfather is gravely ill and a grandson brings joy to a nursing home.
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Adam Gopnik: Charlie Ravioli
Released 11.12.12
A writer details his daughter’s cosmopolitan imaginary friend.
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Mark Katz: Al Gore Is So Boring…
Released 11.05.12
A speechwriter accidentally steals a popular joke.
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Kerry Weeks & Micaela Blei: StorySLAM Favorites
Released 10.30.12
A lie befuddles a camper and a teacher faces an ethical dilemma.
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Ellie Lee: A Kind of Wisdom
Released 10.22.12
In memory of Ming Lee: A daughter tells the the story of her Chinese immigrant father and the empire he built from nothing.
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Flora Hogman: My Name, Embroidered
Released 10.15.12
World War II separates a young girl from her mother.
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Suzanne Vega: Stage Fright
Released 10.08.12
A singer struggles to keep her cool in front of her largest audience ever.
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Jessica Lee Williamson & Don Ray Smith: StorySLAM Favorites
Released 10.01.12
An aspiring good samaritan gets competitive and a man reflects on the segregated neighborhood of his childhood.
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Edgar Oliver: Courting Paul Bowles in Tangier
Released 09.24.12
Three literary pilgrims search for a beloved author.
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Damien Echols: Life After Death
Released 09.17.12
A man reflects on his time on death row and his journey to the other side.
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Steve Osborne: Takedown Day
Released 09.11.12
An NYPD cop about to conduct the biggest raid of his career is suddenly sidetracked by events downtown.
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Mishka Shubaly: Shipwrecked
Released 09.10.12
A partier has to sober up enough to save the day.
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Molly Ringwald: Mothering in Captivity
Released 09.03.12
The mother of a second grader struggles to understand her daughter’s behavior.
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Mike Birbiglia: Sleepwalk With Me
Released 08.27.12
Procrastination leads to devastating circumstances at the La Quinta Inn in Walla Walla, Washington.
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A.E. Hotchner: The Day I Became A Matador
Released 08.20.12
A man’s relationship with a famous writer takes an unexpected twist.
