The Moth Podcast
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The Moth features people telling true, engaging, funny, touching and eye-opening stories from their lives. Hailed as "New York's hottest and hippest literary ticket" by the Wall Street Journal, The Moth has been producing sold-out storytelling shows for over ten years. Stories are told without notes to a live audience by a wide range of people - the best have been captured here.
| Title | Podcast Description | Author/Reader | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Wolfe & Diana Spechler: GrandSLAM Favorites | An incident in a paddy wagon transforms a minor felon and an off-screen romance hopes to make it to primetime. | The Moth | 00:14:38 |
| Bonnie Levison: Love Shack | The lead singer of a famous band sheds light on a woman's relationship. | The Moth | 00:15:39 |
| Judy Gold: To Judaism and Back | A comedian discusses how her faith helped her through some of her darkest hours. | The Moth | 00:15:13 |
| Ava Kay Jones: The Voodoo Priestess of Football | When the New Orleans Saints need a miracle, a voodoo priestess is put on the case. | The Moth | 00:11:46 |
| Steve Zimmer & Kirby Adams: StorySLAM Favorites | Coworkers become obsessed with the game Tetris and a 9-year-old Olympic hopeful starts an unauthorized exercise regimen. | The Moth | 00:17:17 |
| Jenny Allen: Can't Get It Out of My Mind | A mother discovers something alarming in her daughter's email. | The Moth | 00:20:07 |
| Shalom Auslander: Death Camp Blues | A man finds humor can make the darkest situations more bearable. | The Moth | 00:16:40 |
| Aimee Mullins: A Work in Progress | A double amputee explores her changing relationship with prosthetic legs. | The Moth | 00:13:27 |
| Deborah Allen Carr & Bernard Jenkins | Two students learn what they will give up & and what they won't - for friends and family. | The Moth | 00:16:12 |
| Simon Doonan: The First Elf | A stylist encounters a variety of challenges when Michele Obama calls on him to decorate the White House for Christmas. | The Moth | 00:14:23 |
| Andrew Solomon: A Time of Hope | A writer travels to Afghanistan in search of art. | The Moth | 00:17:53 |
| Chicago GrandSLAM: Part 2 | The second half of the Chicago GrandSLAM: Into the Wild. Stories of Mother Nature or human nature, survival skills, and where the wild things are. | The Moth | 00:55:05 |
| Chicago GrandSLAM: Part 1 | A special 200th edition of our podcast, featuring the first half of our Chicago GrandSLAM: Into the Wild. Stories of Mother Nature or human nature, survival skills, and where the wild things are. | The Moth | 01:04:12 |
| Tom Bodett: Inside Passage | A son’s quest for his father’s attention takes him to unexpected lands. | The Moth | 00:16:19 |
| Elif Shafak: Writing Amidst the Ruins | A writer's self-imposed isolation draws her closer to her neighbors. | The Moth | 00:16:44 |
| Terence Mickey: One Family's Garbage | A young man struggles with his role in the family sanitation business. | The Moth | 00:17:05 |
| Annie Duke: A House Divided | A poker player learns perseverance from her parents. | The Moth | 00:19:03 |
| Adam Gopnik: Rare Romance | Rare Romance, Well-Done Marriage. A husband and wife's ongoing argument comes to a head. | The Moth | 00:18:26 |
| David Chang: Star Custodian | A chef details cooking a high-stakes meal. | The Moth | 00:16:04 |
| Josh Blau & Erin Barker: StorySLAM Favorites | A father gets some unexpected news and a friendship stands the test of time. | The Moth | 00:14:45 |
| Jim Krenn: Church Latin | A radio personality remembers his first time in the spotlight. | The Moth | 00:17:53 |
| Ernesto Quinonez: Spanish Harlem, 7th Grade | A man remembers his 7th grade self and realizes it's a slippery slope from victim to victimizer. | The Moth | 00:13:24 |
| A Tribute to Wanda Bullard | Wanda Bullard died this week. The stories shared on her porch inspired George Dawes Green to found The Moth. She will be dearly missed. | The Moth | 00:12:53 |
| Josh Axelrad: The Gold Watch | A professional gambler finds creative ways to keep himself in the game. | The Moth | 00:15:05 |
| Peter Hyman & Michele Weldon: StorySLAM Favorites | Two parents, Peter Hyman and Michele Weldon, struggle to do what's best for their children. | The Moth | 00:15:37 |
| Khalid Latif: Shattered Silence | An imam talks about his experience as a Muslim student in New York City on 9/11. | The Moth | 00:16:49 |
| Bokara Legendre: Mummy Was a Wild Game Hunter | A socialite-turned social activist inherits her mother’s hunting trophy collection. | The Moth | 00:15:44 |
| Fab Morvan: A Voice of My Own | One half of the pop superstar duo Milli Vanilli recounts their rise and fall. | The Moth | 00:13:55 |
| Sherman "O.T." Powell: Cocktails in Attica | A young man tries to make ends meet in one of the world’s toughest prisons. | The Moth | 00:15:58 |
| Kevin Carlin & Giulia Rozzi - StorySLAM Favorites | A hiker and a recently married woman find strength in talents they didn’t know they possessed. | The Moth | 00:14:46 |
| Tricia Rose Burt: How To Draw A Nekkid Man | A burnt-out corporate executive tries to shake her A-type personality at art school. | The Moth | 00:15:00 |
| Kyp Malone: My Unhurried Legacy | A father's visit to his daughter's kindergarten classroom brings back memories of his own childhood. | The Moth | 00:15:53 |
| Audrey Pleasant: Lil' Mama | A wallflower teaches herself the slide and ends up in the spotlight. | The Moth | 00:13:34 |
| Kevin McAuliffe & Julie Kraut: StorySLAM Favorites | Two friendships made overseas must withstand the toils of international travel. | The Moth | 00:14:27 |
| Charlene Strong: It Wasn't Enough | Tragedy causes a woman to reevaluate her life. | The Moth | 00:17:16 |
| Leonard Lopate: The Rocket's Red Glare | A fireworks display forever changes the lives of a young couple. | The Moth | 00:13:48 |
| Daisy Rosario: Child of Trouble | A young woman meets her brother for the first time at their father’s funeral. | The Moth | 00:17:10 |
| Bill Burr: A Doll's House | A young man is filled with dread at the thought of bringing his girlfriend home to meet his father. | The Moth | 00:10:16 |
| Kimberly Reed: Life Flight | A woman confronts her past, and future, when she is forced to make a trip to her hometown. | The Moth | 00:16:19 |
| James Foster & Kathleen Miller: SLAM Stories | A Detroit native and a precocious middle schooler both learn the danger of trusting others. | The Moth | 00:13:49 |
| Todd Hanson: Sloth | A slacker details his relationship with depression and couches. | The Moth | 00:16:35 |
| Jen Lee: Targeted | A woman finds herself torn between two religions - and herself. | The Moth | 00:13:46 |
| Mike Daisey: What Was Learned in London | While studying abroad, a young man receives a real world education. | The Moth | 00:17:58 |
| Jim Gates: Go Tell It on the Mountain | A physicist climbs many mountains over the course of his career. | The Moth | 00:18:31 |
| Andy Borowitz: An Unexpected Twist | A man navigates the medical system with humor. | The Moth | 00:20:01 |
| Sheri Holman: Rescue Mission | A young girl moves to the big city and finds herself in over her head. | The Moth | 00:17:59 |
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