The Moth Radio Hour

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The Moth Radio Hour is a weekly series featuring true stories told live on stage without scripts, notes, props, or accompaniment. Each Moth Radio Hour mixes humorous, heartbreaking, and poignant tales that captivate, surprise, and delight audiences with their honesty, bravery and humor.

Brought to you by PRX and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. Learn more about The Moth, the series and live events at exchange.prx.org/themoth. The Moth is available by annual carriage fee. Rates are based on your station TSR. Please contact Sean Nesbitt at sean.nesbitt@prx.org for more information or help in subscribing to the program.


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267 Pieces

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Caption: Jacoby Cochran, Credit: Kent Meister
In this hour, stories of the places that leave a lasting impression. A skating rink, a golf course, a restaurant, and a cemetery. This episode is h...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
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In this hour, stories of heroes, mentors, and our greatest supporters. A Coast Guard rescue swimmer considers his career, a lawyer learns the meani...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Caption: Nicole Kelly, Credit: David Harmantas
In this episode, stories from the gray areas and in-between spaces. Stuck in the middle, straddling two worlds, or searching for where you belong. ...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
Caption: Eva Santiago, Credit: Braden Moran
In honor of Valentine's Day, let The Moth whisper sweet somethings in your ear(buds). Stories of falling in love, enduring devotion, and romance th...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
Caption: CJ Hunt, Credit: Jason Falchook
This week, a special episode in honor of Black History Month, with stories that celebrate the diversity of the Black experience. Dye jobs, dream jo...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
Caption: Sherman "OT" Powell, Credit: Photo by Liz Mackinder
In this hour, we present four stories of getting another shot. Tales of tenacity, unexpected fortune, and redemption in moments both great and smal...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
Caption: Omr Qureshi, Credit: Ursula Cayote
Start your engines! In this hour, stories of being driven -- bound, determined, or literally in the passenger seat of a car. This episode is host...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
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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 Th...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
Caption: Estella Z. Jones, Credit: Jim Gilbert
In this hour, stories of diving in head first and putting it all on the line. Unconventional gifts, apex predators, and stock car racing. This epis...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
Caption: Jessi Klein
In this special twentieth anniversary hour, a look back at special stories and moments throughout The Moth’s 20 years. The inventor of the Baby Cal...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2022
  • Length: 53:58
Caption: Dr. Sybil Jordan Hampton, Credit: Danny Ngan
In this episode, stories of historical events and momentous decisions with far-reaching impacts. A teacher who pushes boundaries, a trail-blazing s...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
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Don your finest duds! This week, The Moth Radio Hour is all about clothes -- from DIY threads to silk blouses, from a prison visiting room to a run...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
Caption: Pierre Epstein, Credit: Photo by Jason Falchook
A special Holiday Hour from The Moth. The unexpected gifts of December: holiday customs, brand new traditions, flying cows, fruit, luminaries and a...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
Caption: Ishmael Beah, Credit: Sarah Stacke
In this episode, stories of who we are and what we present to the world. White lies, falsified documents, playing dress up, and big transformations...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
Caption: Bobby Wilson, Credit: Photo by Jessica Lifland
In this hour, stories from the Elko Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Hosted by Dame Wilburn, with additional hosting from Jay Allison. A woman says goodbye...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
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In this episode, bold attempts to revisit the past. A quarterback makes a trip back home, a wife attempts to understand her husband's past, a young...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
Caption: Jason Trieu
In this special hour, three stories from the Vietnam War Era. A troop comes under attack deep in the Vietnamese jungle; a triage nurse does her bes...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
Caption: Alexis Chin, Credit: Photo by Jason Falchook
In this episode we share five adventure stories. A flat world gets some much needed dimension; an adrenaline junkie gets his fill; and a woman fall...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
Caption: André De Shields , Credit: Jason Falchook
In this episode, stories of the voices that inspire us, comfort us, and help us navigate the world--sometimes in defiance of science or logic. This...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
Caption: Maxie Jones, Credit: Photo by Liz Mackinder
In this hour, we step into the private lives of five storytellers all trying to make their worlds a more hospitable and homely place to be. Hosted ...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2022
  • Length: 53:59