Hello London. The Moth is returning to Union Chapel on Thursday, September 28th for a night of vibrant true stories.

The main stage is the quintessential Moth experience, a two-act show featuring a musical act, where the storytellers and a notable host share true personal tales without notes.

Experience a night of unforgettable Moth tales as they're recorded for future episodes of the Moth podcast and radio hour.

Doors open at 7 and doors begin at 8. Get your tickets now at the Moth.org Bowerslash London.

Welcome to the Moth podcast. I'm Suzanne Rust, the curator at the Moth.

And I'm Lila Day, co-creator of the Stoop Podcasts, and we're your host for this episode.

One of the things I love most about the Moth is the sense of intimacy that listening to a story gives you.

It creates this beautiful, like, almost sacred space, and that space can let you think about things in a way you didn't before.

Consider new perspectives, or maybe a feel truly seen, and maybe for the first time.

And I'm reminded of that special intimacy when I listen to one of my favorite podcasts, The Stoop, which is co-hosted by Lila Day, who's sitting right next to me.

Yeah, so on the stoop, my co-host Hanababa and I, we try to tell stories that are from the black diaspora that people just don't hear enough of.

Like stories about folktales and psychedelics, and black joy, and beauty, and ballet, we really try to go there.

Yeah, and you really do, and I feel like I'm part of that conversation when I listen. You really bring us in close.

So on this episode of The Moth podcast, we're going to be doing something a little different.

In addition to playing a story from The Moth, we'll also be playing a part of an episode of The Stoop.

And we'll be talking about the larger theme that both The Moth Story and The Stoop Episode Tachon, swimming and the black community's relationship to it.

There are so many incorrect stories and stereotypes about black people and swimming.

That we don't know how to swim. I've even heard that our bodies aren't made for swimming.

Oh, I've heard that too, and so many more things.

Let's talk about it. But first, let's dip our toes in and start with a story from Hesna Muhammad.

She told this at New Haven's College Street Music venue. Here's Hesna live at The Moth.

Thank you.

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