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or texting give 24 to 78679. Thanks for listening. Welcome to the moth podcast. I'm Sarah

Austin Janice. The year is coming to a close, and on this special bonus episode,

we're reflecting back on the stories we shared in 2024, because we shared over 250 of them

on this podcast. Yes, 250 stories. Some of the stories were laugh out loud funny, some were

heartbreaking, some surprising and profound. Maybe some of the stories were laugh out loud funny, some were heartbreaking, some surprising, and profound.

Maybe some of the stories made you see things in a different light.

Thank you for listening and for sharing these podcast episodes with your friends.

We love it.

And we thought it might be fun to highlight some stories that most resonated with you,

at least according to the vagaries of the social media algorithm. So we made a video compilation

of our most shared stories, a moth wrapped, if you will, a moth cocoon, if you will, even more.

Moth wrapped, get it?

Anyway, you can find the list and the videos on the moths Instagram at Moth Stories,

where you can follow us for more great moth videos, news, and yes stories.

We also have a link in the episode description.

And now from your 2024 most shared list, Monty Montepar. Monty told this at a moth main stage at St. Anne

and the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn, where the theme was sleight of hand. Here's Monty,

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