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 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 monte montapar monte told this at a moth main stage at st anne and the holy trinity

church in brook, where the theme was

slight of hand. Here's Monty, live with the Monk. At 23 years old, I was in my third season working as a

glacier guide in Alaska. I took people hiking on glaciers, ice climbing on glaciers,

and that spring I had successfully summited

the 16,000-foot glaciated volcano that looms over town.

I was feeling very confident in my skills in the mountains, and I could finally grow a full beard.

So when my friend Elizabeth asked if I wanted to be her assistant on a fly-in base camping trip,

I said, oh yeah, that sounds super chill.

She told me the four clients were the women that I had met that afternoon on the deck of the guide service.

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