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The Moth

Cents and Sensibility: The Moth Radio Hour

The Moth

The Moth

Performing Arts, Arts

4.625.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this hour, money talks. Stories of finances—coin collecting, running grifts, and determining the value of "stuff." This episode is hosted by Moth Senior Curatorial Producer Suzanne Rust. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. Storytellers: Steve Zimmer and his father search for a rare penny.  Stacey Curry finds some monetary discrepancies at her new job. Dannie Olguin grows up worrying that she will never have enough.  Taji Torrilhon does not place great importance on "stuff," but her wife does. Charles Caracciolo finds a financial incentive to being an altar boy.  Christian Garland, a preacher's kid, steals collection plate money from his grandfather. Podcast # 971 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:03.0

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1:00.1

I'm your host, Suzanne Rust.

1:03.5

I admire and envy the financially savvy.

1:06.8

In most aspects of my life, I feel like a fairly well-adjusted, well-informed adult, but there's

1:12.2

something about talking finances, budgets, investments, 401Ks, long-term goals that shuts me down.

1:19.8

My New Year's resolutions almost always include a promise to get better with managing money.

1:24.7

And while I did fulfill that promise last year with a financial consultant, which was really helpful by the way, I still have a way to go before I feel as

1:32.3

confident as I would like. I think all of this is what drew me to the theme of sense,

1:37.3

as in coins, and sensibility, because I'm curious to see how others navigate those sometimes

1:42.3

murky waters.

1:49.5

This hour is about money, but also about the things we value beyond it, like a sense of security,

1:53.0

love, respect, and knowing when what we have is enough.

1:59.6

Our first story was told by Steve Zimmer at Islam in Chicago, where we partner with public radio station WBEZ.

2:01.6

Here's Steve, live at the Moth.

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