Liberating Yourself with Busy Philipps: The Moth Podcast

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.6 • 25.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

On this very special episode of the Moth Podcast we feature stories of women and their liberation. This episode is hosted by actress, author and mega-fan of the Tony-nominated play Liberation, Busy Philipps, and features a conversation with its Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright Bess Wohl and Obie-winning director Whitney White. The three stories will take us from the middle of the ocean, to a nude spa in Santa Fe, to a rest stop in Texas… but all of them are about breaking free. About discovering yourself. Storytellers: Rescue swimmer Amanda Burrill is left by her ship during a drill, staying deep in the ocean unsure of when her crew would return. Jennifer Kohnhorst vacations at a fancy clothes-optional spa. On a road trip home, Victoria Nguyen is thrust into a dangerous situation. Podcast # 980 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	Attention all passengers. The Uber ride for Jeff's rugby team will depart in five minutes from Platform 15. Your ride comes with six toilets and a refreshments carriage that you'll empty within five minutes. Thank you for booking your tickets on Uber. Trains on Uber.
0:21.6	Blowing our budget on metrics that look great till the CFO sees them.
0:25.6	That's bullspend, and marketers are calling it out in
0:29.6	Dashboard Confessions.
0:31.6	I remember telling my boss it'll be good for the brand when Leeds were slow.
0:35.6	Yeah, it wasn't.
0:38.3	Cut the ball spend.
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0:49.3	Terms and conditions apply.
0:56.5	Hi there and welcome to The Moth.
0:57.9	I'm Busy Phillips.
1:00.7	I'm an actress, author, and podcast host.
1:03.5	I'm obsessed with storytelling in all forms,
1:07.4	which is why I am so excited to be here hosting The Moth.
1:14.9	I recently became very obsessed with the Tony Award-nominated play Liberation, which weaves together the stories of seven women in the year 1970, searching for their own individual liberation
1:21.0	while debating how to affect real change in the collective.
1:24.9	It also asks the question, as women living now 56 years in the future,
1:29.8	how did we get back here? Fighting for our rights and equality again. On this episode,
1:36.4	we've got three stories that will take us from the middle of the ocean to a nude spa in Santa Fe to a
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