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workshops and on the moth podcast and the moth radio hour once the curtains have closed the rooms emptied and the voice is

Quieted it's the stories still ringing in our ears that whisper over and over we are all of us more alike than we are different

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Welcome to the moth podcast. I'm Michelle Jolasky your host for this week

Whether it's black tie business casual or business uniform

Occasionally you have to dress up in order to fit in

But sometimes it's easier to look the part than it is to play the role

Take it from our first story teller this week Jennifer Leahy

Jennifer told this story at a Grand Slam in Boston where the theme of the night was growing pains

Heads up if you're squeamish Jennifer's story contains a reference to blood. Here's Jennifer live at the moth

So the surgeon has just removed a collection of cholesterol known as a plaque from our patients

Carotid artery. That's the one that you need in the neck

When it sprays blood all over me

I'm a third year medical student and this is by far the coolest thing I

Have ever seen

I watch an awe as a surgeon

Manages the bleeding finishes the surgery and overall the patient's fine

And it went well and I watch as they wheel him out of the operating room and I start thinking about God. I'm so hungry

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