This is the Moth Radio Hour. I'm Sarah Austin Janice.

Storytellers find the moth, and we find storytellers sometimes in strange and curious ways

one spring day i got a text from my friend faith saley a former storyteller she said i've

just met a man named jordy ponzi you should talk with him about telling a moth story but

time is of the essence. So I called

Jordy. Jordy, do you remember our first phone call and what were you thinking? I have been a

long time moth listener and to actually meet you. I was shocked. Jordy and I worked on his story

together for weeks and he told it live at our yearly

Moth main stage in collaboration with Greenwood Cemetery in front of 800 people.

His story gives context for this episode, which is called Still Existing and Bucket Listing.

Here's Jordy Ponce live at the month.

I'm a psychologist by profession, and when I tell people that they either do one of two things.

They clam up or then they start spilling their guts.

And I've always been kind of analytical, cerebral, I like figuring people out. I like helping people.

And so it's been a really good fit for me. And in 2022, I got the opportunity of a lifetime with a job

offered to work at the esteemed Moffat Cancer Center, where I would get to help cancer patients

go through all aspects of their cancer journeys.

I was so excited.

And about two weeks before my start date, I thought to myself, Jordy, you really ought to get

this stomachache checked out that has been kind of lingering.

And so I drove myself one morning to an ER

because it felt like my organs are about to explode.

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