The Deep End: The Moth Radio Hour

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.6 • 25.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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In this hour, stories of jumping, or being thrown, in the deep end—figuratively and literally. Leaving the "nest," reptilian co-workers, and a school swimathon. This episode is hosted by Jay Allison, producer of The Moth Radio Hour. Storytellers: Mukosi Shimaka-Mbasu realizes that participating in the Science Fair means talking to strangers. Gary Sizer cares for his mother after her ALS diagnosis. During lockdown, Mytrang Nguyen has to share her office with two lizards. While participating in a swimathon, Clare Wallder follows the adage "slow and steady wins the race." College-bound Ianna Banfield practices being away from her mother. Podcast # 967 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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0:18.0	Your moment of serenity. Brought to you by twining sleep.
0:23.6	Twinings.
0:25.6	Alive in every drop.
0:27.6	The This is The Moth Radio Hour.
0:45.9	I'm your host, Jay Allison.
0:48.3	The proverb goes hope for the best and prepare for the worst, but sometimes events go so profoundly awry, the best we can do
0:57.4	is keep our heads above water. In this episode, The Deep End, where all our storytellers
1:03.8	find themselves. First up is Makosi Shimaka Mbahu, who told this story at one of our open mic
1:11.8	story slams in Washington, D.C., where we partner with Public Radio Station WAMU.
1:18.4	Here's Mokosi.
1:21.2	Okay.
1:22.8	All right.
1:24.4	As you heard, my name is Mukosi Shemakambasu. I'm from here. I was born in the
1:33.0	Columbia Hospital for Women. I think it's a, I think it's a set of condos now. So I was saying before
1:37.9	the show, that's fine. That happens. I was born to a Jamaican mother and a Kenyan father.
1:45.0	That's only important because as I'm sure most, if not all of you know,
1:50.0	there are some subtleties to American society that you have to experience to understand.
1:57.0	And given that at the time that this story takes place, neither of them were citizens,
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