The Moth Podcast: Live from LA

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Arts, Performing Arts

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🗓️ 25 October 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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We've got a special treat for you this episode! We're featuring a recent Los Angeles GrandSLAM - with hosting, audience slips, music, and of course, great stories. The episode was introduced by Sarah Austin Jenness, and the GrandSLAM was hosted by Brian Finkelstein. The musicians in this episode were Alexander Burke, who played the vibraphone, and Eban Schletter, who played the theremin. Special thanks to Gary Buchler, regional producer of The Moth's Los Angeles slam series. Storytellers: Jess Nurse learns a bit about friendship after your twenties. David Ambroz finds inner strength in a challenging situation. Bryan Kett plays disc-golf with some misfits. 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	Welcome to the Moth podcast. I'm Sarah Austin Janess, the Moth's executive producer, and we have a special treat in store for you today.
0:11.1	This is a live from episode of the Moth podcast, from a recent Moth Grand Slam in Los Angeles.
0:18.8	Grand slams are Story Slam championships. They feature 10 stories and we've
0:23.6	chosen three from this L.A. Grand Slam to share with you today. The theme of the night was
0:29.0	out on a limb and the show was held at the Aritani Theater in collaboration with public
0:34.5	radio station KCRW. Longtime Moth host and storyteller Brian Finkelstein
0:40.1	will lead us through the night. Eben Schleder and Alexander Burke are our musicians for these memorable
0:45.8	grand slams in Los Angeles. They play The Theramin, which is an electronic instrument controlled
0:52.8	without physical contact.
0:55.3	So Eben and Alexander look like they're just waving their hands through the air.
0:59.8	But really, they are masters of this creepy and wonderful instrument which you are about to hear.
1:06.9	We'll play two stories, then you'll hear Eben and Alexander on the Incredible Theraman,
1:12.3	and then our last story, so stay with us for all.
1:15.5	To see photos from this night and for details about live events near you,
1:19.4	which we hope you'll attend, go to the moth.org.
1:22.6	And now here's Brian Finkelstein, live at the Moth Grand Slam in Los Angeles. Welcome to the Grand Slam. What you're going to see are, there are, there's a lot of different parts of the Moth. There's the podcast, there's the main stage shows, which are curated with longer stories and more rehearsed. And then there are the slams where it's kind of an open mic. And tonight you're going to see a Grand Slam, which is people who have won some slams. Slams are basically an open mic. Ten people go. They tell stories. There's judges. They judge them. Again, L.A., so everyone judges them because we're empty inside. And so, but one of those 10 people wins, and then those people compete tonight in the Grand Slam.. So right now there are 10 people backstage who are going to tell stories.
2:01.6	They're all winners.
2:02.6	They've all won.
2:03.6	I mean, at the end of the night, nine of them will be losers.
2:06.6	But it's okay.
2:07.6	It doesn't matter.
2:08.6	Nothing matters.
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