The Moth Radio Hour: A Point of Beauty
The Moth
The Moth
4.6 • 25.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2024
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
In this hour, stories of finding hope, grace, and light during unexpected times and in unexpected places. A bookstore, a high school tournament, and death row. This episode is hosted by Moth Director Chloe Salmon. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.
Storytellers:
Maniza Naqvi travels across the world to help save a bookstore.
Michael Watson yearns to participate in the sports culture in his high school.
After her wrongful conviction, Sunny Jacobs tries to make a life for herself on death row.
Jitesh Jaggi tries to cure his homesickness with a family recipe.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello podcast listeners. This is Sarah Austin Janess from the moth. |
| 0:05.0 | Whether you're new to the moth podcast or just tuning in for the first time, |
| 0:09.0 | we hope you enjoy this episode. |
| 0:11.0 | And if you've ever been curious about what it's like to be in the room |
| 0:14.9 | during one of our live shows, we're excited to announce that the moth is |
| 0:18.7 | returning to London to Union Chapel for a unique night of storytelling. |
| 0:24.0 | On Wednesday, April 3rd, join us for the Moth Main Stage, |
| 0:28.0 | where five storytellers from around the world |
| 0:30.6 | and a notable host share true personal stories on stage without notes. |
| 0:35.0 | No notes, no net. |
| 0:38.0 | Join us for this evening of surprising and memorable true stories. |
| 0:42.0 | You can buy tickets now at the moth.org |
| 0:44.3 | forward slash London. That's the moth dot org forward slash London. We hope to see |
| 0:50.0 | you there. From PRX, this is the moth radio hour. I'm your host Chloe Salmon. |
| 1:08.0 | On days when I'm having trouble seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, my work at the moth has a tendency to offer |
| 1:15.2 | up glimmers that help remind me to shift focus. There are the stories of course, but there are also |
| 1:21.8 | the people, those who share and those who listen. |
| 1:26.4 | I've seen storytellers have a line of audience members waiting to talk for a moment after |
| 1:30.9 | the show and share their own experience. I hear people who call into |
| 1:36.1 | our pitchline feeling alone, not knowing that others have called in with similar stories, |
| 1:40.8 | sometimes even on the same day. I've read emails from our radio and |
| 1:45.4 | podcast listeners who heard a story that struck a chord and inspired them to write |
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