The Moth Radio Hour: Bearing Witness

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.6 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this hour, stories about seeing and witnessing. This episode is hosted by Meg Bowles. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

Hosted by: Meg Bowles

Storytellers:

Alice Schaffer, a preacher's daughter, grows up in fear of the lessons learned in Sunday school.

Dawn Ross tries to adjust to life in rural Arkansas.

D. Parvaz, a journalist covering the uprising in Syria, is arrested and imprisoned.

Leland Melvin suffers a devastating injury that cuts short his dream of flying in space.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, Moth listeners, it's Sarah Austin, Janice.
0:02.9	If you listen to the Moth, you love storytelling,
0:05.7	just as much as I do.
0:06.9	So I wanna talk about a show that we adore,
0:09.4	this American Life.
0:10.5	Long before we had our own podcast and radio show,
0:13.5	our friends at this American Life featured
0:16.0	Moth Stories on their show,
0:17.9	which really helped us find our own audience,
0:20.2	and we're still deeply grateful to them.
0:22.5	This American Life has been around for over 20 years
0:25.3	and their unique style of investigative storytelling
0:28.6	shares a common thread with Moth Stories.
0:31.4	They're always true and aim to reveal something deeper
0:34.6	about the human experience.
0:36.2	I have never once tuned in to this American Life
0:39.3	and been disappointed, compelling people, funny moments,
0:43.1	big feelings and surprising plot twists
0:46.4	are just a few of the things that we love
0:48.6	about the stories they share.
0:50.1	You can join host Ira Glass each week
0:52.8	or go back and listen to classic episodes like
	...

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