This autumn fall for moth stories as we travel across the globe for our main stages.

We're excited to announce our fall lineup of storytelling shows from New York City to Iowa City,

London, Nairobi, and so many more, the moth will be performing in a city near you,

featuring a curation of true stories.

The moth rainstage shows feature five tellers, who share beautiful, unbelievable, hilarious, and often powerful true stories on a common theme.

Each one told reveals something new about our shared connection.

To buy your tickets or find out more about our calendar, visit the moth.org slash main stage.

We hope to see you soon. From PRX, this is the moth radio hour. I'm Meg Bowles. I'm a blushor and if someone says, are you blushing,

it accelerates to full-on magenta. I chalk it up to my Scottish roots, but let's just say it's hard to hide

my embarrassment. There are all kinds of situations that cause us embarrassment, like the time

you enthusiastically waved at someone

waving in your direction only to realize they were actually waving at

someone behind you, or you're in that awkward situation where you absolutely

know the person but you absolutely know the person,

but you cannot for the life of you remember their name,

and they're waiting for you to introduce them.

Or perhaps you're a teenager, and in that case,

it's probably anything and everything your parents do in

public. We all have our moments, situations that looking back make us cringe.

Our make us cringe. Our first story is easily a 9.1 on the embarrassment Richter scale.

So much so, in order to spare her mother's blushes, this storyteller chooses to only be

identified by her first name. She shared it at one of our open mic story slams in

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