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The Moth Radio Hour: Don't Stop the Music

The Moth

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.625.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this hour, Motown, hip hop, folk and pop. Stories of the indelible impact of music on both its creators and listeners. This hour is hosted by The Moth's Senior Director Jenifer Hixson. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

Hosted by: Jenifer Hixon

Storytellers:

David Montgomery gets immersed in Spice World.

Cal Street describes her time as part of The Velvelettes.

Dawn Smith grows up in a cult that forbids music.

Jin Au-Yeung's lyricism connects him to Barack Obama.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Support for this podcast comes from WISE, the account that lets you send, spend, and receive money internationally.

0:08.3

50 currencies, 170 countries, one account designed to take on the world.

0:14.5

So whether you're taking on Rio or Rome, Miami or Mumbai, you'll always get the mid-market exchange rate when you convert currencies with no markups and no hidden fees.

0:25.6

WISE helps you save money no matter where you're going next.

0:29.5

Join 15 million people and businesses who are going global with WISE.

0:34.5

Learn how the WISE account could work for you by downloading the app or visiting

0:39.5

WISE.com slash Moth.

0:42.3

Hello Moth family. Have you listened to our new podcast,

0:45.3

Grown yet? Grown, that's GROWN, is a podcast filled with true stories all about the joys and pains of growing up.

0:52.7

Listen with a young person in your life or by yourself to hear Moth stories, storyteller interviews,

0:58.1

and audio diaries from young voices, the tackle family dynamics, heartbreak, culture, mental health, and so much more.

1:05.3

If you love listening to Moth stories, then share Grown with a young person in your life.

1:10.1

Find it by searching GROWN on all major podcast platforms.

1:28.1

From PRX, this is the Moth Radio Hour, I'm Jennifer Hickson.

1:32.0

In the mortal words of Chuck Berry, Roll Over Beethoven, in this hour we'll hear stories about music,

1:38.4

from both musicians and die hard fans. All kinds of music,

1:42.8

Motown, Folk, and Hip Hop, and our first story, which falls squarely into the category of Pop.

1:48.6

We first met David Montgomery at our Pittsburgh Story Slam where we partner with Public Radio Station, WESA.

1:55.5

Eventually we developed this story with him and started taking him on the road.

1:59.7

He's traveled quite a bit with us around the United States, but he was especially thrilled when he got to tell the story in London, England.

2:06.6

Because in a way, that's where this whole thing started.

2:10.2

Here's David Montgomery, live in London.

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