The Moth Radio Hour: Hidden Treasure - Live from The Moth’s Education Showcase

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.6 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

A special live edition of The Moth -- with five stories from a night showcasing the graduates of Moth High School storytelling workshops. Join us to celebrate student stories of first kisses, culture shock, finding a niche, and baking apple cake. This hour is hosted by Moth Teaching Artist Julian Goldhagen, with additional hosting by Moth Executive Producer Sarah Austin Jenness. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

Storytellers:

Isobel Connelly grows up feeling like the stupid girl.

Saya Shamdasani feels caught between two cultures.

David Lepelstat is nervous about his first kiss.

Luna Azcurrain and her grandfather create a Thanksgiving tradition.

Beth Gebresilasie tries to protect herself from her family's constant moving.

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0:00.0	At Radio Lab, we love nothing more than nerding out about science,
0:04.8	neuroscience, chemistry.
0:06.8	But, but, we do also like to get into other kinds of stories,
0:10.0	stories about policing, or country music hockey sex of bugs
0:16.0	regardless of whether we're looking at science or not science we bring a rigorous
0:20.9	curiosity to get you the answers.
0:23.3	And hopefully make you see the world anew.
0:24.8	Radio Lab, Adventures on the edge of what we think we know.
0:28.8	Wherever you get your podcast. From PRX, this is the Moth Radio Hour. I'm Sarah Austin Janess.
0:50.0	This is the sound of students from the Bronx High School of Science, the Beacon School,
0:54.8	Harvest Collegiate High School, and young people from all over the five boroughs of New York,
0:59.8	waiting to tell stories with the moth. Since the early days of the moth,
1:04.0	teams of moth teaching artists have gone into high schools around the country
1:08.0	and worked with young people to develop and craft stories from their lives.
1:12.0	In 2012, the Moths education program was
1:14.6	formalized because we believe that young people's stories need to be celebrated and
1:19.2	shared on a wider scale. So this episode is a celebration of the Moths education program.
1:29.3	In this hour you'll hear five students who were all part of a special showcase at the Bell House in Brooklyn,
1:34.7	which was packed with hundreds of students, moth workshop leaders, and faculty advisors.
1:39.8	Our host was social worker and longtime moth teacher Julian Goldhagen.
1:45.0	As you'll hear, Julian wasn't always comfortable on stage, but he found his groove.
1:50.0	All right. So today's theme is Hidden Treasure.
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