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The Moth

The Moth Radio Hour: Holding On, Digging Out & Hanging Up

The Moth

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.625.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this hour, stories of the everyday moments that have lasting impacts. A fast-food chain giveaway, a perilous outing on the high seas and the emotional toll of being a customer care Agent for the USPS. This episode is hosted by Moth Senior Director Meg Bowles. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.Angela Dohrmann goes whole-hog during a Wendy's giveaway. Lobsterman Jason Lemos fights for survival in the frigid Atlantic.Zellia Enjoli Tatiana learns something new about herself through her work as a customer care agent.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

In the Premier League, everyone pushes their hardest to win. And now it's your turn. With their EPL fantasy challenge, Coca-Cola are giving you a chance to win big by beating the best. All you have to do is build a team based on rules set by an icon. And to help you on your way, I've got a tip to help you build your team. Make sure you keep an eye on fixtures. Who are the players up against next? Sometimes it's not about form.

0:21.7

Like there are some players that, for whatever reason, always play well against certain teams.

0:27.0

To do your research. To get involved in the EPL Fantasy Challenge, all you've got to do is grab

0:31.8

a Coke and scan the code on the pack. Just by playing, you get a chance to win Coke swag or

0:36.6

vouchers. But if you beat the icon

0:38.9

who set the rules, you could win vintage Coca-Cola jerseys, Premier League tickets and more. So go

0:45.0

ahead and get involved. Grab this hour, we bring you three stories told live on stage in Omaha, Nebraska, Portland, Maine, and New York City.

1:12.3

The stories may be wildly different, but they all share a common theme of how everyday events

1:17.3

can end up being extraordinary.

1:20.3

Our first story comes from Angela Dorman.

1:22.9

She shared it as part of a main stage we produced in Nebraska at the Rose Theater,

1:27.1

with support from Omaha Public

1:28.7

Radio K-I-O-S. Here's Angela, live at the moth. The call that started it all was from my sister

1:40.4

Michelle. She was calling from California, long distance, back when there was such a thing.

1:47.0

She was telling me that she had her baby, her first, a boy named Jack, and I was hit

1:57.0

with this overwhelming desire to be there as soon as possible.

2:02.6

We lost our mom.

2:04.6

Our mom died when we were kids.

2:06.6

I was 12 years old.

2:08.6

Michelle was 9 and our little sister was 5 years old.

2:13.6

And I learned that as the oldest, I was often the first to experience those times when

2:21.7

without your mother really sucked. And I would always make sure to warn the others. And this was a time.

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