The Moth Radio Hour: Hope and Glory

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.6 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this hour, four stories of determination, hope and battling for both survival and respect. From bootcamp in Fort Bragg to base camp in Kirkuk, Iraq; from the front lines to the home front. Hosted by The Moth's Senior Director, Meg Bowles. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

Storytellers:

Jill Morgenthaler battles to earn the respect of her fellow soldiers.

Dylan Park finds hope in the chaos of war.

Franny Civitano anxiously awaits her brother’s return from deployment in Afghanistan.

Jerry Neal describes a bird’s eye view of the English Channel on D Day.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, Moth listeners in London. This holiday season, give the gift of stories at a live
0:05.8	moth storytelling show. The moth is dedicated to finding everyday people to tell extraordinary
0:11.6	stories.
0:12.8	At our open mic story slams, those people find us.
0:16.5	At the Grand Slam, 10 London Story Slam winners are invited to the stage for the
0:21.2	ultimate storytelling competition.
0:23.9	Join the moth on Friday, December 8th at the iconic Union Chapel for a battle of
0:28.8	wits and words featuring local London storytellers as they compete to be crowned London story champion.
0:35.0	Buy your tickets for our Grand Slam now at the moth.org.
0:40.0	That's the Moth dot org forward slash London From PRX, this is the moth radio hour. I'm Meg Bulls. Today we have stories from
1:00.9	moth stages around the U.S. New York City, Cincinnati, Ohio, Kansas City,
1:05.9	Missouri, and Traverse City, Michigan. Each of the storytellers in this hour has their own unique
1:11.0	experience with various branches of the armed forces, stories from the
1:15.1	front lines both at home and abroad.
1:18.4	Our first story comes from Jill Morgantaller.
1:21.1	Jill shared her story at an evening we produced in Cincinnati at the Anderson
1:24.5	Theater Memorial Hall. The theme of the night was intrepid.
1:29.5	I am a marine brat. My father was a career marine. I adored him. I wanted to be him when I grew up.
1:42.0	Which wasn't likely in the 1960s. The women who served then,
1:49.6	the wax and the waves, they were secretaries and nurses, they weren't allowed to command men.
1:56.7	They weren't even allowed to have weapons in Vietnam.
2:01.6	Well in 1969, my father got orders for Vietnam, and he sat me down in the living room, and he told me I was going to be in charge of my younger brother and sisters.
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