The Moth Radio Hour: If the Shoe Fits

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.6 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this hour devoted to stories about footwear, walk a mile in another person's shoes. Every journey begins with a single step, and hopefully, some comfortable kicks. This episode is hosted by Moth 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:

Edgar Ruiz Jr. needs new sneakers while visiting his father in Puerto Rico.

Satori Shakoor dresses up for a job interview but doesn't really want the job.

Isabelle Raphael finds herself in a pinch when she drops her keys down the elevator shaft.

Sufian Zhemetov is pulled into a discussion on religion while shoe shopping.

Stacy Miller's new daughter needs new shoes.

Munjen Ng and his classmate pursue careers in design.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Moth stories have the power to bring you into a world that is often not your own and leave you wishing that you could live in that world
0:07.0	Just a little bit longer since 1997 the moth has shared more than 50,000 stories with audiences around the world through shows
0:14.9	Workshops and on the moth podcast and the moth radio hour once the curtains have closed the rooms emptied and the voice is quieted
0:21.8	It's the stories still ringing in our ears that whisper over and over
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1:00.4	From PRX this is the moth radio hour. I'm Jennifer Hickson in this hour stories about what you wear on your feet
1:06.9	How sad the world would be if all the shoes were sensible?
1:10.4	Think about all the different kinds Mary Jane's wing tips clogs cleats Birkenstocks loafers still let us
1:18.6	You can tell a lot about a person and where they've been and even sometimes where they're going by what they're wearing on their feet
1:25.5	Our first story takes us from the Bronx to Puerto Rico and then back again
1:29.9	Here's Edgar Ruiz Jr
1:32.1	Live from a show in Detroit, Michigan where we partner with the music hall center for the performing arts and Michigan radio
1:43.5	Back in the summer of
1:45.8	1993 I was 12 years old
1:50.3	Living with my mom in the Bronx, New York
1:53.5	And she decided that she was a missemi back to Puerto Rico that lived with my dad for the entire summer
2:02.5	You see when wealthy kids act up they probably get sent to boarding schools
2:07.9	We knew your weekends act up. They sent us back to the island. I
2:15.0	Wasn't a delinquent or anything like that, but
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