The Moth Radio Hour: Kids Leading

The Moth

Performing Arts, Arts

4.6 • 25.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this hour, we put the adage "older and wiser" to the test with stories of children providing new perspectives and taking charge. In school, in the woods, and on a life or death journey. This episode is hosted by Moth Director and Producer Jodi Powell. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. Storytellers: While hiking with his 8-year-old daughter, Dave Stratton realizes he's in over his head. Carolina Ureña Ruez faces the horrifying prospect of a failing grade. Amber Wallin desperately wants to be cast as the lead in Cinderella. Pedro Haro goes on a harrowing journey, guided by his brother, and has a medical emergency. Nestor Gomez finds a new way to engage a tough audience of kindergarteners. 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	From PRX, this is the Moth Radio Hour.
0:15.3	I'm Jodi Powell, a producer and director at the Moth.
0:19.7	A few weeks ago, I heard a child say,
0:22.6	people still get to eat blueberries.
0:24.6	Yes.
0:26.6	And it reminded me that children are onto something.
0:30.6	Like the kid who initiated a friendship at the museum,
0:33.6	though we spoke different languages,
0:35.6	he walked across the room and just said to me,
0:38.3	can we be amigos? Or the six-year-old in the book-reading group that exclaimed how boring it was,
0:44.7	even though everyone thought so. Or the 11-year-old who felt the beat of Al Green for the first time
0:51.3	and just did the movement his body and heart wanted him to.
0:55.4	Children don't hold back and what they say they mean. At one point in our life, we dared to
1:02.2	dance like no one was watching and if they were, we did it anyway. Today, we're telling stories
1:08.9	from childhood, kids taking the lead, defying the odds, and pointing
1:13.6	out the things that we might have overlooked or just forgotten about.
1:19.6	Our first story comes from Dave Stratton. Dave told the story at the Chicago Grand Slam at the Athenum Theatre where we partner with the public radio station WBEZ.
1:30.3	Here's Dave.
1:36.3	It was really foggy and there was a light mist in the air when we stepped out of the car in this empty
1:41.3	trailhead parking lot in this New Hampshire State Park,
1:46.0	but that wasn't going to stop Lee and I from enjoying this great new adventure.
1:51.0	Nature hiking.
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