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The Moth

The Moth Radio Hour: Live from Dayton

The Moth

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.625.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

A special live edition of The Moth, brought to you from the Victoria Theater in Dayton, Ohio. Conscious uncoupling, a livestock auction, new perspectives, and Darth Vader. This hour is hosted by Dame Wilburn with additional hosting by Jay Allison, producer of The Moth Radio Hour. Storytellers: Sara Rabidoux-Kelsey has a unique living arrangement with her ex. Dame Wilburn has a startling encounter with Darth Vader. 16 and pregnant, Jackie Andrews must find a way out of financial hardship. Anthony Brinkley finds his perspective changed after being the victim of a racially-motivated attack. 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

From PRX, this is the Moth Radio Hour.

0:15.7

I'm Jay Allison, producer of this radio show,

0:18.3

and we're bringing you stories from a moth main stage event

0:21.8

at the Victoria Theater in Dayton, Ohio. It was produced in partnership with Public Radio

0:27.5

Station WYSO, and the theme of the evening was Carpe Diem.

0:32.6

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the moth in Dayton, Ohio.

0:36.5

The host for the evening was poet and storyteller Dame Wilburn.

0:41.3

Let's jump right into the first story. Fair Warning, it does deal with sexual relations within a marriage.

0:48.3

Here's Sarah Sweet Rabidoo Kelsey.

0:53.3

On a boring Tuesday night

0:55.8

in the beginning of the summer,

0:58.1

I sit down at the kitchen table

0:59.8

with my husband, Jeff, in our brand new

1:02.1

condo, and I say,

1:04.1

listen, I don't know how to tell you this,

1:08.3

but I don't want to have sex with you

1:10.3

anymore. And this is sort of a

1:14.7

sad and hard thing to say, but he hears it and mauls it over, and he says, you know, I don't

1:21.8

want to have sex with you anymore either. And I am so relieved, but not surprised,

1:29.3

because Jeff and I have had this uncanny connection

1:32.3

ever since the day we met ten years ago

1:35.3

when he dared me to guess his favorite movie.

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