The Moth Radio Hour: Live from London

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.6 • 25.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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This week, a special episode of The Moth, live from the Union Chapel in London. Stories of holding on and letting go. Adventures in low-stakes crime, military training, and family trees. This episode is hosted by Jon Goode, with additional hosting by Jay Allison, producer of this show. Storytellers: Altar boy Kevin McDonnell idolizes the Six Million Dollar Man. Jon Goode must take a swim test to become a marine. Runa takes a journey into her family history. Nick Ullett describes his (mis)adventures on the path towards adoption. 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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0:45.7	I'm your host Jay Allison, producer of this radio show.
0:48.7	This time, we have a live performance from the Union Chapel in London.
0:53.6	The event celebrated the release of our book,
0:56.0	How to Tell a Story, in the UK. Here's our host of the night, writer and performer, John Good.
1:02.0	Welcome to the Moth Main Stage here in Beautiful London!
1:06.0	My name is John Good. I will be your host for the evening. We're so excited to be here with you.
1:14.4	We have not been here since 2019. And we've all been through a live. We've been through a president.
1:19.7	You've been through a prime minister. We've all been through a global pandemic. Let's get a round
1:23.4	applause just for being here this evening evening for making it out.
1:28.3	We're also super excited.
1:30.3	We're celebrating our 25th anniversary this year at the mall.
1:34.3	25 years of one stage, one mic, one storyteller, telling stories to let us all know that we have more in common than we have differences.
1:42.3	To celebrate our 25th anniversary, we've released a book, How to Tell a Story.
1:46.0	It is filled with wonderful tidbits and guidelines and anecdotes.
1:50.0	You might even find a quote from someone you recently met.
1:53.0	So our theme for tonight is holding on and letting go.
1:57.0	And I've gotten, I've hung out here in London for a couple of days, and there are definitely
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