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The Moth

The Moth Radio Hour: Live from Santa Barbara

The Moth

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.625.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

A special live edition of The Moth brought to you from the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara, California. An encounter in the Alaskan wilderness, an intergenerational connection through music, and a rockstar who feels out of touch. This episode is hosted by Dame Wilburn, with additional hosting by Jay Allison. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Storytellers: Monte Montepare finds himself at an emotional crossroads in rural Alaska. Christina Igaraividez connects to her grandmother through the violin. Drummer Patty Schemel finds herself on tour with millennials. 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. I'm Jay Allison, producer of this show,

0:17.3

and we're bringing you stories from a moth main stage at the Loe Barrow Theater

0:21.9

in Santa Barbara, California. It was produced in partnership with the public radio station

0:27.1

KCRW. The poet and storyteller, Dame Wilburn, was the host of the night. The theme was

0:34.3

beneath the armor. Here's Dame.

0:42.7

Good evening, Santa Barbara. How are you doing?

0:45.9

Welcome to the Moth.

0:47.1

We are so happy and so excited to be here.

0:49.4

Thank you, KCRW, for having us.

0:51.2

Thank you so much for being here this evening.

0:53.3

You look amazing. My reading

0:54.8

glasses say that you look amazing. All right. So our theme tonight is beneath the armor.

1:04.4

And even though I'd like to have a conversation with you about beneath the armor,

1:09.8

something more pressing came up backstage and I had to talk to you about it.

1:13.6

So this is my second time in Santa Barbara.

1:16.6

And I am from Detroit, Michigan.

1:19.6

And thank you.

1:22.6

So I bring you greetings from Detroit by saying, what up though?

1:26.6

That's native Detroit in case you don't speak it. greetings from Detroit by saying, what up though?

1:30.7

That's native Detroit in case you don't speak it.

1:33.8

But you are all spoiled.

1:39.9

I don't know if you know it.

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