The Moth Radio Hour: Mother's Day Special

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.6 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

A special edition of The Moth Radio Hour dedicated to Mothers. A woman who has never wanted children suddenly questions her choice, a little girl gets angry at her mother and runs away from home, a son struggles at his mother's deathbed, and a man finds a mother's love in unconventional ways. Hosted by The Moth Radio Hour Producer, Jay Allison (with help from his mom). The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

Hosted by: Jay Allison

Storytellers: Ophira Eisenberg, Terry Wolfisch Cole, Andie Christy, Samuel Lewis Lee

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0:00.0	This is the Moth Radio Hour from PRX and I'm Jay Allison, producer of this radio show.
0:17.8	This time, stories about something we all have in common, one way or another, mothers.
0:23.4	For starters, I'd like to establish my own credentials.
0:28.0	So mom, what was I like as a little kid?
0:32.2	Very imaginative, very cute, very lively.
0:35.8	Does that mean like a pain in the neck?
0:37.6	No, no, you were a good baby.
0:39.6	You were very good.
0:41.4	There you have it, the truth from my mom.
0:44.0	Evidently, I also like stories.
0:46.4	And you like to read, you like to be read too, very satisfactory.
0:50.8	So mom, you know what the moth is, right?
0:53.6	I do indeed.
0:56.0	And I love it.
0:57.0	How would you describe it?
0:59.0	Well, I would say it was certainly unusual and inventive and very personal that people
1:03.9	who are talking are really telling you what they feel and they do it in a beautiful way.
1:08.0	And they were not all tragic.
1:09.4	Some of them were very funny and inspiring.
1:14.1	So let's start off with a funny and tragic and inspiring motherhood story from Ophira
1:19.8	Eisenberg.
1:21.1	She told it for our moth member show in New York City at the Cooper Union, here's Ophira.
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