Hello London. The Moth is returning to Union Chapel on Thursday, September 28th for a night of vibrant true stories.

The main stage is the quintessential Moth experience, a two-act show featuring a musical act, where the storytellers and a notable host share true personal tales without notes.

Experience a night of unforgettable Moth tales as they're recorded for future episodes of the Moth podcast and radio hour.

Doors open at 7 and doors begin at 8. Get your tickets now at the Moth.org Bowerslash London.

This is the Moth radio hour from PRX. I'm Katherine Burns and this time we're going to hear about occasional magic.

Those moments of wonder and clarity that we sometimes stumble upon in life. We're just going along the day-to-day, mind your own business and then BAM. Suddenly something happens and we discover a piece of truth in our lives.

These moments often sneak up on me and I can miss them entirely if I'm not paying attention.

Magic is definitely a play in our first story, told by Changeri Kumanika. He told the story of the Moth event we produced in Las Vegas, where he partnered with Nevada Public Radio and the Black Mountain Institute.

Here's Changeri Kumanika live at the Moth.

So I was at this family barbecue earlier this summer. I don't know if y'all go to Black Family Bar because Frankie Beverly Maze is playing.

I was eating a second plate of Mac and cheese. I promised myself I wouldn't eat.

I was doing some card tricks for my seven-year-old nephew, Jonathan. After a couple of tricks, Jonathan looks up at me and he goes,

how did you do it? How did it work? I was like, oh, it's magic. He got excited. He's like, oh, magic.

He kept asking me. I'm doing more tricks. He kept asking me.

For some reason, I started to think, maybe he's asking me something bigger than the card trick.

I was projecting. For some reason, I went way too dark on this.

This kid's got to know. This is the time for this seven-year-old kid to understand. Like, this is a trick.

So I was like, I called him, I was like, I showed him how the trick worked.

And then I was like, look, man, this is a trick, man. But you got to deal with reality.

You just saw a seven-year-old face just drop. And I knew that I had failed as an adult human.

You know, I had told him that there was no magic. And it's funny that I would be the one to deliver that.

Because my own relationship to this question is much more complicated.

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