The Moth Radio Hour: Pleasantly Surprised

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.6 • 25.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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This week The Moth Radio Hour is proud to present to you stories full of pleasant surprises. From unexpected friends, to the Civil Rights Movement, and a love story over 60 years in the making. This episode is hosted by Moth Senior Curatorial Producer, Suzanne Rust. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. Storytellers: Rudy Rush, a comedian from Harlem, cannot buck his love for the rodeo. White southerner Bob Zellner reflects on being an ally during the Civil Rights Movement. After 62 years apart, Cynthia Riggs reconnects with a man from her past. Podcast # 723 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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1:17.8	This is the Moth Radio Hour, and I'm Suzanne Rust, the Moth's curatorial producer.
1:20.7	The theme for this hour is pleasantly surprised.
1:26.1	Those moments that make you pause and say, well, I wasn't expecting this, but in the best possible way.
1:29.8	We'll be hearing from a Harlem comedian who discovers a new passion,
1:33.2	a man who got in some good trouble during the civil rights movement,
1:36.7	and a love affair so special that it needed two Moth stories to tell it.
1:38.7	First up, Rudy Rush.
1:41.3	He told this story at the Players Club in New York.
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