The Moth Radio Hour: Shocks and Surprises
The Moth
The Moth
4.6 • 25.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
In this hour, a woman gets a call in the middle of the night; a young boy discovers the truth about his idol; a girl does her best to prepare for a big moment; and a family camps out in hopes of seeing the Kennedy family. Hosted by The Moth’s Artistic Director, Catherine Burns. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.
Hosted by: Catherine Burns
Storytellers:
Teri Garr bonds with friends over justice and revenge.
Liel Leibowitz learns the identity of a real-life anti-hero from his childhood.
Nasrin Marzban gets ready to meet the Shah of Iran.
Micaela Murphy endures a family beach vacation.
Transcript
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| 0:40.5 | Tools and resources needed for more people to embrace the art and craft of personal storytelling in their own lives. Thank you. |
| 1:00.8 | I'm Katherine Burns and this is the moth radio hour from PRX |
| 1:05.1 | Today we're going to hear stories that involve big surprises |
| 1:08.3 | You're going about your life business as usual and then something completely unexpected happens that changes the course of things in an instant |
| 1:16.1 | A classic way to receive shocking news is getting a phone call in the middle of the night. I mean does good news ever come at 3 a.m |
| 1:24.1 | Our first storyteller Terry Gar got that dreaded call |
| 1:28.1 | Terry is a legendary comic actress best known for classic films like Tootsie and close encounters of the third kind and |
| 1:34.7 | My favorite Mr. Mom Terry told her story and an event called la la la stories about Los Angeles. Here's Terry Gar live at the moth |
| 1:46.7 | November 18th |
| 1:49.0 | 1989 |
| 1:51.0 | 413 a.m |
| 1:53.6 | My home in L.A. My phone rings and |
| 1:56.9 | This woman's voice says is this Terry Gar and I go, yes, I think so |
| 2:01.4 | She likes one she to know that I've been sleeping with your boyfriend since August and |
| 2:07.1 | That I just caught him in bed with another girl this morning |
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