The Moth Radio Hour: Surviving Being Human

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.6 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this hour, we lean into the moments of rejection, failure, embarrassment, and other stories of the human soul. Hosted by The Moth’s Senior Director, Meg Bowles. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

Hosted by: Meg Bowles

Storytellers:

Cynthia Shelby Lane sets her sights on a job that’s out of this world.

Lemn Sissay attempts to uncover a hidden past.

Natasha Guynes desperately tries to hide her past from co-workers on The Hill.

Matt Brown confronts his insecurities in an unconventional way

Daniel Turpin deals with the aftermath of a split second decision.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, Moth listeners, we have a favor to ask.
0:03.4	We're conducting an audience survey.
0:05.4	We'd be really grateful if you could take just a few minutes and answer our survey.
0:09.8	Please visit survey.prx.org slash moth to take the survey today.
0:14.9	From PRX, this is the Moth Radio Hour, I'm Meg Boles.
0:38.3	Over the years, some of the best stories we've heard here at the Moth have been the ones
0:42.1	where people are willing to tell on themselves, to reveal the not-so-pretty sides of themselves.
0:48.0	Sometimes the more interesting story is the one about the near-miss and the absolute and
0:51.7	utter failure, because these imperfect moments are a constant in our lives and surviving
0:57.0	them is what makes us human, what builds character and humility and hopefully empathy.
1:02.7	Today we bring you stories that celebrate those very things, the embarrassment, the rejection,
1:08.1	the wrong turn and sometimes the sheer fragility of a human soul.
1:13.0	Our first story comes from Cynthia Shelby Lane.
1:15.7	She told it at one of our monthly story slam events in Detroit, Michigan, where we partner
1:19.7	with local public radio station WDET.
1:23.4	Here's Cynthia Shelby Lane live at the Moth.
1:28.1	So I decided to apply for a job and it wasn't just any job, but the deadline for the application
1:34.7	was December 31st at midnight.
1:38.7	So I went home and I thought about it and with all the self-doubt, I just put it off and
1:43.1	tours me months went by and then I decided on December 31st to fill out the application.
1:50.3	I finished it around 11.30 pm and I looked up and had one half hour to get it to the post
1:56.2	office.
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