The Moth Radio Hour: The Gatherings

The Moth

Performing Arts, Arts

4.6 • 25.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Gather 'round for an episode of The Moth Radio Hour with stories of coming together - in sadness, in celebration, in faith and in the nude. This episode is hosted by Moth Senior Director Kate Tellers. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. Storytellers: Bonnie Levison takes a risk and stands tall … and nude. Adam Bottner makes an immaculate connection in an unlikely place. Sister Laurena discovers a new relationship with her faith by changing a habit. Oleeta Fogden's much anticipated party for her first period does not go as planned. After receiving a devastating diagnosis, Mary Shaughnessy learns to lean on her community. Podcast # 887 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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0:00.0	From PRX, this is the Moth Radio Hour.
0:15.8	I'm your host, Kate Tellers.
0:18.3	A few years ago, my uncle said this about me.
0:21.5	Oh, that Kate, she wouldn't miss the opening of an envelope.
0:25.7	It's true.
0:26.6	I love a party or any place that people are gathering.
0:30.5	We come together to celebrate our joyful milestones and hold space for the sad ones.
0:35.6	To mark time and say, this person, this anniversary, this
0:40.4	totally niche set of shared interests, matter. What's more, a gathering is often a perfect
0:47.3	reason to blow it out with a cheeseboard. Win-win. In this hour, we'll hear five stories
0:54.0	about coming together in good times and bad.
0:57.4	Our first story comes from Bonnie Levison, who told this live when we gathered in Portland,
1:02.7	Maine, and partnered with the state theater.
1:05.5	Live from the moth, here's Bonnie.
1:11.1	I'm tall, and I grew to my full height of almost six feet at the age of 12.
1:20.6	I was in seventh grade. It was a terrible year. I had a lot of nicknames. I think Giant was probably the most popular, but the boys
1:31.4	loved to call me Amazon. Yeah. I don't really blame them because they hadn't grown yet,
1:38.0	and I towered over them, which made school dances a lot of fun. I think the tallest boy came up to my shoulders. God
1:47.0	forbid there was a slow dance. I looked like I was breastfeeding. It was awful.
1:52.0	And then there were the questions, you know, how's the weather up there? And what do you eat to get so big?
2:02.6	And of course the most popular, you're so tall, you must play basketball.
2:06.6	And as luck would have it, I was terrible at basketball.
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