The Moth Radio Hour: Truth and Power - Global Stories of Women

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.6 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this hour, stories of female strength and empowerment. Independence at any age, refusing to participate in sexist societal conventions, and the complicated layers of motherhood. This hour is hosted by The Moth's Executive Producer, Sarah Austin Jenness. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

Storytellers:

95 year old park ranger Betty Reid Soskin squares off with an intruder.

Purity Kagwiria chooses a name for herself.

Timothy Bell discovers that there are more layers to his mother than meets the eye.

Musih Tedji Xaviere attempts to get her first novel published.

Nya Abernathy discovers who gets lied to the most: pregnant women!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello podcast listeners. This is Sarah Austin Janess from the moth.
0:05.0	Whether you're new to the moth podcast or just tuning in for the first time,
0:09.0	we hope you enjoy this episode.
0:11.0	And if you've ever been curious about what it's like to be in the room
0:14.9	during one of our live shows, we're excited to announce that the moth is
0:18.7	returning to London to Union Chapel for a unique night of storytelling.
0:24.0	On Wednesday, April 3rd, join us for the Moth Main Stage,
0:28.0	where five storytellers from around the world
0:30.6	and a notable host share true personal stories on stage without notes.
0:35.0	No notes, no net.
0:38.0	Join us for this evening of surprising and memorable true stories.
0:42.0	You can buy tickets now at the moth.org
0:44.3	forward slash London. That's the moth dot org forward slash London. We hope to see
0:50.0	you there. From PRX, this is the Moth Radio Hour. I'm Sarah Austin Janess. It's been more than 50 years
1:09.6	since the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination
1:14.9	against Women.
1:16.6	But I recently heard Melinda Gates say, while introducing a moth event, that based on current
1:22.2	rates of change as measured by the World Economic Forum,
1:26.0	U.S. women won't gain equality with men for another 2008 years.
1:32.0	We're making progress, but it's slow going. So the five stories in this hour are all
1:36.7	about women claiming power. Our first storyteller is Betty Reed Susskin. Betty's one of the oldest storyteller is Betty Reed Suskin.
1:43.0	Betty's one of the oldest storytellers to Grace the moth stage.
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