4.6 • 25.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Stories are medicine for the soul, but in this hour, stories of real medicine. Hospital residencies, doctor visits, and difficult diagnoses. This episode is hosted by Suzanne Rust. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media
Storytellers:
While in prison, Michael Fischer takes advantage of his medical condition.
Leanna House find a unique way to cope with her mastectomy.
Oscar Saavedra takes a stab at being a phlebotomist.
Cancer patient Gwen Carmen tries to learn how to die.
After giving birth, Elizabeth Gray is in denial about her mental health.
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0:00.0 | Hello, Moth listeners in London. This holiday season, give the gift of stories at a live |
0:05.8 | moth storytelling show. The moth is dedicated to finding everyday people to tell extraordinary |
0:11.6 | stories. |
0:12.8 | At our open mic story slams, those people find us. |
0:16.5 | At the Grand Slam, 10 London Story Slam winners are invited to the stage for the |
0:21.2 | ultimate storytelling competition. |
0:23.9 | Join the moth on Friday, December 8th at the iconic Union Chapel for a battle of |
0:28.8 | wits and words featuring local London storytellers as they compete to be crowned London story champion. |
0:35.0 | Buy your tickets for our Grand Slam now at the Moth.org. |
0:40.0 | That's the Moth. dot org forward slash London From PRX, this is the moth radio hour. I'm your host Suzanne Rust. |
1:02.4 | The vows in sickness and in health aren't just for |
1:05.4 | weddings. Doctors and health care professionals honor them every day. Yes, they |
1:11.0 | take care of our bodies, but when they go the extra mile, they can also help heal us in other ways, |
1:17.0 | and sometimes heal themselves in the process. |
1:21.0 | This episode celebrates the complexities of that special patient doctor dance. |
1:27.0 | Our first story is from Michael Fisher, who told it at a main stage in Champaign, Illinois, |
1:32.0 | where we partnered with the Virginia Theater. |
1:34.6 | Here's Michael, live at the moth. |
1:38.8 | About one week into my sentence, |
1:41.7 | the guards put the whole prison on lockdown. I was in what's called |
1:45.7 | reception waiting to be classified and then sent to a different prison to serve my |
1:50.7 | two years. The rumor was that an inmate had convinced a civilian worker to smuggle in drugs |
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