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The Place to Be: Stories of Belonging: The Moth Radio Hour

The Moth

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.625.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

If you've been moved by a story this year, text 'GIVE25' to 78679 to make a donation to The Moth today. In this hour, stories of finding community and comfort—among neighbors, in church, and at the movies. This episode is hosted by Moth Senior Curatorial Producer, Suzanne Rust. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. Storytellers: Julie Baker finds comfort in Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. The Rocky Horror Picture Show takes conservative Christian teen, Steven Michael Carr, out of his bubble. Julie Vieira wants to belong to something bigger than herself. Sue Moreno moves to Kansas City in search of community. Podcast # 950 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

OMG Yes.com is a website presenting groundbreaking research about women's sexual pleasure in partnership with Indiana University and Kinsey Institute researchers.

0:11.2

When you see such an open, honest, evidence-based discussion of what feels good and why, it becomes obvious.

0:17.8

That's how it should be. What if our generation breaks the cycle of shame and taboo once and for all, and everyone realizes

0:24.2

pleasure is good, healthy, important, and endlessly fascinating?

0:28.8

See for yourself at omg yes.com slash moth.

0:32.4

That's omg yes.com slash moth.

0:37.1

Music m g yes.com slash moth.

0:51.4

This is the Moth Radio Hour.

0:53.1

I'm your host, Suzanne Rust.

0:54.2

When you're in the right place with the right people for you, your body knows it.

0:58.9

Your nervous system is calm, you feel centered, you feel connected, and you feel like yourself.

1:04.8

Now the road to that place isn't always easy to navigate, but getting there makes it all worthwhile.

1:10.4

In this hour, we'll hear four

1:11.7

stories from people who found that right fit. When home isn't a welcoming place, it's

1:18.3

important to have a good neighbor who can take you in. Julie Baker shared her story

1:23.1

with us at a slam in Boston where we partnered with WBUR and PRX.

1:28.1

Here's Julie, live at the mall.

1:34.3

Every day, I watched the clock.

1:37.4

I couldn't wait for him to arrive.

1:41.4

And when he finally did, he was smiling and he was singing and he was talking about

1:47.6

what a beautiful day it was, even when I could see out my window that it was raining some days.

1:55.9

And then he came in and he hung up his suit jacket and he took down a sweater and he zipped it up and he sat down

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