Women Up: The Moth Podcast

The Moth

Performing Arts, Arts

4.6 • 25.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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March is women’s history month, and to honor that, we're sharing two stories of women who faced challenges and … woman-ed up. This episode was hosted by Kate Tellers. Storytellers: Alison Stewart gets through a difficult experience, and meets a hot doctor along the way. Tess Birch guides a group of girls through a zoo. 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	Welcome to the Moth. I'm Kate Tellers. March is Women's History Month, which in the U.S.
0:08.8	honors women's vital contributions to American history, culture, and society. Of course, these
0:15.3	contributions are too numerous to be uniquely celebrated in one month, and certainly not on one
0:20.7	podcast. So let's take
0:22.5	one moment for the U.S. Olympic women's hockey team, shall we? Phenomenal Women.
0:28.2	And now for two stories of women who face challenges and womaned up. First, Allison Stewart told
0:35.4	this story when she hosted a New York City main stage, where the theme
0:38.9	was only in New York.
0:41.0	Here's Allison live at the market.
0:47.9	I had a very fancy day planned in New York in February of 2024.
0:53.8	I was scheduled to have breakfast with the head of the Brooklyn
0:56.3	Museum to discuss their 20th, 200th celebration. It was a great celebration they had planned. I wanted
1:03.9	to support it. It was a beautiful buffet, pretty room. There were about six of us seated around
1:09.2	the table. The music director, she talked
1:11.4	a bunch and I nodded a lot. I just really didn't feel like saying that much. And I actually,
1:17.7	you know, I wanted to talk, but I tried, but I didn't really feel like it. Nothing really
1:23.3	came out. It was Thursday and I had planned a trip to Miami on the weekend and I still had a
1:29.0	show to do a WNYC so I thought just saved my voice. I left the museum and I realized something
1:35.7	was wrong when I texted my friend on February 22nd, 24 and the text said, I am having the
1:43.3	trouble speaking. I'm trying to text. am having the trouble speaking.
1:45.0	I'm trying to text.
1:47.0	I having a hard timing.
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