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Ishmael Beah
The Moth Radio Hour 503
Series: The Moth Radio Hour Fall 2011 Season
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Kimberly Reed is transgender and forced to confront her past and future when she attends her father’s funeral.
Ishmael Beah is the author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier.
Laura Revness and her family’s parrot, Pumpkin, must redefine the pecking order.
Bobby Stoddard is young and in love, but struggles with his girlfriend’s one-year prison sentence.
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Kimberly Reed is transgender and forced to confront her past and future when she attends her father’s funeral.
Ishmael Beah is the author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier.
Laura Revness and her family’s parrot, Pumpkin, must redefine the pecking order.
Bobby Stoddard is young and in love, but struggles with his girlfriend’s one-year prison sentence.
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