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Elna Baker
1301: Virginity, Fidelity, and Fertility, 1/1/2013
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Length: 53:57
Tina McElroy Ansa is a little girl when her father’s business goes under and her family must leave their beloved, expansive home.
Alan Rabinowitz treks through the Himalayas to study the Taron, a dying race of people, and makes discoveries about himself.
Alan Rabinowitz treks through the Himalayas to study the Taron, a dying race of people, and makes discoveries about himself.
Elna Baker must tell her Mormon parents that she has made an irreversible change in her life.
Hosted by Jay Allison/Garrison Keillor
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Tina McElroy Ansa is a little girl when her father’s business goes under and her family must leave their beloved, expansive home.
Alan Rabinowitz treks through the Himalayas to study the Taron, a dying race of people, and makes discoveries about himself.
Alan Rabinowitz treks through the Himalayas to study the Taron, a dying race of people, and makes discoveries about himself.
Elna Baker must tell her Mormon parents that she has made an irreversible change in her life.
Hosted by Jay Allison/Garrison Keillor
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