901: Bat Stretchers, Glass Eyes, and Laugh Breaks, 2/12/2013
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Length: 53:59
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Anthony Griffith – “The Best of Times, The Worst of Times”: A comic must earn his living as a clown while suffering the ultimate heartbreak.
Ed Gavagan – “Golf Clubbing”: The screwball tale of the child of a tough drill sergeant who is injured on a Texas military base in the early 1970s.
Hosted by Lea Thau.
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Piece Description
Matt McGough - “My First Day at the Yankees”: A Yankee fan's path to a job as a batboy.
Michaela Murphy - “Eye Spy”: A Irish Catholic family lovingly spies on the Kennedy compound from afar.
Anthony Griffith – “The Best of Times, The Worst of Times”: A comic must earn his living as a clown while suffering the ultimate heartbreak.
Ed Gavagan – “Golf Clubbing”: The screwball tale of the child of a tough drill sergeant who is injured on a Texas military base in the early 1970s.
Hosted by Lea Thau.
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Billboard: 00:00 - 00:59
In cue: MUSIC "My Dad was a drill sergeant ..."
Out cue: " ...PRX.org, right after this."
INSERT NEWS HOLE:
Segment 1: 6:00 - 20:21
In cue: [MUSIC :12] "I'm Lea Thau. Welcome to the Moth Radio Hour."
Out cue: "The Moth Radio Hour is produced by Atlantic Public Media in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and presented by the Public Radio Exchange, PRX.org."
Break 1: 20:22 - 21:21
Segment 2: 21:22 - 46:38
In cue: "I'm Lea Thau, your host this week..."
Out cue: "The Moth Radio Hour is produced by Atlantic Public Media in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and presented by the Public Radio Exchange, PRX.org."
Break 2: 46:39 - 47:38
Segment 3: 48:39 - 59:00
In cue: "Welcome back to The Moth Radio Hour..."
Out cue: "...the moth dot org." [music ends]
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