Series: Moth Radio Hour Spring 2011 Season

Produced by The Moth

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The Moth Radio Hour features true stories told live on stage without scripts, notes, props, or accompaniment. Each Moth Radio Hour mixes humorous, heartbreaking, and poignant tales that captivate, surprise, and delight audiences with their honesty, bravery and humor.

Broadcast rights for the Spring 2011 Season open on April 29, 2011, and stations may air each program an unlimited number of times prior to September 30, 2011. If you have questions about carriage, contact Israel Smith at ismarketing@yahoo.com.

Brought to you by PRX and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. Learn more about The Moth, the series and live events.

Please confirm carriage of The Moth Radio Hour by contacting Israel Smith at 612-377-3256 or ismarketing -at-yahoo-dot-com.

Moth storytellers stand alone, under a spotlight, with only a microphone and a roomful of strangers. The storyteller and the audience embark on a high-wire act of shared experience which is both terrifying and exhilarating. Originally formed by the writer George Dawes Green as an intimate gathering of friends on a porch in Georgia (where moths would flutter in through a hole in the screen), and then recreated in a New York City living room, The Moth quickly grew to produce immensely popular events at theaters and clubs around New York City and later around the country.Today, The Moth is a nonprofit organization with ongoing programs, all of which contribute their best stories to The Moth Radio Hour: The Moth Mainstage where celebrities appear alongside unique voices from all walks of life.

The Moth's StorySLAM competitions, which are open to all and rapidly expanding to cities across the country; and The Moth's community outreach program, MothShop, which bring workshops to people whose stories would otherwise go unheard.
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Brought to you by PRX and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. Learn more about The Moth, the series and live events.Please confirm carriage of The Moth Radio Hour by contacting Israel Smith at 612-377-3256 or ismarketing -at-yahoo-dot-com.Moth storytellers stand alone, under a spotlight, with only a microphone and a roomful of strangers. The storyteller and the audience embark on a high-wire act of shared experience which is both terrifying and exhilarating. Originally formed by the writer George Dawes Green as an intimate gathering of friends on a porch in Georgia (where moths would flutter in through a hole in the screen), and then recreated in a New York City living room, The Moth quickly grew to produce immensely popular events at theaters and clubs around New York City and... Show full description


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Caption: George Dawes Green, Credit: Denise Ofelia Mangen
The Moth's founder, George Dawes Green, details the fireworks when his mother learns that her family plantation is slated to be turned into a theme...

Bought by WFPL News, WCMU Public Radio, KPCC, WFCR, KAXE and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2011
  • Length: 00:53:59
  • Purchases: 70
Caption: Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch, Credit: Sarah Stacke
Double amputee Aimee Mullins chronicles her adventures with prosthetic legs as an athlete, actress and artist; the mother of a bullied teen tells t...

Bought by WFPL News, WCMU Public Radio, KPCC, WFCR, KAXE and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 71
Caption: Phillip Caputo, Credit: Flash Rosenberg
The Moth's Senior Producer Jenifer Hixson hosts this hour. Phil Caputo shares how a bullet wound helped him heal his soul; a little girl learns wha...

Bought by WEKU, WFPL News, WCBU, WCMU Public Radio, KPCC and more


  • Added: Apr 06, 2011
  • Length: 00:53:56
  • Purchases: 73
Caption: Steve Burns, Credit: Sarah Stacke
Popular Moth storyteller Tom Shillue hosts this hour. The star of the kid's TV show Blue's Clues details his complicated relationship with fame. A...

Bought by WFPL News, WCBU, WCMU Public Radio, KPCC, WFCR and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2011
  • Length: 00:53:59
  • Purchases: 74
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Monologist Mike Daisey hosts a live Moth performance called OMG: Stories of the Sacred, at The New York Public Library. Andrew Solomon goes to Afg...

Bought by WFPL News, WCBU, KPCC, WFCR, WCMU Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2011
  • Length: 00:53:58
  • Purchases: 72