The Moth

Amir has a “chat” with a government agent in a windowless room at the airport, and Dameon takes a trip to Paris.

Storytellers: Amir Baghdadchi and Dameon Wilburn.

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In this hour we’ll travel around the country to hear stories from our live open mic StorySLAM events: Louisville, Kentucky; San Francisco; Burlington, Vermont; Portland, Oregon; as well as the birthplace of the Moth StorySlam, New York City.

Storytellers: John Dubuc, Leah Benson, Kathi Kinnear Hill, Tom Herndon, Caitlin Myer, David Sampliner, and Tara Clancy.

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A special Thanksgiving episode of The Moth Podcast: A four-year-old decides that Thanksgiving dinner is the perfect time to give herself a haircut and after a citified family moves to a working farm, the chaos comes to a head at Thanksgiving.

Storytellers: Lily Berman and Jeffery Rudell

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A feminist searches for the perfect wedding dress, a playwright visits a prison in Malawi, a man spends a lifetime regretting a single moment, and a new mother struggles with her prosthetic arm.

Storytellers: Jessi Klein, Al Letson, Marco Huertas, and Mary Archbold.

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Stories about Identity: Jon battles a Twitterbot that is using his name and his photo, and Micah’s lucky red tie leads to a revealing encounter with his musical hero.

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An astrophysicist discovers wild parallels in her research and romantic life, a surgeon details his involvement in one of the world’s first-ever hand transplants, and a geneticist is called to testify in a murder case and lays the groundwork for DNA fingerprinting as forensic evidence.

Storytellers: Janna Levin, Kodi Azari, and Eric S. Lander

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It’s The Moth Podcast Halloween Special! A young woman working at a haunted maze encounters a pop star and workers at a bar are confronted by a band of roving vampires.

Storytellers: Kimya Dawson and Kevin Haas.

Music in this episode by The Uncluded.

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A special live edition of The Moth recorded at the Shubert Theatre in Boston. A New York City cop looks into the death of a kid he grew up with, a jazz musician dreams of playing with James Brown, and a woman falls in love over the protestations of her family.

Storytellers: Steve Osborne, Christian McBride, and Mary Lou Piland

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The Moth goes to the ballpark! This week as the weather starts to get colder and the baseball playoffs begin, we have the story of a young girl who falls in love with the New York Mets and a young Yankees fan lands a job as batboy.

Storytellers: Marie Hershkowitz and Matthew McGough.

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Two stories about fighting back: Against the U.S. Congress and against a school bus bully.

Storytellers: Holly Hughes and Tara Clancy.

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