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Starting off on my quest to generate a new piece based on the Moth's weekly storytelling themes. This week's theme is vacation, so here is a tale ...
- Added: Mar 27, 2012
- Length: 11:12
This week, our writers are all strangers in a strange land, whether it's familiar, foreign, or in their own backyard. All stories are true and told...
- Added: Mar 18, 2012
- Length: 29:00
One evening during the overnight shift at the Hilton, Sam inadvertently ruins a co-worker’s life.
- Added: Feb 28, 2012
- Length: 12:25
In the latest installment of The Taxi Tapes, Sam recalls the unexpected consequences of a voyage to the strange environs of Avenue Z in Brooklyn, w...
- Added: Feb 22, 2012
- Length: 15:07
One drunken afternoon at an Irish Pub in lower Manhattan, a fellow bellhop co-worker of mine informed me that he could see the future. This is an ...
- Added: Feb 16, 2012
- Length: 17:54
This week's stories are all about having a bad day-- sometimes, things go from bad to worse. Stories by Bruce Trice, Phillip Taylor, and Taylor Eub...
- Added: Jan 28, 2012
- Length: 29:00
My buddy Sean and I decided to embark on a challenge: the ROYGBIV diet - spending a week eating only one color of food per day, according to the co...
Bought by KUT, Vocalo.org, and PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 27, 2011
- Length: 08:34
- Purchases: 3
A group of drunken Brits guides Sam directly into the path of an oncoming MTA bus, with unexpected results. This episode is an excerpt from the li...
- Added: Dec 19, 2011
- Length: 06:34
Sam is blindsided with an unfortunate realization on the Grand Central Parkway.
- Added: Oct 19, 2011
- Length: 09:15
Sam makes a not-so-triumphant return to the Hilton, where an old nemesis rears its ugly head.
- Added: Sep 28, 2011
- Length: 08:49
An orange naugahyde sofa. A pay-phone. A river of chicken blood.
- Added: Sep 16, 2011
- Length: 07:32
Sam meets the mysterious Man in the White Van, who rents him a beat-up cab, which he uses for his first fare, which nearly destroys him.
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 09:51
A complex set of circumstances results in Sam awakening at 4:30am on a frigid January morning for his first day as a New York City cab driver.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 07:35
- Purchases: 1
On my 21st birthday my father said to me: "Happy birthday, you're not covered on my insurance anymore ... so do me a favor, don't wear a seatbelt. ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, and KUOW
- Added: May 22, 2010
- Length: 07:32
- Purchases: 3
Sealed explores divorce and its lingering effects. Nearly two decades after their parents’ separation, four siblings reflect on its aftermath.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 12, 2010
- Length: 22:22
- Purchases: 1
Jason Mehl tells the story of his meeting with a drunken Santa.
- Added: Oct 11, 2009
- Length: 06:52
- Purchases: 2
A personal audio essay about my Italian-American Nani teaching me the importance of showing love through cooking.
- Added: Jan 03, 2009
- Length: 06:19
Anthony's tattoo is a constant reminder of a past love.
- Added: Dec 09, 2008
- Length: 01:32