The Moth Radio Hour

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The Moth Radio Hour is a weekly series featuring 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.

Brought to you by PRX and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. Learn more about The Moth, the series and live events at exchange.prx.org/themoth. The Moth is available by annual carriage fee. Rates are based on your station TSR. Please contact Sean Nesbitt at sean.nesbitt@prx.org for more information or help in subscribing to the program.


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204 Pieces

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1316: Astronauts, Family Trees, and Drips, 9/18/2018
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Caption: Marika Hughes, Credit: Jason Falchook
A special live event from Cooper Union. Andrew Solomon describes his circuitous route to becoming a dad, a cellist makes a disturbing discovery abo...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
1318: Stepchild, Big Brother, and Mug Shot, 9/11/2018
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Caption: Tig Notaro, Credit: Micah Cordy
Comic Tig Notaro details her complicated relationship with her step-father; a New York City cop on a bust discovers the value of a mug shot; and a ...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2018
  • Length: 53:57
1302: Doctors, Saints, and Secrets, 9/4/2018
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Caption: Siddhartha Mukherjee, Credit: Jason Falchook
A young doctor is whisked halfway across the globe to care for an ailing international religious icon, a daughter discovers her father’s painstakin...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2018
  • Length: 53:55
1816: Live from Jackson, Wyoming, 8/28/2018
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Caption: Cristina Briones, Credit: Photo by Lindley Rust
In this episode, we present four stories all about coming to the precipice of catastrophe. A vicious rumor shakes the foundations of family and hom...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
1310: Prison, Princes, and Playgrounds, 8/21/2018
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Caption: Jillian Lauren, Credit: Sarah Stacke
A woman sets off in search of transformation and ends up in a harem in Bandar Seri Begawan, a teacher discovers her playground has turned into a 3r...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2018
  • Length: 53:57
1313: Texas Hold' Em, Kin, and Cloistered Nuns, 8/14/2018
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Caption: Flora Hogman, Credit: Sarah Stacke
Professional gambler Annie Duke details a pivotal poker game at the televised Tournament of Champions, road rage lands a new mom in jail, a young w...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
1817: The Moth Radio Hour: In Transit!, 8/7/2018
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Caption: Rosanne Cash, Credit: Photo by Jason Falchook
In this hour, we're on the move Three stories from the road, rail, and the sky. Hosted by Catherine Burns, The Moth’s Artistic Director. The Moth R...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2018
  • Length: 53:57
1206: Moth Eaten: Adventures in Food, 7/31/2018
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Caption: David Chang, Credit: Jason Falchook
A special live edition of The Moth at Cooper Union in NYC, "Moth Eaten: Adventures in Food". Best-selling author Adam Gopnik and his wife have an o...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WNPR Connecticut, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KRCB-FM "Radio 91", KBRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 38
1811: Live from New York City, 7/24/2018
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Caption: Barbara Collins Bowie, Credit: Photo by Jason Falchook
In this hour, stories from a live Moth Mainstage in New York City. A teacher demonstrates the hard lessons of the frontier, a man's photo causes a ...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2018
  • Length: 53:57
1815: You Say Goodbye, 7/17/2018
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Caption: Ash Bhardwaj, Credit: Photo by Aron Klein
In this hour, four stories on saying farewell to family, the past, or sometimes the very earth we stand on. Hosted by Meg Bowles, The Moth’s Senior...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
1208: Language, Coins and a Proposal, 7/10/2018
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Caption: Richard Kind, Credit: Sarah Stacke
Novelist Walter Mosley examines the power of language to break and form bonds; an artist connects with her father when he sends her coins he finds ...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WNPR Connecticut, WYSO, KCLU, KCRW and more


  • Added: Jul 04, 2018
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 34
1204: Grandparents, Pole Dancing, and Lust, 7/3/2018
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Caption: Satori Shakoor, Credit: Sarah Stacke
A family of amateur detectives crack a case; a librarian takes a dance class to spice things up; a father and son come to terms in Newark Airport; ...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
1809: Inner Compass, 6/26/2018
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Caption: Gautam Narula
In this hour, three stories about questioning power dynamics…in the USSR, on the streets of NYC and on death row. Hosted by The Moth's Senior Pr...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
1202: Blue Men, Psychopaths, and a Bad Date, 6/19/2018
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Caption: Rachel Dratch, Credit: Sarah Stacke
After many years in the legendary Blue Man Group, a performer makes a profound connection with an audience member; a world-renowned neuroscientist ...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
1813: I Will Be Your Father Figure, 6/12/2018
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Caption: CJ Hunt, Credit: Photo by Braden Moran
In this special episode of The Moth, we listen to five stories about fathers — from embarrassing jokes to tender moments shared on the road. The Mo...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2018
  • Length: 53:57
1201: Hand Transplant, DNA, and a Backwards Heart, 6/5/2018
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Caption: Janna Levin, Credit: Sarah Stacke
A special live edition of The Moth's collaboration with The World Science Festival. An astrophysicist discovers wild parallels in her research and ...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
1609: Moth GrandSLAMs: Life and Death, 5/29/2018
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Caption: Suzanne Barakat, Credit: Ian Tervet
In today’s hour, GrandSLAM stories from around the country: a subway altercation, a child’s view on love and war, an awkward first-year teacher, a ...

  • Added: May 22, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
1610: Three Chefs and a Meal, 5/15/2018
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Caption: Roy Choi, Credit: Braden Moran
A special hour all about FOOD. Stories from the farm and the table; complete with celebrated chefs and presidential diners. Hosted by The Moth’s Se...

  • Added: May 09, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
1814: Domestic Affairs, 5/8/2018
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Caption: Maxie Jones, Credit: Photo by Liz Mackinder
In this hour, we step into the private lives of five storytellers all trying to make their worlds a more hospitable and homely place to be. Hosted ...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
1810: Surviving Being Human, 4/17/2018
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Caption: Natsha Guynes, Credit: Photo by Jason Falchook
In this hour, we lean into the moments of rejection, failure, embarrassment, and other stories of the human soul. Hosted by The Moth’s Senior Direc...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2018
  • Length: 53:57

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New episodes are published weekly, 1 episode a week.

Each episode is made up of 6 segments totalling between 00:53:50 and 00:54:10 in length.

Tuesday: 4:00 AM

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