Regrets, I’ve Had a Few - Alfonso Lacayo

“I knew there was something wrong, because as soon as I stepped foot into the house, my other cousin around my age looks at me and starts dying, crying, laughing all over the place, hysterically.”

Regrets, I’ve Had a Few

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In this hour stories of hindsight being 20/20: a lie goes too far, a haircut veers off course, dreams are lost to time, and one bold move with no regrets attached! This episode is hosted by Moth Executive Producer, Sarah Austin Jenness. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

Alfonso Lacayo gets a bad haircut.

Noreen King's fib goes too far.

David Watson Mwabila questions his culture's perception of disability.

Megan McNally makes an assumption about her grandmother. 

Nadia Hakim remembers her last time in Iran. 

Robert Hallett gets a call from NASA.

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Stories in this Episode

05:05
The Bad Haircut

by Alfonso Lacayo

A boy gets a bad haircut.

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04:57
The Fourth of July

by Noreen King

Noreen King's fib goes too far.

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10:18
Dearest Toco

by David Watson Mwabila

David Watson Mwabila questions his culture's perception of disability.

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06:13
Things Left Unsaid

by Megan McNally

Megan McNally makes an assumption about her grandmother.

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06:44
Clear for Takeoff

by Nadia Hakim

Nadia Hakim remembers her last time in Iran. 

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06:57
Never Too Big To Be An Astronaut

by Robert Hallett

Robert Hallett gets a call from NASA.

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Extras From This Episode

Regrets, I’ve Had a Few

Megan McNally

Mrh2023 Megan Mc Nally Extra 1

Megan and her grandmother in 1987. Megan says, "Two friends and I had visited her and Poppy on Spring Break, and naturally she snuck us some Old Milwaukee. This is the result."

Nadia Hakim

Mrh2023 Nadia Hakim Extra 1

Nadia's aunts getting together a birthday cake for a celebration a little outside of Tehran. The one winking is Maryam. She'll always make sure you get the best slice

Mrh2023 Nadia Hakim Extra 2

Nadia and her sister, mother, and father in front of the Si-o-Seh Pol Bridge in Isfahan.

Mrh2023 Nadia Hakim Extra 3

Nadia (right) with her sister Nika and her grandfather's sister Fayizeh.

In regards to the above photo Nadia says: "All my life I was told that I looked exactly like my Ammeh Fayizeh. I didn't meet her until this trip in 2015. When we finally saw each other in person, we just stared at one another. She lives in Shiraz, which is where we traveled to in the story"

Noreen King

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Noreen with her daughters, Leah and Maeve.

Mrh2023 Noreen King Extra 5

Leah and Maeve in the same stroller that they were in at the airport.

Mrh2023 Noreen King Extra 3

Leah and Maeve.