Snow White and the Screaming Meemies - Alana Kinarsky

“It's December in Detroit and the five of us pile into a two bedroom apartment.”

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Snow White and the Screaming Meemies

--- This episode is available on your local radio station, on PRX and below via The Moth Player. It will be published on  iTunes | Spotify | RadioPublic | RSS on 5/4/2021 ---

A 5-year-old girl is caught stealing by her strict mother, a shy writer gives her first ever interview on national TV, a child gets caught in the shelter shuffle of the foster system, and a wilderness search and rescue teacher goes out on a ledge to help a young man.

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Stories in this Episode

05:19
Snow White in a Fur Coat

by Alana Kinarsky

A 5-year-old girl is caught stealing by her strict mother.

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14:43
Screaming Meemies

by Maile Meloy

A shy writer gives her first ever interview on national TV.

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11:19
Jenny

by Samuel James

A child gets caught in the shelter shuffle of the foster system.

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11:04
Search and Rescue

by Cheryl Hamilton

A wilderness search and rescue teacher goes out on a ledge to help a young man.

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Extras From This Episode

Alana Kinarsky

Alana Radio Extra1

Alana Kinarsky when she and her family first moved to America.

Maile Meloy

Maile Meloy Radio Extra1

Maile Meloy winning the spelling bee.

Mm Martha

Maile with Martha Stewart.

Samuel James

Samuel James Radio2

Samuel and Jenny.

Samuel James Extra1

Samuel and his parents.

The music in this story

  • The Drift - Uncanny Valley
  • John Zorn - Nekashim
  • Benny Greb - Good Question
  • Samuel James - Big Black Ben
  • Luis Santana - La Tepiquena
  • Matthias Bossi - A Delicious Silence