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Check out our library of broadcast stories... From the most recently released stories to the first ones ever aired.

The Moth Podcast
Shalom Auslander & Jeannette Walls

A son finds his dad’s porn collection which reveals something surprising about his parent’s relationship and a woman learns to embrace her past.

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Tony Wheeler & Aaron Wolfe

A tale of family adventure from the founder of Lonely Planet, and a man has a run in with some Howler monkeys in Nicaragua.

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Dante Jackson & Brie Mann-Hernandez

A middle school student comes out of his shell at his 8th grade prom and learns to dance, and a young woman who is convinced that her step-grandmother must be evil is furious when all her attempts to “break her” fail.

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Catherine Smyka & Sasha Chanoff

A woman tries to avoid a hard conversation with her dad but the gets stuck on a road detour and a humanitarian rescue worker is forced to decide whether he will break the rules to save more lives. 

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Paul Bacon and Bokara Legendre

An unauthorized nap puts a police officer in a compromising position and a girl grows up on a safari.

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John DeVore & Clementine Ford

A man tells us about the last lesson his father taught him and a young woman learns that her mother is facing a deadly illness. 

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Steve Barnes & Drew Nieporent

A local restaurant reviewer is targeted by a disgruntled restaurant owner and a new restauranteur agonizes to please a food critic.

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Andrew Solomon & Calvin Trillin

An awkward teenager flourishes in the glamour of the the Metropolitan Opera, and a Chinatown chicken plays Tic-Tac-Toe.

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The Moth Podcast
March 29th, 2016

An aspiring pickpocket rises to the top of his game, and the inventor of the Baby Calzone runs into trouble with the Mob.

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March 15th, 2016

George Plimpton gives an auction winner a star-studded walkthrough of legendary NYC eatery Elaine's, and Isobel Connelly discovers she has a heart condition at age six.

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The Moth Podcast
March 1st, 2016

Three stories developed and crafted in The Moth Community Program: A daughter is confronted by her parent’s empty fridge, a girl struggles with her family’s neighborly etiquette, and a teacher speaks up in defense of one of her female students.

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The Moth Podcast
February 9th, 2016

A special Valentine's Day episode on The Moth Podcast. Three stories all about love and the heart.

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January 5, 2016

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December 29, 2015

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Eve Plumb & The Pittsburgh StorySLAM

Eve Plumb reflects on the real-life and TV families from her childhood, and a slide show on a family trip goes awry.

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December 8, 2015

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November 10, 2015

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October 6, 2015

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September 1, 2015

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August 25, 2015

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