The Moth Radio Hour

The Moth Radio Hour features true stories told live on stage without scripts, notes, props, or accompaniment. Each hour mixes humorous and heartbreaking tales told with honesty, bravery, and wit, produced by Jay Allison.

Airs Sunday's at 8 pm

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Starlee Kine: Radical Honesty

While doing research for a book on self help, a young writer finds herself getting sucked into a cult. Starlee Kine is a producer and writer whose work has been featured on public radio’s The American Life.

Sam Shepard: You Can Lead a Horse to Water

An actor’s insistence on using his own horse in a film stunt has unpleasant consequences for his stunt double. Sam Shepard is an Oscar-nominated actor, screenwriter, director and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.

Peter Aguero: The Entertainer

The New York GrandSLAM-winning tale of a work dispute that gets completely out of hand. Peter Aguero was a member of the national touring company of Chicago City Limits, travelling to 37 states. His second favorite was Alaska.

Janice Bartley: Italian Stallion

A woman with cerebral palsy falls in love for the first time (story told through translator due to speech impediment). Janice Bartley is a graduate of The MothSHOP Community Program and a speaker for the Self-Advocacy Association of New York State.

Ted Conover: All Prisoners Lie

While working as a prison guard in Sing Sing, Conover pays a price for the tough attitude he develops as a survival skill. Ted Conover’s new book, The Routes of Man: How Roads Are Changing the World and the Way We Live Today,