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Editor's pick: 'The Moth' storytelling podcast
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In case my dear readers the events but the intensely aren’t aware (or care at all), personal emotions and impliyour Connect editor is a big cations each episode evoked fan of audible storytelling. I for them. Listening to a rarely take a road trip without Moth story is like getting a an audiobook or a radio drama 10-minute peek into a person’s on hand, and I will binge-listen inner workings, a close-up of a musical just for the narrative the brain and an opening of in the showtunes. (It has been the heart. And as each teller nonstop Hamilton at my desk was changed by the story Brittani Howell for about three weeks now, that happened to them, I felt and it’s starting to that I was changed a little become a problem. by every story I took in. We are blaming Listening to stories that are so wildly different — not only Connect intern from one Matt Sowell for another, but my newfound from my obsession.) But own experiences when I’m bunkered — has reminded me down for a hardcore to be more patient, layout session — the more empathetic and geometric Tetris game of more kind. And aside fitting stories and pictures from all that, it’s just on a page — I like to listen FUN, and extremely to a podcast. Specifically, I like to addicting. And I’m listen to The Moth. obsessive about As its website states, The Moth things I enjoy, so as of “is an acclaimed not-for-profit organilast week, I’ve officially listened to zation dedicated to the art and craft of every single one of The Moth’s stories. storytelling.” In addition to live shows Yes, you read that right. Every. in major cities across the globe, The Single. One. Moth puts out a podcast of its storyNot everyone is as neurotic as I tellers’ performances, delivered live am, though, so tackling a huge body and without scripts to rapt, dynamic of work like The Moth can seem a bit audiences. In 2010, its public radio intimidating. To help you along your show won a Peabody Award for its journey to Moth addiction, I’ve put excellent production and diverse reptogether my Top 10 list of my favorite resentation. That diversity is probably my Moth stories. favorite thing about The Moth, This does not mean the stories are because it brings you stories of people the “best” of the bunch, and I’m not from all walks of life and across the actively trying to make it diverse, even world — all ages, all sexual orientathough there were many, many multions and many different races. They ticultural storytellers I loved. It just are true stories, and they cover an means that these are a handful of the amazing variety of topics: coming out stories that hit me on a deeply personal level — made me laugh, made to families, suffering miscarriages and me cry, and stuck with me long after I the deaths of spouses, committing finished listening to them. In no parcrimes and getting away with it, ticular order: embarrassing themselves hilariously in public, combatting racism, being 1) “Modern Family,” by Sara heroes, being cowards, succeeding, Barron failing, loving, losing — the messy, Sara gets married and becomes a endless variety of turns a life can take. The relationship between storystepmother — to her husband’s dog, teller and listener is an intimate one, See MOTH, page 21 as the storyteller lays out not only