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• 6:14

  The Moth Presents Stephen C. James: Over Dramatic

  by mothstories • 2,008 views • 6 days ago

  A middle school teacher desperately tries to make the show go on.

  Stephen C. James fled Texas in 1999 and moved to LA where, since 2003, he has r...

• 5:50

  The Moth Presents Courtney Bellanti: Meeting The Folks

  by mothstories • 2,389 views • 1 week ago

  A high school girl takes her boyfriend hot tubbing with her dad.

  Courtney Bellanti is a wife and mother of three from Brighton Michigan. Her hobb...

• 14:01

  The Moth Presents Jonathan Santlofer: I've Always Been Lucky

  by mothstories • 2,195 views • 2 weeks ago

  An artistic tragedy has unexpected benefits.

  Jonathan Santlofer artist and writer, is the author of 5 bestselling novels, THE DEATH ARTIST, COLOR ...

• 19:32

  The Moth Presents Joyce Maynard: Love is the Best Art of All

  by mothstories • 4,083 views • 3 weeks ago

  A woman discovers that even the most elaborate holidays can't protect her children from the pain of growing up.

  Joyce Maynard is the author of the...

• 5:49

  The Moth Presents Moran Cerf: When In Rome

  by mothstories • 4,025 views • 1 month ago

  A chronically late man finally makes his flight.

  French-Israeli Moran Cerf is a neuroscientist at the California Institute of Technology ('Caltech...

• 5:14

  The Moth Presents Brookie Phipps Williams: Bird Brain

  by mothstories • 3,318 views • 1 month ago

  A physicist is subject to the law of birds.

  Brookie Phipps Williams grew up in Georgia, studied math and physics, and became a physicist. He then...