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The Moth Radio 60 minutes

Other names	The Moth
Genre	Storytelling
Running time	60 minutes
State of origin	United States
Language(due south)	English
Syndicates	Public Radio Exchange
Hosted by	Catherine Burns Sarah Austin Jenness Jenifer Hixson 1000000 Bowles George Dawes Greenish
Produced by	Jay Allison
Executive producer(s)	Sarah Haberman
Original release	2009 – present
No. of series	7
No. of episodes	96
Opening theme	The Drift, "Uncanny Valley"
Website	The Moth site
Podcast	The Moth podcast

The Moth is a non-profit grouping based in New York City dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling.^[1] Founded in 1997, the organization presents a wide range of theme-based storytelling events across the United States and away, oft featuring prominent literary and cultural personalities.^[1] The Moth offers a weekly podcast and in 2009 launched a national public radio prove, The Moth Radio Hour, which won a 2010 Peabody Laurels.^{[two] [3]} The Moth has published three books: The Moth: 50 Truthful Stories (2013) reached #22 on The New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Best-Seller List;^[4] All These Wonders: Truthful Stories virtually Facing the Unknown (2017); and Occasional Magic: Truthful Stories Nearly Defying the Impossible (2019). The Moth'southward fourth book, How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth, was released on April 26, 2022.

Origins [edit]

The Moth was founded in 1997 by poet and novelist George Dawes Green, who wanted to recreate the feeling of sultry summertime evenings in his native Georgia, when moths were attracted to the light on the porch where he and his friends would get together to spin spellbinding tales.^{[ane] [5]} Green and his original group of storytellers called themselves "The Moths", and Green took the proper noun with him to New York.^[one] The non-profit organization now runs over 500 different storytelling programs a year in more than 25 The states cities (including New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Detroit) and four cities outside the United states (London, Dublin, Sydney, and Melbourne) offer the unique perspectives of both boilerplate, everyday people, and literary or cultural personalities.^[6]

Alive events [edit]

Phones up, then off - The Moth event in New Orleans, 2019

The Moth's live shows fall into several tiers of production, but each is dedicated to the art of unscripted, first-person storytelling.^{[1] [7]} Every show has stories based on open up-concluded themes (Such equally "Hot Mess," or "Conviction").

Mainstage [edit]

The Moth Mainstage is their curated flagship programme, which is a "staple" of the literary scenes in New York City and Los Angeles and regularly tours around the United States and the globe as The Moth on the Road.^{[7] [8] [9]} Storytellers at the Mainstages include renowned personalities, past StorySLAM or GrandSLAM winners, and boilerplate people who may accept submitted their stories through The Moth Pitchline.

StorySLAMS and GrandSLAMS [edit]

The organization likewise hosts The Moth StorySLAM events, which are open up mic storytelling competitions open to everyone in cities across the The states, including but not limited to New York City, Detroit, Chicago, Houston, Louisville, Ann Arbor, Pittsburgh, Miami, Cambridge, and Los Angeles.^{[vii] [10]} The format was inspired by and is similar to poetry slams.

For the StorySLAM, ten participants are called at random from a pool of volunteer storytellers to tell a true story or tall tale (without notes) in the five to 6-minute range. Storytellers are scored based on the content of their stories, and their storytelling abilities, by three teams of judges—selected from audience members—on a scale from ane to 10. The storyteller with the highest score wins the StorySLAM.

After 10 StorySLAMS have occurred in a metropolis, the ten winners so advance to The Moth GrandSLAM, which draws crowds of hundreds (or thousands) and every bit a result is held in a larger venue than the monthly StorySLAMs. The same rules apply to the GrandSLAM as in the StorySLAM.

Programs [edit]

In improver to live performances, The Moth conducts a variety of community, education, and corporate workshops that teach the art and arts and crafts of storytelling in various regions and communities.^{[eleven] [12] [thirteen]}

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Since 1999, the Moth'south Customs Programme strives to encourage the art of storytelling in communities typically under-represented by the mainstream media. They teach and inspire budding raconteurs to effectively tell their stories to those who are both willing and unwilling to listen, and they often feature workshop members on The Moth website and podcast.^[12]

Education [edit]

The Education Program works with students, teachers, and professors from high-schoolhouse through college to promote stronger community bonds inside the student body and the administration. The overall mission is to set students for the world ahead of them by teaching crucial aspects of linguistic communication and rhetoric, and to allow students and teachers to experience one some other in a more intimate setting. In 2012 The Moth launched the High School Slam program, which brings StorySLAMs to public high schools in New York City. They currently hold SLAMs at twelve high schools in three boroughs, and an All-City SLAM that allows for inter-connectivity between students in all the boroughs.^[eleven]

MothWorks [edit]

MothWorks uses the essential elements of Moth storytelling at piece of work and other unexpected places. Individual workshops teach employees to utilize the power of storytelling to promote their business goals and ideas, while custom events to highlight the voices and mission of an organization in a unique setting.^[13]

Broadcasting [edit]

In Baronial 2009, the organization launched a national public radio bear witness, The Moth Radio 60 minutes, produced past Jay Allison and distributed by Public Radio Exchange.^{[2] [seven]} In the fall of 2009 The Moth Radio Hour was licensed by more 200 public radio stations, and it later won a 2010 Peabody Honour.^{[ii] [3] [7]} Now, 500 public radio stations host The Moth Radio Hour, ^[2] which has over i,000,000 weekly listeners.^{[ citation needed ]}

The Moth offers a weekly podcast, which provides free audio of curated stories from alive Moth events. The podcast has over 500,000 weekly downloads; in 2018, the podcast was downloaded over 61 million times.^[7]

Publishing [edit]

The Moth: fifty True Stories

Editor	Catherine Burns
Author	Various
Country	United States
Linguistic communication	English
Genre	Storytelling
Publisher	2013 (Hyperion Books)
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	432
ISBN	978-1401311117

On September three, 2013 Hyperion Books published The Moth: l True Stories, a collection of stories from the group'due south performance history. In December 2013 it reached #22 on The New York Times Paperback Nonfiction All-time-Seller List.^[4] A 2d book, All These Wonders: True Stories nearly Facing the Unknown, was released by Crown in March 2017.^[xiv] Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times called information technology "wonderful".^[15] A tertiary book, Occasional Magic: True Stories most Defying the Impossible, was released past Crown in March 2019, and was praised by Kirkus Reviews for its "captivating, artfully wrought tales."^[16]

Moth Ball and Moth Award [edit]

The organization's almanac fundraising upshot is called the Moth Brawl. William McGowan of The Wall Street Journal called the ball the "hottest and hippest literary ticket" in 1999,^[17] and more than recently Jen Carlson of Gothamist called information technology "NYC's Best Gala".^[18] At this event they present the Moth Award, celebrating the fine art of the raconteur. Past awards accept gone to Garrison Keillor,^[xix] Salman Rushdie,^[20] Anna Deavere Smith,^[21] Calvin Trillin,^[22] Spalding Gray (posthumously),^[23] Martin Scorsese,^[24] and Albert Maysles.^[25]

Controversies [edit]

Media critic Jack Shafer criticized all-time-selling author Malcolm Gladwell for telling a fictionalized story well-nigh his piece of work at The Washington Post that was picked up by the Moth public radio prove. Gladwell responded by pointing out that the Moth includes both true stories and the occasional alpine tale. He said his piece clearly barbarous into the latter category.^[26]

Storytellers [edit]

As of 2018, 34,423 stories have been told at The Moth.^[27] Storytellers include:

• Jonathan Ames, author^[28]
• Maurice Ashley, chess grandmaster^[29]
• Wesley Autrey, recipient of the Bronze Medallion for bravery by the City of New York^[thirty]
• Elna Baker, ex-Mormon author^[31]
• Mike Birbiglia, comedian^[32]
• Andy Borowitz, humorist^[33]
• David Chang, chef^[34]
• Margaret Cho, comedian^[35]
• Daniel Choi, activist^[36]
• Kimya Dawson, musician^[37]
• Thomas Dolby, musician^[38]
• Rachel Dratch, comedian^[39]
• Ophira Eisenberg, comedian and public radio host^[40]
• Ed Gavagan, furniture designer^[41]
• Malcolm Gladwell, author and announcer^{[7] [42]}
• Adam Gopnik, author^[43]
• Ethan Hawke, actor, writer and managing director^[seven]
• Christopher Hitchens, author, essayist, journalist, columnist^[44]
• Lisa P. Jackson, quondam EPA Ambassador^[45]
• Ava Kay Jones, Voodoo priestess^[46]
• Garrison Keillor, public radio host^[47]
• Padma Lakshmi, television set host^[48]
• Faye Lane, storyteller and solo performer^[49]
• Janna Levin, astrophysicist^[50]
• Joe Lockhart, former White House Press Secretary^[51]
• Dr. George Lombardi, infectious disease specialist^[52]
• Michael Massimino, astronaut^[53]
• Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, musician^[54]
• Moby, musician^[42]
• Edgar Oliver, writer and playwright^[55]
• Steve Osborne, NYPD detective^[56]
• George Plimpton, author^[57]
• Sherman "O.T." Powell, former pickpocket^[58]
• Annie Proulx, author and journalist^[7]
• Cynthia Riggs, writer and grandmother^[59]
• Molly Ringwald, actress and author^[threescore]
• Daisy Rosario, comedian, journalist, and producer^[61]
• Salman Rushdie, author^[62]
• Dan Savage, author^[63]
• Al Sharpton, activist^[64]
• Satori Shakoor, comedian, sketch actress, vocalist, writer^[65]
• Lili Taylor, actress^[66]
• Suzanne Vega, musician^[37]
• Magda Szubanski, comedian

References [edit]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "About: The Moth". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
2. ^ ^{a b c d} "Well-nigh: The Moth Radio Hour". TheMoth.org . Retrieved January 15, 2014.
3. ^ ^{a b} "Peabody Awards: Winner 2010 - The Moth, Public Radio Exchange, Atlantic Public Media". PeabodyAwards.com . Retrieved September xix, 2014.
4. ^ ^{a b} "BEST SELLERS (Paperback Nonfiction): December 29, 2013". The New York Times. December 29, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
5. ^ The Moth: The Story Behind the Storytellers (PODIUM: The Art of Oration). @radical.media/THNKR. May 2013. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
6. ^ "The Moth | Live Storytelling Events". The Moth . Retrieved December eight, 2016.
7. ^ ^{a b c d e f thou h i} "Nigh: The Moth Programs". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Archived from the original on March seven, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
8. ^ "Don't Look Dorsum: The Moth in Portland". Portland5.com. Portland's five Centers for the Arts. Retrieved Jan 17, 2014.
9. ^ "Near: The Moth Mainstage". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved Jan 17, 2014.
10. ^ The Moth: The Best Storytellers in the World (PODIUM: The Art of Oration). @radical.media/THNKR. April 2013. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
11. ^ ^{a b} "Instruction Program". The Moth. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
12. ^ ^{a b} "Community Program". The Moth. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
13. ^ ^{a b} "Corporate Training". The Moth. Retrieved Dec 8, 2016.
14. ^ "All These Wonders: True Stories well-nigh Facing the Unknown". The Moth. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
15. ^ Kakutani, Michiko (April 3, 2017). "Stories of Wonder, Fright and Kindness From the Moth". The New York Times . Retrieved July 16, 2019.
16. ^ "The Moth Presents Occasional Magic by Catherine Burns". Kirkus Reviews. December 22, 2018. Retrieved July sixteen, 2019.
17. ^ McGowan, William (January 29, 1999). "Saloon Stories". The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved December eight, 2016.
18. ^ Carlson, Jen (April 29, 2016). "NYC'due south Best Gala, The Moth Ball, Is Happening Before long". Gothamist. Archived from the original on October half dozen, 2016. Retrieved December eight, 2016.
19. ^ Hendrix, Jenny (November 19, 2010). "Honoring The Bard of Lard". The New Yorker: Page Turner . Retrieved March 22, 2014.
20. ^ Anderson, Arison (November 25, 2008). "Salman Rushdie and the Legend of the Moth". The Huffington Postal service . Retrieved February 17, 2009.
21. ^ Anderson, Ariston (Nov xix, 2009). "Storytelling Comes Alive at Moth'southward Black & White Brawl". Luxist.com. Luxist. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
22. ^ "The Moth Honor 2010 Presented to Calvin Trillin". YouTube. January 20, 2011. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
23. ^ Lerner, Sarah (November 4, 2011). "The Moth Raises The Roof". ElectricLiterature.com. The Outlet. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
24. ^ Carlson, Jen (March 29, 2012). "The Moth Ball Returns This May, Honoring Martin Scorsese". Gothamist. Archived from the original on Apr 5, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
25. ^ Vilensky, Mike (May 15, 2013). "The Craft of a Story: Storytelling Is Celebrated at the Moth Ball". The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved March 22, 2014.
26. ^ "Separating bunk from fact in Malcolm Gladwell'south performance at a New York storytelling forum". March 19, 2008.
27. ^ "Fact Sheet". The Moth. Retrieved March three, 2019.
28. ^ "Jonathan Ames". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
29. ^ "Slaying King George at The Moth". MauriceAshley.com. July ix, 2013. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
30. ^ "Wesley Autrey: 1000 Voices New York". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
31. ^ "Elna Baker". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
32. ^ "Mike Birbiglia". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
33. ^ "Andy Borowitz". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
34. ^ Martin, Adam (September xiv, 2011). "Padma Lakshmi Burps and Other Highlights from The Moth's Food Nighttime". The Atlantic Wire . Retrieved March 22, 2014.
35. ^ Sotomayor, Eva (March 7, 2013). "The Moth continues the tradition of storytelling". The Marquette Tribune . Retrieved March 22, 2014.
36. ^ Reeves, Jim. "DAN CHOI SPEAKS AT THE MOTH, PORTLAND OREGON, January 18, 2010". Queerlandia.com. Queerlandia. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
37. ^ ^{a b} "Kimya Dawson". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
38. ^ "Thomas Dolby". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
39. ^ "Rachel Dratch". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
40. ^ "Ophira Eisenberg". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
41. ^ "Ed Gavagan". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
42. ^ ^{a b} Sotomayor, Eva (March seven, 2013). "The Moth continues the tradition of storytelling". The Marquette Tribune . Retrieved March 22, 2014.
43. ^ "Adam Gopnik". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
44. ^ "Auctions and Boxers". TheMoth.org. The Moth. February 25, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
45. ^ "Lisa Jackson". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
46. ^ "Ava Kay Jones". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
47. ^ "Garrison Keillor". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
48. ^ Martin, Adam (September xiv, 2011). "Padma Lakshmi Burps and Other Highlights from The Moth's Food Night". The Atlantic Wire . Retrieved March 22, 2014.
49. ^ "Faye Lane". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved Baronial ane, 2014.
50. ^ "Janna Levin". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
51. ^ Gutelle, Sam (November 6, 2012). "Storytelling Series 'The Moth' Hosts Expansive YouTube Channel". Tubefilter.com. Tubefilter. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
52. ^ "George Lombardi". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
53. ^ "Michael J. Massimino". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
54. ^ "Darryl "DMC" McDaniels". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
55. ^ "Edgar Oliver". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
56. ^ "Steve Osborne". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
57. ^ "George Plimpton". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
58. ^ "Sherman "O.T." Powell". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
59. ^ Tumin, Remy (October 25, 2012). "In Unexpected Twist, Dearest Came Tardily In Life Even so Right On Time". Vineyard Gazette . Retrieved March 22, 2014.
60. ^ "Molly Ringwald". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
61. ^ "Daisy Rosario". Futuro Media Grouping. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
62. ^ "Salman Rushdie". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
63. ^ "Dan Barbarous". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
64. ^ "Al Sharpton". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
65. ^ "Satori Shakoor". TheMoth.org. The Moth. Retrieved September one, 2014.
66. ^ Borden, Jane (Nov 19, 2008). "The Moth Brawl: Lili Taylor, Salman Rushdie and John Turturro love stories". Time Out New York . Retrieved March 22, 2014.

Further reading

• Brocklehurst, Steven (Baronial 21, 2009). "The Moth flies in to tell stories". BBC Scotland news . Retrieved August 23, 2009.
• Buchanan, Leigh (October 2013). "Both Simple And True: The Secrets of Constructive Storytelling". Inc. New York: Mansueto Ventures.

External links [edit]

• Official website
• The Moth, on SoundCloud
• O'Grady, Jim (November 14, 2008). "Songs of Themselves". The New York Times . Retrieved Jan 15, 2014.
• Williams, Alex (August fourteen, 2009). "Going Solo Gets Crowded". The New York Times . Retrieved January xv, 2014.
• Wright, Travis R. (October 28, 2009). "The new raconteurs: The Moth flies with a hip pocket full in Detroit". MetroTimes.com. Metro Times. Retrieved January fifteen, 2014.
• Cadet, Joan Juliet (September 21, 2012). "A Bus Chosen Wanda". The New York Times . Retrieved January xvi, 2014.
• Kay, Roger (Jan thirteen, 2014). "Crowdsourcing Drives Podcast Quality". Forbes . Retrieved January 16, 2014.
• "Interview: Catherine Burns – Creative Director of The Moth – Diamonds in the Rough – Coaching New Storytellers". ArtofStorytellingShow.com. March 13, 2009. Retrieved Jan xvi, 2014.

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