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Run to The Moth. Allow stories to lighten your load.

Here is my suggestion: Run to The Moth. On the radio, the podcast, or a live show.  As you probably know, The Moth changed my life. It gave me a stage to tell stories. It provided me with a platform to be noticed. It opened the door to a new career. A bunch of new…

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The Moth: The Promise

In November of last year, I told this story about my high school sweetheart at a Moth GrandSLAM in Brooklyn. I was lucky enough to have the story air on the Moth Radio Hour and their podcast a couple months later. I can’t tell you what a honor and thrill that is. I hear from…

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Go to The Moth and tell a story. And not “someday.” Go soon.

Just this past week I heard from listeners who heard one or more of my stories on The Moth’s podcast, The Moth Radio Hour, and/or The Moth’s website in: Cape Town, South AfricaLondon, UKColumbus, OHHartford, CTWestern AustraliaHong KongNew HampshireNew York CitySao Paulo, BrazilBlackstone, Massachusetts The idea that people across the globe are listening to me tell…

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My former students discover that their teacher is still alive (and maybe doing cool things) thanks to The Moth

In the last two days, The Moth – the preeminent storytelling organization in the world – has oddly brought me in contact with two of my former students in fairly bizarre ways.  Yesterday, a former student who was in my class 15 years ago texted me this photo, which was sent to her by another…

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I have a story on The Moth Radio Hour and podcast this week!

I’m thrilled to have a story featured on The Moth Radio Hour and Moth podcast this week.  It’s a holiday story about my car accident two days before Christmas when I was seventeen years old and the unexpected gift I received as a result.

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My appearance on The Moth Radio Hour

I’m thrilled to announce that I will have a story on this week’s Moth Radio Hour. Back in August, I performed at a Main Stage show at the Wilbur Theater, and this week’s Radio Hour features that show, nearly in its entirety. I can’t tell you how surreal it was to click on The Moth’s…

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