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Moth StorySLAM 25th Anniversary Highlights

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This week, a special episode celebrating 25 years of The Moth StorySLAMs — our open-mic storytelling competition that welcomes anyone with a five-minute story to share on the night’s theme. In this hour, stories from six champions from across the globe.

Storytellers

Sally Wheatley nervously watches her son and husband on a jetski.

Andrea Cope sets out to fulfill her husband’s playful dying wish.

Devariest Curry grapples with what having nine siblings might mean for her future.

Teenager Errol McClendon attends two very different funerals for his father.

Wilson Seely takes a trip to Korea to meet his birth mother Sufian Zhemukov takes a test to become a U.S.

citizen.

Hosted by

Moth Senior Director Jenifer Hixson

The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

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