The Moth

How I Earned My Bitter Badge

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A four year platonic love affair turns out to be so much less.

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Storyteller

Brian Finkelstein

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April 5, 2008 Soldiers, Skydives, Firemen and Heartbreak

Recorded Date

May 19, 2004

“I spent most of my life looking for love in all the wrong places”

Photo by Braden Moran
Brian Finkelstein

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