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On Tuesdays and Fridays The Moth’s podcast feed presents episodes of the Peabody-Award Winning Moth Radio Hour and original episodes of The Moth Podcast. Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of true stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. M...
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Shine Bright Anyway
90 Affirmations That Declare You Are Enough When the World Says You're Not
This book, which the author was working on and later published, is described as a history of Black women in pop music where the author included personal stories and the history of their towns.
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I have a book in the stores now. It's called Shine Bright, which is what I'm trying to do. It's a history of black women in pop and what I do is that I try to tell stories about these women in pop mus...
— Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: 50 Shades of Black
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Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: 50 Shades of Black
This book, which the author was working on and later published, is described as a history of Black women in pop music where the author included personal stories and the history of their towns.
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I have a book in the stores now. It's called Shine Bright, which is what I'm trying to do. It's a history of black women in pop and what I do is that I try to tell stories about these women in pop music and I put myself in it. I put the history of their towns in it.
Fifty Shades Trilogy Shrinkwrapped Set (Deckle Edge)
The speaker mentioned that his mother and sister quickly hid this book when he walked into the room.
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unless you count my mom and my sister who read books that they had to quickly put behind their back when I walked in the room. Fifty Shades of Something.
— Episode: An Education: Mariama Diallo and PT Smit...
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Episode: An Education: Mariama Diallo and PT Smith
The speaker mentioned that his mother and sister quickly hid this book when he walked into the room.
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unless you count my mom and my sister who read books that they had to quickly put behind their back when I walked in the room. Fifty Shades of Something.
Approval Junkie
Adventures in Caring Too Much
This was mentioned as Faith Salie's memoir. She is an Emmy-winning contributor to CBS Sunday Morning and a regular on NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me.
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her memoir Approval Junkie is out now
— Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Second Chances
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Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Second Chances
This was mentioned as Faith Salie's memoir. She is an Emmy-winning contributor to CBS Sunday Morning and a regular on NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me.
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her memoir Approval Junkie is out now
How to Tell a Story
The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
This was mentioned as a book co-authored by Jennifer Hickson, one of the podcast's hosts.
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Jennifer Hickson is a senior director, one of the hosts of the Peabody Award-winning Moth Radio Hour and co-author of The Moth, How to Tell a Story.
— Episode: Rooftops in Tehran: Mojdeh Rezaeipour
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Episode: Rooftops in Tehran: Mojdeh Rezaeipour
This was mentioned as a book co-authored by Jennifer Hickson, one of the podcast's hosts.
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Jennifer Hickson is a senior director, one of the hosts of the Peabody Award-winning Moth Radio Hour and co-author of The Moth, How to Tell a Story.
Thanks A Thousand
A Gratitude Journey (TED Books)
This was mentioned as A.J. Jacobs's latest book, detailing his journey around the world to thank everyone involved in making his morning cup of coffee.
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That was A.J. Jacobs. A.J. is an author, journalist, and human guinea pig. He has written four New York Times bestsellers. His latest book, Thanks A Thousand, is about him going aroun...
— Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Guts! Courage.
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Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Guts! Courage.
This was mentioned as A.J. Jacobs's latest book, detailing his journey around the world to thank everyone involved in making his morning cup of coffee.
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That was A.J. Jacobs. A.J. is an author, journalist, and human guinea pig. He has written four New York Times bestsellers. His latest book, Thanks A Thousand, is about him going around the world thanking everyone involved in making his morning cup of coffee.
You'll Grow Out of It
Jessie Klein was mentioned as the author of this memoir, which was brought up after her story on the podcast.
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Jessie is well known for her role as head writer and executive producer on the Emmy Award winning show Inside Amy Schumer. She's also the author of the memoir You'll Grow Out of It.
— Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: The Moth's 20th Ann...
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Jessie Klein was mentioned as the author of this memoir, which was brought up after her story on the podcast.
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Jessie is well known for her role as head writer and executive producer on the Emmy Award winning show Inside Amy Schumer. She's also the author of the memoir You'll Grow Out of It.
The Exquisite Risk
Daring to Live an Authentic Life
A friend of the listener who shared a tribute mentioned that this book contained four questions used by some Native American tribes as the best diagnostic tool.
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Have a good friend who's a family physician, and he says the best diagnostic tool he's ever come across is out of a book called The Exquisite Risk, which says some Native American tri...
— Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: The Moth's 20th Ann...
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A friend of the listener who shared a tribute mentioned that this book contained four questions used by some Native American tribes as the best diagnostic tool.
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Have a good friend who's a family physician, and he says the best diagnostic tool he's ever come across is out of a book called The Exquisite Risk, which says some Native American tribes would ask four questions. When was the last time you danced? When was the last time you sang? When was the last time you told your story? And when was the last time you listened to the story of another?
I Need a New Butt!
The speaker first read this picture book to his children after hearing about it on Twitter, and they loved it. He later read it to a Zoom class, causing him to be suspended, although the children reacted with great laughter and enjoyment.
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I had heard about a book on Twitter where I talked to a bunch of my teacher friends and it was called I Need a New Butt by Don McMillan.
— Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Eyewitness
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Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Eyewitness
The speaker first read this picture book to his children after hearing about it on Twitter, and they loved it. He later read it to a Zoom class, causing him to be suspended, although the children reacted with great laughter and enjoyment.
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I had heard about a book on Twitter where I talked to a bunch of my teacher friends and it was called I Need a New Butt by Don McMillan.
I Need a New Butt followed by I Broke My Butt. My butt is noisy. Yes. My personal favorite.
I was going to grab I Need a New Butt by Don McMillan. And I did. I went through and I showed them the pictures in the book and I read the story to them. And they howled when they saw the little boy slide down the banister and think that he broke his butt because there was a crack in it.
I Broke My Butt!
The Cheeky Sequel to the International Bestseller I Need a New Butt!
This book was read by the speaker to his children after they enjoyed 'I Need a New Butt'.
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I Need a New Butt followed by I Broke My Butt. My butt is noisy. Yes. My personal favorite.
— Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Eyewitness
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Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Eyewitness
This book was read by the speaker to his children after they enjoyed 'I Need a New Butt'.
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I Need a New Butt followed by I Broke My Butt. My butt is noisy. Yes. My personal favorite.
The Adventures of George the Turtle
This is the speaker's own children's book that he released after the events described in his story.
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And he's just released his own children's book, The Almost True Adventures of Titus the Monkey, and is currently working on the sequel.
— Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Eyewitness
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Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Eyewitness
This is the speaker's own children's book that he released after the events described in his story.
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And he's just released his own children's book, The Almost True Adventures of Titus the Monkey, and is currently working on the sequel.
Walter the Farting Dog
A Triumphant Toot and Timeless Tale That's Touched Hearts for Decades--A laugh- out-loud funny picture book
A friend of the speaker, a second-grade teacher, removed this book from his shelf after the controversy surrounding the speaker's reading choice.
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I took Walter the Farting Dog off my shelf and took it home. He's a second grade teacher.
— Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Eyewitness
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Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Eyewitness
A friend of the speaker, a second-grade teacher, removed this book from his shelf after the controversy surrounding the speaker's reading choice.
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I took Walter the Farting Dog off my shelf and took it home. He's a second grade teacher.
No, David!
The superintendent allegedly had never heard of this book when questioned during the appeal process.
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We have evidence of other books. Objection. We have affidavits from other educators. Objection. See a pattern? I learned some interesting things that day that I did not know, like the superintendent h...
— Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Eyewitness
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Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Eyewitness
The superintendent allegedly had never heard of this book when questioned during the appeal process.
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We have evidence of other books. Objection. We have affidavits from other educators. Objection. See a pattern? I learned some interesting things that day that I did not know, like the superintendent had no idea who Shel Silverstein was, had never heard of No David, had never heard of a cow to coddle ward, or worst off, and this one, my wife grabbed my leg and she'd never heard of Captain Underpants.
Thirteen Nasty Little Snakes, The Case of Stalins Assassins
This is the English-language book Victor Levenstein recently published after retiring.
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After retiring, Victor wrote two books in Russian and recently published a book in English entitled 13 Nasty Little Snakes, the Case of Stalin's Assassins.
— Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Eyewitness
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Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Eyewitness
This is the English-language book Victor Levenstein recently published after retiring.
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After retiring, Victor wrote two books in Russian and recently published a book in English entitled 13 Nasty Little Snakes, the Case of Stalin's Assassins.
The Short Novels of John Steinbeck
The speaker and his friends read books by this American author, which led them to learn about the free world outside the Soviet Union.
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We read a lot, and we read good books, including American, Hemingway, Faulkner, Steinbeck, and we learned from this book that there was a free world behind the border of our country, that there are fr...
— Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Eyewitness
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Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Eyewitness
The speaker and his friends read books by this American author, which led them to learn about the free world outside the Soviet Union.
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We read a lot, and we read good books, including American, Hemingway, Faulkner, Steinbeck, and we learned from this book that there was a free world behind the border of our country, that there are free people out there, and that we live in the closed totalitarian state.
The Moth Presents All These Wonders
True Stories About Facing the Unknown
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Riding the White Horse Home
A Western Family Album
This was mentioned as a ranch memoir written by Teresa Jordan, inspired by her family's storytelling tradition.
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The love of storytelling she inherited from her family inspired her own writing, which includes Cowgirls, Women of the American West, and the ranch memoir Riding the White Horse Home.
— Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Live from the Cowbo...
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Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Live from the Cowboy Poetry G...
This was mentioned as a ranch memoir written by Teresa Jordan, inspired by her family's storytelling tradition.
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The love of storytelling she inherited from her family inspired her own writing, which includes Cowgirls, Women of the American West, and the ranch memoir Riding the White Horse Home.
The Year of Living Virtuously
Weekends Off
This was identified as the newest book by the author Teresa Jordan.
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Her newest book is The Year of Living Virtuously, Weekends Off.
— Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Live from the Cowbo...
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Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Live from the Cowboy Poetry G...
This was identified as the newest book by the author Teresa Jordan.
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Her newest book is The Year of Living Virtuously, Weekends Off.
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