The Moth Podcast Transcripts

The Moth · 503 episodes with transcripts

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.

Spoken has transcripts of 503 The Moth episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 9, 2026.

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  | while IFS=' ' read -r id title; do
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      [ -f "${id}-${slug}.md" ] && continue
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        -o "${id}-${slug}.md" \
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      sleep 0.34
    done

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Latest The Moth transcripts

Squaring Up: The Moth Podcast

October 9, 2026

Chloe Salmon (0:03)

Welcome to The Moth. I'm Chloe Salmon. When the going gets tough, when things look their darkest, when you feel like it's now or never, there are two avenues available. One, you can give up, honestly a classic for a reason.

Or two, you can dig deep and square up.

Maia Molina-Schaefer (0:41)

The Marine Corps taught me a lot of survival skills. They taught me how to shoot, how to navigate, how to lead. But what the Marine Corps didn't teach me was that sometimes survival comes down to a toothbrush and Beyonce.

You see why others packed extra ammo for war. I packed Queen Bay. It was 2006 and I was a brand new second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. I just checked into my unit and my first conversation with my commanding officer went something like this. Lieutenant, welcome to the unit. We're deploying in two…

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Squaring Up: The Moth PodcastOctober 9, 2026

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