The Moth

The Moth Radio Hour

Other names	The Moth
Genre	Storytelling
Running time	60 minutes
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
Syndicates	Public Radio Exchange
Hosted by	Sarah Austin Jenness Jenifer Hixson Meg Bowles Suzanne Rust Chloe Salmon Kate Tellers Jodi Powell Michelle Jalowski George Dawes Green
Produced by	Jay Allison
Executive producer(s)	Sarah Haberman
Original release	2009 – Present
No. of series	14
No. of episodes	285
Opening theme	The Drift – "Uncanny Valley"
Website	themoth.org
Podcast	The Moth podcast

The Moth is a nonprofit group based in New York City, dedicated to the craft of storytelling.^[1] Founded in 1997, the organization presents a wide range of theme-based storytelling events across the United States and abroad, often featuring prominent literary and cultural personalities^[1] alongside everyday people like veterans, astronauts, school teachers, and parents. The Moth offers a weekly podcast and in 2009 launched a national public radio show, The Moth Radio Hour, which won a 2010 Peabody Award.^[2][3] The Moth has published four books, including The Moth: 50 True Stories (2013), which reached #22 on The New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Best-Seller List;^[4] All These Wonders: True Stories about Facing the Unknown (2017); Occasional Magic: True Stories About Defying the Impossible (2019); and How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth (2022). In September 2022, The Moth published an interactive card deck , A Game of Storytelling, which debuted at #1 on Amazon's top-selling card game list.