Lately, I’ve been enjoying podcasts from The Moth. What’s The Moth?

The Moth, a not-for-profit storytelling organization, was founded in New York in 1997 by poet and novelist George Dawes Green, who wanted to recreate in New York the feeling of sultry summer evenings on his native St. Simon’s Island, Georgia, where he and a small circle of friends would gather to spin spellbinding tales on his friend Wanda’s porch. After moving to New York, George missed the sense of connection he had felt sharing stories with his friends back home, and he decided to invite a few friends over to his New York apartment to tell and hear stories. Thus the first “Moth” evening took place in his living room. Word of these captivating story nights quickly spread, and The Moth moved to bigger venues in New York. Today, The Moth conducts six ongoing programs and has brought more than 3,000 live stories to over 100,000 audience members.

[WARNING: Links below are iTunes links.]
The latest story involves a 16 year old batboy for the Yankees and is a riot if you like baseball. Also check out the very odd Edgar Oliver’s Revisiting Savannah. Of interest to librarians is Marvin Gelfand’s The Liberty Card.

Give The Moth a try. The stories are usually 10-15 minutes long, often hilarious and sometimes quite moving.