The Best Out on a Limb Stories (Double CD)

The Best Out on a Limb Stories (Double CD)

This compilation represents some of the best stories from our Mainstage series, Stories at The Moth, which is held monthly in New York City and occasionally beyond. Every Moth event is unique, each with a different theme and different storytellers. The shows feature 5-6 storytellers who develop and shape their stories in collaboration with The Moth. All stories are told live, no reading allowed, and the storytellers have approximately 12 minutes to tell their stories. The stories are not intended for children.

Track List

CD 1

  1. Jonathan Ames – “Introduction”
  2. Mark Katz – “President Clinton & an Egg Timer”
  3. Michaela Murphy – “The All-Star Game”
  4. Todd Hanson – “The Triumph of Apathy”
  5. Scot Armstrong – “The Most Expensive Joke in the World”
  6. Greg Walloch – “About to Eat Cake”

CD 2

  1. Joyce Maynard – “Something is A Breast”
  2. Jon Levin – “Elevator ER”
  3. Caroline Kaplan – “Moxie in Cannes”
  4. Ava Kay Jones – “Voodoo Priestess at the Superbowl”
  5. Nathaniel Eaton – “Surviving My Survivor Audition”
  6. Bob Zellner – “Poitier and Brando, Mississippi 1964”

Storytellers

CD 1

  • Michaela Murphy is a writer, teacher, playwright and actor. Her work has been featured on NPR, at The Aspen Comedy Arts Festival and at the White House. She is on the advisory board of the 52nd Street Project. She is writing a memoir, a novel, and a musical.
  • Mark Katz is a former White House speechwriter, founder of the Soundbite Institute (www.soundbiteinstitute.com) and author of Clinton & Me: A Real Life Political Comedy.
  • Todd Hanson is the head writer for The Onion, America’s Finest News Source. He lives in Brooklyn and has never had a driver’s license.
  • Scot Armstrong co-wrote Old School, Starsky and Hutch, and School For Scoundrels with Todd Phillips. He also did uncredited work on Elf and Bad Santa. (Addendum: To this day, Scot remains very good friends with Bob.)
  • Greg Walloch is a writer and performer who lives in New York City . His live solo works have toured Moscow, Toronto, Vancouver, London, Australia, Ireland, Poland, Tel Aviv, Germany, and across the US. www.gregwalloch.com

CD2

  • Joyce Maynard is the author of the memoir At Home in the World, and the novels To Die For, The Usual Rules, Internal Combustion and others.
  • When not working on obscure documentaries, Jon Levin is writing a psycho-spiritual memoir set against a backdrop of politics, corporate media, pop-culture and drug abuse. Just like everyone else.
  • Caroline Kaplan is the head of Production for Applehead Pictures in NYC. Previously she was the head of production and acquisitions at IFC Films.
  • Ava Kay Jones is a Voodoo and Yoruba Priestess and the leader of the award winning Voodoo Macumba Dance Ensemble. She was born on Halloween and holds a degree in law.
  • Nathaniel Eaton is a journalist, storyteller, and teacher living in San Francisco . He’s the senior editor of En Fuego Magazine, a contributing columnist for SF Weekly, and a travel writer for the New York Post.
  • Bob Zellner was personally recruited by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to serve in the civil rights movement. From 1961 to 1967 he was arrested 25 times in five states. He is co-chair of the national Civil Rights Coordinating Committee.

CD Production

Graphic Design: Mary Domowicz

Audio Recording & Editing: Audible.com

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