KinkySticks in on The Moth Podcast
May 20th, 2024 by Viviane
So Lori B. has a midlife crisis, separates from her husband at age 43, her libido skyrockets, she meets Jefferson. Then she starts a blog: Kinky Stick Figure.
Then she goes to The Moth StorySlam. Organized in eight cities, The Moth is a storytelling event in which audience members are encouraged to stand up to tell a story on a given theme. The stories are limited to five minutes duration and must be told extemporaneously. Prospective storytellers put their names into a hat and are drawn at random; each open-mike night is limited to ten stories, so one can’t be sure of being picked. Storytellers are scored by judges, and the winner of each open-mike night goes onto to the next round of competition, The Moth GrandSlam, which invariable sells out immediately to audiences of several hundred people.
Lori tells a (rather awkward) story about her and Jefferson, and wins the StorySlam. Her winning story from that first StorySlam is now available on the The Moth Podcast. Want to hear the story that won? She goes onto the GrandSlam, and comes in second, telling a story about Dark Odyssey Winter Fire.
Lori has won a * second* StorySlam, and is once again a finalist in the Moth GrandSlam Championship, which is this Monday at B.B. King’s. Lolita and I will be there, cheering her on. Congratulations, Lori!
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