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EPISODE · Aug 12, 2020 · 56 MIN

The Moth and the Art of Storytelling

from Burning Man LIVE · host Michael Vav, Stuart Mangrum, Darryl Van Rhey, Andie Grace, Catherine Burns

We like to say that Burning Man is made of a million stories. Catherine Burns is the artistic director of The Moth. It’s a wildly popular, Peabody-award winning storytelling series now celebrating its 20th year.Burning Man stories have been told many times on the Moth stage. As it turns out, Catherine has a few Burning Man stories of her own. Stuart and Andie talk with her about loving, grieving, and celebrating as a participant at Black Rock City, and just why storytelling inspired her to devote her life to helping other people tell stories of their own.Michael Vav shares about the Metric Time Trainer that works with Alexa and Siri, but not “Mike” the smart microwave that burned Vav’s toaster pastry. https://themoth.org/LIVE.BURNINGMAN.ORG LIVE.BURNINGMAN.ORG

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Dare to listen. That’s what Catherine Burns says about stories. The Moth is a Peabody Award winning storytelling series, two decades running, and Catherine is its long-time Artistic Director. Stuart and Andie talk with her about how anecdotes become riveting stories, how to tell your stories about grief, and the parallels between The Moth, Burning Man and the power of storytelling. This one’s got a lot of love.

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