Audrey Pleasant

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174 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 30 Jun

Audrey Pleasant’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Moth · Cotton Candy and Revolutionary Rides: The Moth Radio Hour · 30 Jun 2026 podcast

Did it pretty good, too.

And he just stood there looking at me with his mouth wide open, all buggy-eyed like he was... He tried to walk out the circle.

But they wouldn't let him out.

They came in tighter and forced it.

And that made me more determined to do my slides, my shaker tail feather.

And I even did like the pony too.

Showed him I knew what I could do.

And then when I tired of him, I slid up to his face again and threw him a kiss.

Let him know that, hey, you ain't got it all like that.

I got me a little bit of it too.

And I walked out of that circle.

Now, I didn't go back to the center for a while.

And I didn't know what happened to Tommy Johnson.

But anyway, one day I was walking down 125th Street between 7th and 8th Avenue.

The Apollo Theater's down there.

And then across the street, there was a store called The Record Shack.

And they were playing some music.

I mean, they were throwing down.

And it was one of James Brown's records, too.

And something just came over me, and I started dancing.

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