Jodi Powell
speaker
364 appearances
6 recordings
1 series
first heard Oct 2025
last heard 28 Jul
Jodi Powell’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Michael Donovan spent 25 years in the New York City Fire Department, finishing his career as a captain in special operations.
He is currently retired and spends his time between South Carolina and Vermont.
Michael is still very good friends with Teddy and describes him as one of the toughest people he has ever known.
But he has lost contact with Slush and its owners and has never had another close encounter with a jungle cat since.
To see some photos of Michael, please visit themoth.org.
And that's it for this week on the Moth Radio Hour.
Thank you for joining us.
Welcome to The Moth.
I'm Jody Powell.
I've thought a lot about the names of things.
What's in a name?
How does it survive time, distance, language, and the stories we tell about it?
Does it change as it travels, like a game of telephone?
A vowel shifts, a sound drops, something gets lost, or something new is found in translation.
There's an old proverb that says, your name is your first story.
And I think that's true.
On this episode, we have two stories about names.
The names of people, the names of concepts, and how naming can shape the essence of the thing.
First up is Elise McInerney, who told this at a Melbourne Story Slam where the theme was green.
Here's Elise, live at the Moth.
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