Kate Tellers

Sing out, Ethel.

Those are wise words.

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Sometimes the choice to look is not simple.

Our next story is from Liz Mills, who told this at a Grand Slam we produced at the Castro Theater in San Francisco, where we partner with public radio station KALW.

Here's Liz Mills.

That was Liz Mills.

I asked Liz what it was like to share her brother with a room full of strangers.

She said, Sharing William, both his life and his death, with the Moth audience felt very right.

He lived life in such an epic way, as if he was intentionally teeing me up for a lifetime of moments where we could share the spotlight.

Him as the protagonist, me as the storyteller.

In a moment, a Hawaiian man goes hunting for the lost music of Kohala when the Moth Radio Hour continues.

This is the Moth Radio Hour.

I'm Kate Tellers.

Our final story was told by Boots Lupinui at our main stage in Honolulu, Hawaii, where we partner with Hawaii Public Radio.

Here's Boots.

That was Boots Lupinui.

Technically, we look with our eyes, but you will see Boots' story more clearly if you listen with your ears.

To end our hour, here is the Kohala Mountain Boys playing one of the song's Boots references in his story.

It's called Lovely Gardenia.