Sarah Austin Jenness

This is the Moth Radio Hour.

I'm your host, Sarah Austin Janess.

This episode was recorded live at our Moth main stage at Symphony Space in New York City.

What you're hearing is the Honk Family Band, a community band based in New York.

They have a brassy New Orleans feel, and they play world music, and 30 members of the band opened this show by walking down the aisles of the theater playing this song.

The host for this event is a writer, entrepreneur, and activist who flew in from Johannesburg to MC for us.

Here's Nolo Mokoena, live at The Moth.

That was Semiye Michael.

Semiye lives in Nigeria with his family, and we met him in a Moth global storytelling workshop in partnership with the Gates Foundation.

Semiye is a social justice activist and the founder of the Dean Initiative, which mobilizes youth to take action on everything from climate change to democracy.

To see photos of Semiye and his beautiful mother dressed to the nines, go to themoth.org.

In a moment, our host shares a story of his own, of a daring first date.

And a young Liberian woman dreams of becoming a fashion star.

When the Moth Radio Hour continues.

This is the Moth Radio Hour.

I'm Sarah Austin-Janess, and this episode was recorded live in New York City with stories of audacity and daring from storytellers around the world.

The host of this live event is Nolo Mokoena, a co-founder of Innovative Startups and a champion of raising up the voices of young people in South Africa.

Here's Nolo live at Symphony Space.

That was Cutto Momolu.

Cutto lives in Little Rock, Arkansas with her two children.