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Suzanne Rust

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
612 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Moth
High Wire: The Moth Radio Hour

And to all of you for spending some time with us today.

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High Wire: The Moth Radio Hour

We appreciate you and hope you'll join us next time.

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Facing the Music: Stories about Coming to Terms: The Moth Radio Hour

This is the Moth Radio Hour.

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Facing the Music: Stories about Coming to Terms: The Moth Radio Hour

I'm your host, Suzanne Rust.

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Facing the Music: Stories about Coming to Terms: The Moth Radio Hour

You can try to escape it.

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Facing the Music: Stories about Coming to Terms: The Moth Radio Hour

You can try not to listen.

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Facing the Music: Stories about Coming to Terms: The Moth Radio Hour

But eventually, reality turns up the volume and we are forced to face the music and come to terms with our stuff.

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Facing the Music: Stories about Coming to Terms: The Moth Radio Hour

I generally know what that means for me.

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Facing the Music: Stories about Coming to Terms: The Moth Radio Hour

You probably know what that means for you.

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Facing the Music: Stories about Coming to Terms: The Moth Radio Hour

And so do these four storytellers.

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Facing the Music: Stories about Coming to Terms: The Moth Radio Hour

Our first story is from E.J.R.

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Facing the Music: Stories about Coming to Terms: The Moth Radio Hour

Daveed, who told it at the Atwood Concert Hall in Anchorage, Alaska,

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Facing the Music: Stories about Coming to Terms: The Moth Radio Hour

where we partner with the Anchorage Concert Association.

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Facing the Music: Stories about Coming to Terms: The Moth Radio Hour

Here's EJ.

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Facing the Music: Stories about Coming to Terms: The Moth Radio Hour

That was E.J.R.

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Facing the Music: Stories about Coming to Terms: The Moth Radio Hour

David.

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Facing the Music: Stories about Coming to Terms: The Moth Radio Hour

E.J.

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Facing the Music: Stories about Coming to Terms: The Moth Radio Hour

is a professor of psychology, author, and radio host who lives in Anchorage, Alaska with his wife and children.

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Facing the Music: Stories about Coming to Terms: The Moth Radio Hour

With his bear encounter behind him, I asked EJ how he was using his voice and being loud these days.

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Facing the Music: Stories about Coming to Terms: The Moth Radio Hour

He says that he sees himself as a scholar and activist who likes to support and amplify voices of historically oppressed communities.