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    The Moth Radio Hour

    Cancer, Crime and Crypts

    A psychologist is at a loss for words when a patient's cancer returns; the value of an transistor radio to an inmate; and an undertaker deals with a problematic client.

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    May 3, 2015 • 1 min read

    When a beloved patient's cancer returns, psychologist Martha Manning confesses that she is at a loss for words; Piper Kerman (pictured), an inmate at a women's prison, describes the surprising value of an ordinary transistor radio; and undertaker Chris Tombline deals with a problematic client. Hosted by Jenifer Hixson, Senior Producer at The Moth.

    Learn more or listen again to this week's episode, which originally aired January 27, 2013.

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