The Moth Radio Hour

Snow White and the Screaming Meemies

A five-year-old girl is caught stealing by her strict mother, a shy writer gives her first ever interview on national TV, a child gets caught in the shelter shuffle of the foster system, and a wilderness search and rescue teacher goes out on a ledge to help a young man.

Jul 30, 2017 • 1 min read

Alana Kinarsky after moving to America with her family from Belarus, gets busted by her mother for stealing a Snow White doll from K-Mart. Maile Meloy is scheduled to go on national TV with Martha Stewart for her first interview ever, after writing her first book. Samuel James (pictured) grows up in the foster system and finds an unlikely family. Cheryl Hamilton encounters a suicidal man and learns that helping strangers is not as simple as wanting to. Hosted by The Moth's Senior Producer, Meg Bowles.

Learn more or listen again to this week's episode. which originally aired on July 12, 2015.

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The Moth Radio Hour

Snow White and the Screaming Meemies

A five-year-old girl is caught stealing by her strict mother, a shy writer gives her first ever interview on national TV, a child gets caught in the shelter shuffle of the foster system, and a wilderness search and rescue teacher goes out on a ledge to help a young man.

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The Moth Radio Hour

Snow White and the Screaming Meemies

A five-year-old girl is caught stealing by her strict mother, a shy writer gives her first ever interview on national TV, a child gets caught in the shelter shuffle of the foster system, and a wilderness search and rescue teacher goes out on a ledge to help a young man.

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