The Moth Radio Hour
Alzheimer's, Russia, and Landfill
A woman buys what she thinks is a farm but soon discovers it was once a landfill. An young immigrant falls deeply in love with a classmate. A doting Russian grandmother gets revenge on her grandson’s boyhood enemies. A journalist contends with his grandmother’s Alzheimer’s disease.
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Lauren Slater makes an alarming discovery about what lies beneath the large parcel of land she just purchased. Eight-year-old immigrant Ivan Kuraev learns English to win a girl’s heart. A Russian grandmother takes revenge when her grandson, Ivan Kuraev, is bullied. And journalist Charles Pugh’s grandmother is the most loving and supportive person in his life until she gets Alzheimer's disease. Hosted by The Moth's Producing Director, Sarah Austin Jenness.
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