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The Moth Radio Hour

Breasts, Burials, and Cake

After losing her mother to breast cancer, a woman must make a tough decision; an undertaker explains how he was called to the job as a kid; and a young man tries to console a friend who had her heart broken by an Elvis Impersonator.

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Oct 9, 2016 • 1 min read

Amy Cohen knows that breast cancer took her mother’s life and must make a choice. Isaiah Owens (pictured) feels that he was born to be a funeral director but finds some obstacles along the way. Greg Walloch goes to a faith healer in Georgia.

Learn more or listen again to this week's episode, which originally aired September 14, 2014.

Photo: Jason Falchook

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