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The Moth Radio Hour

Tattoos and Two Southern Gothics

A mother's plantation is slated to be turned into a theme park; working in in tandem to create a true bohemian; and a guard intrigued by a prisoner's mysterious tattoo.

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Sep 8, 2013 • 1 min read

The Moth's founder, George Dawes Green (pictured), details the fireworks when his mother learns that her family plantation is slated to be turned into a theme park. Edgar Oliver on his spectacularly eccentric mother and Savannah, George, who work in tandem to create a true bohemian. And Ted Conover, a guard at Sing Sing, is intrigued by a prisoner's mysterious tattoo. Hosted by Catherine Burns, The Moth's Artistic Director.

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