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    Virginity, Fidelity and Fertility

    A special live edition of The Moth at Town Hall in NYC with Garrison Keillor. Risky entrepreneurial endeavors keep a close-knit Southern family in flux; a world renowned conservationist and field biologist makes a life-changing friendship while in the Himalayas; and a Mormon fears her parents will disown her when she leaves the faith.

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    Apr 12, 2015 • 1 min read

    A special live edition of The Moth at Town Hall in NYC with Garrison Keillor, with additional hosting by Jay Allison. Tina McElroy Ansa(pictured) describes how her father's risky entrepreneurial endeavors kept her close-knit Southern family in flux. World renowned conservationist and field biologist Alan Rabinowitz makes a life-changing friendship while studying the Taron tribe of the Himalayas. And Elna Baker, raised as a Mormon, is terrified that her parents will disown her when she confesses that she has left the faith.

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