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In this hour, stories of fear -- facing it, outgrowing it, and learning from it. From shadowy childhood demons, to the anxieties of parenthood, and life or death choices in the face of discrimination. This hour is hosted by Moth Executive Producer, Sarah Austin Jenness. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.Storytellers:Zaena Tessema's mother invokes a mysterious figure to control her children.Diane Kastiel gets unexpected and unwanted news.Bruce Lee teaches Tito Chavez-Nguyen how to find his way in a new school.Patricia Aro is scared that her children will ask her about death.Chelsea Shorte is pulled over for the first time while masculine presenting.Rufus May fears his own experience with mental health issues will keep him from being a clinical psychologist.Podcast # 680
Mary Jane talks to Chelsea Shorte about what it is like to be doing comedy longer than being out as queer, what it was like going into the pandemic after nearly a decade of doing comedy, and what feels worthwhile to say on stage. Chelsea is headlining The Top Down Comedy Showcase at Bottoms Up Pizza in Richmond, VA on Monday, August 30th at 7pm. Tickets are $5 and can be found at linktr.ee/traversecomedy
In this hour, stories of fear -- facing it, outgrowing it, and learning from it. From shadowy childhood demons, to the anxieties of parenthood, and life or death choices in the face of discrimination. This hour is hosted by Moth Executive Producer, Sarah Austin Jenness. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. Hosted by: Sarah Austin Jenness Storytellers: Zaena Tessema, Diane Kastiel, Tito Chavez-Nguyen, Patricia Aro, Chelsea Shorte, Rufus May
This week, we're celebrating Pride with a story that talks about the intersection of being Black and LGBTQIA in America. This episode is hosted by The Moth’s Director of Marketing, Brandon Grant. Black Trans Lives Matter. Hosted by: Brandon Grant Storyteller: Chelsea Shorte
We talk #NFL draft with our special "Bishop's Rules" League, #NBA trades, and learn about competitive robot building and play "Greatest Movie Robot of All Time Bracket Challenge" with comedian guest CHELSEA SHORTE! @chikachels #DC #WASHINGTONDC #DCCOMEDY #ROBOTS
This year Singleling is on tour recording live stories in some of the best venues in the country. This past April 1st we had the first one at the Black Cat in Washington DC. With performances by: CHELSEA SHORTE is a stand-up/writer/actor/storyteller living in DC. KEITH MELLNICK is a freelance photographer who splits his time between expat and DC living. In between his trips he performs at SpeakeasyDC, Perfect Liars Club and The Moth. His solo show “I’m not Crazy” tells the story about his Peace Corps experience in Kazakhstan. Dating Expert ERIKA ETTIN will give us a few tips on how to navigate the world of online dating in these crazy modern dating era. She is the founder of A Little Nudge, one of the country’s preeminent online dating coach. She has been profiled on NPR, The Washington Posts, WUSA9 and AskMen.com. JEFF SIMMERMON is a several times Moth StorySlam and GrandSlam winner, a comedian, teacher and storyteller that has appear on This American Life and The Moth’s Podcast. He is the host and producer of “And I am Not Lying”, a variety show in New York City. VIJAI NATHAN is a comedian that has been featured at the Montreal International Comedy Festival, has performed at the Smithsonian Museum, Kennedy Center, Constitution Hall, Library of Congress and won the Artistic Excellence award from SpeakeasyDC. Her solo shows “Woman on Top: Tips from Mom, Dad and Cosmo” and “Good Girls Don’t, But Indian Girls Do” have gained attention from critics all over. The Hosts: CARA FORAN is a Moth StorySlam and Grandslam winner, writer, storyteller and improviser in Washington, DC. She is the producer and cohost of The Perfect Liars Club, one of DC’s most popular storytelling shows, as well as a regular host of The Moth in DC. Her solo show about the perils of dating, “District of Cara”, debuted at the 2015 Capital Fringe Festival in DC. VANESSA VALERIO is a Moth StorySlam winner that performs stories about her time living in Europe, her childhood in the Caribbean, and her crazy life as a 30-something single woman in NYC. She is the host and producer of ‘Singleling’, she also co-hosts Party of Two, a live monthly comedy show. She is also a dating columnist for Camara Flash and the Singles Warehouse.
They want to make you dance, they want to make you squirm so you better bring some dance shoes and an emotional tarp because you might just hear a song that makes you think "is this about me?" Jason and Kristina of Coup Sauvage sit down with Chelsea Shorte and talk about using anger as inspiration, the DMV music scene, the song Requiem for a Mountaintop and what the House of Sauvage is and the lineage it may or may not share with DMV Ball Culture.
Round 2 featuring Ryan Schutt, Tyler Richardson, Jamel Johnson and Chelsea Shorte. Recorded September 22, 2013, in Washington, DC.
Writer, director, producer and host of the Picture Lock show, Kevin Sampson. Kevin is passionate about diversity, celebrating the DMV for having the best talent today in independent filmmaking and helping others create their art and be accepting of feedback to make it better. Special thanks to our new interviewer and a guest from our last season, Chelsea Shorte.
Chelsea Shorte is a very funny comedian based out of Washington, DC. On this episode, she tells David about going to high school in Richmond, Virginia, where Latin champions are born. David takes a shot at cry-singing and the two take Justin Timberlake to task for some past indiscretions.
The Pilot Waves sit down with comedian Chelsea Shorte and chat about Chelsea's great idea for a podcast, what makes her happy and how she wants to continue to grow her skills.
Asif and David are joined by Chelsea Shorte to pitch a Propaganda Movie. Prepare yourself… for loving the One Percent.