This is the Moth Radio Hour.
I'm Jennifer Hickson.
The first Moth Story Islam was in 2001, and we are still going strong.
There's different themes and different hosts in different cities.
A lot has changed.
A lot continues to change, but one thing stays the same.
Every February, as a sort of answer to Valentine's Day or an alt Valentine's Day,
we put on shows all over the country with the theme Love Hurts.
Now, maybe it sounds to you like it would be a huge bummer, but somehow it's not.
Yes,
people bring stories of heartbreak and good love gone wrong and being crushed and kicked to the curb,
all of that, but it's always somehow a lot of fun, too.
The math of love always switches things around.
You lose, but then, lo and behold, you find again.
We always enjoy the interpretations of our themes, and in this hour,
we'll hear five stories, all born in February at a Love Hurts storieslam.
Our first story was told at the Love Hurts Story Slam in Boston,
where we partner with PRX and WBUR Little Inside Baseball.
At our storytelling competitions, people sign up to tell,
but there are often more wannabe tellers than there are slots.