This is the Moth Radio Hour.
I'm Sarah Austin Janes.
At this point in the Moth's history, we've featured over 60,000 stories on stages around the world.
Moth storytellers come from all reaches of society.
Farmers, plumbers, astronauts, teachers, voodoo priestesses, firefighters,
people who have never been on stage before the Moth,
and... people who are famous for their work on stage.
The three storytellers in this episode all have recognition for their artistry on stage.
Our first teller, Teek Milan, is known for speaking all around the world,
advocating for the most vulnerable of us, and his TED Talk has three million views and counting.
He told this new story with us on the Walter Kerr stage in New York City,
when The Moth had its first night on Broadway.
Here's Teek Malone.
I was my mother's fourth daughter.
The first she had when she was 15 years old.
Years later, one of my sisters had a baby at 15 years old.
So when I was 15 and I sat my mother down at the kitchen table,
I knew exactly what she thought I was going to tell her.
I said, Mommy, I got to tell you something.
She said, oh, shit.