Welcome to the Moth.
I'm Chloe Salmon.
At The Moth, we find stories in lots of places.
There are our open mic story slams that happen regularly in 29 cities.
Our workshop programs that give participants the tools to develop and shape their own narratives.
And, of course, good old-fashioned research.
You haven't quite lived until you've cold-called a stranger to see if they'd be interested
in letting you ask them one million very personal questions in service of building a story together.
But one of my favorite ways is via the Moth pitch line,
where people can go to our website and leave a two-minute recording summarizing a story they'd like to tell.
I'm part of the team that manages the pitch line, and I absolutely love it.
One, I'm very nosy, so thousands of people opting in to tell me their business is my personal heaven.
But even more than that, I like what it represents,
that even without a live audience, even without quite knowing who will be listening,
the impulse to share, to connect, to tell a story is still there.
So in honor of the tens of thousands of folks who have called in over the years,
this episode is dedicated to the pitch line.
We'll hear a story that was developed from a pitch, as well as a few wonderful pitches
that have been submitted recently, and the reasons why they caught our ears.
As well as a few pointers to take away for your own pitch.