Meg Bowles
Appearances
The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
The Realities of Balancing Growth and Profit
If you've ever been to a main stage event, you'll know that we bring people to the stage by sharing their answer to a question that we pose to all the storytellers. It's an icebreaker that introduces us to the teller as they make their way to the stage. So borrowing from that, when I asked Benji, when was a time your expectations did not meet up with reality?
The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
The Realities of Balancing Growth and Profit
Dr. Benji Waterhouse is an NHS psychiatrist and an award-winning comedian and author of the bestselling book, You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here. He's also a resident host of our open mic story slams in London, and not just because he lives five minutes away. You can find out more about Benji on our website, themoth.org.
The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
The Realities of Balancing Growth and Profit
The Moth Radio Hour is produced by Atlantic Public Media in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
The Realities of Balancing Growth and Profit
He said, when I was working as a doctor for the National Health Service and realized it was nothing like the TV show Scrubs. Live from the Union Chapel in London, here's Benji Waterhouse.
The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
The Realities of Balancing Growth and Profit
This is the Moth Radio Hour. I'm Meg Bowles. In this technological age, people have expectations of those in the spotlight. And social media platforms allow them to easily share their opinions. Everything people do and say is scrutinized, interpreted, and sometimes wielded like a baseball bat to make a point. But even those with the best intentions sometimes miss the mark.
The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
The Realities of Balancing Growth and Profit
When I asked our next storyteller, Jamie McDonald, when was a time that your expectations did not meet up with reality, he said, being asked to be on the panel for the television show, have I got news for you. It was even more fun and nerve-wracking than I ever imagined.
The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
The Realities of Balancing Growth and Profit
And just a note, we know that the social media platform that's referenced has had a name change, but it was Twitter when the events in the story took place. Live from London, here's Jamie McDonald's
The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
The Realities of Balancing Growth and Profit
That was Jamie McDonald. The day after Jamie told this story in London, he got a call from the people at Have I Got News For You, asking him to be on the show again. He told me that, like before, they didn't change the format, and this time, there was no Twitter backlash. Recently, he took part in another popular television show in the UK called Celebrity MasterChef.
The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
The Realities of Balancing Growth and Profit
And though he couldn't tell me the outcome when we spoke, he did assure me that he had all his fingers. In the bio he has on his website, he says he doesn't believe disabled people triumph over their adversities. They triumph with them and get to have some fun along the way. You can find out more about Jamie and all the storytellers you hear in this hour on our website, themoth.org.
The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
The Realities of Balancing Growth and Profit
Coming up, what happens when all your great expectations blow up in your face when the Moth Radio Hour continues?
The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
The Realities of Balancing Growth and Profit
This is the Moth Radio Hour. I'm Meg Bowles. The expectations we set for ourselves are often based on what we've seen or heard around us, our family's hopes and dreams, our successful friends, the people we see on Instagram or TV living glorious and happy lives. What happens when you manage to meet those expectations but then find they aren't the key to happiness you hoped?
The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
The Realities of Balancing Growth and Profit
When I asked our final storyteller, Salima Saxton, when was a time that your expectations did not meet up with reality, she said, usually when I improvise mealtimes. Here's Salima Saxton, live at the Moth.
The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
The Realities of Balancing Growth and Profit
Salima Saxton is an actress, writer, and podcaster. She co-hosts the Women Are Mad podcast, where she interviews extraordinary women and finds out where and when anger has been a positive power in their lives. Salima says, my husband and the rest of my family continue to bloom and look back on this transformational moment as a gift. It truly was the beginning of us becoming ourselves.
The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
The Realities of Balancing Growth and Profit
She's still working on not being a catastrophist and daring to believe that everything actually could work out. She says she now reminds herself to look for daily unexpected moments of joy, even in the midst of the mundane. You can find out more about Salima and her podcast on our website, themoth.org.
The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
The Realities of Balancing Growth and Profit
To pitch us your story, you can go to our website and look for Tell a Story, or you can call 877-799-MOTH. That's 877-799-MOTH. The best stories are developed for moth shows all around the world. That's it for this episode of the Moth Radio Hour. We hope it met all your expectations.
The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
The Realities of Balancing Growth and Profit
This is the Moth Radio Hour. I'm Meg Bowles, and I'll be your host this time. Expectations. We set them, manage them, and try to live up to them. Sometimes our expectations of what will happen next are spot on, and other times we miss the mark. All of the stories in this hour deal with the goals we set for ourselves and how we hope things might unfold. Our first story comes from Benji Waterhouse.
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The Moth Radio Hour: All In - Live from London
This is the Moth Radio Hour. I'm Meg Bowles. And today we're taking you to London for a live main stage show. Now imagine you're sitting in a darkened Gothic revival style church. The sun is setting through the stained glass windows. Candles illuminate the eaves.
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The Moth Radio Hour: All In - Live from London
Coming up, more from our live main stage show at the Union Chapel in London when the Moth Radio Hour continues.
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The Moth Radio Hour: All In - Live from London
This is the Moth Radio Hour. I'm Meg Bowles. You're listening to a main stage event we produced in London at the Historic Union Chapel. And here's your host, Tiff Stevenson.
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The Moth Radio Hour: All In - Live from London
Catherine Joy White is an award-winning actor, filmmaker, author, activist, gender equality expert, and CEO of Cusini Productions. She's the author of This Thread of Gold, Celebration of Black Womanhood, and the book Rebel Takes on the Future of Food.
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The Moth Radio Hour: All In - Live from London
You can find out more about Catherine and her film that Tiff mentioned, as well as info about all the storytellers you've heard in this hour, on our website, themoth.org.
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The Moth Radio Hour: All In - Live from London
As Tiff mentioned, this was her first time hosting The Moth, but what she didn't say is that she's an internationally acclaimed actor, comedian, and writer. Her credits are far too many to mention, but you can find out more about her on Instagram at tiffstevensoncomic and on our website, themoth.org. And if you happen to have a story you're itching to tell, why not pitch us?
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The Moth Radio Hour: All In - Live from London
On our website, look for Tell a Story, and you'll find all the information you need to leave us a two-minute pitch.
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The Moth Radio Hour: All In - Live from London
Remember, you can pitch us at 877-799-MOTH. That's 877-799-MOTH. Or online at themoth.org, where you can also share the stories you heard in this hour or others from the Moth Archive. That's it for this episode. We hope you'll join us again next time.
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The Moth Radio Hour: All In - Live from London
The wooden pews are packed and the energy is buzzing as our audience awaits an evening of stories on the theme of taking a leap and going all in. Live from the Union Chapel in London, here's your host for the evening, actor, comedian, and writer, Tiff Stevenson.
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The Moth Radio Hour: All In - Live from London
Well done. Kate Oliver has all the coolest jobs. She's an educator in environmental charities, museums and zoos, and a psychotherapy student. She spends her free time running the Radical Rest Project, encouraging people to have more rest. And she says she absolutely sees the irony in this.
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The Moth Radio Hour: All In - Live from London
She's only been paintballing one other time since her first adventure, and she said once again she encountered a gaggle of teenage boys, but this time she and her friends got their butts kicked. We'll bring you more of this special live hour from London when the Moth Radio Hour continues.
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The Moth Radio Hour: All In - Live from London
This is The Moth Radio Hour. I'm Meg Bowles, and today we're bringing you a live show from Union Chapel in London. The theme of the night was All In, and your host is Tiff Stevenson.
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The Moth Radio Hour: Great Expectations
This is the Moth Radio Hour. I'm Meg Bowles, and I'll be your host this time. Expectations. We set them, manage them, and try to live up to them. Sometimes our expectations of what will happen next are spot on, and other times we miss the mark. All of the stories in this hour deal with the goals we set for ourselves and how we hope things might unfold. Our first story comes from Benji Waterhouse.
The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Great Expectations
Dr. Benji Waterhouse is an NHS psychiatrist and an award-winning comedian and author of the bestselling book, You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here. He's also a resident host of our open mic story slams in London, and not just because he lives five minutes away. You can find out more about Benji on our website, themoth.org.
The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Great Expectations
If you've ever been to a main stage event, you'll know that we bring people to the stage by sharing their answer to a question that we pose to all the storytellers. It's an icebreaker that introduces us to the teller as they make their way to the stage. So borrowing from that, when I asked Benji, when was a time your expectations did not meet up with reality?
The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Great Expectations
This is the Moth Radio Hour. I'm Meg Bowles. In this technological age, people have expectations of those in the spotlight, and social media platforms allow them to easily share their opinions. Everything people do and say is scrutinized, interpreted, and sometimes wielded like a baseball bat to make a point. But even those with the best intentions sometimes miss the mark.
The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Great Expectations
When I asked our next storyteller, Jamie McDonald, when was a time that your expectations did not meet up with reality, he said, being asked to be on the panel for the television show, have I got news for you. It was even more fun and nerve-wracking than I ever imagined.
The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Great Expectations
And just a note, we know that the social media platform that's referenced has had a name change, but it was Twitter when the events in the story took place. Live from London, here's Jamie McDonald's
The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Great Expectations
He said, when I was working as a doctor for the National Health Service and realized it was nothing like the TV show Scrubs. Live from the Union Chapel in London, here's Benji Waterhouse.
The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Great Expectations
That was Jamie McDonald. The day after Jamie told this story in London, he got a call from the people at Have I Got News For You, asking him to be on the show again. He told me that, like before, they didn't change the format, and this time, there was no Twitter backlash. Recently, he took part in another popular television show in the UK called Celebrity MasterChef.
The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Great Expectations
And though he couldn't tell me the outcome when we spoke, he did assure me that he had all his fingers. In the bio he has on his website, he says he doesn't believe disabled people triumph over their adversities. They triumph with them and get to have some fun along the way. You can find out more about Jamie and all the storytellers you hear in this hour on our website, themoth.org.
The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Great Expectations
This is the Moth Radio Hour. I'm Meg Bowles. The expectations we set for ourselves are often based on what we've seen or heard around us, our family's hopes and dreams, our successful friends, the people we see on Instagram or TV living glorious and happy lives. What happens when you manage to meet those expectations but then find they aren't the key to happiness you hoped?
The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Great Expectations
When I asked our final storyteller, Salima Saxton, when was a time that your expectations did not meet up with reality, she said, usually when I improvise mealtimes. Here's Salima Saxton, live at the Moth.
The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Great Expectations
Selima Saxton is an actress, writer, and podcaster. She co-hosts the Women Are Mad podcast, where she interviews extraordinary women and finds out where and when anger has been a positive power in their lives. Selima says, my husband and the rest of my family continue to bloom and look back on this transformational moment as a gift. It truly was the beginning of us becoming ourselves.
The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Great Expectations
She's still working on not being a catastrophist and daring to believe that everything actually could work out. She says she now reminds herself to look for daily, unexpected moments of joy, even in the midst of the mundane. You can find out more about Salima and her podcast on our website, themoth.org.
The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Great Expectations
to pitch us your story you can go to our website and look for tell a story or you can call 877-799-MOTH that's 877-799-MOTH the best stories are developed for moth shows all around the world That's it for this episode of the Moth Radio Hour. We hope it met all your expectations.