The stories we tell often are left at the dinner table, cast aside like gristle and crumbs then forgotten, but there are other life narratives that become a part of us, shape us and await a storyteller’s lilt.
The Moth podcast gives voice to people like you and me, regular folks unaccustomed to the spotlight, who stand at the microphone without notes and further the notion that we all have stories to tell, if told well.
Eileen O’Brien, 69, of Eugene took the stage in front of 2,000 people at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland last December to tell the story of her sister, Jane Doe No. 1385…