While studying treatments for depression in rural Africa, Solomon has an overly intimate encounter with a ram. Andrew Solomon is the author of “The Irony Tower: Soviet Artists in a Time of Glasnost” and “A Stone Boat”. His most recent book, “The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression” was awarded the 2001 National Book Award, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; it has been published in 24 languages and received 14 additional national awards. He is working on a book entitled, “A Dozen Kinds of Love: Raising Challenging Children”.
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The Moth Podcast: Andrew Solomon, Notes on an Exorcism
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Ritchie DiSalvo: Anthony the Hat
Taking a job from Anthony the Hat turns out to be a bad idea when Bobby Cash comes knocking. Richie DiSalvo is the inventor of The Baby Calzone and the cheese-filled pizza crust.
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Brian Finkelstein: Jewish Blood, Irish Heart
An American man goes in search of Thanksgiving in Ireland. Brian Finkelstein is a comedic writer / performer whose one-person show, First Day Off In A Long Time, was selected for the HBO/US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen and later developed as a Pilot for FOX. Most recently he was an Emmy nominated writer for The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
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Colin Quinn: Toast
When asked to perform at Robert De Niro’s birthday party, Colin finds himself in over his head. Colin Quinn is a standup comic and actor. He was the Weekend Update anchor on Saturday Night Live from 1998 to 2000, and later hosted Comedy Central’s Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn.
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