The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber

Meg Lavery, Storyteller and Teacher

“I knew that I had to do something, I was going to have to let him know, but I didn't let him know. I became paralyzed with fear of telling him.” Meg lives in a conserva

Crushed Episode 1: The Feel-Good Story

In 1998, fans across the country fell in love with the home run race as Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa chased baseball immortality. Sportswriter Joan Niesen recounts her mem

Rev. Jeff Grant, Minister and Co-Founder of Progressive Prison Ministries

“I was dressed up looking the part, but deep inside, I was just vacant. I just was not someone I was proud of anymore.” Jeff Grant, J.D., M.Div. is Co-Founder of Progres

Wilhelm Verwoerd, Researcher and Facilitator

“We would also be very conscious of preaching anti-communism because people were saying that the African National Congress, you know, former President Mandela's political

Nadia Bolz-Weber: "Panic on the Road to Jericho"

“I spent the entire time praying, and cursing, and praying and cursing.” Enjoy this bonus episode featuring a story Nadia Bolz-Weber told live at a Moth storytelling eve

Elizabeth Lesser, Co-Founder of Omega Institute

"And that was the moment ... where I was like, 'Girl, you can be a good mother and a happy, embodied woman, but you can't be a good mother and a liar.'" Elizabeth Lesse

Dr. Ray Christian, Storyteller and Fulbright Specialist

"I got the super squad, the dirty dozen. Nobody needs to know what's going on here; I'm handling everything." Dr. Raymond Christian is a retired US Army paratrooper who

Joshua Harris, Storyteller and Author of "I Kissed Dating Goodbye"

"If you can call people to a higher standard and tap into that fear, that ‘I'm not trying hard enough. I'm not really loving God enough. I'm not sacrificing enough,’ ther

Claire Bidwell Smith, Grief Therapist and Author

“I just remember the feeling of having his arms around me, and I just felt so sickened that I had chosen this instead of my mother.” Claire Bidwell Smith is a therapist

Sarah Edmondson, Actor and Former Member of NXIVM

“I essentially told her to override that very important internal compass called your gut instinct. And I told her that that wasn't accurate. She was just scared and that

Maria Hinojosa, Journalist

“You know, it comes down to a human error, but one of massive proportions because you're dealing with humanity and people's lives.” Maria is the host of Latino USA and o

Amber J. Phillips, Storyteller and Reproductive Justice Activist

“My attachment to success prevented me from doing the one thing that I value the most in my life, which is showing up for other black women.” Amber is a storyteller, cre

Jonathan Williams, Writer and Pastor

“So what I ended up doing was being an incredible dick to my father. That's what I ended up doing.” Jonathan Williams is the Lead Pastor of Forefront Church in Brooklyn,

Joel Leon, Storyteller

“But like being a father, I have to excel at that because a lot of people were expecting me not to.” Joel was born and raised in the Bronx. He is the author of A Book Ab

Kasey Anderson, Singer/Songwriter

“I truly believed that we had gotten Bruce Springsteen to commit to this benefit compilation. And so when I went to present that to the group, I went back through my emai

Abby Wambach, Soccer Star

“I didn't feel like, oh, I need to call my lawyer or anything like that. I felt like I was totally with it. And then I did the breathalyzer and I can't remember exactly w

Darin Strauss, Writer

“And then all the emotions sort of flowed and I started crying in a way I don't think I have since or probably didn't before. I was just sort of heaving and then I though

Wilhelm Verwoerd, Researcher and Facilitator

“We would also be very conscious of preaching anti-communism because people were saying that the African National Congress, you know, former President Mandela's political

Forgiveness and Reconciliation with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

“So it's not necessarily an overnight thing. And the only person, the only person or people who get to decide if a person should be forgiven, are the ones harmed.” Seaso

Melissa Febos, Memoirist

“You know, it was like very hot - with that particular hotness of a terrible, terrible thing driven by desperation beyond the immediate situation.” Melissa is a literary