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Cotton Candy and Revolutionary Rides: The Moth Radio Hour
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Outro for Audrey & Sponsor/Promo Break: Monarch Money, Children's Miracle Network, Money Moves
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Jenness closes Audrey Pleasant's story with the delightful note that Audrey is a poet from the Bronx and can still shake a tail feather. Listeners are sent to themoth.org for a photo of Audrey in her star-studded gown. The break includes three segments: Monarch, a personal finance app offering first-year half-price access with code MOTH, is pitched as a tool for real-time net worth tracking and investment benchmarking against the S&P 500. Children's Miracle Network receives a heartfelt PSA about its 170-hospital network and community impact. And Jill Schlesinger previews her new Money Moves podcast, promising financial myth-busting and actionable guidance. The break resets the emotional register before Bushra Al-Fusail's wartime story begins.
In 2015, Bushra Al-Fusail woke to her bed shaking and her father screaming to go to the basement. Saudi coalition airstrikes had begun. It was the first time in Yemen's history that its citizens had been bombed from the air — and it would confine the entire city indoors for weeks.
