The Moth: Sick Medicines and Maladies

Join The Moth for stories of maladies and medicines, sickness and health. Recorded live at The Players Club in New York City. Readers include:

Jonathan Ames (Host) is a writer and performer who is the author of I Love You More Than You Know (available at Audible); I Pass Like Night; The Extra Man; What's Not to Love?; My Less Than Secret Life; and Wake Up, Sir! He is the winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship and is a recurring guest on The Late Show with David Letterman.

Andy Christie is co-owner of Slim Films, an animation and illustration studio. His original cartoon collection is I Wasn't Kidding: How to Commit Suicide So They'll Never Forget It.

Francesca Gany is the founder and director of The Center for Immigrant Health, and a member of the faculty of the New York University School of Medicine.

Cole Kazdin is a writer, actress, and producer. She appears on VH-1's All Access and has performed improv and sketch comedy all over New York City, including her one-woman show, My Year of Porn.

Jon Levin is a video editor living in Portland, Oregon. He spent two years as an orderly on the graveyard shift at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Bernadette Murphy is a writer and former ICU nurse in New York City. She has traveled the globe, is an ardent observer of life, and has studied the body extensively through the lens of both medical and natural healing paradigms.