I was 23 years old a when i moved to new york, right? And my parents and everybody was horrified, cause i been accepted to a very good graduate programme. And i was like, now i'd rather go to be a waitress in new york city. But then i realized, you know, if i want to stay here, i'm going to need a visa and some other things, and so and i probably should finish my studies. So applying to columbia was really just away for me to finish my studies and stay in New York. I ended up graduating from there while having a visa and a library card, and could audit any classes i wanted at columb
Starting as an unpaid intern at The Moth when it was still a local storytelling group in New York City, Lea Thau rose up to become the Executive & Creative Director, where she remained for a decade. During her time there, she co-created The Moth Podcast and The Moth Radio Hour, helping to launch the "brand" into a global phenomenon. Thau has since become a Peabody Award-winning producer and director, now hosting her own popular podcast Strangers, which won the 2015 Public Radio March Madness Contest. She is also a storytelling teacher and coach who's worked one-on-one with people like Ethan Hawke, Marc Maron, Gabriel Byrne, Darryll “DMC” McDaniels, Margaret Cho, Suzanne Vega, as well as post-graduate fellows at Harvard, inner-city kids in New York and Los Angeles. Thau also teaches storytelling for businesses like Google, Nike, Intel, and many other companies.
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Website : http://www.storycentral.org/
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/strangerspodcast/
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