i was a visiting scholar at columbia. i wanted to work with stories in a different way and be a part of new york city in a different way. I started studying literature because i loved stories, but it really didn't suit me that well. It does not make me feel like i'm getting closer to the human experience for the particular way that i'm wired, right? So then i switch to literature, thinking, maybe that is the place, actually, whe you can get closer to some essential truth of the human experience.
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.
You can find Lea Thau at:
Website : http://www.storycentral.org/
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/strangerspodcast/
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