The Moth in Boston recorded March 17, 2025 Huntington Theater Growing Pains

Marylee Fairbanks, a performer and podcaster, talks about her childhood story and why revealing your flaws can help you discover a better version of you. Fairbanks also discusses her work on the stage, including the Tony Award-winning The Outsiders. Watch Marylee's story: https://youtu.be/CKz1lBCAs3o Support our series and the art of storytelling: https://world.donorsupport.co/page/FUNNSHLEBKK Storytelling is what we do but what stories do you like to watch on our channel? We want to know so fill out this short audience survey: https://questionpro.com/t/AatUaZ5Cpu #StoriesfromtheStage #storytelling #interview @GBH @WesHazard @theresa9761 @MaryleeGraffeoFairbanks @stagespodcast1352 @Broadwaycom @outsidersmusical @tonyawards FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE to Stories from the Stage: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrKl3ekLwU62BiX1xoHHPog?sub_confirmation=1 Newsletter: https://worldchannel.org/newsletter-subscription/ Website: https://worldchannel.org/show/stories-stage/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StoriesFromTheStage Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storiesfromthestage/ Podcast - Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stories-from-the-stage/id1541849586 Podcast - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4uMGagIexG9scANC9jLdmP?si=f3831020de8a4eb3 FOLLOW WORLD: Website: https://worldchannel.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WORLDChannel Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/worldchannel/ X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/worldchannel TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@worldchannel When's the last time you heard a story so moving that you had to tell it to everyone you know? Welcome to STORIES FROM THE STAGE – where ordinary people share extraordinary experiences. You’ll hear tales of love and loss, amazing adventures, incredible surprises and unexpected triumphs. In each show, we get up close & personal with storytellers about what inspires them and the craft of storytelling. Hosted by Theresa Okokon and Wes Hazard. WORLD shares the best of public media in news, documentaries and programming. WORLD’s original series examine the issues and amplify the voices of those often ignored by mainstream media. The multicast 24/7 channel helps audiences understand conflicts, movements and cultures from around the globe. Its original work has won a Peabody Award, an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award, an International Documentary Association Award, a National News and Documentary Emmy Award, two Webby Awards and many others honoring diversity of content and makers. WORLD is carried by 194 member stations in markets representing 77% of US TV households. Funding for WORLD Channel is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts and Artworks. WORLD is produced by GBH in partnership with WNET and is distributed by American Public Television (APT).

Marylee Fairbanks’ childhood act of kindness comes with an unexpected lesson in empathy, leaving her with regret that she hopes to make right. Support our series and the art of storytelling: https://world.donorsupport.co/page/FUNNSHLEBKK Storytelling is what we do but what stories do you like to watch on our channel? We want to know so fill out this short audience survey: https://questionpro.com/t/AatUaZ5Cpu #StoriesfromtheStage #storytelling #kindness #bullying #fear #childhood #school #ValentinesDay @GBH @WesHazard @theresa9761 @MaryleeGraffeoFairbanks @stagespodcast1352 @lululemon @Snoopy FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE to Stories from the Stage: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrKl3ekLwU62BiX1xoHHPog?sub_confirmation=1 Newsletter: https://worldchannel.org/newsletter-subscription/ Website: https://worldchannel.org/show/stories-stage/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StoriesFromTheStage Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storiesfromthestage/ Podcast - Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stories-from-the-stage/id1541849586 Podcast - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4uMGagIexG9scANC9jLdmP?si=f3831020de8a4eb3 FOLLOW WORLD: Website: https://worldchannel.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WORLDChannel Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/worldchannel/ X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/worldchannel TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@worldchannel When's the last time you heard a story so moving that you had to tell it to everyone you know? Welcome to STORIES FROM THE STAGE – where ordinary people share extraordinary experiences. You’ll hear tales of love and loss, amazing adventures, incredible surprises and unexpected triumphs. In each show, we get up close & personal with storytellers about what inspires them and the craft of storytelling. Hosted by Theresa Okokon and Wes Hazard. WORLD shares the best of public media in news, documentaries and programming. WORLD’s original series examine the issues and amplify the voices of those often ignored by mainstream media. The multicast 24/7 channel helps audiences understand conflicts, movements and cultures from around the globe. Its original work has won a Peabody Award, an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award, an International Documentary Association Award, a National News and Documentary Emmy Award, two Webby Awards and many others honoring diversity of content and makers. WORLD is carried by 194 member stations in markets representing 77% of US TV households. Funding for WORLD Channel is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts and Artworks. WORLD is produced by GBH in partnership with WNET and is distributed by American Public Television (APT).

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The theme was Happy.

Marylee Fairbanks and Stephanie J Block Interview Tiffany Little Canfield

Marylee Fairbanks interviews Sakina Jaffrey

Marylee Fairbanks co-producer and co-host of Stages Podcast interviews James Lapine

Marylee Fairbanks Co-Host and Co-Producer of Stages Podcast interviews Gavin Lee