{"id":55467,"date":"2025-05-07T10:53:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T09:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=55467"},"modified":"2025-05-07T10:53:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T09:53:58","slug":"the-moth-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=55467","title":{"rendered":"The Moth Hour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9102\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/MothHour.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9102','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/MothHour.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/MothHour.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=55467-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/MothHour.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"MothHour.mp3\">Download<\/a> ()<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55468\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55468\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-55468 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo1-147x110.jpg 147w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo1-90x68.jpg 90w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo1-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo1-589x442.jpg 589w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Moth Hour cast. Left to right, Faith Olasogba (Narrator), Tara Power (Clodagh Present), Cian \u00d3\u2019N\u00e1raigh (Director), Alannah Clarke-White (Clodagh Past), Niamh Large (Clodagh Future)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Written and produced by Berni Dwan and directed by Cian O\u2019N\u00e1raigh, The Moth Hour is a dramatic case of female personality, resilience, strength of character and adaptability kicking in when the safety of daylight is replaced by something darker than dark. All told by one character at three key stages of her life \u2013 before, during and after the horror, The Moth Hour will make you think twice about visiting your local park at that half dark, half-light, time of evening.<\/p>\n<p>Recording and sound design by Declan McGlade.<\/p>\n<p>Made with the support of Coimisi\u00fan na Me\u00e1n\u2019s Sound and Vision scheme through the Television License Fee, The Moth Hour first TX was on Friday, May 9<sup>th<\/sup> at 7pm.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55469\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55469\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-55469 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo2-147x110.jpg 147w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo2-90x68.jpg 90w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo2-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo2-589x442.jpg 589w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah-Jane Connor [back left] Marino College TY Teacher, with students who performed poetry readings throughout the drama.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Written and produced by Berni Dwan and directed by Cian O\u2019N\u00e1raigh, The Moth Hour is a dramatic case of female personality, resilience, strength of character and adaptability kicking in when the safety of daylight is replaced by something darker than dark. All told by one character at three key stages of her life \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9103\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/MothHour.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9103','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/MothHour.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/MothHour.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=55467-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/MothHour.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"MothHour.mp3\">Download<\/a> ()<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":55468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,26668],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-radio-drama","category-the-moth-hour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55470,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55467\/revisions\/55470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/55468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}