Mental health. City adventures. Rescue dogs. In this episode, we set out to find ourselves. Esther Messe comes to understand her intrusive thoughts and Wilson Portorreal welcomes a new family member. Then, we go out to a flea market to talk about loss, and Aleeza and Fonzo get real about mental health.

Hosted by: Aleeza Kazmi and Fonzo Lacayo

Storytellers: Esther Messe and Wilson Portorreal

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Search and Rescue: Feeling lost and getting found

Grown is a podcast about the in-between: the nebulous, the liminal, the just plain weird time between those awkward teenage years and full-on adulthood. Grown is co-hosted by Aleeza Kazmi and Alfonso “Fonzo” Lacayo, two Moth storytellers and graduates of The Moth’s Education program who are on the cusp of adulthood themselves. Together, they guide listeners through true stories that deal with the challenges and joys of growing up. Using their unique points of view, Aleeza and Fonzo will discuss first crushes, culture, identity, secrets, and more.

Like The Moth Podcast, Grown centers these fresh, personal stories told at Moth events worldwide—but Grown also features conversations with the storytellers themselves, on the street interviews, audio diaries from young voices, and more. Grown is a podcast that reminds us that no matter how old we are, we’re never fully grown.

Start by listening to Episode 1, Crushed: Heartbreaks, first kisses, and catching feelings.

Arts

Literature

Performing Arts

Design

Food

Fashion & Beauty

Visual Arts

Once again, here’s some great bonus content to tide you over until Season 3.On this growth-spurt, we'll be taking a look at the person Aleeza was at 16 - and her misadventures dying her hair.For more information on the people who make grown, visit grownpod.com

Growth-Spurt: Aleeza's Time Machine

Once again, here’s some great bonus content to tide you over until Season 3.

And we’ll be featuring two of our Apple Podcast bonus episodes - if you’d like to listen to all of the bonus episodes right now, subscribe to Moth Uninterrupted on Apple Podcasts.

Enjoy!

For more information on the people who make grown, visit grownpod.com

Growth-Spurt: Club Penguin 2.0 and Will Smith

Aleeza and Fonzo talk to teens about what it really means to grow up, and the moments they realized they were actually adults.

This episode is a collaboration with the incredible podcast, This Teenage Life. You can find This Teenage Life wherever you get your podcasts, or visit their website: https://thisteenagelife.org/

For more information on the people who make grown, visit grownpod.com

Growth-Spurt: This Teenage Life

Open your hearts and loosen your butts! On Couples Therapy, real life couple and real life comedians Naomi Ekperigin (Netflix's The Standups, Mythic Quest) and Andy Beckerman (Beginnings Podcast) gab with their favorite actors and comics about their romantic pasts, presents and futures and answer YOUR relaysh Qs with all the wisdom two unlicensed entertainers can possibly contain! Mental health, romance and jokes from folks like Nia DaCosta, Bowen Yang, Bob the Drag Queen, Aidy Bryant, Kumail Nanjiani, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Tig Notaro, Danielle Brooks, Michelle Buteau and more! Click here or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts from!

Introducing Couples Therapy with Naomi and Andy

We wanted to give you some great bonus content to tide you over until Season 3.

For this growth-spurt we’re featuring two of our Apple Podcast bonus episodes - if you’d like to listen to all of the bonus episodes right now, subscribe to Moth Uninterrupted on Apple Podcasts.

Enjoy!

For more information on the people who make grown, visit grownpod.com

Search and Rescue: Feeling lost and getting found

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