Houses on the Moon
Houses on the Moon Podcast is an original theatrical storytelling series dedicated to amplifying the unheard voice, featuring remarkable true stories curated from over twenty years of Houses on the Moon Theater Company’s unique development process. The first season spotlights tales from individuals whose lives have been touched by guns; parents of gender-expansive children; families with incarcerated loved ones; a global conversation between LGBTQ+ storytellers in the U.S. and India; and undocumented youth. Season two is an audio adaptation of the acclaimed documentary play, DE NOVO, about a Guatemalan teen fleeing gang life and seeking asylum in the United States.
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 16
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Writer Jonathan Blitzer on the History of Central American Migration
For this special episode of the Houses on the Moon Podcast, Amy Gottlieb (U.S. Migration Director for the American Friends Service Committee, and HOTM board member) interviews New Yorker staff writer…
00:37:00 |
Tue 08 Jul 2025
Partner Spotlight! JULIUS CAESAR
Now for your listening pleasure, Houses on the Moon would like to share this episode from one of our podcast friends and partners Play on Podcasts: Julius Caesar, Episode 1: Beware the Ides of March.…
00:31:48 |
Tue 04 Feb 2025
DE NOVO interview - THE ASK!
The arts serve as both an escape from and a reflection of our reality. And since its inception in 2001, the Houses on The Moon Theater company has focused on creating productions that shed light on a…
00:31:17 |
Thu 16 Jan 2025
Partner Spotlight: IF YOU WERE IN CHARGE
Now for your listening pleasure, Houses on the Moon would like to share this episode from one of our podcast friends and partners If You Were In Charge. The show is a new series tackling the big issu…
01:02:16 |
Wed 01 Jan 2025
DE NOVO - Part 3 of 3
On the streets of Guatemala City, gang members became Edgar’s family.
But he dreamed of a different future.
To leave the gang was a death sentence.
Coming to the USA was his last hope.
De Novo is…
00:32:53 |
Wed 18 Dec 2024
DE NOVO - Part 2 of 3
On the streets of Guatemala City, gang members became Edgar’s family.
But he dreamed of a different future.
To leave the gang was a death sentence.
Coming to the USA was his last hope.
De Novo is…
00:28:00 |
Thu 12 Dec 2024
DE NOVO - Part 1 of 3
On the streets of Guatemala City, gang members became Edgar’s family.
But he dreamed of a different future.
To leave the gang was a death sentence.
Coming to the USA was his last hope.
De Novo is…
00:25:00 |
Tue 26 Nov 2024
#8 - Luck of the Draw
Episode 8 of the Houses on the Moon Podcast spotlights another true tale from gUN COUNTRY, our storytelling workshops with people whose lives have been touched by guns. In “Luck of the Draw” Antonius…
00:30:53 |
Mon 28 Jun 2021
#7 - Por Vs Para; Missives from the Wormhole
On this episode, we share true tales from Houses on the Moon’s international LGBTQ+ story-sharing project The “Q Story Stream.”
We have 2 stories about teachers learning very different lessons.
When…
00:36:24 |
Tue 15 Jun 2021
#6 - Zudaydah with a Backwards Z
On Episode 6 of the Houses on the Moon Podcast, we share Zudaydah Rivera's true tale from Houses on the Moon’s SHARED SENTENCES, a storytelling project with people who have incarcerated loved ones.
Z…
00:31:05 |
Tue 01 Jun 2021
#5 - Certificate of Fluency
On this episode of the Houses on the Moon Podcast, we spotlight another true tale from our cross-cultural LGBTQ story-sharing project, “Q Story Stream.” In "Certificate of Fluency," Cori Bratby-Rudd …
00:22:47 |
Mon 17 May 2021
#4: Telenovela
In Episode 4 of the Houses on the Moon Podcast, we share a true tale from our cross-cultural LGBTQ+ story-sharing project “Q Story Stream:" Jesús Daniel Cruz discovers first love in a country where h…
00:22:27 |
Mon 19 Apr 2021
#3: I Did Not Kill Brian; The Hollow
Highlighting America’s fraught relationship with guns, this episode features true stories from Houses on the Moon’s gUN COUNTRY, based on the accounts of those whose lives have been impacted by guns.…
00:30:08 |
Mon 05 Apr 2021
#2: Luca's Journey
When their son wants to dress up as Princess Elsa, of course, these two gay dads from New York City are cool with it, right? In “Luca’s Journey,” Carlos Encinias tells the true story of parenting a g…
00:30:20 |
Mon 22 Mar 2021
#1: Steve
Our pilot episode highlights Houses on the Moon Theater Company’s 2014 storytelling piece gUN COUNTRY. HOTM artist Ian Eaton performs “STEVE”: Having lost his teenage brother to the violence of t…
00:32:33 |
Mon 08 Mar 2021
Podcast Trailer
Houses on the Moon Podcast is an original eight episode storytelling series dedicated to amplifying the unheard voice. Each episode features a remarkable true story (or two) curated from over twenty …
00:01:54 |
Tue 16 Feb 2021
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