I listened to several Moth stories, and I really enjoyed the way they felt conversational, and personal, and intimate, in a way. As a viewer, I felt a closer connection to the storytellers that I listened to then, say, the author of a book. I’m sure we’ve all had an experience where a text message was misunderstood or came off in a different way than it was intended to because of a lack of subtext, right? With oral storytelling, a lot more of that subtext is able to be conveyed, so oral storytelling can examine the constructs/conventions of human interaction and dialogue, in addition to the story that is being told. The reaction of an audience in the recording shifted the viewer experience from an individual experience to a more collective experience, which was interesting. The storytellers told stories from their own lives, and often, additional meaning could be found in the way those storytellers chose to tell their story. The same story could be told with a funny, self-deprecating, dramatic, or tragic interpretation, but the way that the author chooses to tell the story can be important and meaningful to both the storyteller and the audience.