Lea Thau

Lea Thau is a Peabody award-winning producer and director. She's the creator and host of the podcast, Strangers, and she previously co-created The Moth Podcast and The Moth Radio Hour, while serving as Executive & Creative Director of the storytelling organization, The Moth, for a decade. Lea has taught storytelling at Harvard and to marginalized populations across New York City and Los Angeles, and she has coached the likes of Ethan Hawke, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Cho, as well as top executives from around the globe, in storytelling.