This is the Moth Radio Hour.
I'm your host, Chloe Salmon.
Nothing captures the heart and the mind quite like a good beef.
I'm not talking the deli counter variety.
I'm talking grievances, rivalries, grudges.
Now, do I generally advocate for negativity and chaos?
No.
But I'll admit it.
Something about the Technicolor drama of a good feud has me reaching for my popcorn every time.
And I know it's not just me.
Tales of bad blood and petty squabbles have entertained us all for centuries.
So in this episode, stories of bringing and slinging beef and the highs and lows we can find in the fight.
Our first story comes to us from Lori Tucker Sullivan.
She told it at a story slam in Detroit where we partnered with public radio station wdet.
Here's Laurie live at the Moth.
Okay, so in the summer of 2010, my husband Kevin was in the hospital dying of cancer, a stage four diagnosis.
He had tumors that were in his lungs and in his spine.
And the ones in his lungs we had treated successfully, but the ones in his spine didn't respond to treatment.
And so he had had sur.
And the first surgery went pretty well, but the second surgery did not, and it rendered him a quadriplegic.