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Emily speaks with Emily Maloney about her new collection of essays, Cost of Living, which explores the American healthcare system and what it’s lik...
Bought by KWMR
- Added: Mar 08, 2022
- Length: 33:59
- Purchases: 1
Entertainers do these routinely, and a one-nighter sounds sexy, but it’s not what you think. See what we mean by one-nighter. You might want to che...
- Added: Jan 05, 2019
- Length: 04:15
A soap opera helps a girl come out to her mom. The Mortified Podcast is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Support independent artists by donat...
- Added: Dec 09, 2018
- Length: 17:40
Celebrate Valentines season with the tale of a teen who searches for eternal love in the goth scene and discovers Vampires and Elves along the way....
- Added: Feb 04, 2018
- Length: 16:17
Gossip! Backstabbing! Burn Books! Mortified celebrates the 13th anniversary of Mean Girls with stories of tyrannical kids. Featuring an interview D...
- Added: May 21, 2017
- Length: 25:27
Women relive the horrors of the 1st time they faced "that time of the month.
- Added: Mar 11, 2016
- Length: 21:11
Destination DIY host Julie Sabatier tells a story live on stage about that time she cooked potatoes for her Idaho in-laws.
Bought by Boise State Public Radio and KPIK-LP
- Added: Nov 27, 2014
- Length: 13:13
- Purchases: 2
Just in time for Halloween, we look at gender issues in horror films. This essay takes a feminist angle on underrated horror heroines, from Candyma...
- Added: Oct 09, 2014
- Length: 21:26
Writer Catherine Breese shares her experience with a virtual online job interview for a job she frankly does not want. She describes the painful in...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jan 05, 2014
- Length: 04:39
- Purchases: 1
My life as a purveyor of “Business Theatre” for big corporations in Chicago.
- Added: Sep 17, 2013
- Length: 09:32
The tale of disgusting littering run amuck when I lived in the Old Irving Park area of Chicago.
- Added: Sep 17, 2013
- Length: 07:37
The story of dying my hair red on a whim and the way people reacted to me as a redhead.
- Added: Sep 17, 2013
- Length: 09:11
The imaginary travails of myself reacting to rude patrons making noise with candy wrappers, cell phones, and other rude behavior in public movie th...
- Added: Sep 17, 2013
- Length: 05:48
The characters who assembled every Monday night for the Open Mic at Earl’s Pub. This is the same Earl who owned the famous “Earl of Old Town Club,...
- Added: Sep 12, 2013
- Length: 20:17
Gail describes her recent visit to an Irish bar in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood.
- Added: Aug 31, 2013
- Length: 15:20
My friendship with legendary puppeteer, Burr Tillstrom, and love affair with Kukla, Ollie, Fletcher Rabbit, and the rest of the Kuklapolitan Player...
- Added: Aug 31, 2013
- Length: 12:39
Actor Ned Averill-Snell reflects on sweaty teenage rehearsals for musical theatre, and forbidden glimpses of a more glamorous world.
- Added: Aug 07, 2013
- Length: 02:39
Aaron Brown on the Olympics.
- Added: Sep 06, 2012
- Length: 03:05
When Re:sound host, Gwen Macsai was fourteen, the incredible female race-horse, Ruffian, ran straight into her heart and left a permanent impression.
Bought by RADIOLEX, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KZYX, KISU and more
- Added: Jan 12, 2011
- Length: 09:40
- Purchases: 10
Storyteller Jennifer Munro shares a childhood memory about her father and an overzealous neighbor.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 28, 2010
- Length: 04:04
- Purchases: 1
Sarah Haskins (comedienne, Infomania's "Target Women" series) discusses how pregnancy has inspired her to prepare for the end of the world. Recorde...
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Aug 19, 2010
- Length: 09:16
- Purchases: 1
There's a tipping point in every nerd's life - the moment they accept it's cool to be, well ... uncool.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KDNK, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: 03:25
- Purchases: 4
Taking a first job at an inner city non-profit can be horrifying. But there's a lot of perks too ...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Dec 22, 2009
- Length: 04:37
- Purchases: 1
New York Times takes a look at a prostitute's MySpace page so we don't have to.
- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 02:16
- Added: Jul 31, 2008
- Length: 01:45
