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A game I used to play as a kid. In the dark. With Mario (not his real name).
- Added: Mar 27, 2022
- Length: 09:10
Another true story: a group of ladies go out of their way to be charitable with a young mother. A micro narration in a minute or so.
- Added: Mar 26, 2022
- Length: 01:00
Race and Identity at Home is a narrated public radio audio feature exploring parenting in multicultural families with Kristin Leong and Diana Opong...
- Added: Jun 04, 2021
- Length: 17:47
Tales of kids whose pets weren't just their best friend, they were EVERYTHING. The Mortified Podcast is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. List...
Bought by CI Dolphin Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 19, 2017
- Length: 28:37
- Purchases: 2
The story of a girl who was totally convinced her teenage diary would one day be discovered... and become mandatory reading for generations to come.
- Added: Oct 02, 2016
- Length: 16:05
Rich recognizes the similarities between his childhood and the youth he works with in Urban Warriors. He stresses that youth have choices, even if ...
- Added: Jul 19, 2016
- Length: 04:37
Alberto’s convoy security truck is hit with an IED in Iraq, and the military recognizes his service with a Purple Heart. After returning from war, ...
- Added: Jul 19, 2016
- Length: 06:15
Noah’s childhood was full of instability as he and his family moved from place to place and shelter to shelter. The strict rules of the shelters we...
- Added: Jul 19, 2016
- Length: 07:49
Kids endure their version of a summer vacation from hell.
- Added: Jul 10, 2016
- Length: 21:01
A religious father refuses to let his daughter get corrupted by The Love Boat and other 80s pop culture.
- Added: Jun 19, 2016
- Length: 20:13
In honor of the holiday season, Mortified presents the story of a sheltered middle-schooler who writes to Santa Claus for a boyfriend.
- Added: Dec 20, 2015
- Length: 21:24
What if an influential teacher set you on your life's path? What would that teacher say if she met you today?
- Added: Sep 21, 2015
- Length: 19:07
A story about the transformative power of loss. How one tiny life can become so large, that you begin to see it everywhere and in everything that y...
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Jul 31, 2015
- Length: 20:02
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jan 27, 2015
- Length: 10:03
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jul 21, 2014
- Length: 06:17
- Purchases: 1
This story is about a high school teacher in New Orleans who looks back on his shenanigans as a student, and how teaching helps him grow.
- Added: Nov 06, 2013
- Length: 05:00
A personal narrative about a traumatizing experience I had in elementary school in Egypt.
- Added: Oct 13, 2012
- Length: 05:22
Spending the holidays with the family can be the highlight of winter for those who live far from home. But when a family member dies, returning hom...
- Added: Jan 02, 2012
- Length: 04:33
In time for Thanksgiving, an exploration of Family. Contributions by: Gowri Chandra, Laurel Foglia, Brice Peterson, Katie Jennings, Rachel Blatt, a...
- Added: Nov 08, 2010
- Length: 31:35
Reporter Laura Spero lives in New York City, but she travels to Nepal every year. There, a single winding road connects Nepal’s capital, Katmandu,...
Bought by KVNF
- Added: Apr 16, 2010
- Length: 03:58
- Purchases: 1
Vicky was living in a tough situation in Phoenix, AZ. Her mom had told her that her father didn't want anything to do with her. But one day Vicky f...
Bought by WGXC
- Added: Apr 12, 2010
- Length: 06:51
- Purchases: 1
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has promised an extensive package of relief supplies and equipment to earthquake ravaged Chile. The temblo...
- Added: Mar 05, 2010
- Length: 02:26
From: UNICEF
UNICEF emergency communications specialist Jennifer Bakody recently visited Haitian earthquake survivors in the Dario Contreras Hospital in Santo D...
- Added: Feb 12, 2010
- Length: 04:35
Thousands of children in Haiti’s capitol city, Port au Prince, beg on the streets to survive. Most street kids are invisible to those passing by. ...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Dec 10, 2009
- Length: 04:33
- Purchases: 1
The U.N. estimates three million Colombians have been displaced from their homes because of the ongoing war for land between guerrilla fighters, pa...
- Added: Oct 23, 2009
- Length: 04:47
