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Me and Oprah
From: Jan McInnis
Series: Comedian Stories: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes
Caption: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes, Credit: Comedian Jan McInnis
Oprah’s show could boost your comedy career, and Jan had her crack at it! Hear how it turned out!

  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 04:21
111: Drama Club Kids
From: The Mortified Podcast
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Re-live all the show tunes, melodrama and backstage gossip that is the school theater as Mortified pays tribute to the Drama Nerd. Featuring Amy Di...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2017
  • Length: 28:29
106: Let's Start a Band! (w/ Sylvan Esso)
From: The Mortified Podcast
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From Punk to Metal to Debbie Gibson... an ode to teens who scribbled lyrics in notebooks, learned the guitar and asked their friends to join their ...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2017
  • Length: 26:32
87: Kids That Protest
From: The Mortified Podcast
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Tales of precocious kids who fight for causes they haven't completely thought out. The Mortified Podcast is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, CI Dolphin Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 05, 2017
  • Length: 23:39
  • Purchases: 3
84 Celebrity Obsession pt1: Fan Letters
From: The Mortified Podcast
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Ever write a fan letter you regret? Part 1 of Unlikely Celebrity Obsessions features some truly misguided fan mail and a special appearance by Garf...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:10
Mortified's Totally Juvenile Election Special
From: The Mortified Podcast
Caption: Mortified logo, Credit: Jered Bogli
Need relief from all the juvenile antics of campaign season? From PRX's Radiotopia, "MORTIFIED'S TOTALLY JUVENILE ELECTION SPECIAL" is your antidot...

Bought by KPIK-LP, WUTC, KJZZ, Troy Public Radio, KALW and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 51:58
  • Purchases: 26
64 Carolyn: Dad vs The Love Boat
From: The Mortified Podcast
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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
58 Forbidden Crushes Part 3: My Secret Gay Crush
From: The Mortified Podcast
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Part 3 of our series on Forbidden Crushes features a closeted teen who wants to pour her heart out to her crush but fears outing herself.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2016
  • Length: 24:05
How To Be A Male Model
From: Matt Hill
Series: The Modern Mann
Caption: Charlie Gilmour, with Olly Mann
Ex-con Charlie Gilmour reveals to Olly what it takes to be at Paris Fashion Week for the first time, how to work on your 'walk', and where models h...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2016
  • Length: 16:41
42 Jason: King Of Scotland
From: The Mortified Podcast
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A teenage misfit tries to empower himself by taking on the persona of a medieval Scottish King.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 21:44
  • Purchases: 1
35 Colin: Don't Tell Anyone I Like You
From: The Mortified Podcast
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An incredibly shy teenager overcomes a speech impediment and works up the courage to ask out a girl.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 12, 2015
  • Length: 19:53
  • Purchases: 1
30 Darryl: The Horny Romantic
From: The Mortified Podcast
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The journals of a confused teenager who waffles between his romantic side and his raging hormones.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 20:09
28 Xiomara: Searching For The Cure
From: The Mortified Podcast
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The diaries of a teenager from the South Bronx whose life changes when she discovers The Cure. Featuring Special Guest Host, Lol Tolhurst, foundin...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 20:09
27 Jessica: I Was A Teen Prison Wife
From: The Mortified Podcast
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The letters of a teenager desperately trying keep her boyfriend's spirits up while he serves time.

  • Added: Aug 10, 2015
  • Length: 23:06
16 Brooke: I Was A Teenage Witch
From: The Mortified Podcast
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The diaries of a teenager on a quest to become an empowered witch.

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: May 24, 2015
  • Length: 17:08
  • Purchases: 1
Cooking Potatoes In Idaho — A Thanksgiving Story
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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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
Blocked
From: Jake Harper
Caption: PRX default Piece image
When Claire gets sick in college, she eventually learns an important lesson.

  • Added: Mar 25, 2014
  • Length: 05:31
Episode 45: Carlos Morales – Bobby Pickles’ Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
Caption: Bobby Pickles (left); Carlos Morales (right), Credit: Commodore Bert
Bobby and maties Cap’n Coletti, Tobia Spinelli and “Bert”, podcast while boating along the gulf and intracoastal waterways of Pinellas County, Flor...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2014
  • Length: 01:18:12
The Last Amtrak
From: Hank Rosenfeld
Series: Folk Journalism
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From Los Angeles to Chicago, folk journalist Hank Rosenfeld finds Amtrak's Train #4, the Southwest Chief, full of adventure...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 11, 2014
  • Length: 08:30
  • Purchases: 2
UnFictional: Women's Work
From: KCRW
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A woman arms herself before leaving for work; an 18 year old girl spends three months in an Alaskan cannery; and that woman on the phone is not who...

Bought by KUAC, XRAY.fm, KOSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Aspen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 6
Hoofie The Deer
From: Bring Your Own
Series: Bring Your Own
Caption: Storyteller Elizabeth Steeby
This Story was told on July 10th, 2012 at Aubrey's Place in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans. Here, Elizabeth Steeby reminisces on the horrify...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 07:00
Dingmantics: Ruination Vacation
From: Sam Dingman
Series: Dingmantics
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Starting off on my quest to generate a new piece based on the Moth's weekly storytelling themes. This week's theme is vacation, so here is a tale ...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 11:12
Gloria: Fall in Manure Pit
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Gloria Edwards with granddaughter Eryn
Gloria Edwards tells how her child fell into their dairy farm manure pit while playing.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:17
Hair Rollers, Religion And Growing Up
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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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
An Ordinary Day
From: ANITA PALLADINO
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A concise recap of one day in the life of our heroine.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2008
  • Length: 01:03