The Mortified Podcast
The Mortified Podcast is a storytelling series where adults share the embarrassing things they created as kids—diaries, letters, lyrics & beyond—in front of total strangers. PS: It totally likes you. The Mortified Podcast is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX. Learn more at radiotopia.fm. -------------------// CREDITS: Podcast produced and hosted by Neil Katcher and David Nadelberg. Stage show created by David Nadelberg. Learn more: GetMortified.com. // TV: Watch our concert film, Mortified Nation, and our 6-part mini series, The Mortified Guide, now on Tubi and other platforms. // BOOKS: We've also got a guided journal, My Mortified Life, that prompts you to compare your life to your childhood self. We've also got 2 Mortified anthologies. // GAME: Check out our confessional card game, I Can't Believe I Did That. // KIDS SHOWS: We also made an awesome podcast for kids 9-13 called Ooh You're in Trouble. It's kind of like we made Mortified Jr. Each episode features a true story about a moment when someone broke a rule growing up, and what happened when they did. It's an educational and comedic series that delivers exciting stories while helping kid's define their sense of ethics.
Latest episodes
Sep 19, 2021 • 27min
222: My Pop Culture Obsession (Jenna Fischer, Katie Holmes, Zach De La Rocha)
Can a pop culture crush help us understand who we are? This week, the celebrity infatuations that define us in unexpected ways.
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This week, we’re supported by Dipsea Stories and Sakara.
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Sep 5, 2021 • 26min
221: Two Mighty Misfits
A tribute to the outcast in all of us. Trials and tribulations of growing up when you’re convinced you just don't fit in.
The Mortified Podcast is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Want more episodes like this? Binge the series or check out ep 131:Please Read my Live Journal and ep 108: The New Kid.
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Aug 15, 2021 • 32min
220: It Happened in Hebrew School
Apparently, you can a lot more than just religion at Hebrew School. Tales of kids whose search for love and acceptance took on biblical proportions.
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Aug 1, 2021 • 27min
219: I Want To Be More Than Friends
Ever fallen for a friend? What happens when teenagers attempt to transform their friendships into relationships?
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Binge the series.
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Jul 18, 2021 • 23min
218: Foodies
From a fried food lover to a high school vegan to the childhood writings of TV chef. Tales of kids and cuisine.
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Check out the Come On Over podcast featuring today’s guests, Jeff and Emily Mauro.
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Jul 4, 2021 • 39min
217: Totally Out of My League
Is it possible to find love with someone you're convinced is way cooler than you? Tales of teenagers who find themselves falling for someone they're sure is totally out of their league.
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Looking more Mortification? Check out episodes… 172: When Jocks Were My Jam and 132: I’m Totally Obsessed With You.
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Jun 20, 2021 • 28min
216: Joyride
What happens when a middle schooler borrows mom’s car? A special summer vacation episode featuring a story from our other series, Ooh You’re in Trouble.
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Jun 6, 2021 • 32min
215: You Need to Convert
Tales of teenagers that prove saving souls is hard work. Especially when it's your own soul. This week’s episode includes the diary of a girl who keeps a checklist of kids to convert and the lyrics of a closeted teen forced into conversion therapy.
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May 16, 2021 • 32min
214: Wrong Distance Relationships
Does absence make the teenage heart grow fonder? Or does it make it wander? Hear the tales of teenagers in love who refuse to let being apart tear them apart.
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Need some family friendly listening? Check out our podcast for tweens: Ooh You’re in Trouble.
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May 2, 2021 • 25min
213: I Need a Vacation
Remember the excitement of your first big trip? From a school trip to the capitol to backpacking through Southeast Asia, tales of teens hit by the travel bug only to discover what bugs them about traveling.
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