The Mortified Podcast

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Encore: Boy Bands (feat. Joey McIntyre of NKOTB)

We revisit one of our favorite episodes, the boy band episode (originally published in ep 50), where we explore all things boy band-- New Kids on the Block, N*Sync, Backs

Dec 29 2024
37 min

269: Most Mortified Champions!

The Most Mortified Tournament of Teen Angst reaches its climax, as the winning Mortified chapter is officially crowned. Tyrel Hartman shares journals about first kisses

Dec 15 2024
35 min

268: Most Mortified Finale pt 2

Hear part 2 of our Most Mortified Tournament of Teen Angst finale. Segment 1: the erotic fiction of Keith Garcia. Segment 2: A conversation with 3 members of the Mortifi

Dec 1 2024
39 min

267: Most Mortified Finale pt 1

Hear part 1 of our Most Mortified Tournament of Teen Angst finale. Segment 1: the diary of Chanel Ruth. Segment 2: A conversation with 3 members of the Mortified Chicago

Nov 17 2024
35 min

266: The Fascinating Girl

Stories include: At the height of the Carter-Reagan election, a 10-year-old girl, Alex, imagines experiencing a future with a female President. A broken hearted teen,

Oct 20 2024
29 min

265: Most Mortified Semifinals - Chicago vs Portland

The Most Mortified tournament has reached the semifinals! In this head to head clash of titans, the Mortified Chicago chapter battles the Mortified Portland chapter. St

Oct 6 2024
40 min

264: Why My Name is Robert

The rebellious, fury-filled journals of a Korean-American boy who was caught in the midst of a culture clash at school and at home. Watch Robert's performance in the The

Sep 22 2024
32 min

263: Most Mortified Semifinals: Denver vs DC/Baltimore

The Most Mortified tournament has reached the semifinals! In this head to head clash of titans, the Mortified Denver chapter battles the Mortified DC/Baltimore chapter.

Sep 8 2024
48 min

262: Crossover episode: Rock That Doesn't Roll

If you were a devout christian kid in the 1980's, there's a good chance mainstream music was off-limits. Especially debaucherous hair metal bands like Motley Crue and Poi

Aug 25 2024
45 min

261: Most Mortified: NY vs BOS vs CHI

Mortified celebrates 20 years with a friendly beer-league-level competition that pits city vs city. This week, Mortified's Chicago chapter faces off against Mortified NY

Aug 10 2024
44 min

260: My Eminem Dreams

Two tales of midwestern kids with BIG dreams. Featuring the rap lyrics of a Detroit girl growing up in the 90s; and the journals of a Fargo teenager with dreams of workin

Jul 21 2024
29 min

259: Most Mortified: Los Angeles vs. DC/Baltimore

Mortified celebrates 20 years with a friendly beer-league-level competition that pits city vs city. This week, Mortified's LA chapter faces off against Mortified's DC/Ba

Jul 7 2024
15 min

258: Jodie Sweetin's Teenage Diary

Full House star Jodie Sweetin shares the poetry she wrote as a teenager for the first time ever. CREDITS: Podcast produced and hosted by Neil Katcher and David Nadelberg

Jun 23 2024
46 min

257: The Doogie or The Vinnie

Segments include: A boy, Mat, fears he might become a sidekick. A girl, Keri, struggles with feelings of being overshadowed by a classmate. Finally, a teenager named Cass

Jun 9 2024
35 min

256: Most Mortified - Denver vs. SF/Oakland

Mortified celebrates 20 years with a friendly beer-league-level competition that pits city vs city. This week, Mortified's Denver chapter faces off against Mortified's S

May 26 2024
33 min

255: "We Made Out, etc."

To celebrate twenty years of Mortified, hear two performances -- one from this past year and the other, originally performed at the first ever Mortified performance. T

May 12 2024
32 min

254: Most Mortified - ATX vs. PDX

Mortified celebrates 20 years with a friendly beer-league-level competition that pits city vs city. This week, Mortified's Portland chapter faces off against Mortified's

Apr 28 2024
42 min

253: The Origin Story

Ever wonder how Mortified began? To celebrate the project's 20th anniversary, Mortified founder David Nadelberg shares the show's origin story including: never-before-hea

Apr 14 2024
31 min

252 Plenty of Fish

Surprise episode! Hear the journal of Brett Freedman, a closeted middle schooler in the 1980s who tries to keep 2 things alive— his fish and his hopes for romance. Record

Nov 21 2023
34 min

Robot Diaries + Announcement

We share an update about the future of the podcast. Plus, Robots diaries! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Jan 23 2023
12 min

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What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

Okay, so the show is super funny. We’ve all got those awkward diary entries or memories from our childhood that make us so embarrassed. The podcast is relatable and accessible. One thing: PLEASE edit the title of the episode with *NKOTB. It’s New Kids On the Block. Not Kids New On the Block. 🤦

Jmmercer · Dec 2024

Love listening to these old diary/journal entries read aloud by those who rediscovered them. Have found myself laughing out loud too many times in public. Would recommend! Wish they had new episodes coming out still.

Anonymous89902224 · Apr 2024

There is something so cathartic about this show, knowing that we are all so strange. As they say at the end of every episode: “We are freaks, we are fragile, and we all survived.” I listen to this for hours on end and it makes me laugh like nothing else. Thank you for bringing joy into my life!

jules-jean · Nov 2023

Hilarious and who can’t relate? Neil puts together great clips and I just love this podcast. I’m on my second listen from the first one just because it brings me so much joy and laughter. So thank you to those behind the show and to those telling their stories. I really do love it. ❤️❤️❤️

Christie Leigh Cook · Nov 2022

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