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Remember when 2nd Base was a really big deal? Just in time for opening day, Mortified journeys back to a time when the most exciting bases had abso...
- Added: Apr 03, 2016
- Length: 32:52
An outspoken goth uses the school newspaper to tell off the popular kids.
- Added: Mar 21, 2016
- Length: 20:16
Hot Rize has been astounding the bluegrass world with their fresh, contemporary approach to traditional music ever since their formation in 1978. T...
- Added: Mar 17, 2016
- Length: 59:20
- Purchases: 10
Good Samaritan finds an unconscious man lying next to her car in a parking lot. Is giving him a ride home the right thing to do?
- Added: Mar 11, 2016
- Length: 12:07
Randy Brown has to, no lie, shoot a bear and immediately grab it by the tail and Glenner Anderson makes the cardinal mistake of bear encounters--he...
- Added: Mar 02, 2016
- Length: 28:59
Celebrate the misery of Valentines with tales of teenagers who fall for heart-breakers and find themselves asking the age-old question... Why Do I ...
- Added: Feb 08, 2016
- Length: 24:06
We hear from Amer Zahr, a comedian, writer, and activist who resides in Dearborn Michigan in this episode of Palestinians Podcast. Amer shares chil...
- Added: Jan 29, 2016
- Length: 40:27
This piece is about the absurdity that gay marriage will hurt a heterosexual marriage.
- Added: Jan 25, 2016
- Length: 02:58
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
The child of two Longhorn Band veterans digs into the unseen world of the band's strangest traditions, from "hupping" to the secret "10 til 2" saying.
- Added: Jan 23, 2016
- Length: 05:06
"I was a drug smuggler for love, I was a drug smuggler for my mom."
- Added: Jan 20, 2016
- Length: 09:05
- Purchases: 2
This special episode of Mortified features the story of a closeted teenager who escapes the bullies at school and retreats into his bedroom where h...
- Added: Jan 18, 2016
- Length: 34:43
A teenager writes her diary to her recently deceased grandfather -- only to share with him every graphic detail about her love life.
- Added: Jan 11, 2016
- Length: 21:46
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
This Mortified Mixtape episode is devoted to sensitive teenage guys who aren't afraid to wear their hearts on their sleeves. With a special perform...
- Added: Dec 07, 2015
- Length: 30:15
A teenage misfit tries to empower himself by taking on the persona of a medieval Scottish King.
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- Added: Nov 30, 2015
- Length: 21:44
- Purchases: 1
In honor of Thanksgiving, we present the story of an ungrateful teenager who starts a gratitude journal in the hope of becoming a better person and...
- Added: Nov 23, 2015
- Length: 20:02
A nerdy girl's over the top obsession with the popular boy in school.
- Added: Nov 16, 2015
- Length: 24:13
Saved AOL chats from the 90s of Tyler, a self-professed nerd and Janelle, his high school crush. Together, they re-hash them, in all their comedic...
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- Added: Oct 18, 2015
- Length: 21:46
- Purchases: 1
An incredibly shy teenager overcomes a speech impediment and works up the courage to ask out a girl.
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- Added: Oct 12, 2015
- Length: 19:53
- Purchases: 1
Jonathan Vallis remembers the first time he heard Billy Bragg.
- Added: Sep 05, 2015
- Length: 03:43
Rick Peate's Song Story will touch a nerve with anyone who's ever had the kind of day where all you want to do when you get home is bash something.
- Added: Sep 05, 2015
- Length: 04:06
Mix a dry martini, put a platter on the turntable and sit back as Mike Heron takes us back to the smooth sounds of the sixties with Herb Alpert and...
- Added: Sep 05, 2015
- Length: 03:42
Sandy Senyk remembers his bad drinking days and hearing, for the first time, "some girl called Bonnie Raitt ..." It's "one of the best when night'...
- Added: Sep 03, 2015
- Length: 03:51
Here's a Song Story from the Maritimes (Canada's easternmost provinces) and it features Charlotte Britten and Great Big Sea.
- Added: Sep 03, 2015
- Length: 03:09
