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My name is Shawn Hughes. I wrote this piece consciously, recapping one of my most important moments of the year. In the midst of two pandemics, eve...
- Added: Jan 21, 2021
- Length: 06:54
There comes a moment in every school kid's life where it’s time where the student becomes the teacher. The Mortified Podcast celebrates kids who at...
- Added: Nov 08, 2017
- Length: 29:59
In “Palm Treo”, Brittany and Eric talk about the secret parties that the RA’s at Howard University were throwing in 2005. Their podcast “For Colore...
- Added: May 24, 2017
- Length: 23:32
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
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 couple who fell in love during Hurricane Sandy shares how their romance blossomed on the platforms of New York City's subway.
- Added: Feb 08, 2015
- Length: 02:59
What is it like to be homeless in the city that never sleeps? Reporter Kristie Brigandi takes us to lower Manhattan, and introduces us to some of t...
- Added: Nov 06, 2013
- Length: 09:17
Our Annual Love Show, with stories about the things we do for love. Stories by Sandra Hamilton, Pat Gillum, and J.W. Taylor. True stories told by t...
- Added: Apr 24, 2013
- Length: 34:00
Tannah and Coley are twin Gospel musicians living in an economically depressed community. Beyond the stereotypes we discover how two high-schoolers...
Bought by WDBM
- Added: Feb 09, 2013
- Length: 15:02
- Purchases: 1
This week it's stories about best laid plans, and how those plans go amiss. Stories by Wayne Ball, Peter O'Connell, and Mark Isbell. All stories ar...
- Added: Dec 25, 2012
- Length: :00
This week our writers show us the not-so-pretty world of bullies and those being bullied. Stories by Angela Gattin, Wyatt Jones, and J.W. Taylor. T...
- Added: Jul 20, 2012
- Length: 29:00
- Added: Dec 14, 2011
- Length: 14:30
- Purchases: 1
A man-sized teenager believes joining the football team will help him feel big on the inside.
Bought by KUT
- Added: Aug 04, 2011
- Length: 07:59
- Purchases: 1
3 Essays from This I Believe on Fear
Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)
- Added: Apr 25, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Sep 06, 2010
- Length: 02:18
- Purchases: 1
Young people who are not distracted can do most anything.
- Added: Jul 03, 2010
- Length: :35
Men used to attract females by the smell of their bodies.
- Added: Jun 12, 2010
- Length: :58
- Added: May 18, 2010
- Length: 01:02
- Purchases: 2
Sealed explores divorce and its lingering effects. Nearly two decades after their parents’ separation, four siblings reflect on its aftermath.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 12, 2010
- Length: 22:22
- Purchases: 1
You don't have to travel far to experience different cultures.
- Added: Apr 06, 2010
- Length: 03:53
A man is known by the clothes he wears
- Added: Apr 06, 2010
- Length: 01:33
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Apr 01, 2010
- Length: 02:10
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Mar 31, 2010
- Length: 01:21
- Purchases: 1
Don't spend the next 10 years paying off your college loans.
- Added: Mar 22, 2010
- Length: 03:26
The road to writing a best seller has to start somewhere.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 07, 2010
- Length: 03:20
- Purchases: 1
