118: I Was A Teenage Grinch (& other tales of holiday cheer)
The Mortified Podcast
Mortified Media and Radiotopia
4.6 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2017
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Were you a Christmas Grinch or a hopeful Who? Two of kids at Christmas (and Chanukah). Featuring a special appearance by Mara Wilson (Miracle on 34th Street, Matilda). Check out her new book “Where Am I Now? True stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame.”
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| 0:00.0 | Radio Tapio. |
| 0:04.0 | From PRX. |
| 0:10.0 | Dear diary. |
| 0:11.0 | 6th grade. February 14th. |
| 0:12.0 | 1991. |
| 0:13.0 | I am really depressed. |
| 0:15.0 | How could she break up with me? |
| 0:17.0 | Mom, you can't read this. |
| 0:26.0 | Talia Cooper aged 14-11-01-PM. |
| 0:30.0 | Tuesday, December 7th, 1999. |
| 0:32.0 | 10-02-PM. 5th night of Hanukkah. |
| 0:37.0 | Levels at choir practice, so it was just dad and I. |
| 0:40.0 | We exchanged Hanukkah presents. |
| 0:42.0 | I gave him an oriental cooking book, |
| 0:44.0 | and he gave me an American Sign Language Dictionary |
| 0:47.0 | and CD-ROM Dictionary. |
| 0:52.0 | Most Jewish kids will tell you, |
| 0:54.0 | it's pretty rare to get a gift on the 5th night of Hanukkah |
| 0:56.0 | that can top all other nights. |
| 0:59.0 | But that was the case for Talia Cooper, |
| 1:01.0 | who in middle school got the kind of gift |
| 1:03.0 | that almost made her forget about her cool new CD-ROM Dictionary. |
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