140: How I Survived Eighth Grade (w/ Bo Burnham & Elsie Fisher)

The Mortified Podcast

Mortified Media and Radiotopia

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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So long, Barbie. Hello spin the bottle. Inspired by Bo Burnham’s film, Eighth Grade, Mortified goes back to middle and re-lives that painfully awkward transition from childhood to full-blown teenager. Featuring Eighth Grade’s writer/director, Bo Burnham and it’s star, Elsie Fisher. The Mortified Podcast is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Listen to all eps here.

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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.
0:13.0	1991.
0:14.0	I am really depressed.
0:15.0	How could she break up with me?
0:17.0	Mom, you can't read this.
0:25.0	I heard puberty late and I felt like a young, young naive eighth grader.
0:28.0	I had to get testosterone injections to like start puberty for me.
0:32.0	When my doctor looked at my x-rays of my hand when I was 13, it says you have the bones of a 10-year-old.
0:38.0	You know, I was like cool-tacked doctor.
0:41.0	I didn't want to ever be perceived as a kid.
0:43.0	I wanted to be perceived as way ahead of my peers, you know, older.
0:49.0	Years before Bo Burnham became a popular comedian known for stand-up specials and viral videos,
0:54.0	he was an awkward middle schooler who couldn't wait to grow up.
0:58.0	So I found this letter very recently.
1:00.0	I didn't even know I wrote it.
1:01.0	My mother dug it up.
1:02.0	And this is a letter from my 6th grade self to my senior year self.
1:07.0	So it's addressed to 2008 me because I was, I guess it was 2002 when I wrote this.
1:14.0	Hey, older Bo.
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