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The Mortified Podcast

188: Kid Reporters

The Mortified Podcast

Mortified Media and Radiotopia

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

This just in! An episode about kids who report the news. The tale of a DC girl who grew up obsessed with Katie Couric; and a boy who thinks he’s Cleveland’s next great Anchorman.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Radio Tapio.

0:09.3

Some very exciting news.

0:11.8

On May 3rd, fellow Radio Tapio podcast The Truth is returning with a set of all new

0:17.8

stories.

0:19.0

I love starting a new episode of The Truth because there's no telling what you're going to

0:23.2

get.

0:24.2

The episode is a brand new story, a new cast of characters, a whole world to explore.

0:30.6

Some episodes are suspenseful, others are funny or shocking or uplifting.

0:35.7

You really won't know until you hit play.

0:38.8

What you're guaranteed are incredible performances, brilliant writing, and detailed, immersive sound

0:44.8

design that pulls you right in and never lets go.

0:49.5

If you're new to audio fiction, The Truth is the absolute best place to start.

0:54.5

As far as what's in this new season, they sent me this series of cryptic images.

1:00.0

I've got a woman and a tank of water, a giant metallic chili pepper, a dusty old instruction

1:07.9

manual, and an obscure vintage automobile.

1:12.3

What can it mean?

1:13.6

We won't know until we hit play.

1:16.3

So subscribe to The Truth Now and check out the archives at TheTruthPodcast.com.

1:22.4

It's some of the greatest, strangest, most surprising audio fiction ever made, and there's

1:27.2

nothing else like it.

1:30.4

6th grade.

1:32.0

February 14th.

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