195: I Need a Pen Pal

The Mortified Podcast

Mortified Media and Radiotopia

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Feeling socially distant from your BFFs? Feel comforted by retro tales of teenagers who discovered the power of pen pals to get through their awkward years.

The Mortified Podcast is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Binge the rest of the series. Hear other episodes featuring Mortified participant, Will Seymour, I Was a Teenage Media Mogul and Everyone’s A Critic.

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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.
1:45.7	When Javier Alonzo was a kid, it felt like nuclear annihilation could happen at any minute.
1:52.7	And to address the anxiety brought on by world events, his teacher came up with the perfect
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