206: Hometown Heroes

The Mortified Podcast

Mortified Media and Radiotopia

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Were you afraid no one in your high school would remember you? This week, we present tales of teenagers who, for better or worse, make an indelible mark on the places where they grew up.

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0:00.0	Radio Tapio.
0:02.0	From PRX.
0:09.0	Before we get going, a quick word about our fellow Radio Tapio show this day in esoteric
0:14.5	political history.
0:15.5	It's a long title, but a short show.
0:19.0	Each episode, the host of the show, tell you the story of one fascinating moment from
0:23.8	US history that took place on that day.
0:26.6	And discuss what it might have to teach us about our current moment.
0:30.7	This day is hosted by Jodi Aragon, formerly of 538 and 30 for 30, and two actual historians,
0:38.2	Kelly Carter Jackson of Wellesley and Nicole Himmer of Vanderbilt.
0:42.7	Some stories that they've broken down recently include Nancy Reagan's obsession with astrology,
0:48.1	the first J-walking law in the United States, the time of black activists confronted Woodrow
0:53.4	Wilson in the Oval Office, and lots more.
0:57.4	Stories are serious, they're silly, from recent history and from way in the past.
1:02.4	The show is short, it's fun, it'll make you think.
1:05.5	Check out this day in esoteric political history wherever you get your podcasts.
1:13.3	Hi everyone, I'm Dan.
1:15.3	I'm Kenny.
1:17.3	So, Ken and I grew up in a small town in Illinois, his best friends, who had known each other
1:24.8	since we were kids.
1:27.1	We thought the world of each other, but our classmates viewed us as somewhere in between
1:32.0	Bann Nurt and Class Cloud, which didn't exactly, wasn't exactly a satisfying way to live
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