215: You Need to Convert

The Mortified Podcast

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4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Tales of teenagers that prove saving souls is hard work. Especially when it's your own soul. This week’s episode includes the diary of a girl who keeps a checklist of kids to convert and the lyrics of a closeted teen forced into conversion therapy.

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0:00.0	Radio Tapio.
0:04.0	From PRX.
0:10.0	I'm Dave Nielberg from the Mortified Podcast.
0:13.0	I'm Caitlin Prest, the host of The Heart.
0:16.0	I'm Irlon Woods.
0:17.0	I'm Nigel Pore, the co-creator and co-host of Your House.
0:21.0	So lemme ask you, if Radio Tapio was a place like what would it be?
0:25.0	Okay, so I see it as like this tall 1940s building, you know, the type that has these long hallways.
0:31.0	There's a bunch of doors on every side.
0:33.0	As you're walking down the hall, you can hear conversations happening behind all these different doors.
0:38.0	Yeah, like an old newsy building.
0:40.0	Radio Tapio.
0:41.0	I'm part of Radio Tapio because of community and independence.
0:46.0	I am a part of Radio Tapio because being on Radio Tapio gives me complete freedom as an artist.
0:54.0	They put out a reason I'm here in society, so hail you.
0:58.0	We definitely could not make our show without your support.
1:02.0	So donate today at radiotopia.fm.
1:05.0	Thank you so much.
1:12.0	So I grew up in a Christian Evangelical family in the very conservative Central Valley of California.
1:19.0	I was the type of person who dressed up as the Bible for Halloween in junior high
1:26.0	and was always on the lookout for opportunities to share the gospel with my non-Christian center friends.
1:33.0	Growing up, Lisa Freeman was one of those kids who seemed to have an unshakable faith.
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