231: Songs in the Key of Tom

The Mortified Podcast

Mortified Media and Radiotopia

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

A teenage misfit sets out to win over his classmates by writing songs in the style of his pop heroes: Cher, Bette Midler and The B-52’s. Featuring Tom Lenk (Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series & co-host of the podcast, Undressing Bridgerton.)

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0:00.0	Radio Tapia.
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 The Pyrrhus.
0:21.0	So lemme ask you, if Radio Tapia 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 Tapia.
0:41.0	I'm part of Radio Tapia because of community and independence.
0:46.0	I am a part of Radio Tapia because being on Radio Tapia gives me complete freedom as an artist.
0:54.0	They put out of the 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.
1:07.0	Thank you so much.
1:15.0	Hello, my name is Tom Link.
1:17.0	And in 1989, I was attending Monivista Junior High School in Camarillo, California.
1:24.0	It's about an hour north of Los Angeles.
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