50: I Was A Boy Band Fangirl

The Mortified Podcast

Mortified Media and Radiotopia

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2016

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

From those who “Hung Tough” to those who “Wanted It That Way,” fan-girls share stories of their biggest boy band obsessions — with a very special appearance from a boy band icon. As well as cameos by Song Exploder’s Hrishikesh Hirway, Answer Me This’ Martin Austwick & The Memory Palace’s Nate Dimeo. The Mortified Podcast is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Listen @ getmortified.com/podcast

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0:00.0	Radio Tapio from PRX
0:14.2	It was just like, just chaos, pandemonium.
0:17.8	I was just jumping up and down on my chair.
0:21.0	I was at the 40th row on the floor section of the Skydome.
0:25.7	And I mean, everyone was screaming their head off.
0:30.2	I had a sign that I waived to try and get attention.
0:34.8	On one side, it was a peace sign.
0:37.0	And on the other side, it said, say no to drugs.
0:39.7	You've never been to a boy band concert.
0:43.0	It's just frenzy.
0:44.7	Like, I was 12-year-old pre-pubescent girl.
0:47.4	So there was a lot going on in there that makes me really,
0:50.2	really excited.
0:51.6	And I was screaming, Joe, Joe, Joe, scream my head off,
0:54.5	jumping up and down.
0:55.5	And that's what happened.
1:02.5	I just went, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god.
1:06.0	It was probably the most exciting time I'd ever experienced
1:10.8	in my life at the top.
1:11.6	Well, ever really.
1:13.4	Joe just looks straight out in the audience.
1:16.6	We made contact.
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