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The Mortified Podcast

74: My Diary Will Go Down in History

The Mortified Podcast

Mortified Media and Radiotopia

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2016

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The story of a girl who was totally convinced her teenage diary would one day be discovered… and become mandatory reading for generations to come.    The Mortified Podcast is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.  Listen @ getmortified.com/podcast

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0:00.0

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0:04.0

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0:09.3

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1:00.9

Dear diary. 6th grade. February 14th. 1991. I am really depressed. How could she break up with me?

1:07.6

Mom, you can't read this.

1:10.3

February 26th, 1996. It was announced today that the Prince and Princess of Wales are going to

1:22.9

get a divorce. I also learned today that Adam and Eve is not a true story.

1:30.8

I just felt so upset because my life is so confusing already, and now Adam and Eve may not

1:44.4

have even existed. But lunch was good today. Most teenagers use their journals to vent about their

1:52.8

lives. O'Line Eaton used hers to vent about history. May 20th, 1994. Now the Jacqueline Kennedy and

2:01.2

Richard Nixon have died. I cannot stop thinking about them. They were a part of history. They made

2:10.4

history. Now they are history. But what exactly was driving her obsession? Perhaps all of it can be

2:19.5

boiled down to a desire to never be forgotten. I wonder if I'll get married. Will I succeed in life?

2:25.5

Will I make something of myself? Will I live to the year 2067 so I can hear what Jacqueline Kennedy

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