MORTIFIED - Live Storytelling Podcast Taping

MORTIFIED - Live Storytelling Podcast Taping

Friday, October 16, 2026 · 7:00 PM EDT · WBUR CitySpace · Boston, MA

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*This is a crossover event with my other Meetup group [Boston Podcast Brunch Club](https://www.meetup.com/boston-podcast-brunch-club/).* Brave adults share the very real, very terrible, very hilarious journals, poems, letters and lyrics they created as teenagers. Doors open at 6pm. Show starts at 7pm. Get your tickets [here](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mortified-live-tickets-1994911777829). **Disclaimer:** I am not affiliated with WBUR in any way. All attendees are responsible for purchasing their own tickets, preferably in advance, to ensure entry. Please make sure to check the official event page for ticket availability and details. **\#\#\# About The Event \#\#\#** *Join WBUR and friends for a series of live tapings of your favorite podcasts. Meet the people who are shaping the podcast landscape and be the first to hear their next episode, get a sneak peek of audio left on the cutting room floor or dig deeper into the stories that captivated you.* “Mortified” is back — more frighteningly awkward than ever! Hailed as a “cultural phenomenon” by NewsWeek and celebrated for years by the likes of “This American Life,” “The Today Show,” The Onion AV Club and Entertainment Weekly, “Mortified” is a comic excavation of teen angst artifacts (journals, poems, letters, lyrics, home movies, schoolwork) as shared by their original authors — in front of total strangers. Since 2002, “Mortified” has been curating teen angst artifacts from people like you. The project began when founder David Nadelberg discovered an unsent love letter he wrote as a teenager. The letter sparked an idea and he sent an email to friends asking if anyone wanted to share their childhood writings on stage. That email went viral and soon, responses poured in from strangers near and far. Over two decades later, what started with a single letter transformed into a movement encouraging people everywhere to unearth the strange stuff they created as kids and share them with at least one person. You’d…

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