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Encore: Boy Bands (feat. Joey McIntyre of NKOTB)

We revisit one of our favorite episodes, the boy band episode (originally published in ep 50), where we explore all things boy band-- New Kids on the Block, N*Sync, Backstreet Boys, Hanson, One Direction and more. Plus an interview with our special guest, NKOTB star Joey McIntyre.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

  • ×Encore: Boy Bands (feat. Joey McIntyre of NKOTB)
  • ×269: Most Mortified Champions!
  • ×268: Most Mortified Finale pt 2
  • ×267: Most Mortified Finale pt 1
  • ×266: The Fascinating Girl
  • ×265: Most Mortified Semifinals - Chicago vs Portland
  • ×264: Why My Name is Robert
  • ×263: Most Mortified Semifinals: Denver vs DC/Baltimore
  • ×262: Crossover episode: Rock That Doesn't Roll
  • ×261: Most Mortified: NY vs BOS vs CHI
  • ×260: My Eminem Dreams
  • ×259: Most Mortified: Los Angeles vs. DC/Baltimore
  • ×258: Jodie Sweetin's Teenage Diary
  • ×257: The Doogie or The Vinnie
  • ×256: Most Mortified - Denver vs. SF/Oakland
  • ×255: "We Made Out, etc."
  • ×254: Most Mortified - ATX vs. PDX
  • ×253: The Origin Story
  • ×252 Plenty of Fish
  • ×Robot Diaries + Announcement
  • ×251: Secret Lives of the Well Behaved
  • ×250: For Bonnie, Carolyn and Rachel
  • ×249: This Isn't Going to Last
  • ×248: Colin Quinn + Tyra Banks
  • ×247: Tale of Two Hippies
  • ×246: I Was An Artsy Kid (w/ Gillian Jacobs & Rider Strong)
  • ×245: Truth, Dare and Cher
  • ×244: Jessica's Diary
  • ×243: I Want You Back
  • ×242: I Had A Mean Streak
  • ×241: Homesick in India
  • ×240: I Want Some Action
  • ×239: I Love Musicals
  • ×238: My Inner Wednesday Addams
  • ×237: Brownies & Ben Affleck
  • ×236: Harvard Material
  • ×235: Sweet Valley High + Animorphs
  • ×234: Model UN + Czech Mates
  • ×233: Mom Gets It On
  • ×232: Writing to God
  • ×Bonus Episode: Making Trouble
  • × 231: Songs in the Key of Tom
  • ×230: Jonas Brothers, Hanson & Dream Street
  • ×229: A Message to My Future Self
  • ×228: Friends or Rivals?
  • ×227: My Sexually Frustrated Fiction (w/ Martin Starr & more)
  • ×226: I'm In Love With My Straight Friend
  • ×225: Why Am I So Pissed Off?
  • ×224: Hadley's Playground
  • ×223: The Science Of Love
  • ×222: My Pop Culture Obsession (Jenna Fischer, Katie Holmes, Zach De La Rocha)
  • ×221: Two Mighty Misfits
  • ×220: It Happened in Hebrew School
  • ×219: I Want To Be More Than Friends
  • ×218: Foodies
  • ×217: Totally Out of My League
  • ×216: Joyride
  • ×215: You Need to Convert
  • ×214: Wrong Distance Relationships
  • ×213: I Need a Vacation
  • ×212: If You Love Me, Prove It
  • ×211: I'm Deeper Than You
  • ×210: I Wanted to be a Hip Hop Legend
  • ×209: Un-True Crime feat. Danny Pudi
  • ×208: Let's Party! feat. Ophira Eisenberg
  • ×207: I Can't Resist Bad Boys
  • ×206: Hometown Heroes
  • ×205: Mortified Meditation
  • ×204: I'm So Over You
  • ×203: Screw Your Traditions
  • ×202: Troublemakers
  • ×201: Rachel's Diary
  • ×200: What Have We Learned from 200 Episodes?
  • ×199: I Can't Believe I Did That
  • ×198: I'm Obsessed w My BFF (w PEN15's Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine)
  • ×197: Adventures in Homeschooling
  • ×196: How TV Saved My Life
  • ×195: I Need a Pen Pal
  • ×194: Totally Clueless Makeovers
  • ×193: Dude Poets Society
  • ×192: What I Learned From My Parents
  • ×191: Most Likely to Save Us from a Global Crisis
  • ×190: I Need A Pep Talk
  • ×189: Get Me Outta Here!
  • ×188: Kid Reporters
  • ×187 Surprise Episode: Live in Oakland
  • ×186: Smells Like Team Spirit
  • ×185: Horse Girls
  • ×184 Long Haul: The Moment My Life Changed Forever
  • ×183: Teen Angst in a Trailer Park
  • ×182: I Grew Up Persian American
  • ×181: Cats, Star Wars and other things that ruined your holiday
  • ×180: Kiss Me, Dammit
  • ×A Holiday Gift from Team Mortified (Feat. Helen Zaltzman)
  • ×179: Dungeons, Dragons and Totally Awkward Diaries
  • ×178: I'm an Old Soul Trapped Inside a Kid's Body
  • ×177: My Family Drives Me Nuts
  • ×176: Mortified’s Battle of the Teenage Rock Gods
  • ×175: I Don't Get How Sex Works
  • ×174: Teen Angst in the Twin Cities
  • ×173: I Still Have An Imaginary Friend
  • ×172: When Jocks Were My Jam
  • ×171: Band Geeks Rule!
  • ×170: My Mom Wants My Teacher!?
  • ×169: 1960's Sweethearts
  • ×168: Roughing It
  • ×167: Stoners
  • ×166: My Diary is a Jane Austen Novel
  • ×165: The Deathisode pt2: I'm Not Going to Die a Virgin!
  • ×164: Moms Never Win
  • ×163: The Deathisode pt1: Interrupting Cow
  • ×162: Love Hurts: Grade School Edition
  • ×161: 22 Ways My Diary Reads Like a Cosmo
  • ×160: Age/Sex/Location pt 2
  • ×159: Age/Sex/Location pt 1
  • ×158: My Mormon Valentine
  • ×157: Brotherly Love
  • ×156: Magical Thinking
  • ×155: The Naughty List
  • ×154: Soap Operas Are My Life pt2
  • ×Bonus Episode featuring The Radiotopia Family
  • ×153: Soap Operas Are My Life pt1
  • ×152: Friends For Life (feat. Ezra Miller)
  • ×151: Confessions of a Catholic School Girl
  • ×150: Stick it to the Man
  • ×149: Puberty Transformed Me Into A Monster (feat. Big Mouth's Andrew Goldberg)
  • ×148: I Love Lord of the Rings
  • ×147: Does Dating Karma Exist?
  • ×146: Three Little Pigs
  • ×145: My Journal Was My Coach
  • ×144: My First Job
  • ×143: International Affairs
  • ×142: I’m No Princess
  • ×141: Camp Buy Me Love
  • ×140: How I Survived Eighth Grade (w/ Bo Burnham & Elsie Fisher)
  • ×139: Iron Maidens
  • ×138: Romance Rocks! (w/ special guest Johnny Marr)
  • ×137: Daaaaaaad!!
  • ×136: Chicano PRIDE
  • ×135: College PRIDE
  • ×134: I Was a Total Prankster
  • ×133: What Not to Admit in Your Class Journal
  • ×132: I’m Totally Obsessed With You
  • ×131: Please Read My Livejournal!
  • ×130: Girl Power
  • ×128: Kid Perfectionists
  • ×127 Cynthia: I Need a (Straight) Man
  • ×126: I Would Die to Meet JTT
  • ×125 Noam: The Unorthodox Jew
  • ×124: Saved by the Bo
  • ×123: My Gothic Valentine
  • ×122: Indie Kids (w/ Franz Ferdinand)
  • ×121: My Dad Also Wrote a Porno
  • ×120: The Virgin Episode
  • ×119: Everyone’s a Critic
  • ×118: I Was A Teenage Grinch (& other tales of holiday cheer)
  • ×117: Let’s Get Married!
  • ×116: I Found My Sister’s Diary!
  • ×115: The Only Living Lesbian on Long Island
  • ×114: Kids Who Teach
  • ×113: I Was A Teenage Horror Writer
  • ×112: Breaking Up is Hard To Do (w/ Rider Strong)
  • ×111: Drama Club Kids
  • ×110: The Student and The Teacher
  • ×109: The September Issue
  • ×108: The New Kid
  • ×107: One Hundred Percent Jersey Girl
  • ×106: Let’s Start a Band! (w/ Sylvan Esso)
  • ×105: How to Become a Catfish
  • ×104: An Affair to Forget
  • ×103: The Boy Next Door
  • ×102: I Wanna Be A GLOW Girl (w/ Kate Nash and Kia Stevens)
  • ×101 Bren: My Best Friends are Movies of the Week
  • ×100: OMG, We Hit 100! (The Milestones Episode)
  • ×99: Mortified, Interrupted
  • ×98: Mean Girls (w/ Daniel Franzese)
  • ×97: 20th Century Moms (w/ Mike Mills)
  • ×96 Jesse: My Two Moms
  • ×95: Not THAT 70’s Show
  • ×94: Hunger Games
  • ×93: My Starter Romance
  • ×92 Ashley: Where The Wild Teens Are
  • ×91: Kid Detectives
  • ×90: Kid Criminals (feat. Phoebe Judge)
  • ×89: An Ode to Childhood Pets
  • ×88: Titanic Ruined My Love Life
  • ×87: Kids That Protest
  • ×86 Celebrity Obsession pt3: Royalty (feat. Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit)
  • ×85 Celebrity Obsession Pt2: Dear Mr. Belvedere
  • ×84 Celebrity Obsession Pt1: Fan Letters
  • ×83: My New Year’s Resolution is…You
  • ×82: Merry Gift-Mas
  • ×81 Diary of a Trans Man: Confessions of Kelly Shortandqueer
  • ×80: It’s A Family Affair
  • ×79 Amy: Diaries of a First Generation Kid
  • ×78: Revenge of the Redheaded Nerds
  • ×77: My Worst Fear
  • ×76: Totally Juvenile Election Special
  • ×75: Confessions of a Duran Duran Fan
  • ×74: My Diary Will Go Down in History
  • ×73 Back to School Series: Passing Notes
  • ×72 Back to School Series: Homecoming Ruined My Life
  • ×71 Back to School Series: Prom-iscuous
  • ×70: Jagged Little Parodies
  • ×69: Sex By Numbers
  • ×68 Paul: The Family Misfit
  • ×67 Chandrika: From India With Love
  • ×66: I Hate Summer Vacation
  • ×65: Cold War Kids
  • ×64 Carolyn: Dad vs The Love Boat
  • ×63: Dazed and Confused
  • ×62 Naomi: Harry Potter Fan Fiction
  • ×61: How Not To Masturbate (and Other Hollow Victories)
  • ×60 Angela: I Have Bad Gaydar
  • ×59 Nicole: Don’t Mess with a Texas Momma
  • ×58 Forbidden Crushes Part 3: My Secret Gay Crush
  • ×57 Forbidden Crushes Part 2: The Janitor
  • ×56 Forbidden Crushes part 1: The Vice Principal
  • ×55: Bases Loaded
  • ×54: Don’t F*ck with Emiko
  • ×53: Diary Of An Ugly American
  • ×52: The Period Piece (There Will Be Blood)
  • ×51: How Not To Win An Oscar (feat. Elijah Wood, Busy Phillips)
  • ×50: I Was A Boy Band Fangirl
  • ×49: Why Do I Date A**Holes?
  • ×48: City Mouse vs Country Mouse
  • ×47 Will: I Was A Teenage Media Mogul
  • ×46 Jill: Dear Grandpa
  • ×Bonus Episode: Mortified Meets The Allusionist
  • ×45 Emma: The Girl Who Cried Y2K
  • ×44 Christina: Dear Santa, I Want A Headbanger
  • ×43: Boys DO Cry (w/ special guest CHVRCHES)
  • ×42 Jason: King of Scotland
  • ×41 Jackie Tohn & the Gratitude Journal
  • ×40 Sarah: Everyone Knows I Love You
  • ×39 Katie: My Stripper Play (feat. Alison Brie)
  • ×38: Kids on The Campaign Trail
  • ×37: Mortified’s Monsters of Halloween
  • ×36 Tyler & Janelle: Love, America Online Style
  • ×35 Colin: Don’t Tell Anyone I Like You
  • ×34 Jessica: I was a Ten Year-Old Maid
  • ×33 Erin: My Dad Read My Diary!
  • ×32 Mike: Secret Diary of a H.S. Football Star
  • ×31: Mortified’s Tribute To Teachers’ Pets
  • ×30 Darryl: The Horny Romantic
  • ×29: Mortified’s Tribute to Neurotic Teens
  • ×28 Xiomara: Searching for The Cure
  • ×27 Jessica: I Was A Teen Prison Wife
  • ×26 Robert: Holy Love Triangle
  • ×25 Ashley: Why I Hate The SATs
  • ×24 Damian: Friends with Benefits
  • ×23 Retta: The Academic
  • ×22 Joan: 50 Shades of Awkward
  • ×21: Mortified’s Summer Camp Spectacular!
  • ×20 Lizzy: My Semester in South Africa
  • ×19 Stacey: Life of the Party
  • ×18 Jordan: Jurassic Park Fan Fiction
  • ×17 Katie: Saving Katharine Hepburn
  • ×16 Brooke: I Was A Teenage Witch
  • ×15 Tynan: Peace! One Luv!
  • ×14 Jenny: Is My Boyfriend Gay?
  • ×13 David: Mile High Club
  • ×12 Keri: Handies are OK
  • ×11 Heath: Lesser Than Zero
  • ×10 Sarah: Nerd Hunter
  • ×09 Steve: Gringo of the Year
  • ×08 Shelley: Are You There God? It’s Me, Shelley.
  • ×07 Sherry: Good Cheer
  • ×06 Adam: Rhyme or Reason
  • ×05 Alessandra: Lips
  • ×04 Jimmy: Throw in the Towel
  • ×03 Kevin: Final Frontier
  • ×02 Sakena: Mr. Telephone Man
  • ×01 Tom: My Funny Valentine
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