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Book: Out of My Mind (2010)
Season 8 Episode 7
Brenna and Joe check out Sharon Draper's Out Of My Mind (2010) about Melody, a non-verbal girl Cerebral Palsy who wants to be able to communicate mor…
7 hours ago
Summer of 69 (2025)
Season 8 Episode 6
Joe and Brenna boldly explore a YA topic they've never discussed before: the sex comedy! We're getting filthy and profane with Jillian Bell's directo…
1 week ago
TV Show: Finding Her Edge (2026)
Season 8 Episode 5
Brenna and Joe return to discuss the eight episode S01 adaptation of Finding Her Edge, co-created by Jeff Norton and Shelley Scarrow (disappointingly…
2 weeks ago
Book: Finding Her Edge (2022)
Season 8 Episode 4
Brenna and Joe hit the ice with Jennifer Iacopelli's 2022 novel Finding Her Edge.
It's the story of an ambitious 16 year old with Olympic dreams, and …
3 weeks ago
TV Show: Lord of the Flies (2026)
Season 8 Episode 3
Lord of the Flies is back thanks to the new four episode limited series from Adolescence creators Mark Munden and Jack Thorne.
After revisiting Willia…
4 weeks ago
Film: I Am Number Four (2011)
Season 8 Episode 2
Brenna and Joe return to discuss D.J. Caruso's film adaptation, I Am Number Four (2011).
Screenwriters Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (Smallville) and …
1 month ago
Mailbag 49: More Aging Out and Muppets
Episode 49
With Brenna back from her French vacation, we dig into the mailbag to address messages from Neera, Spencer and the creative team behind You Can Live …
1 month, 1 week ago
Book: I Am Number Four (2010)
Season 8 Episode 1
Brenna and Joe kick off Book 8 with the first entry in The Lorien Legacy series: I Am Number Four (2010).
Ostensibly written by "Pittacus Lore", this …
1 month, 1 week ago
Film: Tuck Everlasting (2002)
Season 7 Episode 50
Brenna and Joe wrap up Book 7 with a look at the 2002 Disney adaptation of Tuck Everlasting, starring Alexis Bledel and Jonathan Jackson (and his sch…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Book: Tuck Everlasting (1975)
Season 7 Episode 49
Brenna and Joe return to middle grade fiction with Natalie Babbitt's 1975 classic novel, Tuck Everlasting.
It's a beautifully simple, but effective st…
1 month, 3 weeks ago