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Skins Series 1: Episodes 1 & 2
Season 6 Episode 39
Brenna and Joe kick off our summer programming with a long requested title: Skins.
Every other week we're watching two episodes of Series 1, starting …
1 year, 11 months ago
Mailbag 35: Neurodivergence Recommendations (Updated!)
Episode 35
After Victoria requested positive depictions of neurodivergence last week, Miriam reached out with a list of recommendations:
Autism Titles
> A Kind Of…
1 year, 11 months ago
Dare Me
Season 6 Episode 38
Brenna and Joe kick off "the kids aren't alright" summer with Megan Abbott's 2012 novel Dare Me and its 2019 TV adaptation. C/W: implied sexual assau…
1 year, 11 months ago
Mailbag 34: Positive Depictions of Neurodivergence
Episode 34
After a brief lament about Sia's misguided directorial debut Music, Brenna and Joe tackle a question from listener Victoria about positive depictions…
2 years ago
Fitting In (2023)
Season 6 Episode 37
Joe and Brenna return to Canadian YA to discuss writer/director Molly McGlynn's semi-autobiographical text, Fitting In (2023).
The film has a great ca…
2 years ago
Aquamarine
Season 6 Episode 36
Joe and Brenna dip a toe into romantic fantasy with Alice Hoffman's 2001 novel Aquamarine and Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum's 2006 film adaptation.
The bo…
2 years ago
Mailbag 33: A Series of Unfortunate Events & The Satanic Mill
Episode 33
Brenna and Joe respond to a question and a request from listener Tuck, who wants to know if we'll cover A Series of Unfortunate Events and recommends…
2 years ago
Like Real People Do (2022)
Season 6 Episode 35
Brenna and Joe dip back into queer romance (and fan fiction!) with Book 1 of E.L. Massey's Breakaway series, Like Real People Do (2022).
This is very …
2 years ago
Turtles All The Way Down
Season 6 Episode 34
Brenna and Joe discuss John Green's last YA novel Turtles All The Way Down (2017) and its 2024 adaptation by Hannah Marks. C/W: self-harm.
This is a t…
2 years ago
Boys State (2020) / Girls State (2024)
Season 6 Episode 33
For the first time on the show, Brenna and Joe check out a documentary...or rather a pair of documentaries: Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine's Boys Stat…
2 years, 1 month ago