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Are You There, Pod?
by AUX Podcast Network
Three friends read and discuss young adult novels from the 1970s, 80s, and 90s.
Episodes
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Black Christmas (1974)
It's not a prank, fam. It's the 2023 annual Christmas Special of AYTP! Every holiday season we gather to talk about a movie (not a book) with a special guest. This time it was our friend Adam, of "Don't Tell Mom The Baby-Sitter's Dead" episode fame. This one was a spooky, cozy Christmas slasher...
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UNLOCKED: Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Surprise! Sorry about the delay, horse girls. Here's an episode from behind our paywall to tide you over. In these Patreon bonus episodes, we talk about teen movies! Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead is a classic and one of Jessica's favorites. In this one, we're also joined by our good pal…
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56. Little Girl Lost (w/ Katie Lilly)
It's auto-bio time again, fam. But unlike with Alice and Jay, this seems to be based on actual events. Little Girl Lost was written by a 14 (!) year old Drew Barrymore (with Todd Gold). From a shockingly young age, she got up to some STUFF. Beloved special guest host Katie Lilly (aka the haunted...
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[PATREON PREVIEW] Poison Ivy
We watched Poison Ivy (1992) starring Drew Barrymore over on the bonus feed! To hear the rest of this episode, subscribe at PATREON.COM/AREYOUTHEREPOD .
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55. Credit-Card Carole
The YA book: Credit-Card Carole by Sheila Solomon Klass The target: global capitalism We take it all down on this episode, fam. Wave goodbye to your misogynist credit score! You won't need legal tender in the Mad Max world we're about to enter--just a pair of earbuds and a podcast. --- Wanna...
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[PATREON PREVIEW] Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Enjoy this clip of our discussion of Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)! We were joined by special guest Adam T. of AUX podcast fame. To hear the rest of this bonus episode and 12 others, please join our Patreon!
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54. Girl
It's our shortest title ever, fam. This one is special because we both read the book AND watched the movie (Blake just watched the movie)! Girl by Blake Nelson is a coming-of-age tale that brings out the grunge scenester still living in all of us. But we're definitely NOT groupies, despite what…
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53. Summergreen (w/ Harvey Day of Hoot 'n' Holler)
Jess invites fellow Mormon Harvey Day to discuss Summergreen by Janet Cox, and the results are riveting! This one's chock full of childhood memories of the LDS Church, with its eccentric quirks and rituals. Josh and Blake--good Protestant boys--listen aghast. With all the stories, will there be...
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52. Capricorn & Co. (w/ Crystal Lane)
Welcome to 2022, fam! We're kicking it off with our favorite time of year: Capricorn season. This time we delve into the twisted world of The Zodiac Club once again to read and discuss Capricorn & Co. by Margie Palatini. Josh is our resident Cap, but we doubled the trouble by inviting guest...
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[PATREON PREVIEW] 13 Going on 30
We present to you the acting debut of Jessica and Blake! (old hat to Josh) For our full discussion re: 13 Going on 30 (2004), subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/areyoutherepod for all bonus episodes of AYTP!
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[PATREON PREVIEW] 17 Again (2009)
We discussed the Zac Efron/Matthew Perry vehicle '17 Again' in the bonus feed. Here's a little taste for the horse girls. Contains one of Blake's beloved song parodies! For the full episode plus all of our bonus eps about teen movies, subscribe to our Patreon at https://patreon.com/areyoutherepod...
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51. Fear Street Super Chiller: Silent Night (w/ Katie Lilly)
It's the time of holiday horror, fam! Veteran guest and beloved friend Katie Lilly (@thehauntedoutfit) of the new Super Chillers podcast joins us with her expertise. Together, we once again open up RL Stine's twisted gift bag of sick pranks with his Fear Street book Silent Night. Is Reva the...
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50. Ma and Pa Dracula (w/ Jon Arnett)
Happy Halloween, fam! Yes, it's technically still Halloween as I upload this. We're not late. Josh's brother Jon joins us for a spooky(?), demented tale he chose called Ma and Pa Dracula by Ann M. Martin (The Baby-Sitters Club!). Will he regret that choice? All will be revealed. What if your...
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49. Virgo's Love Scheme (w/ Katie Lilly)
Fam, it's Virgo season. Or at least it was when we recorded this. You know we had to bring on our favorite Virgo (Katie Lilly AKA TheHauntedOutfit) to celebrate her birthday and also to discuss Virgo's Love Scheme (The Zodiac Club #13) by Margie Palatini! Is there a connection between virgos and...
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48. Libby on Wednesday (w/ Crystal Lane)
Hope you like elaborate treehouses, fam! Today our friend and guest fave Crystal Lane helps us discuss the strangely-named "Libby on Wednesday" by the elegantly-named Zilpha Keatley Snyder. Libby involves a writers' workshop in a treehouse. With three hosts who have taken writing workship…
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47. The Baby-Sitters Club Super Special #2: Baby-sitters' Summer Vacation (w/ Tom G. Wolf)
We're going to summer camp, fam! It's going to be just like Meatballs, and we're bringing our pal Tom G. Wolf along with us. Tom is a returning favorite, writer, and host of a podcast called Lupine Transmissions. In AYTP's first BSC Super Special, we get into camp prank traditions, childhood pen...
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46. Fear Street Netflix Trilogy Roundtable (w/ Jeffrey Canino & Katie Lilly)
Fam, this is an episode like no other. No book, no outline, no usual format. TWO guests: Jeffrey Canino (writer and expert on all things horror) and Katie Lilly (friend and artist behind The Haunted Outfit). We go around the horn and give our takes on the Netflix Fear Street trilogy (based…
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45. Dear Bruce Springsteen (w/ Andy Karr of Springfood, MO)
We're on fire, fam! And we've enlisted guest Andy Karr (Springfood, MO podcast) to come put us out. See, the factory shut down and we've been ramblin' down the backstreets ever since, the Thunder Roads...and now we're racing in the street. Damn can this guy stay out of the streets or what?…
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44. Wifey (w/ Lacey of Dreamgirl)
WARNING: EXTRA HORNY ADULT EPISODE We did a grownup book this time, fam. It's by Judy Blume (writer of our namesake), but it ain't Fudge. Wifey is a book about marriage, suburban ennui, and sexy sexy sex. NOT FOR KIDS. We were lucky enough to be joined by Lacey Hopkins of the band Dreamgirl, who...
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[PATREON PREVIEW] Fear (1996)
Here's a clip from our discussion of the 1996 teen psychthriller FEAR starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Wahlberg. The full version has another one of Producer Blake's beloved parody songs! To hear our full bonus episodes (currently discussing teen-themed movies) subscribe to the AUX...
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43. The Zodiac Club: Taurus Trouble
It's Jessica's belated birthday, fam! And even though it's no longer Taurus season, we are tapping back into that energy for a special book named for Jess's astrological sign. Did you know they did a whole astrology YA series in the 80s, each based around one of the star signs? Me neither, but…
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[PATREON PREVIEW] Urban Legend
We just recorded our first ever bonus episode for Patreon! We watched Urban Legend (1998), and then we talked about it. You don't wanna miss this one, fam. To subscribe and get the full episode, go to [patreon.com/auxaudio](http://patreon.com/auxaudio) !
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42. Marleen The Horror Queen (w/ Crystal Lane)
We're back in the studio, fam! Well, all of us except Josh, that is. Jessica, Blake, and three-peating guest Crystal got together at AUX Headquarters for a fully vaccinated spit sesh. Josh skyped in, but he sounds pretty good! This episode we read Lila Pearl's book about a girl who fancies…
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41. Prom Dress (w/ Katie AKA The Haunted Outfit)
It's prom season, fam! We did another Point horror book and this time it's about a garment that is so very cursed: Prom Dress by Lael Littke. Of course, we needed help from an expert on YA fits, so we had Katie Lilly AKA The Haunted Outfit on the show! It was great and we had a lot of fun talking...
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40. Starstruck
Fam, ya better slap on some sunscreen and grab your Wayfarers, because this ep we’re heading to California! We read Starstruck by Richie Tankersley Cusick so you will never have to (you’re welcome). Digressions include: Judy Tenuta, Emo Phillips, Pretty Woman, and creepy Hollywood hunks. And lots...
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39. Moxie
You're all honorary riot grrls, fam! Put on some Bikini Kill, break out the pins and patches, and don't forget the feminism, because for this episode we read Jennifer Mathieu's 2017 novel Moxie -- AND we watched the new hit Netflix movie adaptation. We do plenty of comparing and contrasting in...
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38. Girl Goddess #9
It's our first short story collection ever, fam! Put on your Bush tapes and break out the Delia's, because it's 1996 in the world of Girl Goddess #9 by Francesca Lia Block. Jess and Josh discuss the finer points of zine culture, cool California teens (like actually cool, not Sweet Valley cool)…
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37. Good Rockin' Tonight (w/ Josh Head)
It's our most rockin' episode ever, fam! But we can't discuss Francess Lin Lantz's Good Rockin' Tonight without a real-life rock and roll musician, so Josh Head (of the More Of That Presents: Discographology podcast) joins us. We all get punk rock name changes, ponder 1980s teens with no musical...
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36. Broken Hearts
It's Valentine's Day, fam! And you know what that means--another Fear Street SUPER CHILLER from our man R.L. Stine! This author can't stop killing teenage girls on holidays, and we can't stop reading him. Grab a box of chocolates. Curl up with a loved one, a pet, or just some earbuds...and…
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35. My Sweet Audrina (w/ Hannah Tennison)
Producer Blake here. Jess and Josh told me to warn you about the following episode. It's extra rowdy, extra raunchy, and often extra FUNNY. VC Andrews is back, baby, and this time it's personal with My Sweet Audrina. A special guest, Hannah, joins us all the way from South Korea. But no matter...
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34. Sweet Valley High Super Edition: Special Christmas
It's a Christmas Miracle, fam! Another holiday episode, just under the wire. This time we're going back to Francine Pascal's teenage daydream in a Sweet Valley High "Super Edition" (a thicker book) entitled Special Christmas. What did YOU ask Santa for this year? I hope it was a good twin and a…
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33. Help! I'm Trapped In Santa's Body!
WE ARE BACK, and it's the Holidays again, fam! They let me, Producer Blake, write the show notes this time! Boy, they done messed up. Anyway, this very festive episode is about Todd Strasser's completely bonkers book, *Help! I'm Trapped In Santa's Body!* Plenty of Christmas-flavored, big-caboosed...
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32. Election (w/ Dan and Andy from Springfood, MO)
It’s election season, fam! This episode, Dan and Andy (of the Springfood, MO podcast) join us to discuss Alexander Payne’s high school satire,
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31. Samantha Slade, Monster-Sitter (w/ Ingrid Bohnenkamp)
Halloween Month continues, fam! This episode, Ingrid Bohnenkamp (Ex Libris) joins us to discuss Susan Smith's Samantha Slade #1: Samantha Slade, Monster Sitter. Come along on our journey to explain to Josh that mummies are indeed real. Ponder with us--is King Kong the hero? Explore Josh's deep...
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30. The Babysitter II (w/ Crystal Lane)
Happy October, fam! This episode, Crystal Lane returns to discuss R.L. Stine’s The Babysitter II, and we’re getting spooooky! Join us as we talk the scary stuff, like Aerosmith’s 90s albums, Arcade Fire listening parties, Hot Topic, and minimum wage! And the gang talks the scariest thing of all:...
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29. Taffy Sinclair Strikes Again
Hey, fam! Join us this episode as we discuss the second book in the Taffy Sinclair series, Taffy Sinclair Strikes Again by Betsy Haynes. Blake explains Hey, Arnold! to the old millennials, Jessica shares her mom’s tips for getting rid of hickeys (don’t take this advice), and Josh offers an...
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28. The Summer of Mrs. MacGregor
Happy Labor Day weekend, fam! This week we’re discussing The Summer of Mrs. MacGregor by Betty Ren Wright, and its very misleading cover art. The gang talks liar kids, weak heart disease, and child brides. Josh tells us the best moment of 2020, Jessica explains rotary phones, and Blake…
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27. Clueless
Hey, fam! It’s totally Jessica’s fault this is posting late--she’s been real sad and lazy lately and just kept procrastinating on ... everything! So enjoy this ep as Josh and Jessica discuss the novelization of one of their fave all time movies, Clueless! (And Blake wrote a new song, if you’re…
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26. Netflix’s Baby-Sitters Club (1-4)
You didn’t ask for it, but we did it anyway—it’s a special bonus ep for you, fam! Join us as we discuss the first four episodes of The Baby-Sitters Club! Blake debuts a new theme song (give us a call, Netflix execs!), Jessica talks daddy issues, and Josh reveals he’s NEVER listened to a Nirvana...
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25. Summer Snow
Hey, fam! This episode we discuss Marilyn Levy’s cocaine cautionary tale, Summer Snow, and answer all your burning questions: Will Josh and Jessica ever watch Scarface? Are some dads just 2 Horny 2 Parent? Which celebrities would the gang do coke with? How many times will Josh and Jessica talk...
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24. Say Cheese and Die (w/ Tom G. Wolf)
Hi fam! We hope you’re doing good. It’s been a long, rough couple of weeks and everything is garbage, but here’s an episode we recorded earlier in May. Join us as we talk about the classic fourth book in RL Stone’s Goosebumps series with our good friend, writer Tom G. Wolf. It’s about a spooky...
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23. Friday the 13th: Mother’s Day
That’s right, fam! We’re doing the first novel in the short-lived Friday the 13th YA series: Mother’s Day, by Eric Morse. (Really, it’s just an excuse for Jessica and Blake to talk Jason). Join us as we talk Bill Clinton’s flu remedies, horny teens, and every horror movie trope crammed into this...
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22. Daughters of Eve
Content warning: Domestic abuse, sexual assault, and 90s-era Howard Stern. It’s been awhile, fam (and please forgive the sound and Skype issues), but we’re back and talking Lois Duncan’s feminist thriller, Daughters of Eve. What do Hotel for Dogs, Teaching Mrs. Tingle, and Don Cheadle have in...
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21. April Fools
Hey fam! On this very special episode, the prank's on you, the listener, because we've got two dorks subbing in for your normal hosts. Producer Blake and his bff Adam (hosts of Shelf Life - A Collector's Podcast) discuss April Fools, a Point horror novel by Richie Tankersley Cusick. I think it's...
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20. Red Hair
Hope you like twins, cuz this ep is full of them! Join us as we discuss everything BUT Charlotte St. John’s tale of twinnapping, Red Hair (ok, we do talk about it, but it’s awkward). The gang talks the Jackson Family and Red Shoe Diaries, Blake and Jessica try to remember Mulan, and Josh talks…
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19. 2 Young 2 Go 4 Boys (A Linda Story)
Happy almost-end-of-February, Fam! This episode we’re bringing you that tomboy content you demanded as we discuss Linda Lewis’s 2 Young 2 Go 4 Boys! Hope y’all like tangents, cuz this week the gang talks plans for their young adult themed craft beer (Mother’s Brewery, call us!) and Little Women....
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18. Be Mine
Happy Valentine’s Day, fam! This ep we’re talking romance and stalkers in Jane McFann’s Be Mine. The gang talks Little Women, Passions, and VSCO girl origins. Plus, Josh and Jessica finally get some time to talk Saved By the Bell. Join us next ep as we discuss Linda Lewis’s 2 Young 2 Go 4 Boys....
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17. Sweet Valley High #1: Double Love
This episode we’re tackling Francine Pascal’s *Sweet Valley High* series, beginning with the book that started it all, Double Love. Join us as we discuss the SVH/Power Rangers connection and cool girls with Jason Robards posters. Jessica reveals how Clerks 2 ruined a friendship, Josh flexes his...
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16. Baby-Sitters Club #1: Kristy’s Great Idea
New Year, new series! This month we’re tackling the first books in two iconic teen series, starting with Ann M Martin’s Baby-Sitters Club! The gang discusses the history and the future of the BSC, Blake introduces a new segment, Jessica tells the story of Dwayne, and Josh shares a VERY ADULT…
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15. Fear Street Super Chiller: The New Year’s Party
Happy New Year, fam! We’re dropping a special bonus New Year’s ep on ya, so hope you’re ready for our super-long, super-fun, super-chilling discussion of RL Stine’s The New Year’s Party! We hope you have a safe and fun New Year, with no murder pranks. Join us for our next episode as we tackle our...
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Three friends read and discuss young adult novels from the 1970s, 80s, and 90s.
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