This Ends at Prom

By Pod People Productions

What's This Ends at Prom about?

This Ends at Prom is a weekly podcast analyzing the staying power of womanhood featured in coming-of-age and teen girl movies from the queer, feminist cisgender and transgender perspectives of wives BJ Colangelo and Harmony Colangelo.

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This Ends at Prom episodes:

05.02.2024
188: Mean Girls (2024)
“I will grind you to sand beneath my Louboutin heel." One of the most important teen movies in history was given the musical treatment this year, but the studios certainly didn't make that clear! The Wives Colangelo are kicking off MAYusical...
04.25.2024
187: Mystic Pizza (1988)
“Kat, such a good girl. Where did we go wrong with her sister Daisy?" The coming-of-age of three young Portuguese-American friends who work at a pizza parlor in a seaside Connecticut town, MYSTIC PIZZA tells three different stories of girls growing...
04.18.2024
186: Superstar (1999)
“There was only one way I'd ever get what I wanted. I would have to become exactly like those people l saw getting kissed in the movies. I would have to become: a superstar." 25 years ago, Molly Shannon brought her...
04.11.2024
185: Lisa Frankenstein (2024)
“Life sucks and people are jerk-offs." We're only four months into 2024 and we've already got a killer coming-of-RAGE story to talk about, Zelda Wililams and Diablo Cody's LISA FRANKENSTEIN! The Wives Colangelo discuss '80s teen comedies, the glory of being...
04.04.2024
184: The Crush (1993) w/ Sarah Marshall
“Just goes to show you, Nick. You can never be too careful." The incomparable Sarah Marshall joins The Wives Colangelo this week to tackle one of the prickliest teen girl movies out there, and celebrate the feature film debut of Alicia...
03.28.2024
183: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 & 2
“You can torture us and bomb us and burn our districts to the ground. But do you see that? Fire is catching... And if we burn... you burn with us!" Sequel month comes to an end as The Wives Colangelo close...
03.21.2024
182: Bring It On Again (2004) w/ Tara Giancaspro
“I want you to know that just by trying out today, you're already a winner. Unless of course you get cut, in which case, technically a loser." Bring it? Oh, it's already been brought-en. Sequel month continues as the wives finally...
03.14.2024
181: The Rage: Carrie 2 (25th Anniversary)
“I always wanted to be one of the shiny, happy people.." Sequel month continues with an oft-maligned legacy sequel, THE RAGE: CARRIE 2. The Wives Colangelo discuss the wild production history, praise the film's ahead-of-its-time themes, wonder whether or not Rachel...
03.07.2024
180: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
“I punched a werewolf in the face." Sequel month is back and The Wives Colangelo are continuing on their adventures through the TWILIGHT franchise with the third installment, ECLIPSE. Let's talk about weird flashback sequences, PG-13 violence, try to resist making...
02.29.2024
179: Girls Just Want To Have Fun (1985)
“My daydream was always the same - that some day, I was going to get to Chicago, because that's where they make Dance TV." This week The Wives Colangelo are heading back to the 1980s and dancing to their hearts' content...
02.22.2024
178: Freeway (1996) w/ Elizabeth Teets
“Mister, I'm a person!" Women in prison! True Crime! Sleaze! Revenge! This week This Ends at Prom getting filthy, sleazy, and seeing a version of Reese Witherspoon that would inspire the real-life Elle Woods to kick ass in court with Matthew...
02.15.2024
177: To All The Boys I've Loved Before (2018)
“I write a letter when I have a crush so intense I don't know what else to do." You never forget your first love, and for Lara Jean Covey, all of those loves happening at once makes for one hell of...
02.08.2024
176: Jennifer's Body, 15 Years Later
“Hell is a teenage girl." 15 years ago, Diablo Cody and Karyn Kusama joined forces to create one of the best teen girl films of all time, JENNIFER'S BODY. Critics didn't understand it, it was marketed for an audience that was never...
02.01.2024
175: Persepolis (2007)
“Life isn't absurd! Some people give their lives for freedom." The coming-of-age experience can be an especially terrifying time, but when you're navigating your teenage years against the backdrop of political unrest and revolution, every decision you make becomes a political...
01.25.2024
174: The Florida Project (2017)
“I can always tell when adults are about to cry." Who gets to decide what makes a "good" childhood? This week the Wives Colangelo are talking about one of their favorite filmmakers and one of the most honest looks at the...
01.18.2024
173: The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) w/ Bill Bria
“FAIR IS FAIR!" This week we're traveling back to 1985 and covering one of our most requested titles, THE LEGEND OF BILLIE JEAN. The Wives Colangelo are joined by film critic, podcaster, and pop culture writer Bill Bria to talk about...
01.11.2024
172: Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999)
“One sin MINOR and my life is a living black hole!" Zetus Lapetus! The Queen of Disney Channel Original Movies is turning 25 and The Wives Colangelo are celebrating by embracing our inner supernova girl and discussing ZENON: GIRL OF THE...
01.04.2024
171: Spirited Away (2001)
“Once you do something, you never forget. Even if you can't remember." The Wives Colangelo are kicking off 2024 by returning to the beautiful world of Hayao Miyazaki and letting themselves get ... SPIRITED AWAY. What better film can capture the...
12.28.2023
170: No Hard Feelings (2023)
“You're nineteen, grow up!" Listen up, fellow maneaters! Another year is coming to a close so The Wives Colangelo are ending 2023 with an unconventional coming-of-age story, NO HARD FEELINGS with Jennifer Lawrence and Andrew Barth Feldman. Let's talk about getting...
12.21.2023
169: Ghost World (2001) w/ Lucé Tomlin-Brenner
“I just hate all these extroverted, obnoxious, pseudo-bohemian losers." The Wives Colangelo are finally tackling one of the most requested films since starting the pod, and the ultimate teen girl movie for anyone who has ever felt like everybody around them...
12.14.2023
168: Little Women (1994)
“I should have been a great many things." With the holidays right around the corner, it's time to finally dive into a yearly tradition for many people, and celebrate the snowy season with the March sisters and watch LITTLE WOMEN. Harmony...
12.07.2023
167: Anastasia (1997)
“I guess every lonely girl would hope she's a princess." Once upon a December, Don Bluth scared the absolute crap out of Disney by making his own princess movie, the beloved animated feature, ANASTASIA. This week the Wives Colangelo discuss the...
11.30.2023
166: Center Stage (2000)
“I'm the best goddamn dancer In The American Ballet Academy…” Who the hell are you?" Before the dance movie craze went wild enough to constitute its own parody film, there was CENTER STAGE. This week the Wives Colangelo spotlight the phenomenal...
11.23.2023
165: Addams Family Values (1996)
"We cannot break bread with you" If you're an American, how old were you when you first learned the truth about Thanksgiving? Did you have great parents? A private school education? Or did you learn because Wednesday Addams radicalized you? With...
11.16.2023
164: Marie Antoinette (2006)
"Letting everyone down would be my greatest unhappiness." With PRISCILLA coming to theaters, now is the perfect time for The Wives Colangelo to finally dive into the filmography of Sofia Coppola. A polarizing film upon release, Coppola's anachronistic costume drama reveled...
11.09.2023
163: You Were My First Boyfriend (2023) w/ Cecilia Aldarondo & Sarah Enid Hagey
"My memories shine like a diamond, not because I love them, because I hate them" The Wives Colangelo have an extremely special treat this week as they are joined by Cecilia Aldarondo and Sarah Enid Hagey to talk about their new...
11.02.2023
162: Do Revenge (2022)
"Is 'Do Revenge' even, like, correct grammar?" You asked and The Wives Colangelo delivered, it's time to watch STRANGERS ON A TRAIN for teen girls and DO REVENGE. This week's episode is filled with lots of personal anecdotes from your hosts,...
10.26.2023
161: Carrie (1976) w/ Jazz and Kat of Girl That's Scary
“We'll pray. We'll pray. We'll pray for the last time. We'll pray.” The Wives Colangelo are saying goodbye to sp0o0oky season 2023 by tackling the grandmother of all teen girl horror movies, Brian De Palma and Stephen King's CARRIE. Joining your...
10.19.2023
160: Scooby-Doo (2002) w/ Valerie Ettenhofer
“We don’t go anywhere with ‘scary’, ‘spooky’, ‘haunted’, or ‘forbidden’ in the title.” Sp0o0oky season is for everybody, so as a nice respite from the intense scares, this week The Wives Colangelo are bringing some spooky goodness for the whole family...
10.12.2023
159: The Faculty - 25th Anniversary
"I'm not an alien. I'm discontent." As sp0o0oky season continues on, The Wives Colangelo are spotlighting the all-time great collaborative effort between Robert Rodriguez and Kevin Williamson and celebrating the 25th anniversary of THE FACULTY. Let's talk about hot teachers, bad...
10.05.2023
158: The Exorcist (1973) - 50th Anniversary
“Mrs. MacNeil, the problem with your daughter is not her bed; it's her brain.” 50 years ago, William Friedkin delivered what is considered by many to be the scariest movie ever made ... and it's the story of a 12-year-old girl....
09.28.2023
157: Bottoms (2023)
“I really value when people use violence for me, it's actually one of my love languages” ARE YOU READY TO BE MESSY GAYS?! This week the Wives Colangelo are discussing the teen movie that has taken over the world, Emma Seligman's...
09.21.2023
156: American Graffiti (50th Anniversary) w/ Bradford Oman
“You're the most beautiful, exciting thing I've ever seen in my life and I don't know anything about you.” 50 years ago, George Lucas tried his hand at telling a nostalgic story inspired by his own teenage years and revolutionized the coming-of-age film forever....
09.14.2023
155: Perfect Blue (1997)
“Sensei, I’m scared that my other self will do something that I don’t know about…” One of the greatest animated films ever crafted, Satoshi Kon's PERFECT BLUE is a terrifying coming-of-age story of obsession, stolen identity, and the way the public...
09.07.2023
154: You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023)
“That’s why we fought the Nazis? So you could have a mojito bar?!” The Wives Colangelo are heading back to middle school and becoming young women, Sandler family-style, with YOU ARE SO NOT INVITED TO MY BAT MITZVAH. Together the Wives...
08.31.2023
153: The Breakfast Club (1985)
"You see us as you want to see us — in the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions" This Ends at Prom is celebrating its 3-year anniversary by closing out the Hughes/Ringwald trilogy and finally tackling the teen movie of...
08.24.2023
152: How to Deal (2003) w/ Stephanie Gagnon
"The quickest way to ruin a relationship with someone is to actually try to have a relationship with them." Book-to-film adaptations aren't easy, but what happens when a film script tries to cram two novels into one movie? Well, you get...
08.17.2023
151: Baby Assassins (2021)
"Oh! I almost forgot my machine gun!" This is another reminder that coming-of-age stories aren't always about high school romance or breaking curfew, sometimes it's about being a deadly assassin forced to take a service industry job to evade suspicion. In...
08.10.2023
150: Ever After (25th Anniversary)
"You have *everything*, and still the world holds no joy, and yet you insist on making fun of those who *would* see it for its possibilities." It took nearly three years, but The Wives Colangelo have finally found a Cinderella story...
08.03.2023
149: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (2023) w/ Roxie Allen
"Which religion should I be? Sometimes I just wish I’d been born one way or the other." It took over 40 years, but Kelly Fremon Craig's film adaptation of ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET was well worth the wait....
07.27.2023
148: The Parent Trap (1998) w/ Jamie Jirak
“I have a brilliant beyond brilliant idea!” Believe it or not, but Disney's THE PARENT TRAP remake just turned 25 years old so The Wives Colangelo are celebrating a quarter of a century of Lindsay Lohan by discussing her debut feature....
07.20.2023
147: Thirteen (2003)
"Hit me. I'm serious, I can't feel anything, hit me! Again, do it harder! I can't feel anything, this is so awesome!" The Wives Colangelo are ripping open wounds they didn't even know they had in order to talk about one...
07.13.2023
146: The To Do List (2013)
"I wish my mother had given me lube when I was your age." Things have been a little bit too sugar, spice, and everything nice around these parts, so this week The Wives Colangelo are getting sexy! Listen in as the...
07.06.2023
145: Matilda (1996)
"Everyone is born, but not everyone is born the same. Some will grow to be butchers, or bakers, or candlestick makers. Some will only be really good at making Jell-O salad. One way or another, though, every human being is...
06.22.2023
144: Teen Witch (1989)
"You have the power to make anything you want happen." TEEN WITCH might not be winning an Oscar anytime soon, but it's certainly a movie that so many of us hold near and dear. The Wives Colangelo are talking about the...
06.15.2023
143: Lady Bird (2017) w/ Drew Burnett Gregory
“I wish I could live through something.” Y'all have been asking The Wives Colangelo to cover LADY BIRD for almost three years, and the time has finally arrived. Writer and filmmaker Drew Burnett Gregory joins the show to talk about Greta...
06.08.2023
142: Submarine (2010)
"I took a photo of us, mid-embrace. When I am old and alone I will remember that I once held something truly beautiful." It's Harmony's birthday week which means whatever baby wants, baby gets. This year's birthday episode is Richard...
06.01.2023
141: How to Build a Girl (2019) w/ Mallory O'Meara
"My story doesn't begin with a boy. It begins with me." The Wives Colangelo are joined this week by the brilliant Mallory O'Meara to talk about the underseen should-be coming-of-age classic, HOW TO BUILD A GIRL. Together they agonize about...
05.25.2023
140: West Side Story (2021)
"There's a place for us ... somewhere a place for us" As May-usical month comes to a close, the Wives Colangelo are talking about a musical that folks forget is also a coming-of-age story, WEST SIDE STORY. Let's talk about the...
05.18.2023
139: Reefer Madness (2005)
"Creeping like a communist, it's knocking at our doors / Turning all our children into hooligans and whores!" BJ's birthday is just around the corner so The Wives Colangelo are tackling one of her all-time favorite films, the movie musical adaptation...

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This Ends at Prom episodes:

188: Mean Girls (2024)

187: Mystic Pizza (1988)

186: Superstar (1999)

185: Lisa Frankenstein (2024)

184: The Crush (1993) w/ Sarah Marshall

183: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 & 2

182: Bring It On Again (2004) w/ Tara Giancaspro

181: The Rage: Carrie 2 (25th Anniversary)

180: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)

179: Girls Just Want To Have Fun (1985)

178: Freeway (1996) w/ Elizabeth Teets

177: To All The Boys I've Loved Before (2018)

176: Jennifer's Body, 15 Years Later

175: Persepolis (2007)

174: The Florida Project (2017)

173: The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) w/ Bill Bria

172: Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999)

171: Spirited Away (2001)

170: No Hard Feelings (2023)

169: Ghost World (2001) w/ Lucé Tomlin-Brenner

168: Little Women (1994)

167: Anastasia (1997)

166: Center Stage (2000)

165: Addams Family Values (1996)

164: Marie Antoinette (2006)

163: You Were My First Boyfriend (2023) w/ Cecilia Aldarondo & Sarah Enid Hagey

162: Do Revenge (2022)

161: Carrie (1976) w/ Jazz and Kat of Girl That's Scary

160: Scooby-Doo (2002) w/ Valerie Ettenhofer

159: The Faculty - 25th Anniversary

158: The Exorcist (1973) - 50th Anniversary

157: Bottoms (2023)

156: American Graffiti (50th Anniversary) w/ Bradford Oman

155: Perfect Blue (1997)

154: You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023)

153: The Breakfast Club (1985)

152: How to Deal (2003) w/ Stephanie Gagnon

151: Baby Assassins (2021)

150: Ever After (25th Anniversary)

149: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (2023) w/ Roxie Allen

148: The Parent Trap (1998) w/ Jamie Jirak

147: Thirteen (2003)

146: The To Do List (2013)

145: Matilda (1996)

144: Teen Witch (1989)

143: Lady Bird (2017) w/ Drew Burnett Gregory

142: Submarine (2010)

141: How to Build a Girl (2019) w/ Mallory O'Meara

140: West Side Story (2021)

139: Reefer Madness (2005)