We will post no podcasts before their time...lucky for us this week's episode on Fast Times at Ridgemont High is ready for your ears! Lecturer in American and Media Studies at the University of Sussex Dr Charlie Jeffries joins to discuss Amy Heckerling's teen comedy cult classic about the lives of six teenagers growing up in southern California in the 1980s. We dive into the history of teenage sexuality, of abortion on screen, the story of the movie's source material (hello, Cameron Crowe!) and more!

Charlie's book, Teenage Dreams: Girlhood Sexualities in the US Culture Wars, is out now with Rutgers University Press

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Flashback is graciously supported by the University of Oxford’s Rothermere American Institute

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