Monica and Sue are finally back from their hiatus and recapping the first Manny-centered episode, Wannabe. A wild Emma appears from behind the glass of the door and she is salty and JUDGING ALL YOU BIMBOS. 

In this episode, we share our experiences with gender roles in our Filipino families and discuss Emma's feminism. Many random topics are also brought up in this episode, like Spice Girls, WWF, The Sims, and our favorite discontinued snacks. For this week's storytime, Sue dishes on her biggest fight with her best friend in middle school. 

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Happy Halloween! We wanted to put out an extra episode this month in celebration of the spookiest time of the year! In this episode, we share our spooky childhood favorites and talk about some Filipino mythology creatures. In addition to recapping the episode The Tale of Apartment 214 from Are You Afraid of the Dark?, we are also sharing our very own paranormal experiences around the campfire all throughout this episode.  Monica shares her boyfriend's experience living in a haunted house full of saint's pendants while Sue shares her story about a voicemail from beyond. 

Timestamps

[00:53] Sue's spooky childhood favorites

[02:31] Monica's spooky childhood favorites  + Cry Baby Lane + + ouija board in elementary school bathroom story

[08:13] Filipino mythology creatures

[13:13] Sue's mom's duwende experience

[15:35] The White Lady + the Stow Lake Ghost in San Francisco

[18:11] Are You Afraid of the Dark? episode recap: The Tale of Apartment 214

[34:30] Monica's paranormal storytimes - Just Visiting & The Tale of the House of Pendants

[44:08] Sue's paranormal storytimes - Haunted Hotel? & The Tale of the Voicemail from Beyond

Monica and Sue recap the episode Coming of Age from Degrassi: The Next Generation. We talk about the results of taking a love language test (koala tea time???), being too nice to creepy old men, Jimmy's sad birthday party of 1, and ponder if our childhood experiences shaped our entire personality and behavior. 

For this week's story time, we are sharing our embarrassing period HORROR stories. Every episode we will also be sharing our Degrassi call-outs and shout-outs plus episode intensity ratings!

Next week 10/27 we will be uploading a special BONUS Halloween episode for spooky season! We will be recapping an episode of the Nickelodeon classic Are You Afraid of the Dark, talking Filipino horror creatures, and sharing our own paranormal experiences around the campfire. 

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We skip forward in Degrassi: The Next Generation to The Mating Game, the episode where Ashley maybe wants to have sex with Jimmy for the first time after a visit from “the sex lady."

Sue shares stories about her most Paige-y friend and Monica chimes in on a possible backstory for Paige. We discuss what sex ed in high school during the early 2000s was like and share what our Filipino moms taught us about sex and sexuality (GUILT AND SHAME). For this week's storytime, chismis with us about our hella awkward experiences having sex for the first time.

CONTENT WARNING: sexual nature

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Monica and Sue recap the first episodes of Degrassi: The Next Generation, Mother & Child Reunion parts 1 & 2. Meet Monica, a huge Degrassi fan and Sue, who has never seen an episode...until now! Reminisce with them as they relate their experiences growing up as Filipina-American millennials in the Bay Area with episodes of our favorite shows growing up. 

In this episode, Sue shares her first thoughts about the show, feels Canadian sorry for Joey Jeremiah, and talks about the time she exposed her best friend in middle school. Meanwhile, Monica gets annoyed by a pizza and talks about the time a troll revealed themselves. 

CONTENT WARNING: mentions of pedophilia and rape

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Hella Nostalgic is a podcast where we reminisce while recapping episodes of our favorite nostalgic television shows. Get to know your co-hosts, Monica and Sue, two Filipino-American millennials from the Bay Area who love a tell-all storytime. One is a diehard Nickelodeon-kid-turned-sad-adult and the other is a self-proclaimed PBS kid who will be watching many childhood staples for the first time throughout this podcast. 

In this episode we discuss our backgrounds, reveal the early 2000s show we're focusing on for the time being (it's Degrassi: The Next Generation, yall), and dish about the most influential notable Filipino figures in our lives. 

First recap episode out Wednesday! New episodes out bi-weekly! 

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