Is The Summer I Turned Pretty romantic or toxic? Is Heartstopper sweet or cringe? Hillary talks with pop culture critic Kristen Meinzer and sex educator Shafia Zaloom about love stories in YA TV, old classics teens are into, and why so many of these shows end with a dude chasing a woman down in Paris.

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Shows discussed

• The Summer I Turned Pretty

• K-Pop Demon Hunters

• Heartstopper

• Heated Rivalry

• Friends

• Sex and the City

• Sex Education

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Recommendations from the archive

• #241 TV to Spark Conversations with Adolescent Kids

• #238 Shafia Zaloom’s Playful Approach to Sex Ed

• #237 YOU KNOW WHAT: An LST Spinoff

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More Shafia

• Sex, Teens, and Everything in Between

• Getting Real About Sex Ed

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More Kristen

• The Nightly - a bedtime podcast for pop culture lovers

• Happy to Be Here - featuring a My So-Called Life rewatch

• How to Be Fine

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