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- Extra Drama #3: He's STEALING Her WIND!
The "S" word ("Sex") isn't a part of the Sweet Valley High vocabulary, but in this bonus conversation, Marissa and her guest, film scholar Caitlin McCann, cover lots of tricky s-words: Sex, Slut Shaming, and Subtext. Sooooo Scandalous!
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands26 min - Sweet Valley Diaries #3: PLAYING WITH FIRE
Sweet Valley's two biggest players (Jessica Wakefield and Bruce Patman) are burning hot and heavy for each other, and the fire is only 37% contained. Be careful out there, kids!
Marissa is joined by media scholar Caitlin McCann to give this serious matter the academic consideration it so richly deserves.
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands1 hr 5 min - Extra Drama #2: Keeper of the Sweet Valley SECRETS!
Marissa interviews her guest Adaora about what it was like reading about the Wakefields et al from across the continents. Together, they consider: Is Enugu the Sweet Valley of Nigeria?
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands21 min - Sweet Valley Diaries #2: SECRETS
Marissa is joined by filmmaker (and Sweet Valley aficionado!) Adaora Nwandu to discuss the past sins and present bad boyfriends of Enid Rollins, Elizabeth Wakefield's best friend. All secrets from Sweet Valley High Book #2 will be revealed!
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“Is Dad having an affair with his female coworker? She’s an attractive woman, right? So…probably.” - Every Wakefield Child
Marissa and her guests Kat and Selah vent about this and other Book 1 B-Stories.
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands10 min - Sweet Valley Diaries #1: DOUBLE LOVE
Host Marissa Flaxbart takes guests Selah Kahrmann and Kat Hazelton down the Sweet Valley rabbit hole as they discuss the very first book in the Sweet Valley High series.
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands52 min - Intro to Sweet Valley Diaries: THE TEASE
Fasten your safety belts tight and low across your perfectly bronzed hips, because we're taking off. Destination: SWEET VALLEY, CA.
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About Sweet Valley Diaries
From the publisher's feed
After years of wide-eyed blogging about the surreal 1980s perfection of Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley High book series (and the surprising psychodrama that lurks below the town's perfectly-tanned surface), host Marissa Flaxbart is now forcing people to read the series with her.
But beyond its obsession with the ubiquitous-yet-obscure book series, SWEET VALLEY DIARIES is a podcast about nostalgia — '80s nostalgia in particular — and the ways this nostalgia can (spectacularly, hilariously) fail us. It's a riotous cultural conversation about which parts of the past we long for and which ones we want to leave behind for good. It's about friendship, honesty, and learning to speak your truth in the face of a boyfriend-stealing cheerleader or an evil triplet. It's all the life lessons you could ever hope to learn from two size-6, blonde-haired, aqua-eyed, identical 16-year-old twins. Strap in.