Content note: this episode contains discussions of diets, disordered eating and body image.

Sinéad and Mel are firing up the family desktop, and taking a wander round the joy and chaos that was the early 2000s internet.. It’s time to revisit the glory days of Youtube, listen to the sweet sounds of a dial-up modem, and re-code our Myspace page.

From logging in and out of MSN to get your crush’s attention to losing hours on your favourite band’s website, the internet was our magical playground. It was a weird and wonderful world of information, and our first taste of building an identity online, one HTML prompt at a time.

But the digital wild west had its shadows too: pro-ana sites posing as “inspo”, unmoderated chatrooms that left us exposed to strangers who should never have had access to us. This new world did not come with a map – luckily for us, it was limited to an hour after we’d done our homework.

This episode, we’re wondering how being the first generation to grow up online shaped our identities, our habits, and the way we connect today. What did we gain from that wide-eyed exploration, and what did we lose along the way?

This is If Destroyed Still True: the podcast where millennial best friends Sinéad Kennedy Sklar and Melissa Murdock rewind the mixtape of their teenage years and press play on the moments that shaped who they are today. We ask ourselves: how does this show up in our lives now? And if you could talk to your teenage self: what would you tell her?

Hit follow, share your own teen chaos memories with us @IDSTpod, and get ready to laugh, cringe, and wonder what happened to your Neopet.

If Destroyed Still True is a Morley Radio and The Imposters Club production. Head to morleyradio.co.uk to listen to If Destroyed Still True and a whole host of exciting shows.