Vicarious Living

This might be one of the most important teen movies ever created in history of mankind...ever. Special guest Lauren S joins Wind as they dig into Shakespeare's inspired teen fare: 10 Things I Hate About You. Some explosive content this week including extensive player breakdowns, discussions on teen parties, subtle connections to the Taming of the Shrew, 90s attire, comparisons in different game-play, how to effectively draw a penis on the chalkboard in high school (and on your friend's face), how to handle blacked out drunk people, and much more. Featuring clips/music from the movie, MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear), player breakdown, biggest practice hero award of the week, MVP, and potential plot for the sequel: 11 Things I Hate About You.

Final Dawson's Creek pod officially in the books as Wind & Pipes tackle the final episode of Season 1: Decisions. Intern Whitney also pops in to the podcast studio as the trio goes into the jam-packed finale filled with all the teen drama tropes we know and love. This week topics include: slowest first kiss build ups of all time, fortuitously trapped road trips, prison visits for "marijuana trafficking", Pacey's rise to stardom, mobile brooding, and Dawson continuing to be the biggest wet blanket, unaware, dense idiot teen in human history. Featuring a lot of songs from the show, clips, hypothetical role play, MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear) and MVP of the series.

Back to the Creek we go as we dig into the 3rd installment from Dawson's Creek Season 1. This week, we focus most of our attention on episode 12 "Beauty Contest" where the DC kids participate in the annual attractive rich kids' pageant to decide who's the best looking teen with the most money in Capeside (aka. Ms. Windjammer)! Topics include a special Bring It On redaction from Becky M, how big of a dick Dawson is at his core, Pacey's quest to become the coolest and most eligible bachelor in history, Joey's horrendous singing, and an extensive breakdown of wanting what you can't have. Featuring hypothetical role play, clips/music from the show, MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear), and MVP of the Week.

Special Halloween VL Movie Breakdown to get ourselves fully in the Teen Horror spirit! This week, Wind & Pipes dissect I Know What You Did Last Summer with the help of Intern Whitney in studio. We venture into late 90s teen heartthrobs, rubbing elbows with Philipee back in college, scream queens, fisherman battles to the death (based on levels of nautical knowledge), scary movie shower scenes, hot rich girls and x-factor importance. Featuring player breakdown, plot analytics, clips/music from the movie, MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear), practice hero award, and MVP of the Week.

Becky M visits the VL podcast studio this week as we discuss one of the most influential teen cheer-leading movies in human history! Topics include male cheerleaders, low stakes in the final competition, PDA, getting fired from jobs, the most sexual tension filled tooth brushing scene of all time, Clif making horrendous mistakes pulling a wedge, and valuable life lessons of losing a final cheer battle to the death. Featuring clips from the show, MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear), player breakdown, and MVP of the Week.

Explosive week on the VL Pod as we get guest spots from both Zerb and Michelle M (as well as a cameo at the end by Jules). This week, we cover our second of four Dawson's Creek pods by focusing on mainly episode 7's homage to Breakfast Club: "Detention". So many topics to unpack as Michelle calls in to give her perspective as someone who watched the show in real time and then Zerb chimes in with a full breakdown of episode 7. Topics include: people trapped in cages in basements, fortuitous saturday detention, extensive deep dive into one on one bball grudge matches, breaking down 4th walls, dangerous truth or dare games, and Dawson being the biggest dense idiot of all time. Featuring hypothetical role play, MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear), our first call-in from a West Coast kid, clips/music from the show, and MVP of the week.

We kick off Part I of our 4-Part show journey with a new Teen Drama this week...as we dive head first into a late 90s/early 2000s power house: Dawson's Creek! We hope this podcast will last the test of time, unlike the 1998 baggy jeans and Caesar haircuts sported in this show. This week topics include: Dawson's Creek fun facts, character breakdown, Katie Holmes as the quintessential Girl Next Door, the Mighty Duck Man himself (Charlie Conway), palpable sexual tension, Dawson's horny parents, blockbuster days, ladders into windows, and Pacey crushing pilot season. Featuring Tips for the Kids, clips/music from the show, MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear), and MVP of the Week.

We kick off Part I of our 4-Part show journey with a new Teen Drama this week...as we dive head first into a late 90s/early 2000s power house: Dawson's Creek! We hope this podcast will last the test of time, unlike the 1998 baggy jeans and Caesar haircuts sported in this show. This week topics include: Dawson's Creek fun facts, character breakdown, Katie Holmes as the quintessential Girl Next Door, the Mighty Duck Man himself (Charlie Conway), palpable sexual tension, Dawson's horny parents, blockbuster days, ladders into windows, and Pacey crushing pilot season. Featuring Tips for the Kids, clips/music from the show, MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear), and MVP of the Week.

Wind & Pipes take it back to where it all started this week: 1984's Sixteen Candles. John Hughes pioneered the Teen Drama genre and it began with this cult classic starring Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall (two teen drama legends)! Different format to the pod this week as we took our research to a whole new level, dove deep into the analytics, and recorded the entire session without actually watching the movie. We got real deep as we discussed the characters from the movie, the dynamics going on in their personal relationships with each other, piecing together the plot through youtube clips and general expert intuition, and dig up a lot of fun facts. Wind also divulges in meeting a Teen Drama Icon at Cincy Comic Con this past weekend: Mr. Ben Buttons McKenzie himself! Featuring clips/music from the show, MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear), and MVP of the Week.

Mag D drops by the podcast studio to do a special VL movie breakdown of the massive teen classic: Mean Girls. We dive into high school clique politics, the plastics, winners & losers from the cast, Rachel McAdams coming out party, Lindsey Lohan's sad movie career, and all the rest of the different plot twists (or lack there of) happening in this movie. Featuring tips for the kids, clips/music from the show, MCITW of the week (sponsored by Mr. Wicklow Wear himself), hypothetical role-play, and MVP of the Week. Hint: One of Lindsey Lohan's friends throwing HEAT this entire movie!