In this episode of Whatever It Takes: A Degrassi Pod, James and Jon deep dive into episodes 7 & 8 of Season 1:  "Basketball Diaries" and "Secrets And Lies". In Basketball Diaries, Jimmy wants to make the basketball team, and in order to stay focused on both his school work and basketball, he takes one of Spinner's Ritalin pills. And in Secrets And Lies, Ashley finds out the real reason why her dad left her and her mom. Will she accept her father's reasons or will she cut her father out of her life forever? If you have whatever it takes, listen right here for all of your Degrassi needs.