353 episodes
Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr Brenna Clarke Gray and Joe Lipsett
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4.9 • 34 Ratings
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A weekly podcast about young adult literature, their film and television adaptations and everything in between.
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Skins Series 1: Episodes 7 & 8
Brenna and Joe close in on the end of S01 of Skins with episodes on Michelle and Effy (kinda) as the show becomes a wild fever dream!
Up for discussion: cheering on Michelle and Sid, hating Tony, critiques about the depiction of mental illness, more laments about Chris, and what we want from the finale.
Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and BlueSky @HKHSPod or use the hashtag #HKHSPod:
> Brenna: @brennacgray (BlueSky/Instagram)
> Joe: @bstolemyremote (Twitter/Instagram) or @joelipsett (BlueSky)
Have a mail bag question? Email us at hkhspod@gmail.com
Theme music: Ben Fox "Think About the Lights"
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Mailbag 39: Revolutionary Recommendations and Pregnancy Pauses
Before providing an update on future programming (in anticipation of Brenna's new baby!), we list listener Tea, Books, and Chocolate's recommendations for texts that deal with sexism and classism, including:
> Protector of the Small quartet by Tamora Pierce
> The Farsala Trilogy by Hilari Bell
> A Matter of Profit by Hilari Bell
Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and BlueSky @HKHSPod or use the hashtag #HKHSPod:
> Brenna: @brennacgray (BlueSky/Instagram)
> Joe: @bstolemyremote (Twitter/Instagram) or @joelipsett (BlueSky)
Have a mail bag question? Email us at hkhspod@gmail.com
Theme music: Ben Fox "Think About the Lights"
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A Monster Calls
Ready to cry? Brenna and Joe discuss Patrick Ness' surprising A Monster Calls (2011) and J.A. Boyana's 2016 film adaptation.
These texts are both beautiful and emotionally devastating, which means we both cried A LOT.
Plus: Sigourney Weaver as a British grandma, Tom Holland's secret role, Jim Kay's beautiful illustrations, and debating why the film flopped so hard in North America.
Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and BlueSky @HKHSPod or use the hashtag #HKHSPod:
> Brenna: @brennacgray (BlueSky/Instagram)
> Joe: @bstolemyremote (Twitter/Instagram) or @joelipsett (BlueSky)
Have a mail bag question? Email us at hkhspod@gmail.com
Theme music: Ben Fox "Think About the Lights"
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Mailbag 38: Filing The Serial Numbers Off
Brenna and Joe respond to listener Tea, Books, and Chocolate about how "filing the serial numbers off" of source material can lead to more successful fan fiction (see: our episode on Like Real People Do).
Plus: listener Miriam's disappointment in that episode, and a few more responses to To Kill A Mockingbird.
Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and BlueSky @HKHSPod or use the hashtag #HKHSPod:
> Brenna: @brennacgray (BlueSky/Instagram)
> Joe: @bstolemyremote (Twitter/Instagram) or @joelipsett (BlueSky)
Have a mail bag question? Email us at hkhspod@gmail.com
Theme music: Ben Fox "Think About the Lights"
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Skins Series 1: Episodes 5 & 6
Our summer series on Skins continues and Brenna & Joe are ready to call it: Tony is irredeemable.
Between his public show of embarrassing Michelle in episode five and then sexually manipulating Maxxie in episode six, there's no saving this character.
Plus: Maxxie and Anwar's relationship, Russian stereotypes, girls punching people, and a swear-y Peter Capaldi!
Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and BlueSky @HKHSPod or use the hashtag #HKHSPod:
> Brenna: @brennacgray (BlueSky/Instagram)
> Joe: @bstolemyremote (Twitter/Instagram) or @joelipsett (BlueSky)
Have a mail bag question? Email us at hkhspod@gmail.com
Theme music: Ben Fox "Think About the Lights"
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To Kill A Mockingbird
Joe is on the struggle bus as he and Brenna tackle a classic text: Harper Lee's 1960 book To Kill A Mockingbird and director Robert Mulligan's 1962 adaptation.
Issues include the shifting narration, the simplistic moral message, and the egregious use of the N word.
Plus: censorship vs contextualizing, why the book isn't more studied, and Brenna's vote for the worst performer in the Oscar-winning film!
Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and BlueSky @HKHSPod or use the hashtag #HKHSPod:
> Brenna: @brennacgray (BlueSky/Instagram)
> Joe: @bstolemyremote (Twitter/Instagram) or @joelipsett (BlueSky)
Have a mail bag question? Email us at hkhspod@gmail.com
Theme music: Ben Fox "Think About the Lights"
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Customer Reviews
Five stars
One of my favourite podcasts also i have a few suggestions first one a book 📚 smiles to go second a show Kim’s convenience. Any way love your podcast
Always looking forward to it
Brenna and Joe strike such a beautiful chord between celebration, critical thinking, thoughtful interrogation, and in some cases nostalgia that make this a wildly accessible podcast for anyone interested in YA storytelling and it’s impacts on youth culture across time. I find myself looking forward to their weekly drops, trusting their recommendations, and considering incorporating episodes or clips into my syllabi. You don’t need to have read and watched the property to get something from their analyses. Will continue to recommend to anyone who hasn’t already heard me celebrate this pod.
Loved, Learned and Listed
Joe & Brenna are delightful! I love their banter, their insight and their commitment to exploring YA beyond the (cis-het white) “classics”. Listening to this podcast has exponentially increased my “books I want to read” list in the best way (and steered me clear of a few I now know I can skip).