Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90s

Tara Ariano, Pamela Ribon and David T. Cole
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From 1988-1994, Sassy was the coolest magazine going for Gen-X teens. Celebrate that golden time by joining Tara Ariano, Pamela Ribon and David T. Cole for a deep dive into every one of its 80 glorious issues and remember what it was like hanging out with Jane, Christina, Catherine, Karen, and the whole crew, learning What Now, What Next, and so much more!

  1. 2d ago

    November 1991 Pop Culture: Shemp, Jason Priestley & Special Guest Sarah D. Bunting

    The time has come to discuss cover boy Jason Priestley, then just a few months into Season 2 of Beverly Hills, 90210. And since we have access to an expert — Sarah D. Bunting, Tara’s co-host on the once-upon-a-time Beverly Hills, 90210 podcast Again With This (though we’ve since gone on to run out of those and move on to Melrose Place, Dawson’s Creek, and very soon Felicity) and co-writer of A Very Special 90210 Book. Before we get to Priestley REALLY straining to seem edgier to Christina than his squeaky-clean character Brandon Walsh, there is much to discuss: Gregorian chants, mood rings, Hard Courts, Barton Fink, and much much more. No need to exchange an egg: hop right in! QUICK LINKS🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our website🖼️ Check out this episode's Visual Aids☎️ Call The Hotline! Leave your questions, comments and Sassy stories on the hotline at 720-SASSY-GO or record directly on our site🦋 @ListenToSassy on Bluesky📷 @ListenToSassy on Instagram🧑‍💻 Visit our website ListenToSassy.com🛍️ Shop the LTS Store TOPICS🎧 It Is November 1991🎧 What Now🎧 Read It🎧 Watch It🎧 Listen Up🎧 One To Watch🎧 Feature: Jason Priestley, Oh-So Corrupt🎧 Goodbye For Now NOTES🎸 “Beggar Weeds Are Doing Their Own Thing In Their Own Time” at Paste🚔 “Here’s What Happened When The World Learned Of Pee-wee Herman’s Arrest On This Day In 1991” at Yahoo! Entertainment📬 Fan mail in the June 1990 Pop Culture episode of Listen To Sassy🎞️ Barton Fink on Hoopla💂🏻 “Bentley, Derek” at the Criminal Cases Review Commission🛼 Prayer Of The Rollerboys on YouTube📰 Sarah’s review of Adrienne at the Best Evidence newsletter📸 Sophie Hunter on Instagram☕️ Vancouver’s English Bay Café on Facebook🎭 “Talking Shop With Skeet Ulrich” at Los Angeles magazine📸 Peggy Sirota on Instagram📺 “Why Can’t TV Finales Stick A Landing?” by Tara at GQ📖 A Very Special 90210 Book📚 Exhibit B. Books🫆 Best Evidence at Reality Blurred🌴 The Again With This podcast🦋 Sarah on Bluesky🎬 One Act Film

    November 1991 Pop Culture: Shemp, Jason Priestley & Special Guest Sarah D. Bunting

  2. Aug 4

    November 1991 Teen Life: Divorce, Seafood & The Possibility Of A Female President

    The next U.S. presidential election is a year away, so why not start thinking about candidates outside typical power structures — maybe the first female president could be Lynda Barry! Or Queen Latifah! Or Cindy Crawford even! Then again, if this month’s What He Said is anything to go by, the (good) guys Sassy talks to would TOTALLY vote for a woman but don’t think other hypothetical (bad) guys would, so: better put a pin in this for the next 30 to 60 years. The issue also gets into real girls’ stories of their parents’ terrible divorces; how to get into college even if your SAT scores stink; Karen’s recently deceased friend Aaron; and why you should be at least a little scared of eating fish. You don’t need to be scared of our latest episode, though — come on in, the water’s fine! QUICK LINKS🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our website🖼️ Check out this episode's Visual Aids☎️ Call The Hotline! Leave your questions, comments and Sassy stories on the hotline at 720-SASSY-GO or record directly on our site🦋 @ListenToSassy on Bluesky📷 @ListenToSassy on Instagram🧑‍💻 Visit our website ListenToSassy.com🛍️ Shop the LTS Store JOIN THE LTS CLUB AND GET THE GOODIES📖 Full cover-to-cover magazine PDFs💬 Chat with us and your fellow listeners on Discord🐣 Get episodes earlier than the general public🚫 Ad free episodes with chapter markers🤩 Join the Listen To Sassy Club today!💖 Already a club member? Check out the Pinned Patreon Primer Post. TOPICS🎧 It Is November 1991🎧 Feature: Lynda Barry For President🎧 Feature : Totally Hilarious Divorce Stories🎧 Body Talk🎧 What He Said: Could A Woman Be President?🎧 Help🎧 Stuff You Wrote🎧 Goodbye For Now🎧 They Set Me Up🎧 Alfa Romeo NOTES✏️ Linda Barry’s Cruddy at Simon & Schuster😫 “Hernias In Women: Risk Factors, Symptoms And Prevention” at Brown Health

    November 1991 Teen Life: Divorce, Seafood & The Possibility Of A Female President

  3. Jul 21

    October 1991 Slumber Party: Relationship Readiness, Sunburn Trauma & Model Privilege

    You might think that the October 1991 quiz, "Are You Relationship-Ready?," would be a cinch for your three married co-hosts, two of whom are married to each other. ...Actually, if you've been listening for a while, you might not think that at all. After sharing our range of results, it's on to your latest calls about everything from how bad Neill sucks to whether Sheila Heti should count her days. Finally, we look back on "Probe," the reader survey from the preview issue of Dirt, and almost make it all the way down the first column of questions! More to come there, but for now, pour something tasty in your color-changing mug and join us! QUICK LINKS🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our website🖼️ Check out this episode's Visual Aids☎️ Call The Hotline! Leave your questions, comments and Sassy stories on the hotline at 720-SASSY-GO or record directly on our site🦋 @ListenToSassy on Bluesky📷 @ListenToSassy on Instagram🧑‍💻 Visit our website ListenToSassy.com🛍️ Shop the LTS Store JOIN THE LTS CLUB AND GET THE GOODIES📖 Full cover-to-cover magazine PDFs💬 Chat with us and your fellow listeners on Discord🐣 Get episodes earlier than the general public🚫 Ad free episodes with chapter markers🤩 Join the Listen To Sassy Club today!💖 Already a club member? Check out the Pinned Patreon Primer Post. TOPICS🎧 It Is October 1991🎧 Quiz: Are You Relationship-Ready?🎧 From The Hotline🎧 Probe

    October 1991 Slumber Party: Relationship Readiness, Sunburn Trauma & Model Privilege

  4. Jul 7

    October 1991 Fashion Etc.: Model Height, Coat Choice & 99¢ Treasures

    The one thing everyone knows about modeling is that they want you to be tall. Nancy Brensson, one of the cover models for December's reader-produced issue, thinks she should still give it a shot at 5'6". How does it go? Spoiler: pretty much how you'd expect. (Sorry!) Height does keep coming up, though, from 5'11" Janet in an all-Sassy fashion/beauty staff editorial spread to a 5'1" Zits And Stuff letter writer/aspiring basketball player who wants to increase her vertical jump. Milla Jovovich presumably feels safe talking shit about Christina since at 5'9" Milla probably towers over her. All that plus coats, lipstick, and what we'd buy from a back-of-the-issue Teen Sale awaits you in our latest episode! QUICK LINKS🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our website🖼️ Check out this episode's Visual Aids☎️ Call The Hotline! Leave your questions, comments and Sassy stories on the hotline at 720-SASSY-GO or record directly on our site🦋 @ListenToSassy on Bluesky📷 @ListenToSassy on Instagram🧑‍💻 Visit our website ListenToSassy.com🛍️ Shop the LTS Store JOIN THE LTS CLUB AND GET THE GOODIES📖 Full cover-to-cover magazine PDFs💬 Chat with us and your fellow listeners on Discord🐣 Get episodes earlier than the general public🚫 Ad free episodes with chapter markers🤩 Join the Listen To Sassy Club today!💖 Already a club member? Check out the Pinned Patreon Primer Post. TOPICS🎧 It Is September 1991🎧 Fashion Feature: Watch This Girl Become A Model🎧 Fashion Feature: Choose🎧 Fashion Feature: I Would Totally Wear That🎧 About Face🎧 Zits And Stuff🎧 Sassy Ads🎧 Diary: Kimmum Is Feeling Neglected🎧 Say What🎧 Inside Out: Your Idea Here🎧 Goodbye For Now NOTES💄 Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Toast Of New York🛳️ "I Really Didn't Want To Go" at Harper's1️⃣ "Robbie Nevil - Just Like You" on YouTube👧🏻 Girls Of A Certain Age, Kim France's newsletter🍗 "What Are Chicken Nuggets Made Of?" at WebMD📺 My So-Called Life recaps at Again With Again With This🎭 One Act

    October 1991 Fashion Etc.: Model Height, Coat Choice & 99¢ Treasures

  5. Jun 23

    October 1991 Pop Culture: Escalators, Mudhoney & Bulgarian Wedding Music

    After being so excited in the October 1991 Teen Life episode that the Ian Svenonius era was over, HERE HE IS AGAIN in What Now, along with stories on Wig Out, Brad Pitt, and Bulgarian wedding music. Your co-hosts are bitterly divided on the films of Mike Leigh, but come back together on Mary's Danish. Did One To Watch live up to his designation? Was Mike's report on his time as an extra in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare scooped up after getting cut from Dirt? We discuss this and much more in our latest episode! QUICK LINKS🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our website🖼️ Check out this episode's Visual Aids☎️ Call The Hotline! Leave your questions, comments and Sassy stories on the hotline at 720-SASSY-GO or record directly on our site🦋 @ListenToSassy on Bluesky📷 @ListenToSassy on Instagram🧑‍💻 Visit our website ListenToSassy.com🛍️ Shop the LTS Store JOIN THE LTS CLUB AND GET THE GOODIES📖 Full cover-to-cover magazine PDFs💬 Chat with us and your fellow listeners on Discord🐣 Get episodes earlier than the general public🚫 Ad free episodes with chapter markers🤩 Join the Listen To Sassy Club today!💖 Already a club member? Check out the Pinned Patreon Primer Post. TOPICS🎧 It Is October 1991🎧 What Now🎧 Watch It🎧 Listen Up🎧 Feature: I Killed Freddy Krueger🎧 Goodbye For Now NOTES👩🏽‍🦳 Wig Out online👤 In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story on YouTube🍽️ The Famine Within🍭 Life Is Sweet on The Criterion Channel👮🏻‍♂️ "I Fought The Law" by Mary's Danish on YouTube🧾 Tara's review of Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed at GQ

    October 1991 Pop Culture: Escalators, Mudhoney & Bulgarian Wedding Music

  6. Jun 9

    October 1991 Teen Life: Best Friendship, Sweat Glands & The Sassiest Boy They Could Find

    Can you maintain a close relationship with your best friends from high school? What's it like to have a port wine birthmark? How many guys say they've been cheated on? And…what's up with the Israeli-Palestinian peace process? One of these things is obviously not like the others, which is why we leave it to you to discover rather than wading into the quagmire ourselves. But! We also tell you about Mike Clark, the adorable new Sassiest Boy In America; an enjoyably offbeat fiction story; and what we think of abbreviating the word "tampons" to just "'pons." Light some incense -- ASSUMING YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE THAT A BUNCH THIS WEEK -- and join us! QUICK LINKS🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our website🖼️ Check out this episode's Visual Aids☎️ Call The Hotline! Leave your questions, comments and Sassy stories on the hotline at 720-SASSY-GO or record directly on our site🦋 @ListenToSassy on Bluesky📷 @ListenToSassy on Instagram🧑‍💻 Visit our website ListenToSassy.com🛍️ Shop the LTS Store JOIN THE LTS CLUB AND GET THE GOODIES📖 Full cover-to-cover magazine PDFs💬 Chat with us and your fellow listeners on Discord🐣 Get episodes earlier than the general public🚫 Ad free episodes with chapter markers🤩 Join the Listen To Sassy Club today!💖 Already a club member? Check out the Pinned Patreon Primer Post. TOPICS🎧 It Is October 1991🎧 Feature: Best Friends: Can They Last Or What?🎧 Feature: Israeli And Palestinian Kids Tell You Why They Can’t Live In Peace🎧 Feature: Mike: The Sassiest Boy We Could Find🎧 Fiction: Friends & Rivals🎧 Body Talk🎧 What He Said: Have You Ever Been Cheated On?🎧 Help For Him🎧 On The Road: Portland, OR🎧 It Happened To Me: Port Wine Birthmark🎧 Stuff You Wrote🎧 Goodbye For Now NOTES🍔 Jamie's Hamburgers commercial on YouTube🦌 "That One Time Portland Was In 'Sassy' In 1991" in PDX Monthly📖 Sheila Heti on Wikipedia🔮 Liz Wermcrantz on TikTok🥴 The Drunk Dave episode of Extra Extra Hot Great🎬 The One Act Film website

    October 1991 Teen Life: Best Friendship, Sweat Glands & The Sassiest Boy They Could Find

  7. May 26

    September 1991 Slumber Party: School Phobia, Soup & Satisfaction

    Are you school-phobic? Given that most of our listeners who regularly get near a school are probably students' parents or teachers, we...hope not? But we mentally traveled back in time to take Sassy's September 1991 quiz, "Are You School-Phobic?," to rate ourselves from our high school days. Then it's time to listen to your latest calls: you're listening to Good Hang, taking your kids to swim meets, mixing up VERY similar words for VERY different concepts, and so much more! Get into it! QUICK LINKS🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our website☎️ Call The Hotline! Leave your questions, comments and Sassy stories on the hotline at 720-SASSY-GO or record directly on our site🦋 @ListenToSassy on Bluesky📷 @ListenToSassy on Instagram🧑‍💻 Visit our website ListenToSassy.com🛍️ Shop the LTS Store JOIN THE LTS CLUB AND GET THE GOODIES📖 Full cover-to-cover magazine PDFs💬 Chat with us and your fellow listeners on Discord🐣 Get episodes earlier than the general public🚫 Ad free episodes with chapter markers🤩 Join the Listen To Sassy Club today!💖 Already a club member? Check out the Pinned Patreon Primer Post. TOPICS🎧 It Is September 1991🎧 From The Hotline🎧 Goodbye For Now NOTES📚 A Very Special 90210 Book at McNally Jackson🌙 Tara's review of the Late Show series finale at GQ🎞️ The website for Pam's documentary film One Act

    September 1991 Slumber Party: School Phobia, Soup & Satisfaction

  8. May 12

    September 1991 Special: Dirt Preview Issue

    From our current place in world history, we know that Dirt -- the Sassy offshoot targeted at Sassy readers' boyfriends, brothers, and friends from the skate park -- had a brief but interesting run. But in September 1991, Dirt was just a dream that required a preview issue as proof of concept, and it came to Sassy readers along with that month's issue of its parent magazine. Is it obvious that this publication is going anywhere? Find out as we walk you all the way through the whole damn thing, from instructions on how to shower to instructions on how to construct a zip gun! QUICK LINKS🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our website🖼️ Check out this episode's Visual Aids☎️ Call The Hotline! Leave your questions, comments and Sassy stories on the hotline at 720-SASSY-GO or record directly on our site🦋 @ListenToSassy on Bluesky📷 @ListenToSassy on Instagram🧑‍💻 Visit our website ListenToSassy.com🛍️ Shop the LTS Store JOIN THE LTS CLUB AND GET THE GOODIES📖 Full cover-to-cover magazine PDFs💬 Chat with us and your fellow listeners on Discord🐣 Get episodes earlier than the general public🚫 Ad free episodes with chapter markers🤩 Join the Listen To Sassy Club today!💖 Already a club member? Check out the Pinned Patreon Primer Post. TOPICS🎧 It Is September 1991🎧 What Gives?🎧 Junk Drawer🎧 Feature: Hard Knowledge: A Gangster’s Story🎧 Name: Ian MacKaye & Jeff Stanton🎧 Fiction: Rain, Trains, & Pain🎧 Fashion Feature: Low Maintenance🎧 “Hey Baby, What’s Your Sign?”🎧 A View From The Crowd🎧 Grooming🎧 Dirt Ads🎧 Goodball For Now NOTES🎶 Dischord Records📏 "Ian Mackaye on Straight-Edge movement..." on Reddit🏍️ Jeff Stanton Adventures🍎 Sidral Mundet🍔 "Can Working In Fast Food Cause Acne? (With 5 Skin Care Tips)" at Shoes For Crews👟 "Nike Air Mowabb Returns In Historic Fashion, So Why Aren't Sneakerheads Happy?" at Man Of Many😼 Josh Gosfield's website🗽 Gosfield's "Censorship Is Unamerican" painting

    September 1991 Special: Dirt Preview Issue
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From 1988-1994, Sassy was the coolest magazine going for Gen-X teens. Celebrate that golden time by joining Tara Ariano, Pamela Ribon and David T. Cole for a deep dive into every one of its 80 glorious issues and remember what it was like hanging out with Jane, Christina, Catherine, Karen, and the whole crew, learning What Now, What Next, and so much more!

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  • Creator
    Tara Ariano, Pamela Ribon and David T. Cole
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    178
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Tara Ariano, Pamela Ribon and David T. Cole
  • Show Website
    Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90s

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