Love YA Like Crazy

Jacob Haller
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Rants about young adult books and fiction. Spoilers and swearing abound!

  1. 10/13/2025

    Josie and the Pussycats (2001)

    I thought I'd bring this release of Patreon bonus to a close here, with a rerelease of a bonus episode we recorded in 2018. What do you do when you see one of your best friends for the first time in almost a year? You watch the 2001 movie Josie and the Pussycats! In this bonus episode, we talk about this baffling yet entertaining piece of early 2000s cinematic entertainment. Also discussed: McDonald's themed showers and one of Jake's more interesting music gigs. The theme song is "JOSIE HAS THE UPPER HAND" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/

    1h 2m

  2. 10/06/2025

    Jake reacts to the Ready Player One movie

    Jake saw 'Ready Player One' shortly after it came out in 2018, and decided the same night to record a quick bonus episode about the book, the movie, and how they relate. You can hear a fuller discussion of the book on an early episode of Love YA Like Crazy, and you can hear the Please Don't Send Me Into Outer Space podcast's take on the movie in a special episode they released recently. And you can read Jake's thoughts on another recent YA adaptation, 'A Wrinkle In Time', on his Dreamwidth blog.

    15 min

  3. 09/29/2025

    Carrie & Jake react to a marketing email

    Here's an outtake from another episode of Love YA Like Crazy, in which we make fun of a marketing email for around seven and a half minutes. This episode's theme song is 'Surfing' by Komiku, which I found through WFMU's Free Music Archive.

    8 min
  4. Mystic Riverdale: Riverdale Chapter 13

    09/21/2025

    Mystic Riverdale: Riverdale Chapter 13

    Back in 2017, Carrie and Jake recorded recaps of season 1 of Riverdale, and we've been rereleasing them on the main feed. With this episode, we've reached the final episode, in which things happen. Does Sheriff Keller keep the key to the jail under the welcome mat at the front door? Can one be a murderous, kidnapping thug and the best father in town? Does Pop's take payment in spider brooches? How bad is Archie on the scale of Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper to Moxie Cola? Where do you get pig's blood from, anyway? None of these questions, and more, are answered in this week's episode of 'Mystic Riverdale', in which we discuss Riverdale Chapter 13: The Sweet Hereafter. The theme song is "JOSIE HAS THE UPPER HAND" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/

    56 min
  5. Pop's Choklit Shoppe Goes The Weasel: Riverdale Chapter 12

    09/20/2025

    Pop's Choklit Shoppe Goes The Weasel: Riverdale Chapter 12

    Back in 2017, we recorded recaps of season 1 of Riverdale. In this one, we discussed issues like: Is the Man-Thing going to have a Riverdale cameo? How many times can the word 'incest' be said in a single episode of network TV? What celebrities with the initials 'HL' might be guilty ... of murder??? Who's a bigger jerk: Principal Weatherbee or Sheriff Keller? To hear our takes on these questions and others, listen to this week's episode of 'Pop's Choklit Shoppe Goes The Weasel', in which Carrie and Jake discuss Riverdale Chapter 12: Anatomy of a Murder. The theme song is "JOSIE HAS THE UPPER HAND" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/

    39 min
  6. Riverdale Song: Riverdale Chapter 11

    09/19/2025

    Riverdale Song: Riverdale Chapter 11

    If you ever wanted to hear us say 'Toledo' in the most dejected way possible, today's episode of 'Riverdale Song' is for you! In this episode, recorded in 2017, Carrie and Jake recap Riverdale Chapter Eleven: To Riverdale and Back Again, discuss the joys of being the worst, and engage in a rare bit of self-censorship. How bad is Archie on a scale of a nice dinner to a zombie apocalypse? Tune in to find out! The theme song is "JOSIE HAS THE UPPER HAND" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/

    46 min
  7. Cheryl-y You're Joking: Riverdale Chapter 10

    09/18/2025

    Cheryl-y You're Joking: Riverdale Chapter 10

    Back in 2017, the Bad Decision Dinosaur was particularly busy in Riverdale Chapter 10: The Lost Weekend, and Carrie decided to stage a friendtervention with her cohost Jake about it. What is Betty's least favorite word? Can Archie manage to throw a worse party than the Blossoms? Why does Jughead make our hearts hurt? Just how great is the democratic process? Old secrets are revealed, and new secrets made up, in this week's episode of 'Cheryl-y You're Joking', in which we learn that you can take a snake out of the South Side, but you can't make it drink. The theme song is "JOSIE HAS THE UPPER HAND" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/

    38 min
  8. Riverdale Phoenix: Riverdale Chapter 9

    09/18/2025

    Riverdale Phoenix: Riverdale Chapter 9

    Back in 2017, Carrie and Jake drank gutter water and watched the Riverdale episode that IMDB users claim is the worst of the season. We didn't hate it, though. Also, Jake reads some poetry, Carrie gets a little pervy about Jughead and Cheryl, and Jake texts Carrie about Val. All this, and more, in this week's episode of 'Riverdale Phoenix', in which Carrie and Jake discuss Riverdale Chapter 9: La Grande Illusion. The theme song is "JOSIE HAS THE UPPER HAND" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/

    41 min
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Rants about young adult books and fiction. Spoilers and swearing abound!

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  • Creator
    Jacob Haller
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2025
  • Episodes
    89
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Distributed under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license. Some rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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    Love YA Like Crazy