Leftist Teen Drama

Media & Entertainment Podcasts

A podcast celebrating political moments on TV teen dramas, hosted by union communicator and teen drama enthusiast Maria DiPasquale. Produced by Jeff McHale, with art by Maddy Wiryo (logo + season 1) and Charles O’Leary (seasons 2-5, movie specials)

Episodes

EMERGENCY SPECIAL EP: RIP James Van Der Beek

MOVIE SPECIAL: 'Samantha: An American Girl Holiday'

#44 - The Politics of Coming of Age in Northern Ireland During the Troubles as a Catholic Teen Girl, As Seen On ‘Say Nothing’ and ‘Derry Girls’

#43 - Bayside Teachers Deserve Better: The ‘Saved By The Bell’ Teachers’ Strike Episode

#42 - ‘They Censored His Radio Show!’: Hillman College Students Stage a Sit-In on ‘A Different World’

#41 - A Summer Romance Teen Drama Set in the Imperial Core: Postcolonial Class Consciousness in ‘We Were Liars’ Season 1

#40 - Inside the Fleeting Yet Inherently Political World of ‘Freaks and Geeks’

#39 - Benny Scanlon’s Millennial Queer College Journey On ‘Overcompensating’ (So Far)

#38 - ‘Genera+ion’ Takes On The Messiness and Complexity of Gen Z Teen Politics

#37 - ‘We’re Not Moving Until It Gets Fixed’: Isaac Goodwin, Aisha Green, and Disability Justice on ‘Sex Education’

#36 - Paige Michalchuk Is Not Your Poor Thing: An Abolitionist Take On The First ‘Degrassi’ Sexual Assault Plotline

#35 - #Starving4Change At UMKC: The Black Student Union Protest Movement in ‘Switched At Birth’ Season 5

Introducing: Leftist Teen Drama Season 5

MOVIE SPECIAL: 'Camp Rock'

SPECIAL EP: Leftist Teen Drama In Conversation with Thea Glassman

MOVIE SPECIAL: ‘Moxie’

EMERGENCY SPECIAL EP: RIP Michelle Trachtenberg

SPECIAL EP: Leftist Teen Drama In Conversation with Colette Shade

#34 - Dan Humphrey, Vanessa Abrams, and A Bunch of ‘Overprivileged, Underparented Trust Fund Brats’ (Analyzing Class Dynamics on ‘Gossip Girl’)

#33 - The Secret Life of British Teenagers in the South Asian Diaspora, According to ‘Some Girls,’ ‘Ackley Bridge,’ ‘Sex Education,’ and ‘Waterloo Road’