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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast
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A podcast celebrating political moments on TV teen dramas, hosted by Maria DiPasquale. Seasons 1-4 now streaming; Season 5 coming Fall 2025
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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · Nov 28
Leftist Teen Drama: a podcast for the girlies who know that “OC” is both shorthand for an organizing committee and an iconic early 2000s teen drama 💅
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✨EP 40 OUT NOW✨ @mariadip.bsky.social is joined by fellow union comrade and Freaks and Geeks superfan Margaret McCaughlin to break down the political themes of the show’s one and only season, which is firmly set in the 1980-1981 school year. #FreaksandGeeks
a stylized light blue collage-y episode cover with an image of Lindsay Weir on Freaks and Geeks standing up to ask a question of the vice president of the U.S. and the intersex character Amy playing her tuba at the same assembly; along with text: “Leftist Teen Drama,” “Inside the Fleeting Yet Inherently Political World of ‘Freaks and Geeks’” Feat Margaret McCaughlin” and “Ep 40.”
November 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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💖TRAILER DROP💖 Inside the Fleeting Yet Inherently Political World of ‘Freaks and Geeks’ | @mariadip.bsky.social feat Margaret McCaughlin

Episode #40 of #LeftistTeenDrama premieres Sun, Nov 16, everywhere you get your podcasts!
November 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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💗EP 39 CLIP💗 Benny’s queer journey, from reckoning with his identity to slowly beginning to share it with the world, is unrushed and maybe that’s part of why it feels so genuine!

@mariadip.bsky.social, Abir, & Jillian break down #Overcompensating Season 1 on #LeftistTeenDrama Ep 39, now streaming!
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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✨EP 39 OUT NOW✨ @mariadip.bsky.social is appropriately joined by two of her fellow millennial teen drama Internet friends, Abir Mohammad and Jillian Bonanne, to break down the queer college journey of Benny Scanlon on Season 1 of #Overcompensating.
a stylized orange collage-y episode cover with an image of Benny Scanlon on Overcompensating in his underwear for a secret society ritual, overlaying a black and white picture of Benny and Carmen sitting on one of their beds laughing at something on a laptop; along with text: “Leftist Teen Drama,” “Benny Scanlon’s Millennial Queer College Journey On ‘Overcompensating’ (So Far) Feat Abir Mohammad and Jillian Bonanne,” and “Ep 39.”
November 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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💖TRAILER DROP💖 Benny Scanlon’s Millennial Queer College Journey On ‘Overcompensating’ (So Far) | @mariadip.bsky.social feat Abir Mohammad and Jillian Bonanne

Episode #39 of #LeftistTeenDrama premieres Sun, Nov 9, everywhere you get your podcasts! #Overcompensating
November 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Chester Morris 🤝 Rickie Vasquez 🤝 Thoughtful Costume Designers That Authentically Depicted Working Class Queer Teens of Color

Episode 38 of #LeftistTeenDrama is now streaming, all about the 2021 HBO Max teen drama Genera+ion with @mariadip.bsky.social feat Dondré Taylor-Stewart!
November 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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✨EP 38 OUT NOW✨ In fulfillment of a listener request from @/vanesawye on Tumblr, Maria & recurring guest Dondré Taylor-Stewart break down the HBO Max teen drama Genera+ion. This short but impactful show is packed with political moments, from Chester’s recurring experience of getting dress coded...
a stylized purple collage-y episode cover with an image of Chester Morris on Genera+ion wearing a scandalous outfit he gets dress coded for, overlaying a black and white picture of some of the other teen cast members of the show, along with text: “Leftist Teen Drama,” “‘Genera+ion’ Takes On The Messiness and Complexity of Gen Z Teen Politics Feat Dondré Taylor-Stewart,” and “Ep 38.”
November 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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💖TRAILER DROP💖 'Genera+ion' Takes On The Messiness and Complexity of Gen Z Teen Politics | @mariadip.bsky.social feat Dondré Taylor-Stewart

Episode #38 of #LeftistTeenDrama premieres Sun, Nov 2, everywhere you get your podcasts!
November 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Tag yourself @ the Cavendish College sit-in: I’m Ms. Masters

Episode 37 of #LeftistTeenDrama is all about #SexEducation’s Season 4 disability justice plotlines, now streaming wherever you get your podcasts!
October 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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💗EP 37 CLIP💗 On the latest episode of #LeftistTeenDrama, Kelly Diaz and Sasha Blair-Goldensohn explain the “Curb Cut Effect!”

Stream Ep 37 now to hear us discuss wheelchair user Isaac Goodwin’s fight to make Cavendish College wheelchair accessible on #SexEducation Season 4! ♿
October 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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✨EP 37 OUT NOW✨ Maria is joined by recurring guest Kelly Diaz and disability rights activist Sasha Blair-Goldensohn to talk about disability justice on both #SexEducation and in real life.
a stylized light green collage-y episode cover with an image of Isaac Goodwin on Sex Education protesting the broken elevator at his school and text: “Leftist Teen Drama,” “‘We’re Not Moving Until It Gets Fixed’: Isaac Goodwin, Aisha Green, and Disability Justice on ‘Sex Education’ feat Kelly Diaz and Sasha Blair-Goldensohn,” and “Ep 37.”
October 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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💖TRAILER DROP💖 ‘We’re Not Moving Until It Gets Fixed’: Isaac Goodwin, Aisha Green, and Disability Justice on ‘Sex Education’ | @mariadip.bsky.social feat Kelly Diaz and Sasha Blair-Goldensohn

Episode #37 of #LeftistTeenDrama premieres Sun, Oct 26, everywhere you get your podcasts!
October 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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✨EP 36 OUT NOW✨ @mariadip.bsky.social is joined by Rosalie Murray and Kelly Gilbert to discuss Paige Michalchuk’s sexual assault plotline as depicted over several seasons of #Degrassi. Similar to Tim Riggins’ arc that we discussed in Episode #7, this plotline begs for an abolitionist reading.
a stylized orange, black, and white collage-y episode cover with an image of Paige Michalchuk on Degrassi with a guitar performing the song “Poor Thing” and text: “Leftist Teen Drama,” “Paige Michalchuk Is Not Your Poor Thing: An Abolitionist Take On The First ‘Degrassi’ Sexual Assault Plotline feat Rosalie Murray and Kelly Gilbert,” and “Ep 36.”
October 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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💖TRAILER DROP💖 Paige Michalchuk Is Not Your Poor Thing: An Abolitionist Take On The First ‘Degrassi’ Sexual Assault Plotline | @mariadip.bsky.social feat Rosalie Murray & Kelly Gilbert

Episode #36 of #LeftistTeenDrama premieres Sun, Oct 19, everywhere you get your podcasts!
October 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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#LeftistTeenDrama is a podcast celebrating political moments on TV teen dramas, hosted by @mariadip.bsky.social (hi, I made this collage in my new junk journal!) Season 5 of the pod is currently airing with new eps streaming on Sundays thru Dec 14, 2025! Listen wherever you get podcasts✨ #collage
a green, white, pink, red, black, and blue collage with patterned paper and star stickers and a bow and various images of characters in TV teen dramas participating in political protests, along with LEFTIST TEEN DRAMA and other political words like "they have money, we have the people," "unions," "workers," and "Revolutions."
October 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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✨EP 35 OUT NOW✨ In the #LeftistTeenDrama Season 5 premiere, @mariadip.bsky.social is joined by Kelly Diaz to discuss one of the most comprehensive student protest movements that Kelly analyzed in her dissertation on depictions of youth activism on television.
a stylized light purple and white collage-y episode cover with images from Switched at Birth Season 5’s Black Student Union protest plotline and text: “Leftist Teen Drama,” “#Starving4Change At UMKC: The Black Student Union Protest Movement in ‘Switched At Birth’ Season 5,’ feat Kelly Diaz,” and “Ep 35.”
October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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💖TRAILER DROP💖#Starving4Change At UMKC: The Black Student Union Protest Movement in ‘Switched At Birth’ Season 5

@mariadip.bsky.social feat Kelly Diaz

Episode #35 of #LeftistTeenDrama premieres Sun, Oct 12, everywhere you get your podcasts!
October 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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🎀 #LeftistTeenDrama Season 5 ⭐TRAILER DROP⭐

Season 5 is filled with a stacked cast of new and returning guests, and I’m happy to announce that, for the first time since 2022, this season has been extended to 10 episodes!
October 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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💗SEASON 5 SHOW REVEAL💗

Here’s our annual reveal of the shows we’re covering this season on #LeftistTeenDrama! Trailer drops Sunday, Oct 5, so stay tuned!
October 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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that moment while recording #LeftistTeenDrama season 5 earlier when we realized all of our favorite movies are teen movies 🫡🤝

Maria: Heathers
Abir: High School Musical 3
Jillian: Mean Girls
September 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Right after I posted this, I tried to start the new ep for a sixth or seventh time and it worked! COMPLAINING WORKS 🫡 #TheSummerITurnedPretty
August 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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✨MOVIE SPECIAL OUT NOW✨ Welcome back to #LeftistTeenDrama's series of special episodes covering political moments in teen movies! Maria is joined by twins and self-professed “camp freaks” Kelly and MG Gilbert to break down all the class conflict inherent to the plot of Camp Rock!
a screencap of Camp Rock showing a photo of characters Tess and Mitchie overlaid with “Leftist Teen Drama” and more text: “MOVIE SPECIAL Camp Rock feat Kelly Gilbert and MG Gilbert.”
August 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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🚨TRAILER DROP🚨 The fourth Leftist Teen Drama Movie Special covering ‘Camp Rock’ with @mariadip.bsky.social feat Kelly and MG Gilbert premieres Sunday, August 10, 2025, everywhere you get your podcasts. #LeftistTeenDrama
August 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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MOVIE REVEAL: our fourth Leftist Teen Drama Movie Special is…2008’s Camp Rock! Self professed camp freaks Kelly Gilbert and MG Gilbert join @mariadip.bsky.social for this fun summer romp feat. a ton of class anxiety. Trailer coming this week, episode dropping August 10! #LeftistTeenDrama
a screencap from the movie Camp Rock showing Mitchie eating lunch in the dining hall with the rich girl characters she is lying to. Overlaying the screencap is text reading “MOVIE REVEAL: Camp Rock” and the pink Leftist Teen Drama logo.
August 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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forgive me, father, for i have sinned (peeked at the summer i turned pretty spoilers during the work day)
July 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM