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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. Season 5 now airing on Sundays thru Dec 14, 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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💖TRAILER DROP💖 ‘They Censored His Radio Show!’: Hillman College Students Stage a Sit-In on ‘A Different World’ | @mariadip.bsky.social feat Dondré Taylor-Stewart

Episode #42 of #LeftistTeenDrama premieres Sun, Nov 30, everywhere you get your podcasts! #ADifferentWorld
November 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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#LeftistTeenDrama Episode Guide: Thanksgiving Edition

Fuck a colonial holiday, but we love a chaotic teen drama Thanksgiving episode!

(Watch My Life with the Walter Boys 1x05 to learn more about why our Native comrades call it a Day of Mourning!)
LEFTIST TEEN DRAMA GUIDE “Thanksgiving” teen drama episodes (aka the only good thing about this colonial holiday) with a screenshot of a Gossip Girl Thanksgiving ep with the subtitles: (Jason Derulo and Imogen Heap) MM, WHATCHA SAY?
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Not so hot take: neither #TheSummerITurnedPretty nor #WeWereLiars are “silly little summer shows.”

On both #LeftistTeenDrama Ep 39 and Ep 41, Maria and guests Jillian, Abir, and Kelly went on tangents about some of the teen drama discourse from Summer 2025!
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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✨EP 41 OUT NOW✨ At first glance, #WeWereLiars might seem like any other rich kid teen drama, but this show goes much deeper with its anticapitalist and anticolonial messages than most. Maria and Kelly Diaz break down the entire first season, as the Liars –
a stylized teal collage-y episode cover with an image of Gat, Johnny, Mirren, and Cadence in We Were Liars on the beach in the background and an image of Cadence and Gat embracing in the foreground; along with text: “Leftist Teen Drama,” “#41 - A Summer Romance Teen Drama Set in the Imperial Core: Postcolonial Class Consciousness in ‘We Were Liars’ Season 1” Feat Kelly Diaz” and “Ep 41.”
November 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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💖TRAILER DROP💖 A Summer Romance Teen Drama Set in the Imperial Core: Postcolonial Class Consciousness in ‘We Were Liars’ Season 1 | @mariadip.bsky.social feat Kelly Diaz

Episode #41 of #LeftistTeenDrama premieres Sun, Nov 23, everywhere you get your podcasts!
November 22, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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We love @coletteshade.bsky.social! Her book Y2K is the perfect holiday gift for the millennial in your life (and make sure to recommend your loved one listen to our ep with Colette afterwards😉)
November 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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My 2025 film journal entry for #CampRock, the latest #LeftistTeenDrama movie special w/ Maria feat Kelly and MG! (now streaming wherever you get your podcasts!)
a page out of a film junk journal with a collage spread for the movie CAMP ROCK (2008) watched july 10, 2025. The collage includes colorful backgrounds and lake and music injury alongside stills from the movie and bead letters that read “THIS IS REAL THIS IS ME” and a collage cut out that reads “classism,” with a background of a light pink notebook paper.
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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💗EP 40 CLIP💗 To this day, Amy’s storyline on #FreaksandGeeks remains a groundbreaking depiction of intersex representation. @mariadip.bsky.social and @magsmclaugh.bsky.social break it all down on #LeftistTeenDrama Ep 40, now streaming wherever you get podcasts!
November 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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I was on my dear friend @mariadip.bsky.social’s podcast talking about freaks & geeks 🥹 it was so much fun I’ve seen the show like 40 times you should watch it, and if you have, listen to our pod cast!
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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 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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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