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It's not a prank, fam. It's the 2023 annual Christmas Special of AYTP! Every holiday season we gather to talk about a movie (not a book) with a special guest. This time it was our friend Adam, of "Don't Tell Mom The Baby-Sitter's Dead" episode fame. This one was a spooky, cozy Christmas slasher (the first ever?) about coeds being tormented by an obscene phone caller! Would have made a great YA boo...

Surprise! Sorry about the delay, horse girls. Here's an episode from behind our paywall to tide you over. In these Patreon bonus episodes, we talk about teen movies! Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead is a classic and one of Jessica's favorites. In this one, we're also joined by our good pal Adam from Shelf Life and Scrambled Transmissions. Wanna support us? Go to  patreon.com/areyoutherepod  fo...

It's auto-bio time again, fam. But unlike with Alice and Jay, this seems to be based on actual events. Little Girl Lost was written by a 14 (!) year old Drew Barrymore (with Todd Gold). From a shockingly young age, she got up to some STUFF. Beloved special guest host Katie Lilly (aka the haunted outfit) fills in for Josh, and offers great insight into Drew's party era, as well as her current role...

We watched Poison Ivy (1992) starring Drew Barrymore over on the bonus feed! To hear the rest of this episode, subscribe at  PATREON.COM/AREYOUTHEREPOD  .

The YA book: Credit-Card Carole  by Sheila Solomon Klass The target: global capitalism We take it all down on this episode, fam. Wave goodbye to your misogynist credit score! You won't need legal tender in the Mad Max world we're about to enter--just a pair of earbuds and a podcast. --- Wanna support us? Go to  patreon.com/areyoutherepod  for bonus episodes and exclusive AYTP merch! Instagram: @ar...

Enjoy this clip of our discussion of Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)! We were joined by special guest Adam T. of AUX podcast fame. To hear the rest of this bonus episode and 12 others, please join our  Patreon!

It's our shortest title ever, fam. This one is special because we both read the book AND watched the movie (Blake just watched the movie)!  Girl by Blake Nelson is a coming-of-age tale that brings out the grunge scenester still living in all of us. But we're definitely NOT groupies, despite what the film version might tell you. Or are we? Honestly I don't know, they just make me write these show n...

Jess invites fellow Mormon Harvey Day to discuss Summergreen by Janet Cox, and the results are riveting! This one's chock full of childhood memories of the LDS Church, with its eccentric quirks and rituals. Josh and Blake--good Protestant boys--listen aghast. With all the stories, will there be time to talk about this Mormon-flavored light YA romance book? Listen and find out! Harvey also does an...

Welcome to 2022, fam! We're kicking it off with our favorite time of year: Capricorn season. This time we delve into the twisted world of The Zodiac Club once again to read and discuss Capricorn & Co. by Margie Palatini. Josh is our resident Cap, but we doubled the trouble by inviting guest favorite (and Capricorn) Crystal Lane back on the show! This one's about throwing the whole man out, dum...

We present to you the acting debut of Jessica and Blake! (old hat to Josh) For our full discussion re: 13 Going on 30 (2004), subscribe at  https://www.patreon.com/areyoutherepod  for all bonus episodes of AYTP!

We discussed the Zac Efron/Matthew Perry vehicle '17 Again' in the bonus feed. Here's a little taste for the horse girls. Contains one of Blake's beloved song parodies! For the full episode plus all of our bonus eps about teen movies, subscribe to our Patreon at  https://patreon.com/areyoutherepod Instagram: @areyoutherepod Twitter: @jimmygoosebumps Email: areyoutherepodcast@gmail.com.  Please rat...

It's the time of holiday horror, fam! Veteran guest and beloved friend Katie Lilly ( @thehauntedoutfit)  of the new  Super Chillers  podcast joins us with her expertise. Together, we once again open up RL Stine's twisted gift bag of sick pranks with his Fear Street book Silent Night. Is Reva the greatest character Jovial Bob ever concocted? Spoilers: she just might be? Also, she's just the worst p...

Happy Halloween, fam! Yes, it's technically still Halloween as I upload this. We're not late. Josh's brother Jon joins us for a spooky(?), demented tale he chose called Ma and Pa Dracula by Ann M. Martin (The Baby-Sitters Club!). Will he regret that choice? All will be revealed. What if your parents were vampires, but you were just a normal kid? That's pretty much the whole premise here. Baby-Sitt...

Fam, it's Virgo season. Or at least it was when we recorded this. You know we had to bring on our favorite Virgo (Katie Lilly AKA TheHauntedOutfit) to celebrate her birthday and also to discuss Virgo's Love Scheme (The Zodiac Club #13) by Margie Palatini! Is there a connection between virgos and virginity? Is rollerskating a good date? WHY is this the LAST Zodiac Club book? Can we revive the Club...

Hope you like elaborate treehouses, fam! Today our friend and guest fave Crystal Lane helps us discuss the strangely-named "Libby on Wednesday" by the elegantly-named Zilpha Keatley Snyder. Libby involves a writers' workshop in a treehouse. With three hosts who have taken writing workship classes, we get very VERY into that topic and all of its horrors. Prepare for some mid-2000s anecdotes from mi...

We're going to summer camp, fam! It's going to be just like Meatballs, and we're bringing our pal Tom G. Wolf along with us. Tom is a returning favorite, writer, and host of a podcast called Lupine Transmissions. In AYTP's first BSC Super Special, we get into camp prank traditions, childhood pen pals, Desert Storm trading cards, and why Mallory sucks. Instagram: @areyoutherepod Twitter: @jimmygoos...

Fam, this is an episode like no other. No book, no outline, no usual format. TWO guests: Jeffrey Canino  (writer and expert on all things horror) and Katie Lilly  (friend and artist behind The Haunted Outfit). We go around the horn and give our takes on the Netflix Fear Street trilogy (based loosely on the works of RL Stine). That's right, all three films: 1994, 1978, and the dreaded 1666. Best ou...

We're on fire, fam! And we've enlisted guest Andy Karr (Springfood, MO podcast) to come put us out. See, the factory shut down and we've been ramblin' down the backstreets ever since, the Thunder Roads...and now we're racing in the street. Damn can this guy stay out of the streets or what? Anyway, the book is about a boy who writes to Bruce Springsteen ("The Boss"). We read Dear Bruce Springsteen...

WARNING: EXTRA HORNY ADULT EPISODE   We did a grownup book this time, fam. It's by Judy Blume (writer of our namesake), but it ain't Fudge. Wifey is a book about marriage, suburban ennui, and sexy sexy sex. NOT FOR KIDS. We were lucky enough to be joined by Lacey Hopkins of the band Dreamgirl , who experienced a childhood awakening of sorts with the help of this very book. Join us!   If you like u...

Here's a clip from our discussion of the 1996 teen psychthriller FEAR starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Wahlberg. The full version has another one of Producer Blake's beloved parody songs! To hear our full bonus episodes (currently discussing teen-themed movies) subscribe to the AUX [Patreon](http://patreon.com/auxaudio) starting at $5/month! @areyoutherepod on insta @jimmygoosebumps on twitter...

It's Jessica's belated birthday, fam! And even though it's no longer Taurus season, we are tapping back into that energy for a special book named for Jess's astrological sign. Did you know they did a whole astrology YA series in the 80s, each based around one of the star signs? Me neither, but join us for the wackiness that is Taurus Trouble (The Zodiac Club #3) by Lynn J. Nichols. Next time we're...

We just recorded our first ever bonus episode for Patreon! We watched Urban Legend (1998), and then we talked about it. You don't wanna miss this one, fam. To subscribe and get the full episode, go to [patreon.com/auxaudio](http://patreon.com/auxaudio) !

We're back in the studio, fam! Well, all of us except Josh, that is. Jessica, Blake, and three-peating guest Crystal got together at AUX Headquarters for a fully vaccinated spit sesh. Josh skyped in, but he sounds pretty good! This episode we read Lila Pearl's book about a girl who fancies herself a Horror Queen for some reason, and her much cooler friend. It's Halloween in May! Sort of... Next ti...

It's prom season, fam! We did another Point horror book and this time it's about a garment that is so very cursed: Prom Dress by Lael Littke. Of course, we needed help from an expert on YA fits, so we had Katie Lilly AKA The Haunted Outfit on the show! It was great and we had a lot of fun talking about prom memories and this wacky book. You should listen--it's a dress to die for! Next episode, joi...

Fam, ya better slap on some sunscreen and grab your Wayfarers, because this ep we’re heading to California! We read Starstruck by Richie Tankersley Cusick so you will never have to (you’re welcome). Digressions include: Judy Tenuta, Emo Phillips, Pretty Woman, and creepy Hollywood hunks. And lots of Howie Mandel, for some reason. Next episode, join us for Prom Dress by Lael Littke. Katie from our...