Talking Like A Teen

On this episode of Talking Like A Teen, Ashley and Adrian take a look at the background of Blink-182’s album Neighborhoods. They take a look at the history leading up to the release of the album, including their initial hiatus, side projects, and what brought them back together. Ashley spends...a lot of time...dragging Angels & Airwaves (why did we let this pretentiousness exist), Adrian does...

Previously on the last episode of Talking Like a Teen, Ashley & Adrian started working their way through IG’s @ChillWaveKitten's 2000s indie rock bracket. After working through one half of the bracket, your hosts have reconvened to go through the other half of the bracket and each crown their own champion. They also get into a discussion about Zach Braff and The Shins, whether you can be under...

On this episode of Talking Like a Teen, two friends reunite on mic after not recording for a couple of months (because one of them moved across the country and it was a Whole Thing™) to find the world in shambles. They attempt to put the world back together in the whole way they know how--by teaming up with Instagram cool guy/music fan @ChillWaveKittens to tackle a music-meets-sports bracket discu...

On this episode of Talking Like A Teen, Adrian & Ashley TLAT™ their best trap album concept to date before diving into a music themed Q&A session. They make a pit stop into some NHL chat (which is obviously dated in that we found reason to be optimistic re: the New Jersey Devils) and try to figure out why some teams haven’t broken down and gotten a hockey dog yet. They find a way to low-ke...

On this episode of Talking Like a Teen, Ashley and Adrian take a break from their P.O.D. singalong to have a conversation about the late 1990s music scene. The hosts dust off their investigative journalism skills as they uncover the secret conservative plot known as swing music, Thom Yorke as a piece of music technology posing as a human male, and out Adrian as the President of the Evan and Jaron...

On this episode of Talking Like a Teen, Adrian and Ashley try to process the end of 2019 the only way they know--through the building of playlists. Both hosts go through...a lot...while discussing the playlists they’ve created: Adrian talks metal while Ashley takes a nap, Ashley talks pop music while Adrian cringes, and Blink-182 almost ends a friendship. They also discuss their Spotify: Wrapped s...

Looking for a fine Dwarven podcast, direct from Orzammar? You won’t find better than this episode of Talking Like a Teen, in which Adrian and Ashley wrap up their chat on BioWare games by talking about the Dragon Age series. They discuss their origins with Dragon Age Origins, their love for a certain Templar and swamp witch and Captain Janeway before discussing the hot take that tropes are good, S...

Chummily: On this episode of Talking Like A Teen, Adrian and Ashley discuss the video game series Mass Effect. Informatively: They discuss their history with the BioWare franchise, their favorite characters, and the use of morality within the franchise to cause Adrian emotional distress. Revealing: they also discuss humanity’s role within the Mass Effect setting and their desire for an elcore comp...

On this episode of Talking Like A Teen, Adrian and Ashley finish discussing their “Summer Jams” playlist. They tackle Adrian’s indie jams from the latter aughts, as well as discussing how awkward the word “aughts” actually is. Their conversation goes some places--from squeeing over the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Thermals, to getting caught up in our feelings about the National, to politics in music a...

Previously on the last episode of Talking Like A Teen, Adrian and Ashley put together a “Summer Jams” playlist that covered the 2000s decade, with each host covering half of a decade. This go-around, the duo swap half-decades and begin working on building their second playlist. They also threaten to fight every single one of you (because we value you, we promise!) before brainstorming hypothetical...

On this episode on Talking Like A Teen, Adrian and Ashley take a break from summer vacation to put together a 2000s “Summer Jams” playlist. The two outline their mental anguish for taking on such a feat, before breaking down their lists. They also get into the age-old Taking Back Sunday vs Brand New grudge match before revealing their new “Story Time!” segment. The duo also stretch their vocal cor...

On this episode of ACT A FOOL: A LUDACRIS FAN PODCAST, Adrian and Ashley continue their dive into the Fast and Furious movie franchise by looking at the (definitely superior don’t come at us) second entry: 2 Fast 2 Furious. They discuss the film’s characters and surprisingly deep themes despite a lack of plot and chat about the legitimately enjoyable soundtrack. They also spend some time wrapping...

On this episode of Talking Like a Teen, Adrian and Ashley bust out their best Ja Rule impressions for a deep dive into the first film of the high art The Fast and the Furious franchise. Adrian explains where love for this franchise first began while Ashley revisits her criminal past (purely hypothetical, you definitely can’t arrest me), and the pair begin workshopping ideas for a Guardians of the...

On this episode of Talking Like A Teen, Adrian finally makes good on his promise to spend time with Tegan and Sara’s album Heartthrob...sort of. They get into a discussion about late-era Tegan and Sara albums, and take a thorough look into the the cover album The Con X: Covers. They also discuss music laws in relation to Queen, what makes a good cover song (not you Weezer), and Alanis Morissette a...

Adrian and Ashley do a deep dive into the 2001 Garbage album beautifulgarbage.

On the first episode of Talking Like a Teen, Adrian and Ashley attend a funeral for an NHL mascot who recently passed away due to cultural overexposure and attempt to understand the 2001 No Doubt album Rock Steady. They also discuss jingles the Neptunes should’ve written, hot takes on Radiohead albums, and how Prince is a beautiful human who demands that the world come to him before getting real a...