Talks in Class

Jenna takes us back to the '90s and early 2000s to talk about some of the most popular foods and snacks we loved as kids. From sugary drinks to the best after-school snacks to candy disguised as kids' cereals, she reminisces on some of the best, the worst, and the weirdest, and also shares a "what I ate in a day" from the early 2000s.

Continuing on our theme of early-school-year topics, this week Jenna discusses one of the most exciting weeks of the entire school year: Homecoming week. She shares some of her high school's homecoming traditions, some favorite homecoming memories, and of course, reminisces on her favorite HoCo dance looks.

We're heading back to the pre-digital age to talk about Jenna's favorite physical medium: magazines. Jenna discusses the importance of magazines as entertainment and a source of information, from fashion trends to beauty tips to relationship advice, in the days before everything was online. She talks about some of her favorite magazines and shares specific issues that stand out in her memo...

This week, Jenna looks back on the excitement (and sometimes horror) of school picture day, from the pressure of picking the perfect outfit, to the struggle of taking a decent picture when the pictures happened to be right after recess, to the excitement of taking her senior pictures in the mid-2000s. She talks about some of her worst school pictures, her best outfits, and counts down the top 5 mo...

Nothing says '90s nostalgia quite like reminiscing on some of the most beloved toys millennials loved during childhood. In this episode, Jenna looks back on some of the most fun, most confusing, most bizarre, and most dangerous toys we had as kids in the '90s.

Welcome back to Talks in Class! In the first episode back after her summer vacation, Jenna talks about the excitement of back to school in the late '90s and early 2000s. From Lisa Frank folders, to back to school shopping trips, to picking out your best outfit for the first day of school, she reminisces on some of her favorite late-summer traditions from her childhood, tweens, and teen years.

This week we look back at pop culture, fashion, and of course, iconic reality TV in the early 2010s. Jenna talks about the changing fashion trends and cultural attitudes in the late 2000s and early 2010s and the impact Jersey Shore had on had on her and her college-age friends when it premiered in late 2009. She reminisces on some of her favorite memories of watching the show and counts down her t...

We're reliving some of Jenna's least favorite memories this week as we talk all about the activities, the embarrassment, and the smells of gym class in the '90s. Jenna talks about some of her favorite (and least favorite) activities from gym class in elementary and middle school, and reminisces on some of the funnier things we were forced to do as part of physical education, from line...

With summer in full swing, we're taking it back to the late '90s and early 2000s to talk about summer vacation. In this episode, Jenna reminisces on how she spent her time once school was out, from hanging out with her cool babysitters in the '90s to riding her bike everywhere in the early 2000s, and she counts down her top 5 favorite Y2K-era fashion statements.

This week, Jenna reflects on some of her favorite memories of sleepovers with her friends as a tween in the late '90s. From makeovers and calling boys to watching scary movies on VHS and hanging out in AOL chat rooms, she talks about their favorite sleepover activities and counts down her top 5 favorite sleepover movies from the time.

This week we travel back to 2004 to talk about all things prom. Jenna talks about her junior prom, the dresses she and her friends chose for the big event, how they prepared for the dance, and shares her top 5 prom dance songs from 2004.

This week we head back to high school in the early 2000s again as Jenna shares the ways she and her friends spent their time after school hours during the week. She talks about extra curricular activities, exciting adventures to places like Walmart and McDonalds, and of course, a lot of hanging out doing nothing.

This week we travel back to the early 2000s as Jenna talks all about the excitement around getting her drivers license in 2003. She reminisces on driver's ed, the excitement of picking out themed decorations for your first car (hibiscus flowers or cherries, of course), the rules of the road, and counts down her top 5 cool girl cars from way back in '03.

In this week's episode, Jenna reflects on beauty trends of the late '90s and early 2000s. She talks about popular beauty products of the time, reminisces on celebrity makeup and hairstyles, and shares some of her best (and worst) beauty choices of the era.

Coming off a 10 day trip to her hometown, this week's conversation is all about the experience of being a high school student in a small town in the early 2000s. Jenna talks about cliques, parties, and school dances, and shares some of her funniest high school memories, including some school traditions that could've only existed in a small town in the early aughts.

To follow up last week's conversation about MTV's Laguna Beach, this week we're diving into the spinoff of all spinoffs: The Hills. In this episode, Jenna talks about the influence The Hills cast had on her fashion taste in the second half of the 2000s, her memories of watching the show, and counts down her top 10 favorite moments from the iconic reality series.

We're going back to the time of Uggs paired with miniskirts and flip flops worn with oversized scarves to talk about the reality show that helped define a generation's fashion sense: Laguna Beach. In this episode, Jenna talks about the influence of reality television in the early aughts, reminisces on some of the most iconic LB outfits, and counts down her top 10 favorite moments in Laguna...

We're completing our conversation about college life in the 2000s by talking all about the classic college experience that is Spring Break. In this episode, Jenna reminisces on some of her favorite spring break memories from college, from a trip to Vegas to a week-long party in Mexico.

This week, we continue the conversation from last week all about college life in the 2000s. In this episode, Jenna talks about the excitement of moving into her first college apartment, shares funny memories about living with roommates, and reflects on her interior design choices from 2008. 

In this episode, we go back to 2005 to take a look at college life in 2005. Jenna takes us through a typical day in her life as a college freshman in 2005/2006, from what she wore to class to how she prepped for a big night out, and shares some of her favorite college memories that are ~sooooo 2005~

In this episode, Jenna talks about some of the jobs she had as a teenager growing up in the 2000s, ranging from her first job on a farm (yes, an actual farm) to her college job at a tanning salon. She shares stories from some of the most memorable jobs, and wraps up the episode by rating first jobs submitted by listeners according to 2000s cool factor. 

In this episode, Jenna continues the conversation from last time about MTV in the y2k era, this time talking about all things MTV in the early 2000s. She reminisces on some of MTV's most iconic, as well as some of the more forgotten, programming of the early aughts, and counts down her top 5 MTV shows from the first half of the 2000s. 

We're going back to the Y2K era once again this week, and this time we're talking all about the boyband mania that took tween girls by storm during the late '90s and Y2K. In this episode, Jenna talks about her obsession with the Backstreet Boys, how boybands changed pop culture for teen girls everywhere, the cultural phenomenon that was TRL, and she shares her top 5 favorite music videos from TRL'...

We're going back to the days of giant desktop computers and dial-up to talk about AOL in the Y2K era. In this episode, Jenna discusses how different the experience of "going online" was in the early days of home computers, how we chose the perfect screen name, the evolution of AOL Instant Messenger, and she shares her top 5 songs for AIM away messages in the 2000s. 

In this episode, Jenna continues the conversation from last week about the return of so many Y2K era and 2000s fashion trends by breaking down which trends she would consider wearing again, and which trends she never wants to see again.