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Today on HKHS: @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social unofficially wrap up summer with Sasha Nathani's feature directorial debut LAST SWIM (2024). It's beautiful, intimate, has a great friend group and secretly does a great job of addressing class and race.

Tomorrow on the pod: @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social wrap up summer with a narrative about a terminally-ill girl who organizes a perfect day with friends in LAST SWIM.

Next week on the Pod: @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social are saying goodbye to summer. On Tuesday we're planning one perfect day in the UK film LAST SWIM.

We don’t get it!

Well, guess now @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social will have to cover it…

@joelipsett.bsky.social and @brennacgray.bsky.social finally check out SKAM. In the first two episodes, we under why the show translates to "Shame" as our main character Eva struggles with a terrible boyfriend, bad grades, and uncertain social popularity.

Tomorrow on the Pod: @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social finally check out the first few episodes of SKAM.

As ADOLESCENCE picks up Emmys tonight, why not revisit @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social’s discussion of the series?

Tuesday on #HKHS: @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social dig into the first few episodes of Norweigan series #skam

Today in the mailbag: @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social respond to listener mail from Shaun (about Book Weeding), Andrew (about Harry Potter references in FELIX EVERY AFTER), and Tea, Books & Chocolate (about a great Douglas Copeland quote).

@brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social dig into the death of Andie Bell with a look at Holly Jackson's A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2019) and S01 of the BBC3/Netflix series. Plus: Brenna's rant, making murder victims likeable in the series, and yes, C/W: the dog does die.

Tomorrow on the Pod: we’re investigating a murder with book 1 and season 1 of #agoodgirlsguidetomurder

Break out your red string because Tuesday on HKHS Pod, @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social unpack the mystery at the center of Book 1/Series 1 of A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER.

Today on the pod: Book Club is back in session for the last time this summer as @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social dig into Elizabeth Acevedo's novel in verse, CLAP WHEN YOU LAND (2020).

Tomorrow on HKHS: @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social crack open Elizabeth Acevedo’s book in poetry, CLAP WHEN YOU LAND, for our final #bookclub of the summer

ICYMI: @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social *finally* got to play YA BINGO with SKINS series 2. Lo and behold, however, we didn’t get the line(s) we were expecting!

Toxic fandom strikes again!

@brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social are back to wrap up series two of SKINS and...it's a lot of mixed emotions! On one hand, we think 2.10 "Final Goodbyes" is a pretty solid finish for these characters 2.09 "Cassie", on the other hand, left us with plenty of questions and concerns

Tomorrow on HKHS: It’s the end of an era! @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social reach the end of SKINS series 2 as another summer of “the kids aren’t’ alright” comes to an end

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Not MA or YA, buuuuut…

This is your 24 hour warning: if you want to submit a Book Club response to @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social about CLAP WHEN YOY LAND, we need them by Friday at 5pm EST.

It's been a while since we've had a coming of age dramaedy, so Joe brought Brenna Sean Wang's Dìdi (2024). Obvs @brennacgray.bsky.social has big feels about mother Chungsing, but there's plenty to applaud about Izaac Wang's performance as Chris and the depiction of 2008 Internet friendship.

Tomorrow: Dìdi! It’s great, so watch it in advance of our discussion

Next week on HKHS: Jump back to the 2008 because @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social are talking the early Internet, internalized racism, and one put-upon mother in Sean Wang's moving ode to growing up, DIDI.

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@brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social are barrelling towards the finale of Skins Series 02, but first we need to cross off the back-door pilot for Series 03 with 2.07 "Effie" and (finally!) a Jal-centric episode with 2.08. It's all moving very quickly…

Tuesday on the pod: your favourite dynamic duo is back in action as @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social talk SKINS series 2, episodes 7 & 8

<siiigh> We don’t need to give TERFs a bigger platform, especially in the UK

Tuesday on the pod: your favourite dynamic duo is back in action as @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social talk SKINS series 2, episodes 7 & 8

A coming of age mystery? Sign us up!

Disney’s #FreakierFriday is a solid follow-up that allows Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan to reunite and have a blast. It doesn’t feel essential, but for fans of the 2003 original, it’s a good time!

To coincide with the release of FREAKIER FRIDAY, @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social check out all things FREAKY FRIDAY, including the 1972 book, the 1976 film, and the 2003 remake.

Tomorrow: @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social tackle FREAKY FRIDAY in all its derivations. Book! 76 movie! 2003 remake! Did we make good choices?

Tuesday on HKHS Pod: @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social dive into all things FREAKY FRIDAY, including the OG book, the 1976 film, and the 2003 remake. Subscribe here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/h...

Today on HKHS: We've hit the halfway point of Skins series two with "Chris" and "Tony" and... @brennacgray.bsky.social is not impressed, particularly about Tony's episode, which feels like the writers realizing they make a huge mistake giving the character a traumatic brain injury.

Tomorrow on HKHS: @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social are back on #skins series 2 with a look at episodes 2.05 & 2.06 (aka the controversial Tony hallucination episode)

ICYMI: we discussed the second book in Jenny Han’s romance trilogy, as well as the second season of the Amazon series. Here’s how it fared on YA BINGO

@brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social are back to discuss Kacen Callender's Felix Ever After, an incredibly rich text, which features a complicated, even occasionally frustrating protagonist that we ultimately come to love.

Today on HKHS: @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social head back to Cousins for another swing at Jenny Han's The Summer I Turned Pretty series, including a fine beach read and a frustrating season of TV. Are Brenna and Joe #TeamConrad or #TeamJeremiah? We may actually be #TeamOverIt

Tomorrow on HKHS: let’s hit the beach for a brotherly love triangle with THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY S02

Dropping this week on HKHS: @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social check back in with the Cousins crew to discuss the sexy (?) shenanigans of THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY S02

Reminder, reminder: 12 hours remain to get your responses in!

Still looking for Book Club responses on Kacen Callender’s FELIX EVER AFTER. Due by end of day Friday!

Today on HKHS: @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social are back for another round of SKINS Series 2, but Brenna has mixed feelings. It probably has something to do with the death of Peter Capaldi's character, as well as the fact that one of the two episodes is about Michelle.

Tomorrow on the Pod: @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social continue their journey through SKINS series two with a look at episodes 3 & 4. Only one of these works for Brenna!

Don’t worry: we’ll get to #agoodgirlsguidetomurder before S02 debuts!

💙📚 Clap When You Land is one of my favourite books! If you haven't read it yet, might as well read it for Book Club because it is SO GOOD! #booksky

ICYMI: this is your 1 week reminder to send in your response for Book Club on FELIX EVER AFTER (due July 18). But also: we’ve announced our August pick!