There's a Sweet Valley Diaries Podcast Now??
Yes! After years of wide-eyed blogging about the surreal 1980s perfection of Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley High book series (and the surprising psychodrama that lurks below the town's perfectly-tanned surface), I'm now forcing friends and family to read the series with me. Every other week, I bring on a new guest – many of whom are new to the very idea of a "Sweet Valley" – and we unpack one of these soap-operatic tales, starting with book #1. It's all good fun for both die-hard fans and new blood...but watch out, because nostalgia can get ROUGH.
The simplest way to get a sense of what you'll be getting with the show is to listen to this short teaser!
Where Can I Find the Show?
Whatever app you already use to listen to podcasts should have the show already – just search for "Sweet Valley Diaries" and hit "subscribe." If you're new to podcasting or are just looking for a shortcut to the most popular platforms, look no further than the links below.
Sweet Valley Diaries on iTunes
Sweet Valley Diaries on Spotify
Sweet Valley Diaries on Stitcher
Sweet Valley Diaries on Google Play Music
Sweet Valley Diaries on YouTube
Or you can listen right here on the blog! Here are links to each episode, with the latest up top:
Note that in between each main, recap episode, there's a bonus episode. These bonus episodes are called "EXTRA DRAMA" because that's just what they contain. Extra. Drama.
Extra Drama #61: It's All Jim's Default
guest: Marissa Wasseluk
Extra Drama #60: The Ken Matthews Story
guest: William J. Stribling
Extra Drama #59: Luxury Compact Disc Player
guest: Libbie Hawker
Extra Drama #58: Don't Call Him Jeff
guest: Shey Lyn Zanotti
Extra Drama #57: A Comfortable Petard
guests: Chris and Paris from the Terrible Book Club podcast
Extra Drama #56: Too Much Humor
guest: Haley Tubbs
guest: Don Flaxbart
Extra Drama #54: Twin Powers and Trigger Warnings
guest: Teya Patt
Extra Drama #53: Seizing the Day is Totally Beat
guest: Katie LaDue
Extra Drama #52: I Guess It's Okay to Go Home with John for Now
guest: Daniel Okobi
Extra Drama #51: So You're Raising a Jessica
guest: Mary Parker
Extra Drama #50: Paging Dr. Wu
guest: Allison Chin
Extra Drama #49: XOXO, Jessica
guests: Andrew Green & Aaron Davitian of Gossip Guys
Extra Drama #48: SWEET VALLEY HIGH SLAM BOOK!!!
guest: Denise Boylan
Extra Drama #47: 2 Marissas Talk about DRIVE ME CRAZY
guest: Marissa Wasseluk-Stuart
Extra Drama #46: Get Outta Town
guest: Mary Kate Battles
Extra Drama #45: SECRET Dreams
guest: Shey Lyn Zanotti
Extra Drama #44: Baggage Handlers
guest: Katie LaDue
Extra Drama #43: Just Plain Crotchetiness
guest: Adaora Nwandu Earl
Book #42: CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE
Extra Drama #42: Manuel Overdrive
guest: Aisha Bhoori
Extra Drama #41: Guilty Party: The Molly Hecht Story
guest: Megan Tripp
Super Edition #5: WINTER CARNIVAL
guest: Erika Poulos
guests: Dr. Anjali and Gregory J. M. Kasunich
Extra Drama #39: Flirty DMs for Science
guest: Megan Collier
guest: Nora Hanna Bigelow
Extra Drama #37: Regency Rumours
guest: Meridith Halsey
Extra Drama #36: A Social Enterprise
guest: Marissa Wasseluk-Stuart
Extra Drama #35: Spuriouser and Spuriouser
guest: Sam Brandt
Extra Drama #34: Two Stars for Fun
guest: Elizabeth Schmidt
guests: Corrie Borgman & Meghan Shattuck
Extra Drama #32: Express Yourself
guest: Caitlin McCann
Extra Drama #31: Tell Us Apart
guest: Tim Redmond
guest: Cherelle Solomon
guest: Denise Boylan
Extra Drama #28: Through the Silver Door
guest: Meghan Shattuck
Extra Drama #27: Daphne Sighed
guest: Molly McKellar
Extra Drama #26: JESSI AND THE STONEYBROOK PARADE
guests: Jack Shepherd and Tanner Greenring from The BSCC Podcast
Extra Drama #25: The Droids You're Looking For
guest: Dan Gaspari
Extra Drama #24: SPLASH PARTY (Just Pool Stuff)
guest: Katie LaDue
Extra Drama #23: Welcome to Hometown Honeys
guest: Mary Kate Wiles
Extra Drama #22: Codependency Intervention!
guest: Russ Nickel
Extra Drama #21: Bad Boy (Stuck) in High School
guest: Jocelyn Scofield
Super Edition: SPECIAL CHRISTMAS
guest: Don Flaxbart
Extra Drama #20: Atypicals of Sweet Valley
guest: Lauren Shippen
Extra Drama #19: Brotherhood of Frenemies
guest: Mark Sullivan
Extra Drama #8: Love Is...Sacrifice, Apparently
guest: CJ Hoke
Extra Drama #17: Natural and Unnatural Disasters
guest: Jeremy Shattuck
Extra Drama #16: What Older Men Are Like
guest: Mike Yarksy
Extra Drama #15: What Is Art? (No, Seriously)
guest: Kali Baker-Johnson
Extra Drama #14: It's Hard to Get
guest: Elizabeth Yarwood
Extra Drama #13: Tactlessness & Corrupted Super Powers
guest: Mischa Stanton
Extra Drama #12: OMG [Spoiler] is [Spoiler]!
guest: Katie LaDue
Extra Drama #11: Two GOOD Two BE Two
guests: William J. Stribling and Sinead Persaud
Super Edition #1: PERFECT SUMMER
guest: Alex Bishop
Extra Drama #10: "Wrong Kind of Girl: The Musical!"
guest: Mary Parker
Extra Drama #9: Memories of Valle Dulce High
guest: Don Flaxbart
Extra Drama #8: Relevant Surf Terms
guest: Russ Nickel
Book #7: DEAR SISTER (Extra Drama also at this link)
guest: Alex Jennings
guest: Denise Boylan
Extra Drama # 5: More Like ALL NIGHT WRONG
guests: Jess and Brian Reece
Extra Drama #4: Lila Fowler Drives a Green Triumph.
guest: Mary Kate Battles
Extra Drama #3: He's STEALING Her WIND!
guest: Caitlin McCann
Extra Drama #2: Keeper of the Sweet Valley SECRETS!
guest: Adaora Nwandu
Extra Drama #1: DOUBLE LOVE's Double Standard!
guests: Kat Hazelton and Selah Kahrmann
