Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90s
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90s

Tara Ariano, Pamela Ribon and David T. Cole

Active · Publishes every 2 weeks

Key Metrics

Episodes
173
In catalog
Apple Rating
4.9 / 5
255 Apple ratings
Cadence
Every 2 Weeks
~every 14 days
Avg Length
52m
Per episode
Latest
Jun 09, 2026
Active

About the Show

From 1988-1994, Sassy was the coolest magazine going for Gen-X teens. Celebrate that golden time by joining Tara Ariano, Pamela Ribon and David T. Cole for a deep dive into every one of its 80 glorious issues and remember what it was like hanging out with Jane, Christina, Catherine, Karen, and the whole crew, learning What Now, What Next, and so much more!

Partnership & Audience Signals

Guest Interviews

Regularly hosts outside guests

Established Catalog

173 episodes — long track record

Production & Distribution

Active Since
Feb 02, 2021
Consistency
99%
Format
Episodic
Hosting
audioboom.com

Recent Episodes

October 1991 Teen Life: Best Friendship, Sweat Glands & The Sassiest Boy They Could Find

Jun 09, 2026 48m

Can you maintain a close relationship with your best friends from high school? What's it like to have a port wine birthmark? How many guys say they've been cheated on? And…what's up with the…

September 1991 Slumber Party: School Phobia, Soup & Satisfaction

May 26, 2026 36m

Are you school-phobic? Given that most of our listeners who regularly get near a school are probably students' parents or teachers, we...hope not? But we mentally traveled back in time to take…

September 1991 Special: Dirt Preview Issue

May 12, 2026 43m

From our current place in world history, we know that Dirt -- the Sassy offshoot targeted at Sassy readers' boyfriends, brothers, and friends from the skate park -- had a brief but interesting run.…

September 1991 Fashion Etc.: Beige, Icy Blu & Toilet Breath

Apr 28, 2026 1h

The staff of Sassy is probably hoping you already finished your back-to-school shopping, because this month's fashion editorials are not their most inspired. You can wear French-y stripes or bone and…

September 1991 Pop Culture: Brandon, Brenda & The Women Of The Music Industry

Apr 14, 2026 42m

The pop culture Sassy covers in the September issue includes some venerable names: Prince, Duran Duran, Violent Femmes. But there are some thrilling new ones, too. All the women who work in the music…

September 1991 Teen Life: Farming, Popularity & Baked Potatoes

Mar 31, 2026 42m

Tara needs to thank the scissor-happy Sassy reader who sold her the podcast's original copy of the September 1991 issue, because if not for the missing pages (full and partial), we would never have…

August 1991 Slumber Party: This, This & That

Mar 17, 2026 44m

How health-conscious are we, according to Sassy's August 1991 quiz? Quite, as long as you have no follow-up questions! After sharing our results (and complaints) about that, it's on to your calls on…

August 1991 Fashion Etc.: Brushes, Jeans & The Clarion Computer

Mar 03, 2026 1h 11m

We know this issue landed in mid- to late July, but can it ever be too early to start thinking about your back-to-school wardrobe? Sassy invites you to imagine yourself as a Coco Chanel knockoff, an…

August 1991 Pop Culture: Guns 'N Roses, Bulletboys & Paula Abdrool

Feb 17, 2026 37m

The August 1991 issue has a few pop culture topics to go deep on. Guns 'N Roses gets covered with a What Now concert review AND a review of Danny Sugerman's very pretentious-sounding book about them…

August 1991 Teen Life: Gladiators, Boyfriends & A Whole Bunch Of Wives

Feb 03, 2026 57m

August 1991 is the thickest issue we've had in quite a while, but those extra pages were not set aside for Teen Life topics -- in fact, there isn't even a fiction story! There are, however, Kim's…

July 1991 Slumber Party: Bratmobile, Chaplin & The Deliberate Stranger

Jan 20, 2026 56m

We're just back from a nearly two-month break. We took two VERY confrontational quizzes ("Are You A News Moron?" and "Are You An Annoyance?"). We...barely remember how to do this, so please enjoy a…

July 1991 Fashion Etc.: Red, White & Blue (And Gray)

Jan 06, 2026 44m

The hot dogs are sizzling, the fireworks are firing, and July 1991 cover model Rochelle is telling Sassy George Washington never meant shit to her and that HER Independence Day is January 1, the day…

July 1991 Pop Culture: Chapterhouse, Jamie Walters & Summer Recommendations

Dec 23, 2025 26m

It's summer, and everyone at Sassy is already too hot to work. Christina admits that What Now is kind of a flop -- she's even a month late mentioning Ian Svenonius's birthday! (It's June 1, in case…

July 1991 Teen Life: Hamburger U, Girls' Self-Esteem & Things You Can Measure In Pints

Dec 09, 2025 49m

The editors use an antique slur (sadly surging back to popularity) to describe a contributor's mentally handicapped sister, but let's not focus on that when the piece -- especially the photos it's…

June 1991 Fashion Etc.: Bikinis, Bandana Prints & The Face Shade 2000

Nov 25, 2025 54m

Just in case you haven't already picked out every bathing suit you're going to need for the summer of 1991, Sassy's bringing you one more fashion story on bikinis. Hope you like the way Bronwyn…

June 1991 Pop Culture: River, Noni & Munchkin Cats

Nov 11, 2025 33m

Is "rotted" cooler slang than "rotten"? How "monotone" can Beat Happening's lead vocalist actually be? How does Christina rate the relative cuteness of Aleka's Attic, River Phoenix's band? Has the…

June 1991 Teen Life: Chilling Out, Quitting Church & Going To Antarctica

Oct 28, 2025 43m

Well, there's no way around it: the very first feature is about Black activism, written by a white author (Kim) who gets no help from her editor on how not to sound tone-deaf as she describes being…

May 1991 Slumber Party: Bores, The Doors & Body Horrors

Oct 14, 2025 38m

Sassy's May 1991 quiz dares you to determine whether you're a big fat bore...but it could be that this is a more stressful prospect for a teenager than for a middle-aged person who's come to terms…

May 1991 Fashion Etc.: Outside, Blue & Tutti-Frutti On Your Face

Sep 30, 2025 52m

School's about to end for summer, and Sassy is ready. It's got plaids for the bocce court. It's got swimsuits for...swimming. It's got tips for changing your hair color with a beverage........again.…

May 1991 Pop Culture: John Leguizamo, Balthazar Getty & The Whistle That Only Dogs Hear

Sep 16, 2025 30m

Pam is on assignment, but Dave and Tara are bravely carrying on without her. What Now brings us such items as the first news blurb Tara probably ever saw about the Texas mom who came up with a…

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