Sweet Valley Diaries

Sweet Valley Diaries

Marissa Flaxbart

Episodes 187
Avg. Duration 43m
Activity Dormant
Since Dec 2017
Latest Episode Jan 2025

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Weekly
Format
Episodic
Hosting
feeds.redcircle.com

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About This Podcast

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), host Marissa Flaxbart is now forcing people to read the series with her. But beyond its obsession with the ubiquitous-yet-obscure book series, SWEET VALLEY DIARIES is a podcast about nostalgia — '80s nostalgia in particular — and the ways this nostalgia can (spectacularly, hilariously) fail us. It's a riotous cultural conversation about which parts of the past we long for and which ones we want to leave behind for good. It's about friendship, honesty, and learning to speak your truth in the face of a boyfriend-stealing cheerleader or an evil triplet. It's all the life lessons you could ever hope to learn from two size-6, blonde-haired, aqua-eyed, identical 16-year-old twins. Strap in.

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Recent Episodes

Sweet Valley News & Help Rebuild the Palisades Library/Support LAPL Staff

Jan 17, 2025 10m

Support the Palisades Branch Recovery FundSupport the LAPL Staff Emergency Support FundAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Extra Drama #82: A Legend of Readin'

Jun 27, 2024 9m

A correction email about ROSA'S LIE and truly the most epically hyperbolic Reader of the Month winner to date!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Book #82: KIDNAPPED BY THE CULT!

Jun 20, 2024 1h 27m

When there's an exclamation point in the name of the book, you know it's going to be a good one. But will KIDNAPPED BY THE CULT! ever deliver on the promise of its title? Find out with filmmaker Sam…

Extra Drama #81: Becoming Rosalita

Jun 06, 2024 20m

Christian Dueñas is back for more on Rose Jameson/Rosa Jimenez. We also imagine an all-boys Jesuit version of Sweet Valley High and read a particularly purple Reader of the Month letter.Advertising…

Book #81: ROSA'S LIE

May 30, 2024 1h 15m

Welp, Season 9 is starting with a bang. We've got another racism book on our hands. Thankfully, no one gets hurt this time (though a certain Nana Jimenez would probably be pretty darn hurt if she…

SUPER STAR: BRUCE'S STORY w/Jack & Tanner

May 09, 2024 1h 26m

Oh-h My-y God, we've got an EXTREMELY special episode at long last! As only the Super Star books can, BRUCE'S STORY brings you a ridiculous Sweet Valley Saga from the POV of one of its richest and…

Mini Extra-Drama #80: Double the Sweetness

Dec 14, 2023 8m

Don't forget about the Reader of the Month letter from book 80!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Episode #80: THE GIRL THEY BOTH LOVED

Nov 09, 2023 1h 30m

It's another mis-titled misadventure of random characters, and this time All Time Favorite guest Don Flaxbart is here to simultaneously despise the book and read deep into the twisted heart of its…

Extra #79: Maybe Elizabeth Isn't the Best Character Judge

Nov 02, 2023 18m

Bryanna McGeough joins Marissa again and shares her criteria for choosing with Sweet Valley books to read and her personal tales of being an Elizabethan high school journalist. Plus, Reader of the…

Book #79: THE LONG-LOST BROTHER

Oct 26, 2023 1h 5m

What could be worse than having a twin brother who stole a car? For Sarah Eastborne, the answer is: that twin brother getting clean, being released from his rehab facility, and coming to live with…

Extra Drama #78: Jackson's Funtime Fashions

Oct 19, 2023 20m

Claire and Marissa explore the dreamworld of Jessica Wakefield. Plus, a particularly lyrical Reader of the Month essay. Come along, if you choose!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Book #78: THE DATING GAME

Oct 12, 2023 1h 8m

At long last, we will find out if Scott Trost is as sexist as he seems. Or, we'll at least find out if his TRUE self is sexist. Like, maybe society made him sexist? Or something? Todd will explain it…

EED #77: Listener of the Month, July 1991

Oct 05, 2023 6m

I got my hands on a US edition of CHEATING TO WIN, but it didn't arrive until after last week's extra drama came out. I'm between two short weekend trips, so please accept this dramatic reading as…

Extra Drama #77: They Never Did Sweet Valley Babies

Sep 28, 2023 15m

Guest Tabatha Myers tells us about her history with Sweet Valley; then, a close look at the copyright pages of a British edition of CHEATING TO WIN, and a call for ghostwriter intel.Advertising…

Book #77: CHEATING TO WIN

Sep 21, 2023 1h 8m

The latest in our series of Very Special Episodes, this is the one about accidentally being on sports enhancing drugs some shady dude sold you in a baggie. Lifelong SVH reader Tabatha Myers joins…

Extra Drama #76: Yo!

Sep 14, 2023 1h 4m

Let's rap about the ethical implications of beauty pageants! Plus, the second Reader of the Month wants to make sure you know she doesn't LOOK like a bookworm.Advertising Inquiries:…

Book #76: MISS TEEN SWEET VALLEY

Sep 08, 2023 1h 4m

In this book, Jessica asks Elizabeth how being named the prettiest, smartest, and most talented can be demeaning. And she has a point. Kind of. In a book that is both frivolous and substantive, and…

Extra Drama #75: Amy Regulation Disorder

Aug 31, 2023 24m

More excuses for Amy's behavior, tips for how to look like you're paying attention, and the first ever SVH Reader of the Month!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Book #75: AMY'S TRUE LOVE

Aug 24, 2023 1h 4m

"Tennis" anyone? Marissa is joined this week by Brian Duss for a Very Special Episode. Why so special? For starters, we learn Amy Sutton has some hidden depth of character. But mostly it's because…

Extra Drama #74: Why We're Like This

Aug 17, 2023 22m

Mary Kate and Marissa share stories from middle and high school and beyond about the effects of diet culture, generational baggage around eating and weight, and trying not to perpetuate a…

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Sweet Valley Diaries has published 187 episodes since December 2017, covering topics in Arts, Books.

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