Teenage Dreams & Movie Scenes

Welcome back to Teenage Dreams & Movie Scenes! The podcast where we discuss our favorites Young Adult novels and the movies (& TV shows) based on them! This week we're diving feet first into the world of fake dating, love letters and making out in hot tubs on the school ski trip. Come along with us as we discover how taking a risk might just help you find everything you're looking for!

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Welcome back to Teenage Dreams & Movie Scenes! The podcast where we discuss our favorites Young Adult novels and the movies (& TV shows) based on them! This week (after begging and pleading), we're diving head first into the world of romance tropes in Amazon Prime's new hit series, Off Campus (2026). Join us as we discuss workout montages designed for the female gaze, John Logan earning his degree in Yearnalism, the casts i...

Welcome back to Teenage Dreams & Movie Scenes! The podcast where we discuss our favorites Young Adult novels and the movies (& TV shows) based on them! This week we're dipping our toes in the world of female friendships, body positivity and the wide world of pageantry in the film adaptation of Julie Murphy's Dumplin' (2018). Come along as we learn to wear high heels, shake them hips and discover a deeper love for ourselves ...

Welcome back to Teenage Dreams & Movie Scenes! The podcast where we discuss our favorites Young Adult novels and the movies (& TV shows) based on them! This week we're traveling to the magical land of Frell and combating the "gift" of obedience in the film adaptation of Gail Caron Levine's Ella Enchanted (2004). Join us and our special guest, Hayley, as we fight for the rights of giants, fall in love with a handsome prince ...

Welcome back to Teenage Dreams & Movie Scenes! The podcast where we discuss our favorites Young Adult novels and the movies (& TV shows) based on them! Today, we're branching out from our typical YA novel breakdown to talk about the medical phenomenon taking the world (and our hearts) by storm, The Pitt (2025).

Please enjoy our first bonus episode and we may be back in the future with more bonus episodes to simply discuss th...

Welcome back to Teenage Dreams & Movie Scenes! The podcast where we discuss our favorites Young Adult novels and the movies (& TV shows) based on them! This week we're exploring the body swap and discovering the true meaning of love and understanding with Freaky Friday (2003). Join us as we combat annoying little brothers, snag a date with our crush and ultimately put ourselves in someone else's shoes. 

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Welcome back to Teenage Dreams & Movie Scenes! The podcast where we discuss our favorites Young Adult novels and the movies (& TV shows) based on them! This week we're venturing into our very first TV pilot and what better way to so then with a brand new son of Poseidon in Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023). 18 years after the publication of Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief comes a new adaptation of the misadventures ...

Welcome back to Teenage Dreams & Movie Scenes! The podcast about our favorite Young Adult novels and the movies (& TV shows) based on them! This week, we're continuing our quest with our favorite demigod himself in Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013). And this time, we're heading to the Bermuda Triangle to not only rescue our friendly neighborhood Satyr, but to save all of Camp Half-Blood! Come along with us as we discove...

Welcome back to Teenage Dreams & Movie Scenes! The podcast about our favorite Young Adult novels and the movies (& TV shows) based on them! This week we're taking a splash into our very first book series with the seaweed filled adaptation of Rick Riordan's best-seller, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010). Grab your Satyr bestie, the ultimate demigod fighter (and future love interest) and the stolen...

Welcome back to Teenage Dreams & Movie Scenes! The podcast about our favorite Young Adult novels and the movies (& TV shows) based on them! This week we're diving into all things friendship, family, faith and let's not forget...puberty with the long-awaited adaptation of Judy Blume's Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (2023). Take a stroll with us down memory lane as we reminisce about all things middle school. 

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Welcome back to Teenage Dreams & Movie Scenes! The podcast about our favorite Young Adult novels and the movies (& TV shows) based on them! This week is one for the books as we discuss the movie adaptation of one of the saddest children's books to ever exist, Bridge to Terabithia (2007). Grab your Twinkies, your tissues and your vast imagination as make our way through Jess and Leslie's Kingdom. 

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Welcome back to Teenage Dreams & Movie Scenes! The podcast about our favorite Young Adult novels and the movies (& TV shows) based on them! This week we're diving into all things life, hope, and the long journey ahead with our first Nicholas Sparks adaptation, A Walk to Remember (2002). Grab your sweater and a box of tissues because you're gonna need them for this teen romance for the ages.

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Welcome to Teenage Dreams & Movie Scenes! The podcast about our favorite Young Adult novels and the movies (& TV shows) based on them! And what better place to start than with the film adaptation of Louis Sachar's best-selling novel, Holes (2003). Grab your shovel and a bushel of onions as we deep dive into a story about friendship, family curses, and finding redemption. 

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Welcome to Teenage Dreams & Movie Scenes! The podcast about our favorite Young Adult novels and the movies (& TV shows) based on them! Grab your movie theater popcorn (and maybe some tissues) as we deep dive into the complex waters of friendship and family, explore the fear and excitement that is first love and ultimately, the long journey that is self-discovery. 

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