Double Love
Do you have sparkling blue-green eyes that are the colour of the Pacific Ocean? Do you have hair like spun gold? Are you tanned, energetic and a perfect size 6? Neither are we. Join us, Karyn and Anna, as we head back to the sensational1980s book series and explore the strange and terrifying world of Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield, one Sweet Valley High book at a time.
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13: WHEN LOVE DIES
Get your hankies ready, everyone, this is a tearjerker. Well, sort of. Maybe. Join us as we head to the wrong side of the tracks (the roads are uneven!) with Steven Wakefield to discuss why dumping someone rather than telling them you're dying is never...
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12: TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
**TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE**
We're back! And there's a lot to talk about as this week Sweet Valley is shaken by the arrival of glamorous Suzanne Devlin. Is she, as the title suggests, too good to be true (spoiler alert: yes)? Meanwhile Jessica heads to New...
68 min
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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: THE WAKEFIELDS OF SWEET VALLEY
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: THE WAKEFIELDS OF SWEET VALLEY It’s Christmas! And we’re celebrating by sampling Jessica Wakefield’s trademark onion soup mix dip. What will the verdict be? Join us as, high on dip and Old Timey Gangster talk, we shake our sleigh-bel...
68 min
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WRONG KIND OF GIRL
WRONG KIND OF GIRL Does Jessica hate “Easy” Annie Whitman because she reminds her of herself? That’s just one of the questions we ponder in our tenth episode. Jessica is outrageously monstrous even by her own standards (and has a fit of rage that’s alm...
60 min
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RACING HEARTS
RACING HEARTS Do you care about the inner workings of the Sweet Valley High track team? Neither do we, but unfortunately there’s a lot about it in this book. Luckily we’ve got Lila being gloriously evil, Bruce prancing about in tiny shorts and a surpri...
59 min
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HEARTBREAKER
HEARTBREAKER Jessica is back to her old evil self in episode eight, Heartbreaker, as she plays games with poor old Bill Chase, a big eejit with a tortured past. Add a wildly unsuitable school play, a glamorous love rival for Liz, and a surprising amoun...
42 min
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DEAR SISTER
We tackle one of the greatest entries in the Sweet Valley canon and it doesn’t disappoint. DEAR SISTER Liz goes wild, Jessica gets responsible, Todd cares about whales, Ned and Alice are terrible parents and Bruce uses his Old Timey Gangster powers for...
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DANGEROUS LOVE
Put on your hot pink helmets (ahem) and hold on tight, we’re going on a wild ride in episode six: Dangerous Love! DANGEROUS LOVE Todd’s new Yamaha motorbike isn’t the only novelty in Sweet Valley as we are introduced to a wide range of characters who h...
45 min
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ALL NIGHT LONG
It’s episode five, and we’re channeling Lionel Richie All Night Long as we discuss a book that doesn’t live up to its truly spectacular cover. Seriously, hardly anything happens in this one. But we’re diving in anyway, to talk about one of the most una...
47 min
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POWER PLAY
It’s episode four, and we’ve arrived at one of the most offensive books in the entire series. Which is saying something. Join us as we discuss Power Play, in which pretty much everyone in Sweet Valley High is a hateful bully, Mr Collins actually gives ...
60 min
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PLAYING WITH FIRE
Playing with Fire is the first bona fide classic in the Sweet Valley series and there is a LOT to talk about, from Bruce and Jessica’s incredible dance skills and their close encounters by the cafeteria bins to the raciest moment in Sweet Valley Histor...
52 min
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SECRETS
Secrets is a book that expects us to believe Enid Rollins once zoomed down a highway while hopped up on bennies in a GTO going eighty miles an hour, and that’s just one of the many implausible plot points discussed in our second episode. Join us as we ...
36 min
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DOUBLE LOVE
It’s our very first episode! Join us as we lead you through Jessica and Elizabeth’s debut “adventure”, in which Jessica is a terrifying gaslighter, Liz is a sap, all the Sweet Valley High kids are lightweights, Todd is a big eejit and Sweet Valley is, ...
53 min
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Double Love | The Sweet Valley High Podcast – T...
Exploring the terrifying world of Sweet Valley High, one book at a time. Do you have sparkling blue-green eyes that are the colour of the Pacific Ocean? Do you have hair like spun gold? Are you tanned, energetic and a perfect size 6? Neither are we. Jo...
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