Talking Like A Teen
46 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsTalking Like A Teen is a comedy and pop culture podcast in which two friends (Adrian King and Ashley Burgy) discuss the things that matter most to a pair of music snobs: The music of their formative years, hockey, and their healthy obsession with indie pop duo Tegan and Sara.
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Episode 44: Keep Our Memory Triggers Warm With Me
April 08, 2024 08:43 - 1 hour - 159 MBWhen I suggested to Adrian that we should once again turn our shared suffering into Capital-C Content and talk about Mass Effect: Andromeda, we had the normal boring calendar convos that come with any adult trying to interface with another adult in Late Stage Capitalism. We scheduled a record time like normal. Didn’t expect it to go for almost five hours. Boy, were our faces tired after we were done. (Get it? Like the meme?) This line bothers me, rough facial animations aside because this is ...
Episode 43: I've Been Gone Too Long
February 05, 2024 05:01 - 50 minutes - 93 MBHi! Hello! So originally I was gonna write a version of the song from “We’re Back: A Dinosaur Story” but like…the vast majority of you don’t know that song or probably that movie. John Goodman sings. It’s a whole thing. But the kids today have their Dreamworks and their Disneys and before Dreamworks was riding high on money made from Shrek memes and people paying to not see that Will Smith fish face ever again, those animators worked for Amblin Entertainment making, among other things, this a...
Episode 42: It's A Top Ten List Of Things
December 12, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 116 MBIt’s End-Of-Year playlist tiiiiiiime! I almost just sent this, but I feel like Adrian might be mad. So. Let’s empty my brain,shall we? Right now it’s just Stardew Valley and “Yule Shoot Your Eye Out”, so…let’s do a Stardew 12 days of Christmas. I got this: For the Feast of the Winter Star, my true love sent to me / Twelve marriage candidates / Eleven potluck soup ingredients / Ten triple espressos consumed / Nine moonlight jellies / Eight friendship hearts / Seven spicy eels while mining / Si...
Episode 41: We're Left With This Now
November 21, 2022 05:01 - 58 minutes - 107 MBOn this episode of Talking Like A Teen, we are literally rushing back into our past to check out an episode of Adrian Has Issues from 2018, a year before this podcast would debut, to hear its proto beginnings. The kernel of this show is present here: snotty music chatter, crabbing about how the NHL is terrible and yet we love it, shit talking and general…us…ness. It’s a fun look back. But as this episode is being released around Thanksgiving, this episode did make me thankful for a few things...
Conversing With An Adult 02: Gonna Be A Formal Dressdown N7 Day (with Jennifer Hale)
November 07, 2022 05:01 - 30 minutes - 70.9 MBOn this special episode of Conversing with an Adult, Ashley and Adrian come together to celebrate the most holy of TLAT holidays: N7 Day! They pulled out a Prothean relic from Adrian’s podcast “Adrian Has Issues” – an interview they did a couple of years ago with Mass Effect protagonist FemShep voice actor Jennifer Hale! Jennifer Hale talks about recording her first audiobook, making music, and the importance of voting in our current political hellscape. (Midterms are this week, so the messag...
Episode 40: Make You Mine This Spooky Season
October 17, 2022 04:01 - 56 minutes - 103 MBI had like three really grandiose plans for this write up that I banged my head against for awhile before giving up and well…here we are, another one of these stream of consciousness write ups again because none of those really panned out. So, essentially, on this episode of Talking Like A Teen, we tasked ourselves with building Halloween inspired playlists that we exchanged. We analyzed them, we had some laughs, made some references, all that. It’s a good one. Better than this write up. I pr...
Episode 39: Now You Wanna Say, I Was A "Striminal"
October 03, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 121 MB[To the tune of “Belle” from Disney’s Beauty And The Beast] Little town, a spooky French village Every day like the one before Little town, full of little monsters Waking up to say Boo-jour! Boo-jour! Boo-jour! Boo-jour! Boo-jour! There goes the vampire with his tray like always The same old bloody treats to sell Every morning just the same Since the morning that we came To this grim, spine-chilling town Grim Mourning, Ban-shee! Grim mourning, Monsieur Goblín Have you lost something again? W...
Episode 38: I'm Falling Asleep In Your Chicken Arms
September 19, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 149 MB(ALERT: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE MASS EFFECT FRANCHISE.) I spent the afternoon at my friends’ kid’s birthday party and spent most of my time trying to think of what to do for this write up while no one talked to me (probably because I was staring off into space thinking about this write up. I’m sure that’s not welcoming.) The obvious “rewrite ‘Midnight Train to Georgia’ about Mass Effect” was right there, but I’ve been rewriting a lot of songs lately and I don’t want that to get...
Episode 37 : Hanging (By A Moment) Tonight, I Just Feel So Helpless
August 29, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 120 MB(DISCLAIMER: This is not an endorsement of an actual currency, crypto or otherwise. In fact, quite the opposite, as money is stupid and only real because we as a society pretend it has value. The following, at its core, is me taking a joke made on this episode too far, as per usual. This is the second half of the Minivan Rock episode. Link to the list is below. Enjoy the madness.) [To the tune of “Click, Click Boom” by Saliva] C'mon, c'mon! C'mon, c'mon! All those Saturdays when bros go o...
Episode 36: I'll Always Have Murph For Me
July 25, 2022 21:25 - 42 minutes - 78.5 MBWho has no eyes, nose or mouth? Who wears Vans when they lumber about? They do, They do! Who stands six Nerf Blasters Tall? Who manifested Gritty’s downfall? They do, They do! Who unleashes play in you? Who shoots darts from their sea-doo ? They do, They do! Who wants you to touch some grass? Who wields a gun with maximum sass? They do, They do!
Episode 35: I Count Cards And Sockets In The Wall
July 04, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 133 MBOn this episode of Talking Like A Teen, unlike previous ones, this one is about…nothing. Like a Seinfield episode, I guess? Only with less New York references. If you ever wondered what a casual non-podcast conversation between the two of us sounds like, here it is, in its mildly edited glory. It’s two elder millennials having a couple of adult beverages, decompressing from the bowels of living in this late-stage capitalist hellscape by talking about stuff like concerts, Beach House, and grea...
Episode 34: Hey, I'm Just(in) Like You
May 30, 2022 04:01 - 42 minutes - 77.1 MBKatherine and Tanya, ooh, I wanna take ya There’s Adam and Tommy, Rocky’s got head trauma Kimberly and Jason (Baby Justin please stay home) In the next dimension There's a place with Maligor That's where you wanna go to get away from it all Dead bodies in the sand, spewing lava melting off your hand We'll be running away from the possessed drum band Down with Maligor Katherine and Tanya, ooh, I wanna take ya There’s Adam and Tommy, Rocky’s got head trauma Kimberly and Jason (Baby Justin ple...
Episode 33: A Little Messed Up And Blue
May 16, 2022 04:01 - 50 minutes - 91.7 MBNetwork Executive: “We at the network want a Power Rangers movie with attitude. It’s edgy. It’s in your face. You've heard the expression "Shift Into Turbo." Well, this is a movie that gets "Tur-Booo." Consistently and thoroughly. Oh, God, yes. We're talking about a totally outrageously creepy puppet. We’re talking about vehicles with the power and velocity of turbo technology.” Writer: “Excuse me, but "Turbo" and "Velocity"- aren't these just buzzwords that dumb people use to sound importan...
Episode 32: Time, You've Got Me Running Letty
April 18, 2022 04:01 - 52 minutes - 95.5 MBPeople can smell it a mile away. It’s real. Garlic. Molasses. Onions. Spices. You can come to a million of his barbecues and you’ll never see him mess with no dressed-up ketchup. No. Way. He needs the REAL stuff. So come on over to Bilkins’ house for some KC Masterpiece. Anything else just isn’t barbecue fit for your family. On this episode of Talking like a Teen, Adrian and Ashley take a break from helping man the grill to finish up their discussion on the fourth installation of the Fast & F...
Episode 31: Hang On To The Nitrometh
March 21, 2022 04:01 - 45 minutes - 104 MBSometimes podcasting is recording something two years ago, technology ruining it, and then you forget to re-record it until you schedule a time to record with your podcast partner two years later, and neither of you really prepped to talk about your original topic, so you flail around until one of you stumbles upon a google document from the past. So the timeline makes about as much sense as the Fast and Furious timeline. (wink) So on this episode of Talking Like A Teen, Adrian and Ashley clo...
Episode 30: Love They Say It Ain't So
February 14, 2022 05:01 - 53 minutes - 97.9 MBOn this episode of Talking Like A Teen, Adrian blindsided Ashley with our topic for the evening: Weezer. They go through Weezer’s discography and history, while also trying to navigate Rivers Cuomo’s progression from Indie Rock Darling to Karaoke Bar Annoyance. While trying to make their way on this weird road trip, they find their way to some weird tourist traps like World’s Biggest Snake on a Plane, a corn maze of Bette Midler’s face, and Metallica World. So get your Bugles and trail mix an...
Episode 29: Now's The Time For Us To Begin
January 10, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 121 MBOn this episode of Talking Like A Teen, Ashley & Adrian tackle yet another set of year-end playlists. We discuss that despite the world being a metaphorical dumpster on fire, new releases this year were numerous and great. We go through our favorite hipster nonsense, rock gods, music TikTok tried to ruin, hip-hop, video game jams, and Garbage <3. We also filled our yearly Hockey Talk quota, as we mark the retirement of Ben Bishop (good job us, now we get to keep our hockey tag for another yea...
Episode 28: That's Just Me, Industry Baby
November 08, 2021 19:41 - 1 hour - 144 MBOn this episode of Talking Like A Teen, Ashley and Adrian celebrate the release of Lil Nas X’s debut album Montero. They discuss some of the initial reactions and favorites, as well as The Dreaded Discourse around a talented musician trying to have fun while putting themselves through the dregs of self promotion. (Not that we’re biased on our opinions or anything.) Theyalso dip their toes into game show hosting territory as they quiz each other on some of the mostridiculously long song titles...
Episode 27: Walking With A Ghostface
October 25, 2021 21:43 - 1 hour - 115 MBOn this episode of Talking Like A Teen, Ashley & Adrian have stone-facedly lumbered from the Non-Podcasting Swamp, carrying our oil lamps and walking verrrrrrrrry slowly as we do our best Bray Wyatt impressions. (The video’s below, it’ll make sense, I promise.) We each sit down in our rocking chairs and then the stage lights come up and we begin to discuss the soundtrack for Scream 2 (1997), because it’s spooooooky season and that’s how we do things. We talk about the construction of movie so...
Conversing With An Adult 01: I’ll Be Back Someday
October 19, 2021 00:24 - 12 minutes - 28.6 MBThis week we low-key introduced our mini-episode series entitled Conversing With An Adult. Ashley takes a brief moment to give listeners a heads up with what we've been up to plus get a little real about burnout and content creation. Thank you for sticking with us. It means more than you'll ever know.
Episode 26: Complicated Grid
July 19, 2021 04:01 - 51 minutes - 93.5 MB“Communicator Bling” You always call me on my wrist watch After school when you need my help Call me on my wrist watch Weekends when you need my help And I know when that wrist watch sing That can only mean one thing I know when that wrist watch sing That can only mean one thing Ever since I started high school, you Got a reputation for yourself now Friends having fun and I feel left out Zordon ignoring labor laws, you got me stressed out Cause ever since I started high school, you Made me c...
Episode 25: Send All Those Villains After Me
June 28, 2021 04:01 - 45 minutes - 104 MBCenturies ago, a legendary interdemensional being known as ZORDON came to the city of Angel Grove to establish a recording studio for his never-ending struggle against boring programming. With the aid of his trusted assistant, ALPHA 5, the noble master sought out two extraordinary 30-somethings and gave them the power to transform into a superhuman fighting force. In time of great need, the young heroes could use their powers to call upon colossal audio programs known as PODCASTS. The identit...
Episode 24: Everything Is Awesome!!
June 07, 2021 21:58 - 48 minutes - 89.6 MBAdrian here. Despite the episode title, neither Ashley or I are in a great mood. It happens. WhatCulture insisted that they had a list of Top 10 songs proven to make us happy. Possible spoiler: It may have had the total opposite effect. Mistakes were made. However, you get the added bonus of laughing at our pain as we attempt answer some of music's most baffling questions: Why was the singer of New Radicals so hellbent on fighting Courtney Love and Hanson? Are the Beatles overrated? And why i...
Episode 23: ReArise Up, Wise Up, Say It Loud
May 17, 2021 16:07 - 58 minutes - 106 MBSo, I’m going to see if Adrian can embed this meme from 2018 that we reference approximately 38 times in this episode, just for context. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lb-A756On8) At any rate--back to business. We are wrapping up our desert island video game series before we get the hell off this island. (I’m very tired of mangos, y’all. I need a burger.) We talk some Sega and Nintendo games, do a deep psychological dive into Pokémon starters, shoot some paintballs at James Bond and his fr...
Episode 22: You Always Win At This Particular Game
April 26, 2021 17:38 - 58 minutes - 133 MBAdrian here. Yeah, I know I don't usually do the write-ups. But don't leave! I swear this will be fun! Long story short, Ashley and I ended up on a deserted island. Boat sprung a leak. Kinda my fault. Don't worry about that. We're stuck here, but luckily our crates filled with our podcast equipment and favorite videogame consoles washed ashore. We probably should've packed more food/water, though. Mistakes were made. Oh, well. Anyway, enjoy this fun chat about some of our favorite games that ...
Episode 21: Want To Be Dad
March 15, 2021 15:02 - 1 hour - 131 MBSo...I was going to write an episode description about this Dad Rock compilation that we discuss in this episode, but I made the mistake of going to Youtube to watch the Batman Forever version of the “Kiss From a Rose'' video, and...I can’t string words together any more. My brain has been vaporized by that green...tv box...thing from that movie. I have so much conflict inside of me. This episode is very funny and you should listen to it. You should also take four minutes and watch this music...
Episode 20: Now I'm All Messed Up
February 15, 2021 19:08 - 1 hour - 139 MBPREVIOUSLY ON X-MEN! Um. I mean….Previously on Talking Like A Teen, Adrian and Ashley wrap up their 2020 playlists. They discuss Adrian’s 2020 playlist, diving deep into how anxiety-inducing music is good maybe, (because you need a soundtrack to destroy robots that are chasing you around a mall sometimes while rescuing a teenage girl), music that inspires you to do crime is always good (like trying to blow up a chemical plant, military missile facility, or US Senator Robert Edward Kelly’s bra...
Episode 19: Call Me
January 04, 2021 10:56 - 56 minutes - 128 MBOn this episode of Talking Like a Teen, the Senior VP of Sustenance Delivered Via Miniaturized Foodstuffs (Security Codename: BagelBites) and the UN High Commission of Simulated Combustion and Rounded Playthings (Security Codename: Crossfire) take a break from overseeing the world’s most important things to talk about the music of 2020. They discuss, among other things, the HBO/HAIM crossover you didn’t know you needed until now, Phoebe Bridgers’ first day of Mainstream Musical Success School...
Episode 18: Sentimental Tune (Old-School Alternative Pt. 2)
November 09, 2020 15:47 - 1 hour - 133 MBOn this episode of Talking Like a Teen, Adrian and Ashley sidestep another weird ASMR podcast idea to finish talking about @ChillWaveKittens Old School Alternative bracket. They discuss another face on the Mount Rushmore of Problematic Faves Morrissey, the #girlboss narrative around Bjork, and the cautionary tale of Elliott Smith. Wait, I know that sounds serious--come back. Here’s your blankie and an apple juice--just sit still and hear me out. There’s the normal amount of nonsense as well, ...
Episode 17: This Nightmare Keeps Repeating (Old-School Alternative Pt. 1)
October 05, 2020 13:28 - 1 hour - 121 MBOn this episode of Talking Like a Teen, Adrian and Ashley find themselves trapped inside a nightmare of bad hockey and indie rock greats as they tackle another @ChillWaveKittens music bracket. They barely manage to wipe the sleep from their eyes before immediately starting a war with Nick Cave fans, K-Pop Twitter, and offending both sides of the Blur/Oasis Brit-Pop Battle of 1995. They try to get a handle on why Beck and Radiohead are so fetch, and for those of you playing the “Take a drink e...
Episode 16: Back In Your Yead
September 21, 2020 04:01 - 41 minutes - 96.1 MBOn this episode of Talking Like A Teen, Ashley and Adrian take a look at the background of Blink-182’s album Neighborhoods. They take a look at the history leading up to the release of the album, including their initial hiatus, side projects, and what brought them back together. Ashley spends...a lot of time...dragging Angels & Airwaves (why did we let this pretentiousness exist), Adrian does some Tim Armstrong impressions, and they talk about the relationship between artist and consumer befo...
Episode 15: The Ultimate Star (2000s Indie Pt. 2)
August 10, 2020 09:01 - 1 hour - 138 MBPreviously on the last episode of Talking Like a Teen, Ashley & Adrian started working their way through IG’s @ChillWaveKitten's 2000s indie rock bracket. After working through one half of the bracket, your hosts have reconvened to go through the other half of the bracket and each crown their own champion. They also get into a discussion about Zach Braff and The Shins, whether you can be underrated when someone makes an episode of American Dad about your band, and whether or not Isaac Brock w...
Episode 14: Box After Box (2000s Indie Pt. 1)
May 25, 2020 08:50 - 57 minutes - 131 MBOn this episode of Talking Like a Teen, two friends reunite on mic after not recording for a couple of months (because one of them moved across the country and it was a Whole Thing™) to find the world in shambles. They attempt to put the world back together in the whole way they know how--by teaming up with Instagram cool guy/music fan @ChillWaveKittens to tackle a music-meets-sports bracket discussing 2000s indie rock. Ashley and Adrian argue yet again about Arcade Fire, Adrian waxes poetic ...
Episode 13: Dying To Know
February 12, 2020 00:01 - 1 hour - 156 MBOn this episode of Talking Like A Teen, Adrian & Ashley TLAT™ their best trap album concept to date before diving into a music themed Q&A session. They make a pit stop into some NHL chat (which is obviously dated in that we found reason to be optimistic re: the New Jersey Devils) and try to figure out why some teams haven’t broken down and gotten a hockey dog yet. They find a way to low-key insult the lovely state of Wyoming, high-key insult the state of Texas, and super duper key insult the ...
Episode 12: It Only Fuels The Flames
January 22, 2020 23:39 - 43 minutes - 99 MBOn this episode of Talking Like a Teen, Ashley and Adrian take a break from their P.O.D. singalong to have a conversation about the late 1990s music scene. The hosts dust off their investigative journalism skills as they uncover the secret conservative plot known as swing music, Thom Yorke as a piece of music technology posing as a human male, and out Adrian as the President of the Evan and Jaron Fan Club. They also do a deep dive into the totally unremarkable not-at-all-chaotic event of Wood...
Episode 11: This Is Everything 2019
January 08, 2020 18:17 - 1 hour - 134 MBOn this episode of Talking Like a Teen, Adrian and Ashley try to process the end of 2019 the only way they know--through the building of playlists. Both hosts go through...a lot...while discussing the playlists they’ve created: Adrian talks metal while Ashley takes a nap, Ashley talks pop music while Adrian cringes, and Blink-182 almost ends a friendship. They also discuss their Spotify: Wrapped statistics for the year and wrap up their decades musically before ending the episode much like th...
Episode 10: I Got So City Elf On You
December 04, 2019 20:25 - 1 hour - 151 MBLooking for a fine Dwarven podcast, direct from Orzammar? You won’t find better than this episode of Talking Like a Teen, in which Adrian and Ashley wrap up their chat on BioWare games by talking about the Dragon Age series. They discuss their origins with Dragon Age Origins, their love for a certain Templar and swamp witch and Captain Janeway before discussing the hot take that tropes are good, STFU. They also discuss race and representation in games and crunch in the game industry. Ashley a...
Episode 09: Geth Along
October 14, 2019 15:28 - 1 hour - 145 MBChummily: On this episode of Talking Like A Teen, Adrian and Ashley discuss the video game series Mass Effect. Informatively: They discuss their history with the BioWare franchise, their favorite characters, and the use of morality within the franchise to cause Adrian emotional distress. Revealing: they also discuss humanity’s role within the Mass Effect setting and their desire for an elcore companion. Humbly: we hope you enjoy this episode and engage with us on social media. Helpfully: the ...
Episode 08: Are You Ten Years Ago
September 13, 2019 17:11 - 54 minutes - 126 MBOn this episode of Talking Like A Teen, Adrian and Ashley finish discussing their “Summer Jams” playlist. They tackle Adrian’s indie jams from the latter aughts, as well as discussing how awkward the word “aughts” actually is. Their conversation goes some places--from squeeing over the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Thermals, to getting caught up in our feelings about the National, to politics in music and coming to terms with enjoying art from troublesome people. Oh, and (for the second consecutive...
Episode 07: Feel It In My (Emo Little) Bones
August 16, 2019 23:26 - 34 minutes - 79.2 MBPreviously on the last episode of Talking Like A Teen, Adrian and Ashley put together a “Summer Jams” playlist that covered the 2000s decade, with each host covering half of a decade. This go-around, the duo swap half-decades and begin working on building their second playlist. They also threaten to fight every single one of you (because we value you, we promise!) before brainstorming hypothetical Florida Panthers’ goal song choices and dealing with high school angst. Oh, and they also actual...
Episode 06: Silly Banging Knee Songs
July 26, 2019 10:25 - 1 hour - 138 MBOn this episode on Talking Like A Teen, Adrian and Ashley take a break from summer vacation to put together a 2000s “Summer Jams” playlist. The two outline their mental anguish for taking on such a feat, before breaking down their lists. They also get into the age-old Taking Back Sunday vs Brand New grudge match before revealing their new “Story Time!” segment. The duo also stretch their vocal cords before announcing their very legitimate not at all get-rich-quick scheme plans to release a tr...
Episode 05: Miami Still
July 04, 2019 10:14 - 51 minutes - 117 MBOn this episode of ACT A FOOL: A LUDACRIS FAN PODCAST, Adrian and Ashley continue their dive into the Fast and Furious movie franchise by looking at the (definitely superior don’t come at us) second entry: 2 Fast 2 Furious. They discuss the film’s characters and surprisingly deep themes despite a lack of plot and chat about the legitimately enjoyable soundtrack. They also spend some time wrapping up the 2018-2019 NHL season and the Stanley Cup Champion St. Louis Blues. (!!!)
Episode 04: Just Like Car After Car
June 21, 2019 01:35 - 1 hour - 148 MBOn this episode of Talking Like a Teen, Adrian and Ashley bust out their best Ja Rule impressions for a deep dive into the first film of the high art The Fast and the Furious franchise. Adrian explains where love for this franchise first began while Ashley revisits her criminal past (purely hypothetical, you definitely can’t arrest me), and the pair begin workshopping ideas for a Guardians of the Galaxy/Fast and Furious crossover event.
Episode 03: Call It Off
June 13, 2019 00:42 - 48 minutes - 111 MBOn this episode of Talking Like A Teen, Adrian finally makes good on his promise to spend time with Tegan and Sara’s album Heartthrob...sort of. They get into a discussion about late-era Tegan and Sara albums, and take a thorough look into the the cover album The Con X: Covers. They also discuss music laws in relation to Queen, what makes a good cover song (not you Weezer), and Alanis Morissette and Toto hot takes. Adrian and Ashley also roll out their new recurring segment that they definite...
Episode 02: Where Does The Good Go, Baby, Go
June 05, 2019 06:09 - 1 hour - 143 MBAdrian and Ashley do a deep dive into the 2001 Garbage album beautifulgarbage.
Episode 01: Go (Rock) Steady With Me
May 21, 2019 09:36 - 46 minutes - 108 MBOn the first episode of Talking Like a Teen, Adrian and Ashley attend a funeral for an NHL mascot who recently passed away due to cultural overexposure and attempt to understand the 2001 No Doubt album Rock Steady. They also discuss jingles the Neptunes should’ve written, hot takes on Radiohead albums, and how Prince is a beautiful human who demands that the world come to him before getting real about cultural appropriation in pop music.