Latest Loveyalikecrazy Podcast Episodes
'All These Bodies' by Kendare Blake
Love YA Like Crazy - April 23, 2022 23:34 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIn this episode, Carrie and Jake talk about Kendare Blake's 2021 YA horror novel 'All These Bodies', a sort of true crime podcast in the form of a period piece YA novel. It's unreliable narrators all the way down! Spoilers abound, so we recommend reading the book before listening, if you're inte...
Denial Ain’t Just A Riverdale In Egypt
Love YA Like Crazy - November 05, 2021 08:30 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsBack in 2017, Carrie and Jake has a lot of questions on their minds: Can four kids with a toolbox build a mall? What if they're bruiser studs? Also, what are the worst gifts to bring to a baby shower? What is Jake's secret history with Luke Perry? Which is better, making out or being a detective...
Sabrina Chapter 8: The Burial
Love YA Like Crazy - October 29, 2021 22:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThis week, Jake and Carrie suffer in exquisite ecstasy as they discuss 'The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Chapter 8: The Burial'. Is Sabrina playing 'The Secret of Monkey Island' poorly? Is bringing back the dead, by and large, a no-no? Can an episode of TV centered on a deadly mining disaster ...
'Legendborn' by Tracy Deonn
Love YA Like Crazy - September 22, 2021 00:01 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake barely scratch the surface of Tracy Deonn's debut novel 'Legendborn'. What a book! We both loved this YA tale of wizards, knights, and being a Black student at UNC-Chapel Hill. Spoilers abound, so we recommend reading the book before listening! If you have any...
'The Woods Are Always Watching' by Stephanie Perkins - HOT TAKE SPECIAL
Love YA Like Crazy - September 03, 2021 04:34 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWho have two thumbs and an opinion about Stephanie Perkins's new YA horror novel, 'The Woods Are Always Watching'? Jake and Carrie do! Welcome to a new HOT TAKE SPECIAL, in which Jake speculates that Jon Arbuckle (of Garfield fame)'s old roommate was a serial killer, and Carrie points out a down...
Living In A Van Down By The Riverdale
Love YA Like Crazy - May 24, 2021 08:30 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsBack in 2017, Carrie and Jake went for a walk in the Eversgreen Forest, critiqued Veronica's negotiating techniques, explored a haunted attic, and went shopping on Glamazon. Join them in their travels on this week's episode of 'Living In A Van Down By The Riverdale', in which Love YA Like Crazy'...
Sabrina Chapter 7: Feast of Feasts
Love YA Like Crazy - May 17, 2021 04:01 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThis episode, Jake and Carrie discuss 'The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Chapter 7: Feast of Feasts'. Carrie has the Shinning! Jake connects ex-GW Bush scriptwriter and current Never Trumper David Frum to satanic rituals! There's a subplot we actually kind of like! And some we're not as fond of...
'Darius the Great Deserves Better' by Adib Khorrom
Love YA Like Crazy - April 03, 2021 17:38 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake read 'Darius the Great Deserves Better' by Adib Khorram. Carrie is a pretty good shell. Jake is making unapproved tea. Is penis mockery just part of growing up? Why are the parents in this book different from other YA parents? These questions are addressed in a ...
The Midnight Ride of Paul Riveredale
Love YA Like Crazy - February 03, 2021 11:30 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsBack in 2017, we visited the Garden of Deliverance with the Sisters of Quiet Mercy, and then headed out past the maple syrup sign on the Lost Highway. Did we learn discipline and respect as a result? Find out in this episode of 'The Midnight Ride of Paul Riveredale', in which we discuss Riverdal...
Sabrina Chapter 6: An Exorcism in Greendale
Love YA Like Crazy - January 27, 2021 13:44 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAnother year, another episode of Sabrina! Today we're talking about 'The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Chapter 6: An Exorcism in Greendale', in which Suzie makes Jake sad, Hilda makes Carrie happy, and the mention of thirteen months makes us agree that that's just a lot of goddamned months. I...
'Darius the Great is Not Okay' by Adib Khorram
Love YA Like Crazy - January 06, 2021 13:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake read 'Darius the Great is Not Okay' by Adib Khorram. Carrie does some Google Maps research, Jake mentions Puppetry of the Penis, and they have a brief discussion of teasplaining, while completely failing to talk about truck nuts, alas. Spoilers abound, so we rec...
'A Song Below Water' by Bethany C. Morrow
Love YA Like Crazy - November 02, 2020 19:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsHi again all! Welome back to Love YA Like Crazy, where, this episode, we're talking about ... a BOOK??? (It's true!) Specifically, 'A Song Below Water' by Bethany C. Morrow. This episode was recorded on August 20 -- sorry for the delay in getting to you! But this is being released the day befo...
Over The Riverdale And Through The Woods
Love YA Like Crazy - August 31, 2020 08:30 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsSome things are acceptable to be into, such as songs about partying, veils, and Val from Josie and the Pussycats. Then there are the things we can do without, such as football, journalism spa retreats, pointy sleepwear, and maple syrup jokes! We discuss this distinction, play 'Things I Bought At...
Sabrina Chapter 5: Dreams in a Witch House
Love YA Like Crazy - August 21, 2020 18:30 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIt's time to take a nice nap, put some Bugles on your fingers, meet my brother Bob, eat your heart out, and swear at Garage Band, as Carrie and Jake talk about 'The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Chapter 5: Dreams in a Witch House!' ⚡ Spoilers abound, so we recommend watching the episode befor...
Chip & Riverdale
Love YA Like Crazy - August 04, 2020 08:30 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsBoth this episode of Riverdale and our commentary on it are totally bonkers. In this episode, Jake gets political, Carrie reveals a guilty secret, we discover what search engine the Riverdale gang uses, we give advice on how to use diaries, and Jake is mocked ᚠᚩᚱ ᚱᛁᛏᛁᛝ ᛁᛅ ᚱᚢᛅᛁᚲ ᛁᛅ ᚻᛁ ᛋᚲᚩᚩᛚ. We a...
Sabrina Chapter 4: Witch Academy; plus, JK Rowling's transphobia
Love YA Like Crazy - July 21, 2020 08:30 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWe start this episode by briefly addressing JK Rowling's recent transphobic comments, before turning to more pleasant topics: It's time to head to the Big E, violate the Satanic Temple's trandemarks, and talk to some creepy kids about your stolen bathrobe, because this episode we're talking abou...
Take Me To The Riverdale
Love YA Like Crazy - June 22, 2020 13:27 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIs Cheryl guilty ... of being awesome??? Where is Riverdale's police department based out of? Can you be on the Dean's List if you don't have a dean? Tune in to hear us completely fail to resolve these questions in this week's episode of 'Take Me To The Riverdale', in which Love YA Like Crazy's ...
Sabrina Chapter 3: The Trial of Sabrina Spellman
Love YA Like Crazy - June 16, 2020 02:53 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsGrab an audiobook, descend to Hell through a styrofoam trap door, and go spelunking for Satan with Carrie and Jake as we talk our way through 'The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Chapter 3: The Trial of Sabrina Spellman', available on Netflix. Also included: some comments from listener Steph [re...
You Can’t Cross The Same Riverdale Twice
Love YA Like Crazy - May 26, 2020 20:30 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIs Betty planning a murder spree? Does Pop's have a special menu of symbolic milkshakes available for every situation? Why don't we see Luke Perry in better roles? None of these questions, and more, are answered in this week's discussion of Riverdale Chapter 2: A Touch of Evil, which Carrie and ...
Sabrina Chapter 2: The Dark Baptism
Love YA Like Crazy - May 20, 2020 12:43 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss 'The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Chapter 2: The Dark Baptism', available on Netflix. Are you willing to place Balki above all others in your life, or would you prefer to burn it all to the ground? In this episode, Jake befriends some vampires, Carrie...
Cry Me a Riverdale
Love YA Like Crazy - April 28, 2020 08:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsLike a double-chocolate milkshake at Pop's, Riverdale seems sweet at first but leaves you wishing for death. Jake and Carrie love trashy YA fiction, and in 2017 started reviewing the CW series in their own Patreon series of episodes, "Cry Me a Riverdale", where they spoiled the infamous CW show,...
Sabrina Chapter 1: October Country
Love YA Like Crazy - April 16, 2020 03:17 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss 'The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Chapter 1: October Country', available on Netflix. Jake makes some dad jokes, references Murder She Wrote, and schemes about what he would do if he were a teen witch. Carrie translates Latin, keeps an eye out for cruc...
Episode 8 of 'His Dark Materials'
Love YA Like Crazy - March 26, 2020 12:03 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss the first season of HBO's 'His Dark Materials', focussing on episode 8. Should Lord Asriel go to therapy? Is the Toy Story 3 game the worst video game in history? What's the science behind stairways to heaven? Find out all of this in more in this very in...
Episode 8/season roundup for 'His Dark Materials'
Love YA Like Crazy - March 26, 2020 12:03 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss the first season of HBO's 'His Dark Materials', focussing on episode 8. Should Lord Asriel go to therapy? Is the Toy Story 3 game the worst video game in history? What's the science behind stairways to heaven? Find out all of this in more in this very in...
Bonus Episode: 'The Shunning' from Hallmark
Love YA Like Crazy - March 13, 2020 15:08 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWe're dipping into the vaults for a guest episode that we recorded for the Lifemark podcast back in 2017! Lifemark is a podcast that reviews Lifetime and Hallmark movies, and in this guest episode we talked about the Hallmark movie 'The Shunning'. How much shunning is enough shunning? What flav...
'Isla and the Happily Ever After' by Stephanie Perkins
Love YA Like Crazy - March 04, 2020 09:30 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss Stephanie Perkins's 'Isla and the Happily Ever After'. Jake is out to destroy all relationships in this one, and the question of whether he's actually shy is raised. Spoilers abound, so we recommend reading the book before listening! In the next episod...
Episode 1 of 'His Dark Materials'
Love YA Like Crazy - November 15, 2019 09:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake take a little break to discuss the first episode of HBO's 'His Dark Materials'. We talk about the cast, the infodumps, the soundtrack, whether Taggle is a character, and what Lord Asriel's whole deal is. Spoilers abound! Love YA Like Crazy has also previously ...
'Plain Kate' by Erin Bow
Love YA Like Crazy - October 08, 2019 08:30 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss 'Plain Kate' by Erin Bow. Specifically, we talk about 😻, 😿, 🙀, 🤐, and 😿. Spoilers abound, so we recommend reading the book before listening! In the next episode, we'll be discussing Ray Bradbury's 'Something Wicked This Way Comes'. If you have any co...
PodX Episode 7: Allegra Frank on Andrew Clements's 'Things Not Seen'
Love YA Like Crazy - July 31, 2019 08:30 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWelcome to Love YA Like Crazy! You're listening to a special episode recorded by one of the two hosts, Jacob Haller, while he was at PodX in Nashville. This is the last episode in the series, which I think goes out on a high note! For this one, Jake talked to Vox Media's Allegra Frank, who is ...
PodX Episode 6: Simone de Rochefort on Libba Bray's 'A Great and Terrible Beauty'
Love YA Like Crazy - July 24, 2019 08:30 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWelcome to Love YA Like Crazy! You're listening to a special episode recorded by one of the two hosts, Jacob Haller, while he was at PodX in Nashville. For this episode, Jake talked to Simone de Rochefort of 'The Polygon Show' about Libba Bray's 'A Great and Terrible Beauty'. Note that the ...
Related Loveyalikecrazy Topics