In the wake of my appearance on the “Welcome to the OC, Bitches” podcast, it felt like the right time to do an assessment of the teen drama rewatch podcasts.
Aug 22, 2022·edited Aug 22, 2022Liked by Shari Weiss
I really hope producers of the podcasts read this, and take some notes. this was SO thoughful, concise and good. great job, Shari! personally, I loved hearing/seeing you on "Welcome to the O.C." (even though I don't care about the show) and I always read your "9021OMG" recaps because they were so insightful - I guess way more insightful than the podcast. I listened to about 30 installments of "Drama Queens" and liked them a lot (I will continue when I have more time) and I enjoy the tone of the three enough that it never bothers me if they are one-sided or on tangents: I just really like them (and, surprisingly, Joy!) and the speed/energy of their conversations.
(random aside: I have lived in four or five places over th years, and I did not LOVE one of them. I'm fond of all of them, but if you gave me a podcast to talk about the experience, I would sound like I'd "trash-talk" all the places I have called home. but that's just my personality - and that's why I'm fine with an "OTH" podcast that clearly doesn't love OTH.)
Which of the four do you think has grown the most since they started? I haven't listened to OC or XOXO, but I think 90210MG has grown a bit, while, for me, Drama Queens has been fairly static.
That's a great question. Today's "9021OMG" was actually its best installment in ages, but history suggests this will probably be an anomaly as opposed to a new norm. I think "OC, Bitches" is the only one that took some constructive criticism and used it to improve.
I really hope producers of the podcasts read this, and take some notes. this was SO thoughful, concise and good. great job, Shari! personally, I loved hearing/seeing you on "Welcome to the O.C." (even though I don't care about the show) and I always read your "9021OMG" recaps because they were so insightful - I guess way more insightful than the podcast. I listened to about 30 installments of "Drama Queens" and liked them a lot (I will continue when I have more time) and I enjoy the tone of the three enough that it never bothers me if they are one-sided or on tangents: I just really like them (and, surprisingly, Joy!) and the speed/energy of their conversations.
(random aside: I have lived in four or five places over th years, and I did not LOVE one of them. I'm fond of all of them, but if you gave me a podcast to talk about the experience, I would sound like I'd "trash-talk" all the places I have called home. but that's just my personality - and that's why I'm fine with an "OTH" podcast that clearly doesn't love OTH.)
I respect that!
Which of the four do you think has grown the most since they started? I haven't listened to OC or XOXO, but I think 90210MG has grown a bit, while, for me, Drama Queens has been fairly static.
That's a great question. Today's "9021OMG" was actually its best installment in ages, but history suggests this will probably be an anomaly as opposed to a new norm. I think "OC, Bitches" is the only one that took some constructive criticism and used it to improve.