YA Podcast

01/11/2022

We're coming at you with another media review! Kadi and Teffer watched Season 1 of the Vampire Diaries and we're here to tell you all about low cut jeans, s*xy vampire brothers, and racist small towns.

18/06/2021

It’s the season for summer reading! Teffer and Bailey sit down to talk about the books we're looking forward to relaxing with this summer. With a round-up of new releases and older favorites, and even a ship book squeezed in, we've got just the thing for your reading list! Click the link in to listen now!

https://m.soundcloud.com/ya-podcast/141-summer-reading-round-up-2021

03/06/2021

Kicking off a food themed June, Eunice and Teffer review The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo, a delicious story of food trucks, family, and falling in love. We talk about hot dads, best friends, and the risk that comes with opening your heart. Click the link to listen now!

https://m.soundcloud.com/ya-podcast/139-the-way-you-make-me-feel-by-maurene-goo

26/05/2021

This week, Teffer and Bailey review Faith: Taking Flight by Julie Murphy! We’re talking healthy friendships, unhealthy relationships, fat-positive representation and oh, right, superheroes, too. Click to listen now!

https://m.soundcloud.com/ya-podcast/138-faith-taking-flight-by-julie-murphy

Also note that Julie Murphy has a new book out TODAY: Pumpkin!! Go buy it!!

20/05/2021

MTLYA Fest has gone online for 2021 this Sunday, May 23! Kadi and Teffer will be joining them at 2:30 for "YA Fandom Creators", a conversation about, well, creating content for the YA fandom! Click the link below to get your (FREE!) ticket and see the rest of the schedule. Please consider making a donation to support the festival!

https://www.mtlyafest.com/sche

28/04/2021

This week, Kadi and Bailey review The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna. We talk about well-researched fantasy religions, the experience of living under oppressive systems, brilliant visual metaphors, and how dang much we want this incredible book to be made into a movie. Like all new release reviews, this one is spoiler free!Listen now!

https://m.soundcloud.com/ya-podcast/134-the-gilded-ones-by-namina-forna

15/04/2021

Thank you Matthew Dever for this write up about your experience on YA!

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06/04/2021

This week Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan joined us to talk about their new teen s*x ed book, Let’s Talk About It! Erika and Matthew joined Teffer and Kadi for a conversation about peer to peer education, expanding the way we talk about s*x with youth, what it means to have diverse representation in a s*x ed resource, the Queen of the Beets, and so much more! This interview was a blast, and we’re so excited to share it with you! (Also, if you want to see the video version of this, well, it’s time to sign up for our Patreon!) Listen now!

https://m.soundcloud.com/ya-podcast/131-lets-talk-about-it-with-erika-moen-and-matthew-nolan

01/04/2021

This week, Kadi and Eunice review Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley! We talk about communities going through hard times, intergenerational trauma & healing, and the importance of storytelling in marginalized communities. Then, we get vulnerable about recent events and our own experiences as cultural minorities. This book is so good, y'all. It's so good!!

https://m.soundcloud.com/ya-podcast/130-firekeepers-daughter-by-angeline-boulley

24/03/2021

This week we’re diving in to Adrienne Young’s book, Fable! Bailey finally asks Teffer, what’s the deal with ship books? We talk about the open sea, the benefits of love versus the risks of vulnerability, and the twists and turns we didn’t see coming in this beautiful book! This episode is spoiler free. Click to listen now!

https://m.soundcloud.com/ya-podcast/129-fable-by-adrienne-young

22/03/2021

What a nice write up on us and other shows from The Upford Network! Check it out for other great Montreal podcast recommendations!

The best English-language podcasts made in Montréal talk about everything from pop culture to parenting

16/03/2021

Kadi and Teffer review To All the Boys: Always and Forever, the Netflix adaptation of Jenny Han's Always and Forever, Lara Jean. Join us for Kadi's first foray into the himbo universe, the joys of boys who do sports, satisfying final chapters, and a surprising side order of Jon Hamm! Click to listen!

https://m.soundcloud.com/ya-podcast/128-to-all-the-boys-always-and-forever

09/03/2021

Teffer and Kadi return to the Graceling Realm with Kristin Cashore’s new release, Winterkeep! We're talking about environmental anxiety, the Gen Z/Millennial tension, extended character development, generational trauma and generational healing, who can get it, and so much more! Click the link to listen now!

https://m.soundcloud.com/ya-podcast/127-winterkeep-by-kristin-cashore

05/03/2021

Thank you to everyone who's already donated to The Upford Network's fundraiser - we just passed $2,000, which means it's time to start unveiling Stretch Goals!

Our first Stretch Goal is to raise an extra $2500- double our initial goal amount. This will give us the budget to fully upgrade the recording setup in our main studio and donate the current setup to a local high school or youth centre, to help them set up their own podcasting space, making podcasting more accessible to young people! In addition, we'll be giving 20% of the money earned above our initial goal to local food banks & drop-in shelters in the Montreal area.

Please share and donate as you are able!

Our podcasting studio needs an urgent computer upgrade! | Check out 'Support The Upford Network!' on Indiegogo.

04/03/2021

Patron Emily Pattyn joins Teffer this week to talk about one of the hottest new releases of 2020: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko! We talk about magic systems, the development of diverse fantasy in YA, and why The Lord of the Rings should be 200 pages shorter than it is. Like all our new release reviews, this one is spoiler free! Click the link to listen now!

https://soundcloud.com/ya-podcast/126-raybearer-by-jordan-ifueko