Save the Last Pod

Nov 13 2024 52 ep. 76 mins 29
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The definitive teen movie podcast that rehashes the formative films that molded our generation – for better and for worse. From John Hughes to Wes Craven, from Laney Boggs to Regina George, we discuss the iconic fights, football games, proms, parties and pies we love, one nostalgia trip at a time. Join Amy DePaola and Dan Schwartz (and the occasional special guest) every Wednesday for a hang with old friends including Cher, Sidney, Biff, Ferris, Carrie and Duckie!

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Ep. 52 - Election

Nov 13 2024 66 mins  
As the late Billionaire and two-time political candidate Ross Perot once said, "If you see a snake, just kill it; don’t appoint a committee of snakes.” Today’s film is an attempt by a High School teacher who tries to make a snake out of a student, and in turn makes himself a real-life snake, dismantling his life as he knows it. Are you following along yet? Good, because it i

Ep 51 - 10 Things I Hate About You

Nov 06 2024 93 mins  
How exactly does one tame a shrew? It’s hard to say, but it does feel like a job for an Aussie, doesn’t it? This week on Save the Last Pod, it’s the 1999 classic high school Shakespeare adaptation that launched the career of everybody’s favorite heartthrob from down under – it’s 10 Things I Hate About You! This is a big film in the teen movie genre so we brought in a bi

Ep 50 - Halloween H20

Oct 30 2024 72 mins  
What do the Halloween franchise and Everything Everywhere All At Once have in common? Aside from the OG final girl, Jamie Lee Curtis, it's the multiverse! Sort of! We enter the mid-way point of the biggest horror-slasher franchise and reunite with the once former teen scream Queen, Laurie Strode, back from the dead - or was she ever gone? - in Halloween H2O: 20 Years Later. Let’s

Ep 49 - Scream 4

Oct 23 2024 74 mins  
Happy Hallowteen! This one’s for all our Stab fanatics out there. We’re giving you three Stabs with a side of Scream. This week on Save the Last Pod, it is perhaps the most meta movie in the most meta franchise of all-time – it’s the 2011 classic Scream 4! In this episode, Amy & Dan rank the Screams and the Stabs, and talk all things Stu & Dew, and Bill & Jill. Turn your we

Ep 48 - Jennifer's Body

Oct 16 2024 68 mins  
In the hierarchy of evil there are all manner of lesser imps and demons, but today’s movie tells us that Hell is a teenage girl. This week on Save the Last Pod, we’re talking about the 2009 late-emo, sleeper cult classic Jennifer’s Body. In this episode, Amy & Dan talk about succubi, whether or not Jenji Kohen and Diablo Cody are the same person (they’re not), if emo was co

Ep 47 - Final Destination

Oct 09 2024 67 mins  
Is there anything scarier than commercial air travel? TSA lines, airplane bathrooms, broken seat back entertainment systems – oh no! New Line took a gamble on that premise and spun it into 6 feature films. This week on Save the Last Pod, we’re covering the Rube Goldberg machine that started the franchise – it’s Final Destination! In this episode, Amy & Dan talk about transp

Ep 46 - Urban Legend

Oct 02 2024 67 mins  
Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary… say it again. We dare you. Candyman, Candyman… say it again. We dare you. Of course, you know nothing bad will come of it if you do, but deep in the recesses of your mind, you suspect that these aren’t just urban legends. Right? That’s the question posed by this week’s movie… Urban Legend! We’re back for Hallowteen, and this week we find ou

Ep 45 - D2: The Mighty Ducks

Aug 07 2024 72 mins  
The Summer Olympics are in full swing but, like most good Americans, we’re more excited for the winter games so we can watch hockey – specifically Goodwill Games hockey. This week on Save the Last Pod, it’s a Disney teen movie sequel to the youth sports classic that banged so hard it spawned an NHL franchise. It’s D2: The Mighty Ducks! In this episode, Amy and Dan welcome b

Ep 44 - Lords of Dogtown

Jul 31 2024 69 mins  
The Summer Olympics is in full swing, and we are celebrating with a teen movie that sheds light on not one but two more modern Olympic sports. Yes, we are talking about surfing and skateboarding and specifically about how a rag-tag group of teen surfers in the Dogtown area of Venice Beach unintentionally innovated and launched skateboarding into the mainstream by sneaking into empt

Ep 43 - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Jul 24 2024 68 mins  
While jeans are super American, this movie was not shot anywhere in America, but it stars four American TV show-led sweethearts, and one of them is named America! Have you figured out what movie we are talking about yet? Of course, you have, you are a teen Queen just like us! This week on Save the Last Pod, it's the Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants - LET’S GO! In this episode,