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A podcast about Mean Girls, one scene at a time.

Mean by Scene


    • Mar 6, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 31m AVG DURATION
    • 19 EPISODES


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    Episode 16: Most People Just Take the Crown and Go

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2022 28:13


    The final episode! Crown safety, endings, vengeance buses, serious and trivial questions. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meanbyscene/message

    Bonus minisode #2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2021 5:06


    What's your favourite pasta shape? Is it the same as Mean Girls cast members Nicole Crimi (Regina's little sister Kylie), Jo Chim (the infamous salesperson) or Daniel Franzese (Damian)? Listen and find out! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meanbyscene/message

    Episode 15: Great Turnout This Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2021 42:37


    The limit does not exist. Tom & Sharanya talk spring flings, mathleticism, quote-unquote Africa and more. Plus quite a lot of connections. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meanbyscene/message

    Episode 14: Personally Victimized by Regina George

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2021 35:51


    "She doesn't even go here!" It's time for some honesty when the Burn Book surfaces. Tom and Sharanya discuss the gym scene, deadpan delivery, important messages for girls and more. Content warning: this is kind of our heaviest episode, in places. Contains discussion of racial prejudice and the film's portrayal of sexual abuse. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meanbyscene/message

    Bonus minisode #1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2021 6:57


    What's your favourite pasta shape? Is it the same as Mean Girls cast members Jan Caruana (Emma Gerber), Clare Preuss (Caroline Krafft) or David Reale (Glen Coco)? Listen and find out! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meanbyscene/message

    Episode 13: Just Like A Clone of Regina

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 35:01


    Sharanya and Tom discuss the Great Revelations triggered by Cady's clandestine house party: that she's been lying to Aaron about her mathematical aptitude, to Regina about Kalteen bars, to Janis and Damian about the party. And then, the greatest revelation of all: the Burn Book. Plus there's some chat about fashion, Huge Guy, rap names, and things that are funny. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meanbyscene/message

    Episode 12: She's A Pusher

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 38:48


    Sharanya and Tom discuss the anti-Regina sabotage plan, comfort food, phone ambushes, Aaron Samuels' possible thing for toxic girls, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, "face acting", chick-flick themes, Wild Child (2008), and much more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meanbyscene/message

    Episode 11: Projection Room

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2020 29:36


    The plan to take down Regina is back on! Featuring the projection room, Blondie, falling and failing for a boy (why?), serious questions about Coach Carr (to be continued), and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meanbyscene/message

    Episode 10: Jingle Bell Rock

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 37:41


    Sharanya and Tom talk about the North Shore High winter talent show. Including such vital topics as - Fetch: happening?, Kevin G and the Power of Three, Beautiful and "Don't look at me", what is the modern reboot of a skipping CD, choreography, and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meanbyscene/message

    Episode 9 - You Go, Glenn Coco

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 34:37


    In this episode, Sharanya & Tom tackle: the plan to crack Gretchen Wieners, meanness, animal world, Suits, Glenn Coco, making someone's face smell like a foot, Blondie, and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meanbyscene/message

    Episode 8: Halloween

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2020 29:09


    In this episode, which by the way was beset by connection problems and was a TOTAL hassle to record, Tom and Sharanya discuss: Mr George, Halloween outfits, the glaring error that ruins Mean Girls, PowerPoint slides, Psych, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meanbyscene/message

    Episode 7: October 3rd

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 32:14


    Sharanya & Tom discuss: teachers outside school, Casablanca, Damian's potential desire to be a Plastic, Boswell's Life of Johnson, TGI Friday's, the missed opportunity of Kevin Gnapoor as romantic lead, and considerably more. This episode covers the section of Mean Girls going from Cady, Janis and Damian meeting at the mall (and talking with Ms Norbury), to the Regina/Gretchen phone ambush, and the talking-to-Aaron-Samuels montage, which culminates in Aaron inviting Cady to the Halloween party. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meanbyscene/message

    Episode 6 - The Burn Book

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 43:57


    In this episode: Cool parents / Posters / THE BURN BOOK / Milkshake / Where is Mr George? And more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meanbyscene/message

    Episode 5: Get In, Loser. We're Going Shopping.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 30:51


    An incisive look at Cady's first mall trip with the Plastics. Featuring: Girl-on-girl crime // Regina George's strategic miscalculation // Reductive Africa // The Keanu Reeves of TV moms // Patriarchy // --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meanbyscene/message

    Episode 4: The Rules of Feminism

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2020 36:45


    The Plastics have rules. Aaron Samuels is dreamy. Kevin Gnapoor is pretty intense. Swahili is difficult. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meanbyscene/message

    Episode 3: Why Don't I Know You?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2020 26:27


    Cady meets the Plastics. The definition of interesting. Muffins. And more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meanbyscene/message

    Episode 2: The Back Building

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2020 33:30


    Cady's 2nd day at North Shore High! She gets to know Janis & Damian, hears about The Plastics for the first time -- and we learn a series of fantabulous facts about Regina George. Questions this ep include "Why is toaster strudel?" and "Is this the worst joke in Mean Girls?", while connections cover maudlin pop ballads, a murderous Macauley Culkin, and Ariana Grande. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meanbyscene/message

    Episode 1: X.Y.L.O.C.A.R.P.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020 43:34


    Sharanya & Tom get this pod rolling with the Mean Girls opening sequence and Cady Heron's confusing and sad first day at school. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meanbyscene/message

    Episode Zero: Watch Your Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2019 28:26


    It's the one where Sharanya & Tom explain what all this is about, kind of. In this episode: - What this podcast is - What is Mean Girls? (WARNING: possibly infuriating for listeners with a good memory of the events of the film) - Is this Lindsay Lohan's best film? - Why doesn't Tina Fey talk more about Mean Girls in her book? - Queen Bees & Wannabes - Mean Girls 2 (briefly) - Just My Luck (not briefly enough) - Mean Girls & Me: why we care about this film enough to do a podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meanbyscene/message

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