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On "Seventeen: Conversations with My Teenage Self," writer and essayist Laura Leigh Abby reads her 17 year-old diary - with the entries voiced by teen influencer Leia Immanuel - and reflects on it, revealing so much more than anyone could have expected. This narrative podcast is nostalgic of the early aughts, an era before social media and smartphones, while also acknowledging the inherent and often unwitting misogyny of the time. Adult Laura addresses journal entries that contain problematic sexual encounters, and explores how a generation of would-be feminists were influenced by the mixed signals of pop culture.

Paradiso Media


    • Jun 14, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 16m AVG DURATION
    • 10 EPISODES
    • 1 SEASONS


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    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 13:16


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    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 15:44


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    EP 4: “What does he possibly see in me?”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2022 20:54


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    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 16:06


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    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 19:14


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    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 15:14


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    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2022 1:23


    Introducing: "Seventeen: Conversations with My Teenage Self" a narrative docuseries from Paradiso Media. Episodes 1 & 2 available February 7th.

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