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Hey YA

From great new books to favorite classic reads, from news to the latest in on-screen adaptations, the Hey YA podcast is here to elevate the exciting world of young adult lit.

Episode 82 The Holiday All-Request Recommendation Show

Kelly and Hannah answer listener requests for book recommendations.

Episode 81.5 Extra Credit: Fascism! That’s Cheery!

In her first solo episode, Hannah tries not to get too mired in despair and instead focuses on the lessons she learned from Mark Bray on antifascism.

Episode 81 Oops/You’re Welcome

Hannah and Kelly record a podcast during the longest week ever and talk about under the radar 2020 reads and books they plan to read before the year ends.

Episode 80.5 Extra Credit: Becoming a Teacher and YA Reader with Tim Milner

Hannah and special guest Tim Milner reminisce about high school together and talk becoming YA readers a little late in life and becoming teachers after brief forays into other careers.

Episode 80 What Even Is An Oak Tree?

Kelly and Hannah take a look at the settings present and absent in YA books and what they wish they saw more commonly, then highlight YA set in the rural US and across the globe.

Episode 79.5 Extra Credit: Ghost Stories

Kelly dives into the wide world of YA ghost stories.

Episode 79 Get In Loser. We’re Going Podcasting.

Kelly and new Hey YA host Hannah talk about girls in sports and dig into great stand-alone YA science fiction and fantasy books.

Episode 78.5 Extra Credit: Book Clubbing SLOPPY FIRSTS with Kristina Forest

Kelly and YA author Kristina Forest talk about Megan McCafferty's Sloppy Firsts, digging into suburban angst, finding yourself, and Marcus Flutie.

Episode 78 I Put a Spell on You

Vanessa and Liberty are sitting in this week, talking about recent YA releases and which witchy YA reads they love, witch, er, which makes for a spellbinding new episode!

Episode 77.5 Extra Credit: Extolling The Virtues of Darius The Great Is Not OK

Special guest Jessica Pryde, of our When In Romance podcast, dives into Darius The Great Is Not OK by Adib Khorram.