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    <title>Act YA Age - Episodes Tagged with “Ya Podcast”</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2020 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>Follow along as two adults dive into young adult books and series in order to unpack the universal appeal of the genre that transcends age and gender barriers.
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    <itunes:subtitle>A YA Lit Podcast</itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:author>Tasia and Corinne</itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary>Follow along as two adults dive into young adult books and series in order to unpack the universal appeal of the genre that transcends age and gender barriers.
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      <itunes:email>Actyaagepod@gmail.com</itunes:email>
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  <title>CEMETERY BOYS by Aiden Thomas</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2020 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>We dig into Aiden Thomas's outstanding debut, CEMETERY BOYS, with a very special guest!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:06:07</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;We are joined by podcaster extraordinaire Ian Carlos Crawford to talk CEMETERY BOYS by Aiden Thomas! We talk queer latinx representation, found family, and, of course, ghost boyfriends.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As always, thanks to Martha Riley for our art, Djempirical for our music, and Tim for editing. And a huge thank you to Ian for being a wonderful and insightful guest!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Find us on the internet if you like!&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.actyaage.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;www.actyaage.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:actyaagepod@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;actyaagepod@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/actyaage/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.instagram.com/actyaage/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/actyaage" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://twitter.com/actyaage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Find Ian at @ianxcarlos on all platforms&lt;br&gt;
And check out Ian's podcast at &lt;a href="https://www.slayerfest98.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.slayerfest98.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>We are joined by podcaster extraordinaire Ian Carlos Crawford to talk CEMETERY BOYS by Aiden Thomas! We talk queer latinx representation, found family, and, of course, ghost boyfriends.</p>

<p>As always, thanks to Martha Riley for our art, Djempirical for our music, and Tim for editing. And a huge thank you to Ian for being a wonderful and insightful guest!</p>

<p>Find us on the internet if you like!<br>
<a href="http://www.actyaage.com" rel="nofollow">www.actyaage.com</a><br>
<a href="mailto:actyaagepod@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">actyaagepod@gmail.com</a><br>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/actyaage/" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/actyaage/</a><br>
<a href="https://twitter.com/actyaage" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/actyaage</a><br>
Find Ian at @ianxcarlos on all platforms<br>
And check out Ian&#39;s podcast at <a href="https://www.slayerfest98.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.slayerfest98.com/</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>We are joined by podcaster extraordinaire Ian Carlos Crawford to talk CEMETERY BOYS by Aiden Thomas! We talk queer latinx representation, found family, and, of course, ghost boyfriends.</p>

<p>As always, thanks to Martha Riley for our art, Djempirical for our music, and Tim for editing. And a huge thank you to Ian for being a wonderful and insightful guest!</p>

<p>Find us on the internet if you like!<br>
<a href="http://www.actyaage.com" rel="nofollow">www.actyaage.com</a><br>
<a href="mailto:actyaagepod@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">actyaagepod@gmail.com</a><br>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/actyaage/" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/actyaage/</a><br>
<a href="https://twitter.com/actyaage" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/actyaage</a><br>
Find Ian at @ianxcarlos on all platforms<br>
And check out Ian&#39;s podcast at <a href="https://www.slayerfest98.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.slayerfest98.com/</a></p>]]>
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  <title>AUTOBOYOGRAPHY by Christina Lauren</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
  <author>Tasia and Corinne</author>
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  <itunes:author>Tasia and Corinne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>We dive into AUTOBOYOGRAPHY by Christina Lauren with a special guest!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:02:47</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;We are joined by our friend Martha to discuss AUTOBOYOGRAPHY by Christina Lauren - a YA romance novel that explores themes of queer and religious identity. Stick around to hear what we're going to tackle next!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As always, a big thanks to Martha Riley for our art (and for being our guest this week!), Djempirical for our music, and Tim for editing. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Find us on the internet if you please!&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:actyaagepod@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;actyaagepod@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.actyaage.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;www.actyaage.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/actyaage/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.instagram.com/actyaage/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/actyaage" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://twitter.com/actyaage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Find all things Martha at &lt;a href="https://marthariley.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://marthariley.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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  <itunes:keywords>Ya, ya lit, ya literature, books, ya podcast, young adult podcast, ya book podcast, autoboyography, christina lauren, </itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>We are joined by our friend Martha to discuss AUTOBOYOGRAPHY by Christina Lauren - a YA romance novel that explores themes of queer and religious identity. Stick around to hear what we&#39;re going to tackle next!</p>

<p>As always, a big thanks to Martha Riley for our art (and for being our guest this week!), Djempirical for our music, and Tim for editing. </p>

<p>Find us on the internet if you please!<br>
<a href="mailto:actyaagepod@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">actyaagepod@gmail.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.actyaage.com" rel="nofollow">www.actyaage.com</a><br>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/actyaage/" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/actyaage/</a><br>
<a href="https://twitter.com/actyaage" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/actyaage</a><br>
Find all things Martha at <a href="https://marthariley.com/" rel="nofollow">https://marthariley.com/</a></p>]]>
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  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>We are joined by our friend Martha to discuss AUTOBOYOGRAPHY by Christina Lauren - a YA romance novel that explores themes of queer and religious identity. Stick around to hear what we&#39;re going to tackle next!</p>

<p>As always, a big thanks to Martha Riley for our art (and for being our guest this week!), Djempirical for our music, and Tim for editing. </p>

<p>Find us on the internet if you please!<br>
<a href="mailto:actyaagepod@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">actyaagepod@gmail.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.actyaage.com" rel="nofollow">www.actyaage.com</a><br>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/actyaage/" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/actyaage/</a><br>
<a href="https://twitter.com/actyaage" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/actyaage</a><br>
Find all things Martha at <a href="https://marthariley.com/" rel="nofollow">https://marthariley.com/</a></p>]]>
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  <title>CARRY ON and WAYWARD SON by Rainbow Rowell</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2020 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
  <author>Tasia and Corinne</author>
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  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Tasia and Corinne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>We tackle the first two books in Rainbow Rowell's Simon Snow series, CARRY ON and its sequel WAYWARD SON with a special guest!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:40:14</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;We are joined by our friend Melissa to discuss the first two books from one of our favorite series, CARRY ON and WAYWARD SON by Rainbow Rowell - with plenty of theorizing as to where the final book, ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS, might take us. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As always, a big thanks to Martha Riley for our art, Djempirical for our music, and Corinne's husband Tim for editing. And an extra special thanks to Melissa for being a fabulous first guest! &lt;/p&gt;
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  <itunes:keywords>Ya, ya lit, ya literature, books, ya podcast, young adult podcast, carry on, wayward son, rainbow rowell, snowbaz, simon snow,</itunes:keywords>
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    <![CDATA[<p>We are joined by our friend Melissa to discuss the first two books from one of our favorite series, CARRY ON and WAYWARD SON by Rainbow Rowell - with plenty of theorizing as to where the final book, ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS, might take us. </p>

<p>As always, a big thanks to Martha Riley for our art, Djempirical for our music, and Corinne&#39;s husband Tim for editing. And an extra special thanks to Melissa for being a fabulous first guest!</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>We are joined by our friend Melissa to discuss the first two books from one of our favorite series, CARRY ON and WAYWARD SON by Rainbow Rowell - with plenty of theorizing as to where the final book, ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS, might take us. </p>

<p>As always, a big thanks to Martha Riley for our art, Djempirical for our music, and Corinne&#39;s husband Tim for editing. And an extra special thanks to Melissa for being a fabulous first guest!</p>]]>
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  <title>FANGIRL by Rainbow Rowell</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
  <author>Tasia and Corinne</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Corinne and Tasia dive into Rainbow Rowell's love letter to fandom, fanfiction, and growing up: FANGIRL</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:15:26</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Let's get metatextual with our first book choice: FANGIRL by Rainbow Rowell! Come for the critical analysis, stay for Levi. Or vice versa, we don't know your business. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Check out a sneak peek of the FANGIRL manga we mention &lt;a href="https://www.viz.com/read/manga/fangirl-volume-1/product/6343" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As always, thanks to Martha Riley for our art, Djempirical for our music, and Corinne's husband Tim for being a good sport and editing for us! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>Let&#39;s get metatextual with our first book choice: FANGIRL by Rainbow Rowell! Come for the critical analysis, stay for Levi. Or vice versa, we don&#39;t know your business. </p>

<p>Check out a sneak peek of the FANGIRL manga we mention <a href="https://www.viz.com/read/manga/fangirl-volume-1/product/6343" rel="nofollow">here</a></p>

<p>As always, thanks to Martha Riley for our art, Djempirical for our music, and Corinne&#39;s husband Tim for being a good sport and editing for us!</p>]]>
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  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Let&#39;s get metatextual with our first book choice: FANGIRL by Rainbow Rowell! Come for the critical analysis, stay for Levi. Or vice versa, we don&#39;t know your business. </p>

<p>Check out a sneak peek of the FANGIRL manga we mention <a href="https://www.viz.com/read/manga/fangirl-volume-1/product/6343" rel="nofollow">here</a></p>

<p>As always, thanks to Martha Riley for our art, Djempirical for our music, and Corinne&#39;s husband Tim for being a good sport and editing for us!</p>]]>
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