Teen Creeps

Teen Creeps

Grownup comedians Kelly Nugent and Lindsay Katai discuss the trashy teen horror of their awkward neon youth - from the rise of MTV to the fall of ... well, MTV. So tighten those side ponytails, push your pogs to one side, fire up your 56k dial-up modem, and subscribe. New episodes every Wednesday. All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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July 16, 2025 64 mins

This week Kelly and Katai read the 2014 FEAR STREET reboot entry PARTY GAMES by R.L. Stine, the story of a dum dum who gets a crush on a Fear boy and misses every red flag during his birthday death games. They talk psycho boys, poorly designed murder games, going to bed smelling of burger, missed villain opportunities, unimpressive party spreads, and more!

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Sicknesses and work/shooting schedules and life had us unable to record this week, so here's an Outside Genre episode from our Patreon!


Kelly and Katai talk THE GIRLS by Emma Cline, a beautiful rumination on girlhood, acquiescence, AND VIOLENT NORCAL CULTS! Thank you so much to listener Jenna Jardin for the book suggestion! The irresistible pull of someone with power, the desire to be desired, and how everyone just wants, wants,...

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This week Kelly and Katai dived into ANGELS WATCHING OVER ME, the first entry in Lurlene McDaniels' Angels Trilogy--and they will not be returning! They talk exoticizing and eroticizing the Amish, some Belle Gibson ass cancer messaging, confusing angel messaging, how they'd have talked shit on Leah as her fellow patients, and more!

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June 25, 2025 47 mins

This week Kelly and Katai read DON'T STAY UP LATE (A FEAR STREET NOVEL) by R.L. Stine, the story of a girl whose dad dies and then she almost gets gaslit to death. They talk the return of the angel faced white blonde haired boy charge, moms who need to get different jobs, absolutely bonkers monster child conspiracies, nary an endgame to be found, and more!

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June 18, 2025 69 mins

This week on the podcast Kelly and Katai read GHOST CAT by Beverly Butler. They talk death by coddling, hating Todd, loving Annabel, hating Todd, mixing wisdom with fury, hating Todd, and also hating Todd!

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This week on the podcast Kelly read FEAR STREET NIGHTS: MOONLIGHT SECRETS, MIDNIGHT GAMES, and DARKEST DAWN by R.L. Stine and Lindsay read Moonlight Secrets. They talk misguided naming paradigms, evil crows, loser bartenders, extreme lip violence, and more!

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This week Kelly and Katai finally finish Bruce Coville's Unicorn Chronicles with the books THE WOUNDED TREE and THE GATHERED GLORY. They talk Cara's continuing nonsense even as a unicorn, satisfying payoffs, sad deaths, fun twists, earned endings, and then get into what they're watching on TV, hot hot hot tooth extractions, and which celebrities they instinctively know to be their soulmates.

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This week on the podcast Kelly and Katai continued their travels on the Unicorn Chronicle highway with SECRET OF THE DELVERS and THE INVASION OF LUSTER by Bruce Coville. They update each other on what the fuck is up with Dimblethumb (OR NOT!!), briefly check in on characters keeping them emotionally distant from the story, bad bitch Felicity, the actually impactful story of the Centaur Chiron, Belle clip-clopping along, Cara’s non-...

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This week Kelly and Katai returned to Bruce Coville's Unicorn Chronicles series with SONG OF THE WANDERER and ENTER THE WHISPERER. They talk boring protagonist syndrome, MacGuffins as far as the eye can see, annoying creatures, cool lore vs boring story, and hit on both the best and dumbest solution to the problem of continuing the series for the podcast.

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This week Kelly and Katai read A PROUD TASTE FOR SCARLET AND MINIVER by E.L. Konigsburg, the fictionalized story of Eleanor of Aquitaine's life as she waits for her second husband, Henry II, in heaven. They talk whether it's real, cringe heaven fanfic, the best form of government, everybody hates John, bad cult of personality teachers, and more!


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This week Kelly and Katai read WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS by Grady Hendrix, the story of a group of unwed teenage girls who are sent to a maternity home in Florida in 1970 and the ways they attempt to take control over their own lives and pregnancies (witchcraft, etc). They cry, despair over the plight of these characters and the real girls who went through this, get angry, cry, fawn over Grady Hendrix, get angry, cry, and more!

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April 30, 2025 72 mins

This week on the podcast Kelly and Katai read THE STEPFORD WIVES by Ira Levin, the story of what are you a slug living under a rock, how do you not already know the plot of this book? They get mad as hell and talk sexism, evil imagineers, and more!

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April 23, 2025 53 mins

This week on the podcast Kelly and Katai read FEAR STREET: INTO THE DARK by R.L. Stine, the story of a blind girl who is awesome, but has unfortunately attracted a set of insane twin brothers. They talk good disability representation, Ed's many faults, Brad's also glaring faults, using your twin to sleep with Keanu Reeves' stunt double from Constantine, and more!


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This week Kelly and Katai read A SORCERESS COMES TO CALL by T. Kingfisher, the story of an evil narcissist mom out to marry rich. They talk family surprises, who can pull off both loser and plastic, Falada's betrayal, the Penelope Green problem, and more!


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PATREON OUTSIDE GENRE DROP! Kelly and Katai talk Álvaro Enrigue's YOU DREAMED OF EMPIRES, a surprisingly funny historical fiction about the meeting between Cortéz and Moctezuma! Huge thanks to listener Hannah for the book suggestion! Stinky priests, running away from your european friends, and tripping on cacti!


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This week Kelly and Katai read EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE by Ernest Cunningham, er, we mean Benjamin Stevenson. They talk hyper self-aware narrative, poor poor Lucy, using every detail, loving everything, did we mention poor poor Lucy, and more!


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March 26, 2025 54 mins

This week Kelly and Katai read HAUNTED by Judith St. George, the story of a boy who has to rid a compound of nazi ghosts in the most boring way possible. They talk wills! How not to do nazi ghosts! And more!


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March 19, 2025 71 mins

This week Kelly and Katai read THE BOATMAN’S DAUGHTER by Andy Davidson, the touching story of a hot, hot woman and the adopted fish brother she does a terrible job protecting. They talk being unmoored in space and time, being here there and everywhere, the book’s fatal flaw, and more!


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March 12, 2025 50 mins

This week Kelly and Katai read THE RAIN GHOST by Garry Kilworth, the story of a boy who finds a dagger and uses his D&D skills to help a water ghost. They talk a quirky story, a likable protagonist, a surprisingly good emotional throughline, and conning the BBC.


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March 5, 2025 54 mins

This week Kelly and Katai read FEAR STREET: THE CONFESSION by R.L. Stine, the story of a group of friends who are forced to enter a murder pact, kind of. They talk a probable ghostwriter, nearly nonexistent protagonist, unfunny friends, lying cliffhangers, blades blades blades, and having an unhinged response to finding out your friend murdered your other friend.


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