Have you ever accidentally turned in your journal to an essay contest and then proceeded to have a menty b? Welcome to menty b, the movie, also known as the DCom Read it and Weep (2006). Join your hosts, Adri and Helene, as they talk about Jamie and Is, first kisses, fainting, and much more. Pass us a note in class. Type up your notes in the comput…

We're taking a break from our regularly scheduled programming to talk about season 3 of a teeny tiny not at all popular current show on Netflix: Bridgerton. Helene and Adri talk about Cressida Cowper, Lord Debling, Colin, Penelope, Violet, Lady Danbury's iconic behavior, whether or not the Queen was needed as a character this season, Mother-daughte…

Were you obsessed with Harriet the Spy (1996) and Clueless (1995) as a kid? Boy oh boy... do we have great news for you! Get a Clue (2002) is streaming on Disney+ (and in our hearts), as Helene and Adri already know. Join your hosts on a journey through improbable journalistic standards and publishing schedules, questions on how a journalist can af…

We're getting shipped off to George Washington Military School! Well, not literally, but we're watching the 2002 DCom Cadet Kelly starring the incomparable Hilary Duff at the height of the Lizzie McGuire Era. And what an era that was... Join Helene and Adri as they talk about neurodivergent characters, not being subject matter experts on anything y…

Have you ever watched She's the Man (2006) and thought to yourself, "This movie needs more motorcycles?" Well, do we have FANTASTIC news for you because we're talking about the 2001 DCom Motocrossed on this episode of the show. Join us as we talk about dirt bikes, homophobia, nail polish, feminism, yet another Coach Dad (is this a trope?), and much…

Dr. Helene Hedian, Director of Clinical Education, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health, discusses data a new study published in the February 2024 edition of Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved,"What Patients Want in a Transgender Center:Building a Patient-Centered Program." This article is free to read through the mon…

Do you ever feel like you lost your luck? Well, then, make sure you didn't attend an Irish festival like Kyle did in the 2001 film The Luck of the Irish. Join Helene and Adri as they gab about this DCom, racism, identity, and stereotyping. Pass us a note in class. Type up your notes in the computer lab (or record a voice memo) and send them to us a…

It's the quintessential coming-of-age story of a boy who begins puberty and finds out that he's actually *checks notes* a merman?! Join Adri and Helene as they gab about the 1999 DCom, The Thirteenth Year. Filled with doppelgangers of actually more famous actors of the time, this gem of a movie also made Helene and Adri wonder... Are there mermaid …

Speculative fiction author and children's literature scholar Gabriela Lee's recent article in Children's Literature Association Quarterly, "When the Shoe Doesn't Fit: Reading Cinderella as Colonial Children's Literature in the Philippines," went viral earlier this year on Hopkins Press social media. We kick off our new season of the Hopkins Press p…

Join Helene and Adri as they visit 2047 with Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999). Helene and Adri talk about how this 1999 movie shows the future as a still capitalist nightmare where 13 year-olds are master hackers. Are they just born with all these technogical skills? If so, when does this start? Did this 1999 DCom foresee the future? And are …

Your hosts are kicking off Season 2 (covering DComs) by re-watching (and talking about) Chat GPT Incarnate, also known as Smart House (1999). Helene and Adri talk about how this film was horny, weirdly prophetic, and possibly the genesis of one of the greatest technological scams of the last ten years, Theranos. Did this 1999 DCom foresee the futur…

Welcome to the first ever Gummies, also known as the Gummy Awards. As we wrap up our Olsen twins-fueled journey through the past, we are discussing the best (and not so great) moments of the rewatch that we have studiously completed. Hosts Adri and Helene talk about the fashion we couldn’t stop thinking about, who the best parents were in these mov…

Here's the episode that was never supposed to happen: It Takes Two (1995). A departure from our Dualstar Entertainment Produced-Journey, this film starring the Olsen Twins is a throwback for the ages. Adri is joined by our resident White Man from our White Man's Corner, Seth, to talk about the shenanigans two identical strangers get up to when thei…

One more for the road! We're back with an episode we originally didn't plan on making: Billboard Dad (1998). In this Dualstar/Tapestry production, tweens Tess (Mary-Kate Olsen) and Emily (Ashley Olsen) try to hook up their dad via a reliable dating service: billboards. Honestly, the premise is in the name of the movie. Join us for a romp through Ve…

It had to happen sometime... No new episode today. That's the bad news. The good news? Initially, we planned to end this season with New York Minute (2004), BUT we’ve added two more movies to the roster of our seeing double season. Next time, on Growing up Millennial, we’re embarking on a matchmaking group project as we try to find a date for the t…

We're starting the new year with the 2004 Dualstar production, New York Minute. Starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, this was the last movie that the twins made together. Join your hosts as they talk about cultural appropriation, Eugene Levy, Dr. Drew, Bob Saget, and Jack Osburne, among others. Pass us a note in class. Type up your notes in the com…

Join Adri and your resident white man (from White Man Corner fame), Seth, as they talk about all the boyfriends we've seen in our Dualstar journey so far. They talk about challenging stereotypes, vacation movies, and engaging with local culture (or lack of engagement with the local culture, iykyk). Seth also learns a valuable geography lesson, whic…

Did you ever want to star in a reality TV competition? Well, this is your lucky day because Helene and Adri are talking about the 2003 Dualstar Entertainment Production The Challenge. Join your hosts in their spiritual (ahem, TV) journey to Mexico as teenagers (from 2003) battle it out for scholarship money (those student loans can be a drag, iykyk…

Hope you like espressos because we're headed to Italy in When In Rome (2002). Starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, this Dualstar Entertainment Group production centers on young mailroom interns from across the world who are competing for two New York summer internships. Adri and Helene talk Starbucks, lackluster boys, love of food, and The Lizzie M…

Behold, the longest ever advertisement for the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas, Holiday in the Sun (2001). Starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, this Dualstar Entertainment Group production is all about the boys, the music, and the fashion. Helene and Adri talk about cringe-worthy parental moments, private jets, krispy kreme, Meghan Fox, and boys wit…

Cross the pond with your hosts, Adri and Helene, as they reminisce about our latest Dualstar Entertainment film, Winning London (2001), starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Helene and Adri talk about the tower of London, useless montages, Peter Pan, Shakespeare, toilet paper, British pizza, and hairstyles from the early aughts. Pass us a note in cl…

Happy Thanksgiving! We weren't going to publish an episode today (what with the holiday and all), but Adri and the resident white man (Seth) recorded a bonus episode about that one joke in Our Lips Are Sealed (2000) that went over his head, as well as the movies we've rewatched so far, and what Seth has dubbed Chardonnay Rock. Pass us a note in cla…

G'day mate! Adri and Helene are headed to Australia as they talk about Our Lips Are Sealed (1999), starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Join them for an episode of reminiscing about the Kneel Diamond, Emil Hatchew (bless you!), and our favorite outfits in the Dualstar universe yet! Pass us a note in class. Type up your notes in the computer lab (or…

Helene and Adri continue their nostalgia-filled Olsen twin journey with yet another Dualstar Entertainment production, Switching Goals (1999). Not known for our knowledge, or (frankly) passion, for sports, this episode is full of non-sporting observations with the occasional bone thrown at those of you who actually like sports. Pass us a note in cl…

Get your passports ready, we're headed to Paris! Well, more like Parisian streets with a heavy dose of California interior and exterior shots, but you get the picture. Join Helene and Adri as they dish all about the 1999 Dualstar Entertainment / Tapestry Films classic that made us want crossbody backpacks, Passport to Paris. Pass us a note in class…

In this inaugural episode of the podcast, hosts Adri and Helene talk about how they grew up, how media impacted their lives, their hopes for season one of the podcast, and what the show will cover in the future. Pass us a note in class. Type up your notes in the computer lab (or record a voice memo) and send them to us at gummypod@gmail.com We're a…

Season 1 is Launching November 1st, 2023 Season one of Growing Up Millennial holds a really special place in our hearts: the direct-to-DVD movies made by the Olsen Twins in the '90s and early aughts. These films were a staple of our combined childhood (even with our seven-year age difference), and Adri and Helene are here to dissect, discuss, and r…

Mark your calendars with glitter gel pens! Growing Up Millennial is launching on November 1, 2023. We're a podcast about all things nostalgia from the 90s to the early aughts. Remember that feeling you got when you’d rush home after school, wearing those butterfly clips and/or chain wallets, to watch your favorite TV shows and movies? Do you rememb…

Our guest this week is Dr. Robert Karp. Dr. Karp is Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. A native Philadelphian, he is a graduate of Central High School, Muhlenberg College and Thomas Jefferson University Medical College, did his residency in pediatrics and fellowship in nutrition at New York Hospital/ Corn…

Our guest this episode is Scott Kushner, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Rhode Island's Harrington School of Communication and Media. His scholarship and teaching explore the ways overlooked media give shape to our everyday encounters with culture. his work has appeared in venues including Space & Culture, Converge…

Our guests this week are Dr. Mandy Savitz-Romer and Dr. Heather Rowan-Kenyon. Dr. Savitz-Romer is the Nancy Pforzheimer Aronson Senior Lecturer in Human Development and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is also the faculty lead of the school counseling strand of the Human Development and Education program. Dr. Heather Rowan…

On this episode, we are joined by Elizabeth Lanphier, a faculty member in the Ethics Center and in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. She is a philosopher and bioethicist affiliated faculty in the University of Cincinnati departments of Pediatrics, Philosophy, and Women, Gender, and Se…

We are joined this episode by Jennifer Hochschild and David Beavers, both of Harvard University. Jennifer Hochschild is the Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government and professor of African and African American studies at Harvard University. Her recent books include Genomic Politics: How the Revolution in Genomic Science Is Shaping American Soci…

Our guest today is Dr Sahanika Ratnayake - a philosopher of psychiatry and medicine, whose work focuses on talking therapy. She is interested in what constitutes evidence for talking therapy, the ethics of therapy and the integration of therapy into healthcare systems. She is currently a researcher at the UK Council for Psychotherapy. She joined us…

Last month, the United States Post office announced its 2023 slate of stamp designs, which includes tributes to writers Toni Morrison and Ernest Gaines, both of whom died in 2019. Our guest today, Dr. Rafael Walker, recently published a paper in the journal Arizona Quarterly that examines there two extraordinary writers. He explores how Gaines' las…

Our guest today is Nicholas Tilmes, whose research focuses on the intersection of cognition, law, and technology, ranging from disability rights to neurotechnology and AI. He holds an M.A. in Bioethics from NYU and a B.A. in Philosophy & Psychology from Cornell University. He joins us today to discuss his paper published in the latest issue of the …

Our guest this week is Dr. Samuel Woolley, a researcher and writer who examines how emerging media tools are used for both democracy and control. He is a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin and directs the Propaganda Research Lab at UT’s Center for Media Engagement. He has published four books, including the recently released Bots a…

Hopkins Press is honored to welcome to this podcast episode President of The New School in New York City, Dr. Dwight McBride. Dr. McBride is an accomplished higher education leader, educator, scholar, and author. Over nearly three decades in higher education, he has encouraged innovation in scholarship and teaching, launched initiatives to build in…

This week we are joined by Dr. Rebecca Natow, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at Hofstra University, where she is also the director of the Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies program. Dr. Natow is an expert on higher education policy and has conducted extensive research on the U.S. Department of Education’s rulem…

The Summer 2022 issue of Social Research, Books That Matter II, invited notable scholars to select one book that had a deep and lasting influence on their thinking and life. Joining us this episode is Dr. Wendy Doniger. Dr. Doniger is the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago, Emerita…

Our guest today is Maria Ortiz-Myers. Maria is a doctoral candidate in library and information science at the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Her research focuses on information practice, particularly collaborative information interactions and personally meaningful information experiences. The journal Li…

Dr. Clara Humpston is our guest this week, discussing her paper “Isolated by Oneself: Ontologically Impossible Experiences in Schizophrenia,” published in the latest issue of the journal Philosophy Psychiatry and Psychology.By Johns Hopkins University Press

Dr. Rachel Pruchno is an endowed professor of medicine at Rowan University and the director of research at the New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging. She joins Hopkins Press Acquisitions Editor Joe Rusko to discuss her book, Beyond Madness: The Pain and Possibilities of Serious Mental Illness.By Johns Hopkins University Press

Our guests this week are The Hopkins Review's Dora Malech and Kosiso Ugweuze. They joined us to talk about the literary journal's recent dramatic redesign, and what's in store for the publication's bright future. Dora Malech an associate professor in the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University and the new editor-in-chief of The Hopkins Review.…

Joining us on this episode is Anne-Marie Gagné-Julien, a postdoctoral fellow at the Biomedical Ethics Unit at McGill University, also affiliated with École Normale supérieure (Paris). She holds a PhD in philosophy of science and psychiatry at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Dr. Gagné-Julien was recently named the 2021 winner of the Karl Jasper…

Our guest this week is Dr. Z Nicolazzo, an associate professor of Trans* Studies in Education at the University of Arizona, which resides on the unceded homelands of the Tohono O’odham and Pascua Yaqui peoples. Dr, Nicolazzo's paper, "Ghost Stories from the Academy: A Trans Feminine Reckoning" speaks to her experience as a trans woman in academia. …

The Journal of the History of Philosophy occasionally selects articles published in its pages for 30 minute podcast interviews with the author(s). The interviewer and interviewee are both specialists in the field, but the podcast focuses on the significance of the article for the general philosophical public.In this episode, Peter Adamson (LMU Muni…

Our guest this month is Dr Freeden Blume Oeur, author of Black Boys Apart: Racial Uplift and Respectability in All-Male Public Schools from University of Minnesota Press. Dr. Blume Oeur was Guest Editor for the most recent issue of the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, and joins us today to discuss the special issue commemorating the 1…

Joining us today for a conversation about the history and ethics of vaccine mandates is Dr. James Colgrove, a Professor of Sociomedical Sciences at the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, and the Dean of the Premedical Program at the Columbia School of General Studies.By Johns Hopkins University Press

Can love be an unhealthy addiction? If you can't kick the habit (or heartbreak) cold turkey, can science help? On this episode, we are joined by Dr. Brian Earp. Dr. Earp is the Associate Director of the Yale-Hastings Program in Ethics and Health Policy at Yale University and is a Research Fellow at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at the Univ…