Ep 242: Don't Stop Believin' - glee

About this episode

The episode discusses the cultural impact of the TV show 'glee' and the tragic deaths of its main characters.

I feel like glee is one of the most 'you had to be there' shows on TV? It's FULL of 2010s pop songs, remixes, and awkwardly improbable teenager shenanigans. Today we'll talk about the premise of the show (really, just kids forced to be in a glee club) and some of the early deaths of three of glee's main characters. In 2013 Cory Monteith died of a drug overdose, in 2018 Mark Salling died by suic*de after horrible things came to light, and in 2020, Naya Rivera drowned while boating with her son. That's a lot.

People in this episode

Hosts: Taylor Pineiro, Farz Sokhansanj

Topics covered

• 2010s pop culture
• TV shows
• character deaths
• glee club
• teen drama

Keywords

• glee
• Cory Monteith
• Mark Salling
• Naya Rivera
• 2010s TV
• teenagers
• pop songs

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: glee

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