About this episode

The episode discusses Kristy's run for eighth-grade president and various humorous topics related to middle school life.

OMG, Kristy's running for eighth-grade president! Which sounds extremely low-stakes until you compare it to Mallory's unopposed run for seventh-grade secretary. Plus, a delightful glimpse of what might have been, if only Scholastic weren't COWARDS. On today's agenda: Alan Gray's writhing corpse; pizza legalities; Esther questions the nature of her reality; gritty, challenging middle-school theatre; a terrible shortage of visiting authors; delicious moles; pandering to the electorate for fun and profit; extensive bike-based misery; a Frookie Cookie deep dive. Our theme song is 'The Incredible Shrinking Larry' by Matt Oakley and 'Big Band Jingle A' is by Lobo Loco, both on the Free Music Archive. If you like our show, tell a friend, rate and review on your podcast app of choice, drop us an email , or come say hi on Instagram ! We also have a ko-fi and we're real self-conscious about it!

People in this episode

Hosts: Esther, Karen, Aoife

Topics covered

• eighth-grade election
• middle school
• theatre
• pizza
• author visits
• political campaigning

Keywords

• Kristy
• Mallory
• election
• middle school
• theatre
• pizza
• Frookie Cookie

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Scholastic

Products: Frookie Cookie

Books & works: The Incredible Shrinking Larry, Big Band Jingle A

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