Lessons in Love from YA TV

Is The Summer I Turned Pretty romantic or toxic? Is Heartstopper sweet or cringe? Hillary talks with pop culture critic Kristen Meinzer and sex educator Shafia Zaloom about love stories in YA TV, old classics teens are into, and why so many of these shows end with a dude chasing a woman down in Paris. Do you want to talk about these shows with Hillary? You can, on our new Discord! All you need to do is join LST+. … Shows discussed • The Summer I Turned Pretty • K-Pop Demon Hunters • Heartstopper • Heated Rivalry • Friends • Sex and the City • Sex Education … Recommendations from the archive • TV to Spark Conversations with Adolescent Kids • Shafia Zaloom’s Playful Approach to Sex Ed • YOU KNOW WHAT: An LST Spinoff … More Shafia • Sex, Teens, and Everything in Between • Getting Real About Sex Ed … More Kristen • The Nightly - a bedtime podcast for pop culture lovers • Happy to Be Here - featuring a My So-Called Life rewatch • How to Be Fine … • Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! •

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Lessons in Love from YA TV is an episode from The Longest Shortest Time by Hillary Frank | Realm.

This episode is 41:23 long.

This episode was published on Feb 4, 2026.

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