Double Love

Having quit the cheerleading squad at the end of the last book, Jessica is facing an existential crisis. What is she if not a cheerleader? Luckily she won't have to find out. With Ken's encouragement, she starts her own rival squad, and a whole lot of familiar - and surprising! - names attempt to join it. Liz of course has no interest - but then Jessica, who has discovered her twin's sensational secret diary, makes her an offer she can't refuse... This is one of the most popular books in Sweet Valley history among you listeners, and we can see why - it's got us shaking our pom poms in delight! Also! If you can help us expand our SVU collection, which we would really appreciate, you can see what we need here and mail us at svhpodcast@gmail.com : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wgq5a-0C3zoTC065tOzJmSkI2kNBBe2K38Hu8jn8qg8/edit?usp=sharing This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back in Sweet Valley High, and the tension between Jessica and newcomer Heather just keeps on building. The sneaky newcomer constantly undermines her co-captain - and it looks like most of the squad, newly obsessed with making it to nationals, are being won over by Heather's lavish gifts of megaphone pins and flashy new uniforms! When Heather boots two veterans off the squad, Jessica declares war - but will she win this battle? Meanwhile Liz continues to mope about Ken - and takes out her frustrations on her (for once) innocent twin. Also! If you can help us expand our SVU collection, which we would really appreciate, you can see what we need here and mail us at svhpodcast@gmail.com : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wgq5a-0C3zoTC065tOzJmSkI2kNBBe2K38Hu8jn8qg8/edit?usp=sharing This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Break out your bag on cans, don your best silk blouse because we are live at the Podcast Studios! Join us and special guest Amy Clarkin (don't forget to vote for her in the Irish Book Awards) to discuss the stupidest SVH thriller yet. When the twins inexplicably bring Nicholas Morrow along on their work outing, he meets a beautiful, constantly weeping girl called Barbara, who dresses like a Victorian ghost. They of course fall instantly in love - but Barbara is staying with her strict uncle who forbids her from socialising. She tells Nicholas to stay away for his own safety - but you can guess how he reacts to that! Meanwhile the twins, who are still interning at the Sweet Valley News, find their assignments have connections with Barbara's plight... Also! If you can help us expand our SVU collection, which we would really appreciate, you can see what we need here and mail us at svhpodcast@gmail.com : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wgq5a-0C3zoTC065tOzJmSkI2kNBBe2K38Hu8jn8qg8/edit?usp=sharing This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back! And it's time to get your pom poms out, because after all the ludicrous werewolves and creepy predator fiancés and fake kidnappings, we're back in Sweet Valley High itself for an old-fashioned cheerleading romp. Jessica's happiness at getting together with Mr Peanutbutter - we mean Ken – is spoiled by the arrival of glamorous new girl Heather Mallone. Heather's a cheerleading champion, and while the other girls warmly welcome her to the SVH squad, Jessica feels threatened. Can she stand up to Heather and her "funky hip hop" moves? Meanwhile, someone isn't happy about Jessica's new relationship - Liz! Yes, the secret diary is canon now, and Liz is haunted by her own secret romance with Ken... Also! If you can help us expand our SVU collection, which we would really appreciate, you can see what we need here and mail us at svhpodcast@gmail.com : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wgq5a-0C3zoTC065tOzJmSkI2kNBBe2K38Hu8jn8qg8/edit?usp=sharing This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We may still be on holiday but that doesn't mean you have to go another week with no Sweet Valley nonsense in your ears! In anticipation of the 'Winners and Losers' cheerleading trilogy, we're sharing the episode of our bonus series Pi Beta Alpha in which we recapped the TV series' attempt to adapt the series in one short episode. Brace yourselves - our favourite himbo is making his on screen debut this week! But hang on, surely that Seinfeld-dressalike can't be Ken Matthews?! Alas the casting of Karyn's beloved quarterback leaves a lot to be desired, but there's still much to enjoy in this week's ep, as new girl Heather Malone implausibly becomes co-captain of the cheerleaders and Jessica forms a rival team with a little help from "flashy" Lila. Meanwhile Liz is dodging Ken - and not because she shares our horror at this imposter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No new episode this week, so to tide you over while our schedule is a bit weird to allow for some holiday time, we're sharing MORE of Anna's 2002 Sweet Valley fanfic, From Here to Sweet Valley! You can hear a little extract here and then go to https://headstuffpodcasts.com/show/double-love to read more. Enjoy! Join us for our live show and livestream on Thursday 26th October and get your tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/double-love-live-the-halloween-special-tickets This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At last, we're at the end of this godawful miniseries! Jessica, Elizabeth and Sue team up to take down Jeremy - but they all end up dicing with death, thanks to Project Nature's bizarre obsession with elaborate cabin decorations. Meanwhile, Lila's attempt to save Robbie November's exhibition backfires - has she destroyed his career forever? Come on, everyone, the sooner we get through this, the sooner we'll be at the cheerleading madness. Also! If you can help us expand our SVU collection, which we would really appreciate, you can see what we need here and mail us at svhpodcast@gmail.com : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wgq5a-0C3zoTC065tOzJmSkI2kNBBe2K38Hu8jn8qg8/edit?usp=sharing  This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more. Tickets for our live show on presale now for PBA members, and general sale this weekend! https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/double-love-live-the-halloween-special-tickets-711318341307?aff=oddtdtcreator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brace yourselves, listeners. No, seriously, brace yourselves. Because the first half of this book features references to things we never thought we'd see in Sweet Valley High. Things are getting hot and heavy between Jeremy, the scammer sex offender, and Jessica, the world's most gullible girl. As Liz and Todd head to the cabin to see if they can find any clues (if only the police had done the same), Jessica and Jeremy plan a trip to a sex condo. Will Sue, the world's second-most gullible girl, save Jessica from herself? Herman, my pills! Meanwhile, the much-missed Ken returns (in double denim no less), and Lila hatches yet another scheme to promote Robbie's career. Also! If you can help us expand our SVU collection, which we would really appreciate, please mail us at svhpodcast@gmail.com  This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Lila convinces Todd and Robby November that the Wakefields are being held hostage, there's only one thing to do. Call the police? Not in this town! The Three Stooges of Sweet Valley decide to don disguises and commandeer a Sweet Valley Power truck - with frankly stupid results. Meanwhile the twins prepare to drop off Sue's ransom - and back in the cabin the hapless heiress herself is having second thoughts about the whole plot. Will Jeremy's schemes finally be uncovered? No, because there's one more book left in this ridiculously long mini-series! This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sue has been kidnapped! After a late night search fails to unearth the Meal Quick heiress, the Wakefields get a phone call from a mysterious stranger with an oddly familiar voice. And he's asking for half a million dollars, which just happens to be the exact amount of Sue's inheritance (yes, we thought it would be bigger too)! Liz is suspicious, and rightly so, because of course Sue is actually hiding out in the Project Nature cabin. But she's starting to wonder if she can trust her partner in crime - unlike Jessica, whose blind faith in Jeremy is frankly worrying given all the red flags. One of us was high on cold medicine for this episode which is probably a good thing as this book makes no sense whatsoever! This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brace yourselves listeners, because the second half of this bonkers has so many twists and turns we were literally gasping! Jeremy is still off in Yemen - oh sorry, Costa Rica - and constantly postponing his return. What is he really up to? Meanwhile Sue makes a shocking confession to Liz, Winston's highly inappropriate contribution to the video club features a surprising appearance that unsettles Jessica, and Todd finally shaves off his moustache. Plus two of our faves make long awaited returns! This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the morning after the wedding that never was, and Jessica has no regrets. And when the revolting Jeremy proposes before heading off to Costa Rica, Jess jumps at the chance to be his child bride. Can she trust her pervy beau? As for Liz, she tries to comfort a heartbroken Sue - and makes a shocking discovery about Sue's mother's will. Meanwhile Todd grows a moustache, SVH tries to combat sexism, and we find out Robbie November's real name. This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the revolting Jeremy and gormless Sue's wedding approaches, things are getting more and more unhinged in Sweet Valley - and we're not just talking about Jessica's antics. The true evil twin is in full psychopathic stalker mode, tagging along on the betrothed pair's dates and generally making a show of herself. But will she succeed in stopping the wedding? Meanwhile, Robby November organises the dullest stag party ever, the twins reveal what surprising souvenirs they brought home from London, Alice reveals a tale from her youth and #poorTodd wanders around feeling sorry for himself. This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Has there been a gas leak in Sweet Valley? We ask this because every single person in this town is behaving in deeply weird ways in this book! Jessica continues to pursue creepy Jeremy, and even the news that his gormless fiancé Sue is terminally ill doesn't put her off. She's also taking a leaf out of Margo's book, making incredibly suspicious remarks in front of her worryingly unobservant friends and family. Meanwhile Liz reaches new heights of hypocrisy when she finds out what Todd got up to on his holidays, Enid and Olivia start acting like Amy Sutton, and Lila weaves a web of lies when she tries to teach Robby November a lesson. Two words: Venice Fowler. This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back with the second half of Jessica's secret you-know-what. The true evil twin's obsession with houseguest Sue's fiancé becomes more and more unhinged, climaxing in one of the greatest - and definitely the most high camp – moment in Sweet Valley history! Will Jessica manage to steal Jeremy from the gormless Sue? The fever dream continues in what we can barely call the B-plot, as Liz goes further down the self-help rabbit hole and ends up wearing a fake fur cape in the community centre. All this and a huge array of outfits that no real life 90s teen would have been caught dead in. This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We can’t believe we’re saying this, but this book might be even more bizarre than the werewolf trilogy. We’re back in sunny Sweet Valley, and Liz is still shaken by the fact she fell in love with Luke without suspecting his secret (she’s remarkably untraumatised by all the death she witnessed). Will self help books be the key to regaining her self confidence? Meanwhile in the A plot, Jessica falls in love at first sight on a beach with a random adult man who turns out to be Jeremy, the fiancé of the Wakefields’ new houseguest Sue. Yes, Alice has invited another old pal’s child to her home and then expected her kids to look after them. And the twins take on wedding planning duties, Jessica’s obsession with Jeremy becomes truly unhinged. Meanwhile we just wonder why he hasn’t been arrested yet.  This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the final episode of this truly unhinged mini-series, the twins and their allies confront the horrifying beast who's been terrorising the city - a city which seems to take the news that werewolves exist in its stride, by the way. Jessica is determined to prove the innocence of her beloved Robert - and so she's not talking to Liz, who's equally determined to bring the alleged werewolf to justice. In fact, both Jessica and Elizabeth go on a reign of terror of their own, breaking into houses and disturbing crime scenes all over the place in their quest for the truth. Plus Tony and Lucy finally get together, and we find out just what Luke was writing in his poetry notebook. Join us for a meal of scones and fried eggs (a meal that is actually served in this book) as we pay one last visit to misty London town!  This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're still in London, and things are getting (literally) hairy for the twins. After a brutal murder takes place at Pembroke Manor, Elizabeth is even more convinced that the serial killer is a werewolf. She decides to do some solo snooping - and makes a truly startling discovery (after stealing evidence from a crime scene). Meanwhile Jessica, worryingly unbothered by seeing a mutilated corpse in her own bed, has a scary experience in Knightsbridge tube station, multiple minor characters talk about the importance of honesty (yawn), and Luke reads his werewolf poetry. Oh yes. Don't be a naff narg me old chinas, join us in London town! This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No werewolves this week but to tide you over until we face Love and Death in London next week, we’re sharing Anna’s 2002 Sweet Valley fan (is fan the right word?) fic From Here to Sweet Valley, telling the story of the twins’ return to California ten years after they finally graduated. You can hear a little extract here, and then head to  https://headstuffpodcasts.com/show/double-love to read (much) more. Enjoy!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you thought the Margo (RIP) saga was preposterous, well, brace yourselves listeners, because this is the book in which we learn that there are truly no limits to the ridiculousness of this series. The twins head off to London for the summer (yes, it's summer again) for an internship at what we are repeatedly, and unconvincingly, told is the most prestigious newspaper in the world. Determined to report a big story, they discover that a prominent doctor has been murdered - and thanks to her new beau Luke (#poorTodd), Liz becomes convinced the killer is a werewolf. Yes, a werewolf. We told you it was ridiculous. Meanwhile the queen's teenage daughter is missing, and the twins meet some old and new friends. This episode is LONG but we just had so much to say about this unhinged book and its truly extraordinary depiction of old London town! This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices