Introducing… Teen Beat
Pod Meets World
iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 6.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2025
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
Danielle Fishel spent her teenage years inside millions of homes, every Friday night, portraying the iconic Topanga Lawrence on the family sitcom, Boy Meets World. From her first kiss to her first haircut – absolutely everything was caught on camera. Thirty years later, she’s come to the realization that numerous generations have witnessed her most formative (and awkward) years – and now she’s looking to turn that spotlight around.
“Teen Beat with Danielle Fishel” will find the former child star, current TV director and recent Dancing with the Stars contestant, sitting down with other celebrities to unearth details from their (untelevised) upbringings. Since their first pimple wasn’t highlighted during TGIF programming, the least they can do is talk about it now.
By cracking open their childhood diaries to reveal embarrassing fashion choices, school crushes and dramatic friend fallouts, Danielle isn’t just chasing nostalgia - she’s using the memories as a roadmap to understand who her guests have become and what the future could bring.
Danielle Fishel gave you her childhood – now it’s time we hear yours.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.0 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.0 | Hey, it's Danielle Fischel, podcaster, TV director, |
| 0:09.0 | recent Dancing with the Stars contestant, and mother of two. |
| 0:13.0 | But to 90% of the pop culture stratosphere, I am forever to Panga Lawrence, |
| 0:18.0 | a character I played from the ages 12 to 19 on the 90s family |
| 0:23.1 | sitcom Boy Meets World. I spent my entire teenage years on TV, inside millions of homes |
| 0:29.8 | and in front of a live studio audience. From my first kiss to my first haircut, absolutely |
| 0:35.7 | everything was caught on camera. So now, 30 years later, |
| 0:40.8 | it's time to turn the tables. For my new podcast, Teen Beat with Danielle Fischel, I'll be sitting |
| 0:46.6 | down with other celebrities to unearth the details of their un-televised upbringings. Since their |
| 0:53.0 | first pimple wasn't broadcast as part of the TGIF |
| 0:55.9 | block of shame, the least they can do is share it with me now. I'm asking guests to open their |
| 1:01.6 | childhood diaries and reveal embarrassing fashion choices, school crushes, dramatic friend fallouts, |
| 1:08.6 | using our nostalgic and awkward pasts as a roadmap to understand who we are today. |
| 1:14.9 | And you as listeners will also get to share your stories with us. I promise we won't laugh. Too much. |
| 1:23.1 | So it's time to make things fair. I gave you my childhood. |
| 1:28.9 | It's time I hear yours. |
| 1:37.5 | Listen to Teen Beat with Danielle Fischel starting on January 7th on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:39.4 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 1:41.4 | Guaranteed Human. |
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