This is an I-Heart podcast.

Guaranteed Human.

Okay, I'm just jumping in here.

There's no theme song yet because we are going to get to that big debut later.

But first, hello and welcome to Teen Beat, a brand new interview show hosted by me, Daniel Fischel, podcaster, TV director, recent celebrity ballroom dancer, mother of two, and as proven by

the headshot on the wall of my dry cleaners, I am the former child actor known as Topanga from the 90s

TV family sitcom Boy Meets World. And as a result of that role, my entire teenage existence,

from the age of 12 to 19, was in front of both a live studio audience

and millions of viewers at home. From my first kiss to my first haircut, absolutely everything

was caught on camera. So now, 30 years later, it's time to turn the tables. My goal here on Teen Beat

is to sit down with interesting people who have accomplished

interesting things in hopes that learning about their un-televised upbringings will help

us understand who they are today.

Since their first pimple wasn't also part of a TGIF block of programming, the least they

can do is share it with me now.

I gave you my childhood.

It's time we hear yours. And for the first teen beat episode ever, I think I have found the perfect guest. Because no matter what generation you like to claim, chances are your coming of age

soundtrack included his voice. He was present for your first crush are your coming-of-age soundtrack included his voice.

He was present for your first crush, your newly licensed long drives down a highway,

and a majority of your bad decisions, including all of those fourth-meal Taco Bell runs

of the late 90s and early 2000s.

He's an architect of the entire pop punk scene, somehow taking his underground rock

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