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Two things about me: I love Dance Moms and Podcasts.
I love listening to podcasts on the bus as I go to classes or on my hours-long drive home from college. Podcasts are a perfect form of entertainment.
Dance Moms is my ultimate comfort show; the fights between the moms are funny and sometimes bizarre. The drama is unmatched, but there are only so many times you can rewatch a show.
The great news is that Christi Lukasiak and Kelly Hyland have come out with a podcast called ‘Back to the Barre’ where they are recapping episodes of Lifetime’s ‘Dance Moms’ where they are telling behind-the-scenes stories from their Dance Mom days. I’m admittedly not the biggest fan of podcasts that recap shows from the 2010s, but Back to the Barre is definitely the exception!
At the time that I’m writing this in September 2023, they are in the middle of recapping season three, right at the time of their infamous fight. This podcast isn’t new by any means (they’ve been recording the podcast since 2022) but all of my friends haven’t heard of the podcast, and it seems like not enough people have. The fact that they’ve been recording episodes since the Summer of 2022 means that there are plenty of episodes to listen to!
I find it interesting to hear Christi and Kelly try to bridge the gap between what happened in real life versus what was aired on Lifetime. There have also been special guests onto the podcast, like Brooke Hyland, Chloe Lukasiak, Cathy Nesbitt-Stein, and even some of the people who worked behind the scenes on the show, like producer James Mahan. Listening to ‘Back to the Barre’ is genuinely funny, entertaining, and worth the listen, hearing about an iconic show from a different perspective.
You can watch Dance Moms on Lifetime.com for free!
You can listen to Back to the Barre on Spotify, Youtube, Apple Podcast, or wherever you like to listen to your podcasts!