Plan your next nostalgia trip with iconic 'One Tree Hill' podcast 'Drama Queens'

“Some people believe that ravens guide travelers to their destinations. Others believe that the sight of a solitary raven is considered good luck, while more than one raven together predicts trouble ahead.”

While that quote may sound cryptic, it's actually from the hit series "One Tree Hill." While it's Lucas Scott who says that quote, "One Tree Hill" is full of plenty of iconic characters.

My personal favorite? Peyton Sawyer, as portrayed by the fantastic Hilarie Burton. Burton is one of the hosts of the "Drama Queens" Podcast, a podcast revolving around "One Tree Hill." "Drama Queens" is also hosted by Burton's co-stars Sophia Bush, who played Brooke Davis, and Bethany Joy Lenz, who played Haley James Scott.

A little background on the show will tell you "One Tree Hill" is set in the fictional town of Tree Hill, North Carolina, and follows the lives of two half-brothers, Lucas and Nathan Scott, players on their school’s basketball team as well as the lives of the characters around them, like Brooke, Haley and Peyton.

"One Tree Hill" was an iconic TV show in the early 2000s, and it still maintains its solid fanbase to this day due to the casts’ constant reunions at Comic-Con and other forums — like the "Drama Queens" podcast.

I’ve listened to all the episodes so far, and I absolutely love them. They're definitely a blast from the past, and I've been so amazed by all the hard work that they've put into the podcast. There are so many different aspects of it that I absolutely love, and once I started listening, I honestly couldn't stop.

As each of the actresses reminisced about each episode in the series, it always brought me back to what my favorite episodes were and who my favorite character was. The podcast doesn't only recap the show but also revisits all the off-screen antics that occurred on the "One Tree Hill" set. 

My favorite episode so far would definitely be the third episode, with Lee Norris, who played Marvin “Mouth” McFadden. In this episode, Burton praises Norris, saying that “(Norris) is who you call when you need to bury a body. True blue, so good and so talented."

Norris appeared in 171 episodes of the show's nine-season, 187-episode run. Mouth had been an integral part of the show, where his portrayal of Mouth allowed him to show his talent as one of Brooke’s best friends, rising above his role as the typical stock nerdy character of the group.

The trio reminisced and bonded over their love for the song “Get Low” by Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz and the Ying Yang Twins. Norris said, “We’d be across the bar, and if this song would come on,” Norris began, as Bush interjected and said, “It was like the Red Sea would part because Lee and I would be screaming, running toward each other. Like some weird drunken version of a slo-mo love moment.”

I especially enjoyed this episode of the podcast because the episode of "One Tree Hill" it discussed, season one episode three, was one of my favorite episodes of the series — after all, it's where the story of where the popular relationship dubbed "Leyton" begins.

Peyton and Lucas were put together from the very beginning of the show, when Lucas Scott has an interest in Peyton — the girlfriend of his brother Nathan Scott, and also one of the most popular kids in school. Not to mention, she’s also beautiful.

But the podcast isn't all fond memories. There was also controversy, where the cast revealed some of the negative experiences that happened behind the scenes. The trio was quick to share their experiences with director Mark Schwahn, who made sexual comments about Bush’s character, Brooke, and how Bush was forced to act as a character who was half-naked throughout the show.

Bush refused some scenes that she felt were inappropriate and was later belittled about it while she was filming an episode in the show. As she told Variety, “In a way, at the time, I felt like I wasn’t allowed to admit that I was terrified,” she said of the deeply personal episode. “It’s like the nightmare where you go into school, and you realize you’re naked. I felt so exposed.”

But despite the difficulties that they faced during the show, Bush, Lenz and Burton have fond memories, too. There's always something about actors reminiscing about the past that keeps me hopeful for a reunion in the future, especially if it's featuring Chad Michael Murray, who played the iconic Lucas Scott.

I absolutely can’t wait to see if Murray comes on the podcast (which, admittedly, might be less likely to happen due to his and Bush’s short-lived romance in the 2000s) or to see an appearance from James Lafferty, who played Nathan Scott.

Mostly, I'm excited to continue listening to the rest of the "Drama Queens" podcast — and see how the drama unravels with every new episode they produce.