Pop culture, gender politics, and developmental psychology in the “Baby-sitters Club”—you didn’t know you needed it.
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M19 - Kristy and the Missing Fortune: “This is a Stakeout Not a Fashion Show”
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Jessi and the Troublemaker: “Elephantic”
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Kristy and Mr. Mom: “I’ve Got My Jazzercise Class Tonight”
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M18 - Stacey and the Mystery at the Empty House: “Total Surveillance”
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SS12 - Here Come the Bridesmaids!: “Who Says Santa Can’t Be Black?”
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Portrait Collection - Stacy’s Book: “The Big Ds”
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Mallory Pike, #1 Fan: “Deflaming Our Characters”
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M17 - Dawn and the Halloween Mystery: “Early American Ninja Turtle”
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Mary Anne Breaks the Rules: “I Need Sackbut Lessons”
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Special Edition Reader’s Request: Shannon’s Story: “These Moms are Killers”
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Anniversary Super Special 4: “Fruit and Flowers”
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Claudia and Crazy Peaches: “Snort, snort, snort”
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M16 - Claudia and the Clue in the Photograph: “The Scarlet Pimple”
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Dawn and Whitney, Friends Forever: “A Smorgaspic!”
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SS11 - The Baby-sitters Remember: “Weird and Old”
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M15 - Kristy and the Vampires: “Daddy”
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Jessi’s Horrible Prank: “Wholesome Foods and Great Literature”
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Stacey and the Mystery at the Mall: “Liberated Doll Family” (ft. Jo Piazza!)
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Kristy and the Copycat: “Pop Up Oreo”
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Mary Anne and Miss Priss: “Peanut Butter Tornado”
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M13 - Mary Anne and the Library Mystery: “King of the Waiters”
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Dawn and the We ❤️ Kids Club: “Carol’s Red Miata
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Claudia and the Perfect Boy: “Just a Dumb Baby”
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M12 - Dawn and the Surfer Ghost: “Hummingbirds at School!”
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Dawn’s back in California, surfing, and SOLVING A MURDER?!? (We can only hope that this series has taken a Law & Order turn.) Thrash’s board shows up and he’s gone! What are they gonna do? Emily talks about surfers’ political work in the eighties and nineties, Esme talks about separation anxiety and sports psychology, and Anne schools us on JAMS! S…
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Stacey and the Cheerleaders: “Connecticut Journal of Hair Disorders”
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Did you guys know that Stacey is really gorgeous and has an amazing physique? Well, she does. So both RJ Blaser and Robert Brewster are falling all over themselves for her and she decides to try out for the cheerleading team (and thus, for membership in “The Group”). Esme talks about middle school cliques and their influence and Anne and Emily brin…
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Get Well Soon, Mallory!: “Head Turkey.”
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Mal is felled by mono! No kissing for this girl, just disease and a forced break from the BSC. We discuss the increased risk of depression with mono, settler colonialism, and the Quiz Show scandal from the 1950s. Who doesn’t love Snoopy? Also, this is book SIXTY-NINE. Just sayin’.Autor: Stuck in Stoneybrook
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M11-Claudia and the Mystery at the Museum: “Valuable old stuff”
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Claudia is truly living her best life in this one! Meet a famous artist she adores? Check. Attend a fancy museum party in one of Mimi’s kimonos? Check. Catch a thief in the process of an actual museum heist? Check! It’s a fun romp as the New Museum of Stoneybrook takes the town by storm and our girls (led by Claud of course!) catch the culprit! We …
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Jessi and the Bad Baby-sitter: “One way cool dolphin.”
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Jessi invites Wendy to replace Dawn and she… acts 11? But also just doesn’t want to work so hard. Same girl. Anne tells us about another white man who stole some stuff while Emily explains taxation to us (again!). Also, can Anne name 100 candies?Autor: Stuck in Stoneybrook
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Dawn’s Big Move: “You’re Burning the Bok Choy.”
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Dawn is homesick and it’s Not. Going. Away. Spoiler: she’s leaving for six months. How will the BSC survive? Also, can Stoneybrook beat Lawrenceville in the Run For Your Money? Join us to find out! Emily talks about families again, Esme talks about ambivalence, and Anne FINALLY GETS TO TALK ABOUT TOFU. Another white guys is messing with a culture’s…
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Mystery 10 - Stacey and the Mystery Money: “Land of Total Coolness.”
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Stacey and Charlotte catch a counterfeiter! This is one of the few books Emily remembers from her salad days, leading us to wonder why she did not become a counterfeiter. We go over some familiar BSC content in this one— moving, incompetence of police, the carceral state, you get it. Also, lots of candy and a cute boy! Thank goodness floppy hair is…
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LOW-KEY ALERT! This episode includes a spoiler about “The Good Place!” OK, where we were? Ah, yes. Mary Anne gets deep into sewing and needlework and starts a sewing club for kids. It’s hard to believe she has time for this given how much work she’s doing for poor Mrs. Towne. It almost seems like Moral OCD to Esme, so we talk about that! Emily talk…
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Logan Bruno, Boy Baby-sitter: “Squank!”
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Wow, Logan is… in trouble with a gang of 1950s toughs? In 1993, in Stoneybrook? Follow along as we watch him be an accessory to many crimes. Emily covers typologies of masculinity while Esme tries to learn what we know about shoplifting (in an academic sense). Anne just wants this whole book to be a musical (honestly, it should be). At any rate, we…
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SS10 - Sea City, Here We Come!: “The Old Gather and Slather!”
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It’s back to Sea City! For the whole BSC! But… not until 122 pages in. Also, there’s a Hurricane. We discuss preparing kids for disaster, whether or not Logan is actually… evolving? And why Ann M. Martin keeps referencing the same 6 texts. Also, the climax of the book comes on page 3: what is superior, Heath or Skor? Listen to find out!!…
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Anniversary Super Special 3: "(Fruit) Leather.”
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It’s been three years since we took an idle conversational joke and turned it into a podcast! Join us a we play some games (and successfully stump each other), reflect on what the BSC and the podcast have meant to us, and finally answer whether Ted Lasso is really a Kristy or not. Thank you, listeners! We love you!!!…
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Mystery 9 - Kristy and the Haunted Mansion: “This room is boring.”
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Kristy goes from mansion to mansion as the Krashers get stranded in a big storm that washes out BOTH THE BRIDGES to the old Sawyer place. We discuss whether the daring Dorothy Sawyer really may have had other options, play some get to know you games to make our team stronger, and sing the praises of Charlie’s big brotherness. Two pizzas isn’t enoug…
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Stacey’s Big Crush: “Toyotas are my Favorite Car.”
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Stacey falls in LUV with one Mr. Wesley Ellenburg, the Tom Cruisiest student teacher to ever grace SMS. Charlotte crushes on Bruce Cominsky and then gives him the brushoff but also? There’s a baby goat. And in case you’re unclear, she is CUTE. Esme discusses the psych literature on crushes (and says “fondle” too many times for anyone’s liking) and …
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Dawn’s Family Feud: “Go Ahead, Be Antisocial.”
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We are on the road with the Spier-Schafers! Sharon and Richard are not equipped and Esme tells us why. Emily wonders what this book (with clear Boston Tourism spon con) would be like if it was written now with, um, ANY acknowledgement of non-white people. And Anne had a whole pack of nuggets! It’s a 20 piece! Listen in and say a prayer for Marshall…
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Mystery 8 - Jessi and the Jewel Thieves: “Girls, Rum, Mangos, and Papayas”
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Is this book is about crime? It is not. It’s about NYC glamour! It’s about dancing! It’s about the Palm Court and Zabar’s! Emily and Anne have lots of nuggets, and Esme makes them take a Dating Questionnaire for their eleven year old selves. Also, are any actors good? Emily is suspicious. Tune in and find out!…
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Ann M. Martin Bio: “Museum of dead stuffed things.”(ft. Dayna Crandall)
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Emily’s mom (and Esme’s sister) is in town just in time for the publication of this banger by the mysterious Margot Becker R. We discuss Dayna’s boomer childhood compared to Ann’s boomer childhood, plus what we think was left out of the story when Scholastic pushed this to market in 1993 (and why Dayna’s current students that love the BSC wouldn’t …
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Claudia’s F̶r̶e̶i̶n̶d̶ Friend: “A Little Tutor Murder, Frankly”
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Have we mentioned lately that we think Claudia has ADHD? In this book we learn that she doesn’t have dyslexia, but Shea Rodowsky does. Of course, this is an opportunity for Esme to talk about validation and dialectics, Emily to talk about fictional and proposed “fashion czars/tsars,” and Anne to have a nugget fest, from Whoopee cushions to Jordan C…
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Kristy and the Worst Kid Ever: “Izza Unwich”
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This book is not kind to kids in the foster system! But is it on purpose, to help us relate? Or is it just crap? We discuss Lou McNally’s genderqueer presentation and the dangers of equating that with her trauma. Also, a riveting BSC Big 5!!!Autor: Stuck in Stoneybrook
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Mystery 7 - Dawn and the Disappearing Dogs: “She Cost the Earth”
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Jessi is helping teach a class for underprivileged children… and her classmate Mary develops an eating disorder. In this Very Special Episode of the Baby-sitters Club we learn a LOT, especially because we are helped along by our friend Dr. Sasha Gorrell! Sasha is (incredibly) a former professional ballerina and a clinical psychologist who specializ…
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Jessi and the Awful Secret: (ft. Dr. Sasha Gorrell): “Pas de Chat”
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Jessi is helping teach a class for underprivileged children… and her classmate Mary develops an eating disorder. In this Very Special Episode of the Baby-sitters Club we learn a LOT, especially because we are helped along by our friend Dr. Sasha Gorrell! Sasha is (incredibly) a former professional ballerina and a clinical psychologist who specializ…
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Mary Anne’s Makeover: “Very Spiffy.”
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Mary Anne decides to get a normal haircut in order to continue to be herself (as Emily points out, not a makeover!) and everyone loses their mind while Carolyn Arnold tries to build a time machine. WILL SHE SUCCEED? Will Dawn and Kristy manage their emotions? Does Esme try to justify all of their behavior by again reminding Anne and Emily that they…
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SS9 - Starring the Baby-sitters Club: “Sing Out, Louise!” (ft. Donny Hadfield-Smith!)
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We met Donny on Instagram and could tell immediately that he was the kind of *STAR* we needed to discuss SS9, “Starring the Baby-sitters Club!” We learn about Donny’s antics on Instagram, TikTok, and Elon Musk’s Twitter while we discuss just how racist and sexist “Peter Pan” is, how good theater is for teenagers (according to theater teachers: VERY…
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BONUS EPISODE - Hot Take: The Box Car Children
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Surprise! Here’s a lil’ sumpin’ extra for the holidays! “Hot Takes” are Patreon-exclusive episodes where Emily, Anne, and Esme give their silly/thought-provoking/random thoughts into various pop culture gems. So here’s a sneak peak and, if you want more, become a Patron! Link is in our bio. In this particular “Hot Take,” we relive one of Emily's fa…
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Mystery 6 - The Mystery at Claudia’s House: “Janine’s a Kleptomaniac”
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Mal solves the “mystery” on page 9 and everyone ignores her. JANINE IS GETTING SOME. That’s the plot of this book. We discuss feminist theories about makeovers, good sister/bad sister, and explore some late 1992 trends and music. Did Esme cry in this book? You’ll have to listen to find out! Just kidding—of course she did. That’s not a mystery. At a…
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