Podcasts by Stuck in Stoneybrook: A Baby-Sitters Club Podcast

Claudia and the Perfect Boy: “Just a Dumb Baby” from 2023-11-30T08:00

M12 - Dawn and the Surfer Ghost: “Hummingbirds at School!” from 2023-11-09T08:00

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 ta...

Stacey and the Cheerleaders: “Connecticut Journal of Hair Disorders” from 2023-10-26T07:00

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 ou...

Get Well Soon, Mallory!: “Head Turkey.” from 2023-10-12T07:00

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 ...

M11-Claudia and the Mystery at the Museum: “Valuable old stuff” from 2023-09-28T07:00

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 mus...

Jessi and the Bad Baby-sitter: “One way cool dolphin.” from 2023-09-14T07:00

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...

Dawn’s Big Move: “You’re Burning the Bok Choy.” from 2023-08-31T07:00

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!...

Mystery 10 - Stacey and the Mystery Money: “Land of Total Coolness.” from 2023-08-17T07:00

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 B...

Maid Mary Anne: “Vidding Out” from 2023-08-03T07:00

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 bel...

Logan Bruno, Boy Baby-sitter: “Squank!” from 2023-07-20T07:00

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 ...

SS10 - Sea City, Here We Come!: “The Old Gather and Slather!” from 2023-07-06T07:00

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. ...

Anniversary Super Special 3: "(Fruit) Leather.” from 2023-06-18T07:00

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 podca...

Summer Break: We’re All On Vacation from 2023-06-08T07:00

GONE FISHIN'. (Well, not really FISHING, but you know what we mean.)

Mystery 9 - Kristy and the Haunted Mansion: “This room is boring.” from 2023-05-25T07:00

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 hav...

Stacey’s Big Crush: “Toyotas are my Favorite Car.” from 2023-05-11T07:00

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 ...

Dawn’s Family Feud: “Go Ahead, Be Antisocial.” from 2023-04-27T07:00

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 writ...

Mystery 8 - Jessi and the Jewel Thieves: “Girls, Rum, Mangos, and Papayas” from 2023-04-13T07:00

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 Que...

Ann M. Martin Bio: “Museum of dead stuffed things.”(ft. Dayna Crandall) from 2023-03-30T07:00

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,...

Claudia’s F̶r̶e̶i̶n̶d̶ Friend: “A Little Tutor Murder, Frankly” from 2023-03-16T07:00

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 valid...

Kristy and the Worst Kid Ever: “Izza Unwich” from 2023-03-02T08:00

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 w...

Mystery 7 - Dawn and the Disappearing Dogs: “She Cost the Earth” from 2023-02-16T08:00

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 bec...

Jessi and the Awful Secret: (ft. Dr. Sasha Gorrell): “Pas de Chat” from 2023-02-02T16:27:35

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 bec...

Mary Anne’s Makeover: “Very Spiffy.” from 2023-01-19T08:00

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....

SS9 - Starring the Baby-sitters Club: “Sing Out, Louise!” (ft. Donny Hadfield-Smith!) from 2023-01-05T08:00

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, a...

BONUS EPISODE - Hot Take: The Box Car Children from 2022-12-22T17:05:25

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 cu...

Mystery 6 - The Mystery at Claudia’s House: “Janine’s a Kleptomaniac” from 2022-12-16T02:24:12

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 ...

Mallory Hates Boys (and Gym): “Life eats up quitters.” from 2022-12-01T08:00

Moment of appreciation for Hodges Soileau’s artistic commitment to that one boy’s haircut.

Stacey’s Choice: “Rife with Drama” from 2022-11-17T08:00

Shocker of the year, Maureen and Ed McGill aren’t parenting. Again. Is the Stoneybrook kids collective mania for mail-order a prelude to the MLM surge of the early aughts? Is Margo Pike actually HY...

Dawn Saves the Planet: “Eco-maniac” from 2022-11-03T07:00

We recorded this one on Emily’s birthday– what a perfect time to discuss individual-centered actions for the Earth, rather than holding businesses accountable? We discuss how bad Dawn is at convinc...

Mystery 5 - Mary Anne and the Secret in the Attic: “Tried to ride a pig” from 2022-10-20T13:00

Mary Anne discovers that she lived with her grandparents in Iowa for a year after her mother died… why has no one ever told her!?!? Esme talks about Richard’s grief and why and how he would have ma...

Keep Out, Claudia!: “An Assortment of Children” (ft. artist Karen Tong!) from 2022-10-06T10:30

We welcome Anne’s friend Karen Tong for a lively discussion of racism in Stoneybrook (but also there’s a band? And all the kids love Fiddler on the Roof?). Karen brings her fabulous experiences as ...

SS8 - Baby-sitters at Shadow Lake: “The cheese has slipped off the cracker" from 2022-09-22T07:00

Generational wealth is the real star in this fun romp of a Super Special. When can we all go to Shadow Lake!?! Sam and Daniel are a little gross and Esme examines what they may be teaching young gi...

Jessi’s Gold Medal: “If he wins, I’ll die.” from 2022-09-08T07:00

Jessi works hard and is also amazing at a famously difficult sport–synchronized swimming! It’s basically ballet… in.. water.. yeah…? (No….) Esme discusses the research on grit and we learn how grit...

Mystery 4-Kristy and the Missing Child: “Jell-O, Jell-O, Jell-O” from 2022-08-25T07:00

This one was actually harrowing! Jake Kuhn goes missing and thankfully, Kristy finds him (eventually). We talk about AMM’s good work in undermining the moral panic around abducted children, Bart Ta...

Mallory and the Dream Horse: “Yoo-hoo, Pardner!” from 2022-08-11T07:00

After years of merely playing pretend horse, Mallory finally gets her chance to meet a REAL HORSE! Mallory convinces her parents to send her to riding lessons, but the rich kids aren’t so friendly ...

Kristy for President: “The Worst” ft. Danielle Hanley from 2022-07-28T07:00

Kristy runs for president of SMS, so of course we had to have another political theorist join us! We chat with Danielle about her history with the BSC, her work on crying in the political sphere, a...

Mary Anne + 2 Many Babies : “A bad egg-zample" from 2022-07-14T07:00

Egg baby trope time! Stoneybrook Middle School makes students couple up in Modern Living class and gives them an egg baby to take care of. Of course, Mary Anne and Logan are egg-parents to little S...

Mystery 3 - Mallory and the Ghost Cat: “Pretend We’re Horses” from 2022-06-23T07:00

Mallory’s family takes in Mr. Pike’s Uncle Joe and learns about dementia. It’s *very* well done and also a bummer. And what about the titular “ghost cat”? This mystery was never mysteriously solved...

ANNIVERSARY SUPER SPECIAL 2: “Different Ann(e)s” from 2022-06-18T07:00

Whoa, what? Already? IT’S OUR SECOND ANNIVERSARY !!! It’s been two years since we launched Stuck In Stoneybrook (while we were all Stuck In Our Homes). Developmentally...

Stacey’s Ex Best Friend: “Way Beyond Pigs” from 2022-06-09T07:00

Rick Chow! Rick Chow! In this Rick-Chow-Themed episode, we discuss Stacey’s growing distance from Laine and how adolescent friendship dissolve and survive, as well as a detour into queer theory and...

Dawn’s Big Date: “Horns of a Dilemma” from 2022-05-26T07:00

Dawn loses her mind over meeting and impressing Lewis (Logan’s cuz) and decides to give herself a makeover supplemented by Mary Anne’s bad advice and cringey teen mag articles that lead her astray ...

SS7 Snowbound!: “No Sign of a Struggle.” from 2022-05-12T07:00

A blizzard hits Stoneybrook and there is actual peril again. We love it. Emily explores the climate change claims and message, Esme talks about how little we like probabilities and statistics as a ...

Mystery 2 - Beware, Dawn!: “What’s Fresh?” from 2022-04-28T07:00

Beware, Dawn!!! We said: BEWARE!!! There’s a ” best sitter“ contest and, obviously, everyone gets weirdly competitively and wants to win that damn title. However, would Kristy sabotage the other gi...

Claudia and the Genius of Elm Street: “Residuals” from 2022-04-14T07:00

Claudia gets a job for Mary Rose Wilder, the multitalented and super smart cash cow of Stoneybrook! Emily discusses conservatorship and talented young women, Esme expounds on the societal worry ove...

Logan’s Story: “I don’t go potty.” from 2022-04-01T07:00

Being a boy is really, really hard. 

Jessi’s Wish: “Beep. Wrong. Bad Move.” from 2022-03-17T07:00

Volunteerism and cancer take center stage in this very earnest treatise on the Make A Wish foundation. Emily ruins it a bit, of course, and we also learn some fun pop culture stuff about it while J...

Mallory On Strike: “You Old Tightwad!” from 2022-03-03T08:00

Is this a strike? Find out Emily’s take along with a brief history of the labor movement in Connecticut. There are lots of puppets in this book, and Esme wants Mallory to communicate her needs more...

Mary Anne Misses Logan: “Purina Boy Chow” from 2022-02-17T08:00

Logan is back, so is Cokie Mason, but there are OTHER monsters to be discussed! Esme breaks down worry, exposure, and kids’ monster fears, whereas Em dives in to queer and feminist theory and the r...

Kristy and the Baby Parade: “Barbie—Dress—Dancing!” from 2022-02-03T08:00

Babies in costumes. Infant care classes. And, duh, lots of baby-sitting. We’ve got babies up the wazoo, folks! (At least some dads are taking care of some kids?) We discuss updates in colic researc...

Portrait Collection: Malia Baker from 2022-01-13T15:24:29

We were honored to have activist and actress Malia Baker join Emily and Esme in the “studio” (ok fine, Esme’s closet, Emily’s office, and a random business center in an LA hotel). We discuss social...

Portrait Collection: Shay Rudolph from 2021-12-16T15:52:50

Our parade of AMAZING guests continues with Stacey McGill herself, Shay Rudolph! Shay and Esme chatted between all of her tres cool actor commitments– about Girl Scouting, protecting your energy,...

Portrait Collection: Momona Tamada from 2021-12-09T08:00

People! It’s Mo-freaking-mona Ta-freaking-mada!!! We know!! We are also freaking out! No surprise she was a darn delight. We discussed the responsibility of playing such an influential Asian charac...

Portrait Collection: Naia Cucukov&Lucy Kitada from 2021-11-25T08:00

We continue our series of super duper cool interviews this week with executive producers Naia Cucukov and Lucy Kitada of the Baby-Sitters Club on Netflix! More behind the scenes content, great disc...

Portrait Collection: Rachel Shukert from 2021-11-11T08:00

Stoneybrookers!!! This! Is! Not! A! Drill! We are honored and excited to present our interview with Rachel Shukert, executive producer and Showrunner of “The Baby-sitters Club” on Netflix! Anne and...

Mystery 1 - Stacey and the Missing Ring: “Accident at the Perfume Factory” from 2021-10-28T07:00

It’s the first mystery! Is there a new client ? Is the client rich but still nice but also weird? Does Stacey need a diamond? Yes, yes, and… questionable? Join us as we wade into mysterious territo...

BONUS! Netflix Season 2: “Concerningly Aggressive” from 2021-10-14T13:43:38

Baby-sitters Club on Netflix Season 2, Stoneybrookers! You KNOW that we binged the whole thing on Monday! This is a freeform episode describing our initial thoughts. The summary: A++! And… we have ...

SS6 New York, New York!: “Field Mice in Deep Trouble” (ft. Michele Fletcher!) from 2021-09-30T07:00

START SPREADING THE NEWS…. It’s the guest you’ve all been waiting for! Our childhood friend Michele Fletcher, Sacramento’s answer to Stacey McGill, joins us to discuss SS6! There are random dogs, B...

Dawn and the Big Sleepover: “Over-boiled broccoli” (ft. Jody from The Blume Saloon!) from 2021-09-16T07:00

We are so excited to welcome Jody Worthington, of The Blume Saloon (a Judy Blume Book Club!) to discuss Book 44 with us! The kids at Stoneybrook Elementary School have penpals in the Zuni tribe and...

Stacey’s Emergency: “Grand Sparkle-Glitter Hotel” from 2021-09-03T06:59

It’s finally here! Stacey’s brittle diabetes breakdown, foreshadowed in so many books, comes to a head. Also, the McGills are being TERRIBLE. We discuss illness anxiety disorder, diabetes noncompli...

Jessi and the Dance School Phantom: “Mega-dog” from 2021-08-19T07:00

More mysterious things are happening in Stoneybrook and something is out to sabotage Jessi’s starring role in Sleeping Beauty! But it’s not the spooky, Casper the Friendly Ghost kind of mystery—thi...

Mary Anne vs. Logan: “I HATE THAT BABY!” from 2021-08-05T07:00

THE TIME HAS COME FOR LOGAN’S COMEUPPANCE. Okay. So it wasn’t THAT dramatic, but Mary Anne dumps Logan! A mix of emotions washes over Emily—is she happy, is she sad?—and she doesn’t even know what ...

Claudia and the Middle School Mystery: “Norcon want eyeball.” from 2021-07-22T07:00

Annnnnd we’re back with another Ellen Miles mystery and a new popular girl nemesis, Shawna Riverson (Cokie Mason, who?). Poor Claudia gets caught “cheating” and Janine has to slip into Mary Anne’s ...

SS5 California Girls! “A Dibbly Fresh Pillow Fight” (ft. Marisa Crawford and Megan Milks) from 2021-07-08T07:00

We are happy to be joined by guests Marisa Crawford and Megan Milks, the editors of the fantastic new anthology We are the Baby-sitters Club! We dish on 1990s girl culture, Logan makes a comeback t...

Poor Mallory: “What’s ‘dessatoot?’” from 2021-06-24T21:21

Mallory is newly “poor” and the mean girls of Stoneybrook aren’t having it. Emily teaches us some important stuff about the welfare state (or the one we SHOULD have) and Esme is tired of Mr. Pike’s...

ANNIVERSARY SUPER SPECIAL: “Are you crying? ” from 2021-06-18T07:00

It’s been ONE YEAR since our debut Stuck in Stoneybrook episode! You guys have stuck—see what we did there?—with us through arguably one of the toughest years in recent history. But now we have man...

Kristy’s Mystery Admirer: “Barbie’s Head Fell Off” from 2021-06-10T07:00

Breaking news: Bart is still hot! (Should we make this shirt?) We really enjoyed discussing this one—we delve into Cokie Mason’s mean girl motivation, whether Bart’s “moves” are realistic, what H.W...

Dawn and the Older Boy: “You really know a lot about football” (ft. Kate Schatz!) from 2021-05-27T07:00

We are joined by the author and activist Kate Schatz to try to make heads or tails of this completely bizarre and molto problematic book. Topics include the writing process (or lack thereof?) of gh...

Bonus EP! SiS x Blume Saloon: “Starring Sally J. Freedman As Herself” from 2021-05-24T17:48:15

Hey y'all! Anne & Esme joined Jody & Alison on the Blume Saloon this past week! We both voraciously consumed Judy Blume back in the day (at basically the same rate as we read the BSC!). We were thr...

Jessi’s Babysitter: “Aunt Dictator” from 2021-05-13T07:00

Jessi’s gets her legwarmers in a twist over the new Ramsey Family caregiver, Aunt Cecilia Dictator. Emily just has two “tiny” topics to cover: domestic labor and respectability politics. NBD. Meanw...

SS4 Baby-sitters’ Island Adventure: “And some Ring-Dings!” from 2021-04-29T07:00

Dawn crumbles, Claudia excels, Anne relates, Jeff saves the day. Also we discuss what is and isn’t believable, fun little gender asides, which candy bars would be best/worst on a deserted island, a...

Stacey and the Mystery of Stoneybrook: “Even spirits like junk food” from 2021-04-22T07:00

Ronald Hennessey, wherefore art thou? We continue our series on indigenous erasure in Stoneybrook, as Emily links our love of property ownership with “ancient burial ground” ghost/horror tropes. We...

Mary Anne and Too Many Boys: “Crabs for Grabs” from 2021-04-08T07:00

“Not enough boys” is more like it! Emily rants about public pools, Esme revels in Sea City, and Anne has a thing or two to say about Mary Anne’s “unrealistically mature” ice cream flavor preference...

Claudia and the Great Search: “Hoshikawa or Hoshino” from 2021-04-01T07:00

Janine wins her “ten millionth award” and Claudia concludes she must be adopted! Esme loves this as a metaphor for adolescent identity development, but Anne and Em are just whelmed. We discuss the ...

Kristy and the Secret of Susan: “What’s up? Mento?” (ft. Dr. Whitney Ence!) from 2021-03-25T12:09:24

We welcome special guest, child clinical psychologist and autism expert, Dr. Whitney Ence, to help us unravel the “Secret of Susan.” Learn some basics about autism and discuss what holds up in this...

Kristy and the Secret of Susan: “What’s up? Mento?” (ft. Dr. Whitney Ence!) from 2021-03-25T12:09:24

We welcome special guest, child clinical psychologist and autism expert, Dr. Whitney Ence, to help us unravel the “Secret of Susan.” Learn some basics about autism and discuss what holds up in this...

Dawn’s Wicked Stepsister: “What soreheads!” from 2021-03-11T08:00

“Am I awesome or do I suck?” Emily has an identity crisis this episode as she discovers what a B Dawn is to her new family. We discuss the research on blended families and detour into talk show cul...

Mary Anne and the Great Romance: “Tofu jiggles” from 2021-02-25T08:00

Sharon and Richard are finally tying the knot! Mary Anne’s feelings are complicated. Is she being her sensitive introvert self, or is she slut-shaming Sharon? Is Sharon a manic pixie dream girl or ...

SS3 Baby-sitters’ Winter Vacation: “Dang Doozy!” from 2021-02-11T08:05

Mary Anne is annoying. Kristy gets too competitive. Dawn gets super bummed. Mallory is a bad spy. Jessi learns a “lesson.” And Stacey and Claudia have crushes on a boy and a MAN named name GUY and ...

See You Next Week! from 2021-02-04T08:00

In a perfect world, we’d be drinking Arnold Palmers out of reusable straws while reading BSC books in preparation for our weekly recording. HOWEVERRRRRR, dumb necessary jobs, moving houses, family ...

Mallory and the Mystery Diary: “Oh right. Ships.” from 2021-01-28T08:00

A hundred year old diary!? Sign us up! Mal is also on the case, with help from Madame Kristin and Buddy Barrett. We also discuss the People’s Court, crushes on teachers, and why we like a mystery. ...

Welcome Back, Stacey!: “Twenty-four hours to absorb the shock” (ft. Robin Benway!) from 2021-01-21T08:00

We are dibbly stoked to again welcome a special guest, novelist Robin Benway! We discuss writing, diabetes representation, and the McGills’ divorce, of course! Side trails lead us to supportive fri...

Welcome Back, Stacey!: “Twenty-four hours to absorb the shock” (ft. Robin Benway!) from 2021-01-21T08:00

We are dibbly stoked to again welcome a special guest, novelist Robin Benway! We discuss writing, diabetes representation, and the McGills’ divorce, of course! Side trails lead us to supportive fri...

Jessi and the Superbrat: “Miss Pedagogue” from 2021-01-14T08:00

This book was BORING, and we don’t even have Anne to bring the fun. Esme and Emily do their best to punch it up and understand the “plots” of this snoozer. We do another BSC Big 5 and we discuss Re...

Claudia and the Sad Good-bye: “Vampire!” (ft. Sue Ding!) from 2021-01-07T18:03:25

We are very excited to welcome special guest Sue Ding, creator of the fabulous documentary The Claudia Kishi Club! It’s a bummer of a book, of course, but such a classic, we were excited to discuss...

Claudia and the Sad Good-bye: “Vampire!” (ft. Sue Ding!) from 2021-01-07T18:03:25

We are very excited to welcome special guest Sue Ding, creator of the fabulous documentary The Claudia Kishi Club! It’s a bummer of a book, of course, but such a classic, we were excited to discuss...

SS2 Babysitters’ Summer Vacation: “Lake Dukakis” from 2020-12-17T08:00

We are stumbling to the end of 2020 like all of you! At least we get a little detour to fancy summer camp! We talk about camp in culture, fake “Indian-ness,” and dangerous ideas about asylums and m...

Mary Anne and the Search for Tigger: “I’ll go get the torches” from 2020-12-10T08:00

What. The. Logan. We are all pretty disgusted with him, especially Emily (surprise!). Apparently beefing it in middle school baseball is all the rationale you need for being a jerk when your girlfr...

Kristy and the Mother’s Day Surprise: “Your epidermis is showing” from 2020-12-03T08:00

Everyone, the dads in Stoneybrook SUUUUUUUUUUUCK and—surprise!—Emily has some thoughts about it! We dive into queer theory and Kristy’s question of “what makes a family?” as we meet Emily Michelle ...

Dawn on the Coast: “CAT HAT RAT FAT CLAIRE” from 2020-11-26T08:00

Three Californians discuss visiting their home state from the East Coast and wanting to go back. Oh, and Dawn is there in this book. This one is a fun romp into stereotypes of CA and what legitimat...

Jessi Ramsey, Pet-sitter: “My backside is my best side” from 2020-11-19T08:00

Jessi takes care of approximately one thousand animals and the BSC learns about democracy… or do they? We get another great Kristy apology, Anne teaches us about advertising, and we learn about her...

Mallory and the Trouble With Twins: “Der blum tiding poffer-tot.” from 2020-11-12T08:00

Why doesn’t Linda Arnold notice that her identical twins are pissed? Thank goodness Mallory can come to the rescue! We discuss twin talk, piercings, and the now-dead teenage pastime of cruising the...

Kristy and the Walking Disaster: “Left field is boring!” from 2020-11-05T08:00

Kristy sees cute boy. Bart is hot. They play softball. This is the level of discourse on this episode, so be forewarned. We discuss kids and sports, Title IX, and the fact that Gabbie Perkins is a ...

Claudia and the Bad Joke: “Autographs are dumb” from 2020-10-29T07:00

Poor Claudia gets stuck baby-sitting a practical joker and it turns out her pranks are decidedly NOT funny. (“Oh haha… YOU BROKE MY LEG.”) Anne and Emily grill Esme on what the F is up with Betsy S...

Stacey’s Mistake: “Fill-it mig-nun” from 2020-10-22T07:00

How dangerous was New York in 1988, really? We discuss failed federal and city policies that lead to the McGills needing to band together with their neighbors on the Upper West Side to solve the ho...

Mary Anne’s Bad-Luck Mystery: “Evil powermaster” from 2020-10-15T07:00

Well, look who’s here—Cokie Mason finally shows up so she and Grace can fail the Bechdel test while the BSC is just trying to have a fun Halloween! Emily teaches us about the origins of the term “T...

Jessi’s Secret Language: “The Polanski sisters” (ft. Jeff Augustin!) from 2020-10-08T07:00

We have another great guest! We are joined by playwright/writer Jeff Augustin, who knows a thing or two about being Black in New England. We discuss Ann M. Martin’s crusade for inclusion of all kid...

Jessi’s Secret Language: “The Polanski sisters” (ft. Jeff Augustin!) from 2020-10-08T07:00

We have another great guest! We are joined by playwright/writer Jeff Augustin, who knows a thing or two about being Black in New England. We discuss Ann M. Martin’s crusade for inclusion of all kid...

Little Miss Stoneybrook… and Dawn: “Probably the banana trick” from 2020-10-01T07:03

You all will be shocked (shocked!), but Emily has some thoughts on pageants. Why do all the girls get so competitive and how is pageant coaching at all relevant to baby-sitting? Jeff finally sails ...

Hello, Mallory: “Ms. Junk Food Junkie” from 2020-09-24T07:00

HELLLLLLLLLLLLO, Mallory! Welcome aboard! Mal (and Jessi!) finally join the club, but boy, the members of the BSC sure don’t make it easy. We discuss racial identity development in Stoneybrook, the...

Goodbye Stacey, Goodbye: “Bigludium exforbinated” from 2020-09-17T07:00

Start spreadin’ the neeews—Stacey’s going back to the Big Apple! We discuss the effect of moving on kids and also the role personality plays in both moving and salespersonship, which leads Emily to...

SS1 Baby-sitters on Board: “Get real, you baby-sitters” from 2020-09-10T07:00

IT’S THE FIRST SUPER SPECIAL! Truth be told—this was weirder than we remember and we decide that the Super Specials take place in some kind of BSC alternate reality. Emily/Dawn wasn’t feeling it, e...

Claudia and the New Girl: “Club of fools” from 2020-09-03T07:00

Claudia’s an ARTIST, people. A real artist. The baby-sitters just don’t GET IT. At least ASHLEY WYETH does. We discuss ambition and work-as-identity and the way these things prop up the capitalist...

Kristy and the Snobs: “Nah-nah and a boo-boo” from 2020-08-27T07:00

You guys!!! This isn’t about snobs, it’s about LOUIE DYING. Sobsobsob. That said, we get to hear a lot about the weird attributes of high-end Stoneybrook homes, have some more strict gender binary ...

Logan Likes Mary Anne: “Let’s kill this cake” (ft. Melissa Walker!) from 2020-08-20T07:00

We have our first guest! We are joined by teen/kid novelist and political organizer Melissa Walker to discuss teen romance (both believable and not), because here comes Logan Bruno from “Luevulle”!...

Logan Likes Mary Anne: “Let’s kill this cake” (ft. Melissa Walker!) from 2020-08-20T07:00

We have our first guest! We are joined by teen/kid novelist and political organizer Melissa Walker to discuss teen romance (both believable and not), because here comes Logan Bruno from “Luevulle”!...

The Ghost at Dawn’s House: “Havee a fuh-fow” from 2020-08-13T07:00

Whooooooooo… Heeeeeelp me… oh, hey! We didn’t see you there. Not much happens in this book, but we do dive into why people like getting scared and how it’s dangerous to conflate mentally ill people...

Boy-Crazy Stacey: “Gurber Garden” from 2020-08-06T09:56:56

Follow Stacey on her romantic roller coaster from Scott the man lifeguard (depicted by cover artist Hodges Soileau as at least 37 years old) to Toby the “hilarious” 14 year old (“perfect!”). Mary A...

Claudia and Mean Janine: “Monster smock” from 2020-07-30T07:00

We all get hit with all the feels in the episode. Love Mimi. Love Janine. Love sisters. Hate transphobia about Louie the collie—let him (Or her? Or them?) be! Also, we create a “BSC Big Five” perso...

Kristy’s Big Day: “Don’t make me look like a horned owl.” from 2020-07-23T07:00

We attempt to resolve one of the great contradictions of Esme’s life: hating make-up and other feminizing societal constraints and also being obsessed with weddings: Em blames Kristy. So many quest...

Dawn and the Impossible Three: “Bonsai!” from 2020-07-16T07:00

Emily cries a lot because her childhood memory of herself as Dawn is even more accurate than expected. Oh, the emotional labor! We are fired up about a lot of things in this episode, including the ...

Mary Anne Saves the Day: “The shattered eggman” from 2020-07-09T07:00

Braids and penny loafers begone! Mary Anne steps up and out in her debut. Has her dad’s sexual frustration been contributing to her imprisonment? Maybe, but it’s probably just the patriarchy, flour...

Bonus Episode: “Netflix’s Great Idea.” from 2020-07-07T07:00

We were all three dehydrated from happy tears after watching nearly five hours of the Netflix "Baby-sitters Club" series. Here’s what we thought about it all. Spoilers abound! Not a spoiler: we fri...

The Truth About Stacey: “Dirty businesswomen” from 2020-07-02T07:00

Bad girls and good girls—pitting us against each other just lets the men win, ladies. Fad doctors, intrigue, stealing Charlie and Sam Thomas’s cassette tapes, and the complex emotions of one Kristi...

Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls: “No frontsies. No backsies." from 2020-06-25T07:00

In which Emily defends the Phantom Phone Caller and demands his freedom, we unpack whether or not boys really do tease girls they like (and if they should), and Anne leans on both her professional ...

Kristy’s Great Idea: “Sheep are IN.” from 2020-06-18T07:01

Let’s ease back into Stoneybrook as we try to figure out why Jamie Newton’s cousin hates girls so much, which wealth signifiers are most relevant (fondue?), and which mid-eighties bands the baby-si...

The Prologue from 2020-06-18T07:00

Who are we? Why should you care? And what fresh takes can we bring to the child care champions of Western Connecticut? Join a pop culture writer, a feminist political theorist, and an adolescent cl...