Best Kate Vlasek Podcasts (2024)

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EM025: Emergency Meeting - It's no April fool! 19:57

3M ago19:57

19:57

Hello, friends!! Kate and Lauryn are checking in with you all after a long and unexpected break. We're here with an update on what's been going on, what we've been doing, and what we're planning for the future of Generation BSC. Long story short, we're in it for the long haul and will be back soon with our next season. We've missed you all and can'…

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Re-Read 017: Mary Anne and the Bad Luck Mystery! 1:11:19

8M ago1:11:19

1:11:19

In honor of Halloween, we're doing a re-read episode where we revisit our discussion of Mary Anne and the Bad Luck Mystery - one of our first spooky books! Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @generationbsc Follow Kelly and It's a Clue! Instagram: @stitchykelly and @itsacluepodcast Contact us! E-mail: generationbsc@gmail.com Generation BSC logo creat…

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Re-Watch 11: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season Two, Episode Four: Jessi and the Superbrat! 44:32

8M ago44:32

44:32

As promised after our discussion last week, we're revisiting our discussion of the Netflix series episode, Jessi and the Superbrat. We'll be back next week, on Halloween, with a Halloween-themed re-read episode and then our season finale will be on November 14 with more details about when we'll be back and about our Patreon. Follow us! Instagram an…

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Episode 049: Claudia and the Genius of Elm Street! 1:07:48

9M ago1:07:48

1:07:48

Claudia gets a regular babysitting job with a genius child star named Rosie Wilder. Rosie's parents have done a real number on her and she spends all her time taking lessons, practicing, and working (and regurgitating lines from her parents about said career and her life generally). It's a real contrast with the home life of our Superbrat Derek Mas…

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Episode 048: Jessi's Wish! 1:00:44

9M ago1:00:44

1:00:44

It's the volunteering book! Jessi gets interested in volunteering at Stoneybrook Elementary to keep a club where the kids do good deeds in the community and brings the rest of the BSC along. The SES school club included a girl named Danielle who is recovering from leukemia and who connects with Becca, Charlotte, and Jessi and ends up with a BSC uni…

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Episode 047: Mallory on Strike! 1:07:31

10M ago1:07:31

1:07:31

Mallory is all about winning a writing competition at Stoneybrook Middle School for Young Authors' Day (that inexplicably has nothing to do with the 8th grade author projects from Mary Anne Misses Logan). Her inability to find time to work on her submission without constant interruption reveals just how far her parentification goes and she finally …

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M01: Stacey and the Missing Ring! 52:00

10M ago52:00

52:00

It's our first mystery! And the biggest mystery for us going in was what our mystery episodes might look like and how they might be different from our regular series or super special episodes. Join us to find out just how different this might be as we discuss a so-called "mystery" that maybe isn't so much? Stacey's babysitting when a ring goes miss…

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Re-Read! 038 - Kristy's Mystery Admirer!! 1:33:19

11M ago1:33:19

1:33:19

In honor of Kate's original Hodges Solieau artwork from this book, we're doing a re-read episode where we revisit our discussion of the book with our very special guest, Kelly Biscopink, co-host of It's a Clue (which returns with a new season this month)! Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @generationbsc Follow Kelly and It's a Clue! Instagram: @sti…

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Episode 046: Mary Anne Misses Logan! 1:03:29

11M ago1:03:29

1:03:29

We were dreading the return of the Mary Anne and Logan ship, but it turns out Logan was kind of a non-entity considering his name is in the title, and Mary Anne is much more level headed and reasonable about missing him on their road to reconciliation. But what we missed in melodrama from Mary Anne, we made up for in spades with Cokie Mason antics,…

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Re-Watch 10: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season Two, Episode Eight: Kristy and the Baby Parade!! 1:00:39

12M ago1:00:39

1:00:39

As promised in our last episode, we're revisiting our discussion of the series ( :( ) finale of the Netflix Baby-Sitters Club series to compare and contrast with the book, as we hadn't read the book before that episode aired and we discussed it. We'll see you in two weeks for our next regularly-scheduled episode! Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @…

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Episode 045: Kristy and the Baby Parade! 1:03:11

1y ago1:03:11

1:03:11

It's the book where everyone's obsessed with babies! Our girls take an infant care class and are immediately inundated with jobs sitting for babies, which coincides with the bi-annual baby parade in Stoneybrook. The Baby-Sitters Club decides to enter a float and it goes disastrously, but they ultimately learn that communication is key to success. T…

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SS06: New York, New York! 1:22:36

1y ago1:22:36

1:22:36

Summer Semester has arrived and we're back with a new super special! We're joined by YA librarian, Crissy Varnell of the Chattanooga Public Library, to discuss another two-week vacation from school for our babysitters, this time with a trip for all of them to New York City, inspired by Claudia's desire to attend a specific art school during the bre…

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EM024: Emergency Meeting - Good Riddance, Cokie Mason! 37:16

1y ago37:16

37:16

Hello, fellow members of Generation BSC!! Kate and Lauryn are back after their extended fall and winter break and are so happy to be back to reading and discussing the Baby-Sitters Club! We discuss where we've been and our plans for the near and distant future when it comes to the podcast. We're back for our summer semester season and can't wait to…

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Episode 044: Dawn and the Big Sleepover! 1:15:11

2y ago1:15:11

1:15:11

The elementary school kids in Stoneybrook have pen pals who live and attend school on a Zuni reservation in New Mexico. After a fire at the school and several homes in that community, Dawn is inspired to get the Stoneybrook community involved in some fundraising and donation drives in what could've been heartwarming, but ultimately just felt genera…

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Episode 043: Stacey's Emergency! 57:36

2y ago57:36

57:36

Stacey's long-foreshadowed health emergency has finally arrives. After extended periods being super tired and very hungry and thirsty, Stacey finally admits how she's feeling and ends up in the hospital in NYC for two weeks. Her time there is helped by two visits from the Baby-Sitters Club, but severely hindered by her parents' inability to be in t…

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Episode 042: Jessi and the Dance School Phantom!` 1:07:01

2y ago1:07:01

1:07:01

Jessi gets the starring role in Sleeping Beauty over older girls in her ballet classes, which causes various levels of jealousy and anger. This results in Jessi getting threatening notes in her bag along with multiple incidents of stolen and damaged personal property. The BSC helps narrow down the suspects to three and Jessi uses logic and ingenuit…

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Episode 041: Mary Anne vs. Logan! 1:00:35

2y ago1:00:35

1:00:35

Logan continues to be the worst and basically never being understanding of anything Mary Anne wants or needs and after she cools things off for a bit (which he respects for a literal day), they end up breaking up for real. We recall our prior conversations where perhaps we internalized Logan and Mary Anne being the BSC OTP because there's a whole l…

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Episode 040: Claudia and the Middle School Mystery! 1:25:39

2y ago1:25:39

1:25:39

There's literally no mystery in this one where Claudia is accused of cheating on a math test after she gets an A- and just so happens to have the exact same right and wrong answers as Shawna Riverson, who obviously cheated off Claudia in what turns out to be a premeditated offense. Seriously - we did not remember Shawna, but she's somehow worse tha…

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SS05: California Girls! 1:48:35

2y ago1:48:35

1:48:35

We're back from our Summer Vacation with another super special! We're joined by YA librarian and mom of next generation BSC readers, Dr. Lyn Scharf Hunter, to discuss our babysitters' two-week, non-Christmas winter break trip to California after winning the lottery. As usual, hyjinks of varying levels occur, but this time around we're spared of any…

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Episode 039: Poor Mallory! 1:17:31

2y ago1:17:31

1:17:31

We get what we've been wishing for when the BSC finally tackles the issues of wealth and class in Stoneybrook when Mr. Pike loses his job (and then promptly and relatively easily finds a new one) in Poor Mallory. And as a result, we learn sometimes getting what you've asked for isn't the best... Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @generationbsc Cont…

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Episode 038: Kristy's Mystery Admirer!!!!!!!!!! 1:33:19

2y ago1:33:19

1:33:19

The day Kate has been anxiously awaiting has finally arrived - Kate and Lauryn are finally getting around to discussing Kristy's Mystery Admirer!! And as an added bonus, we're joined by Kelly Biscopink, co-host of the Nancy Drew "faux crime" podcast, It's a Clue! There's plenty to hear about and we had a great conversation, but please do not disreg…

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Episode 037: Dawn and the Older Boy! 1:14:18

2y ago1:14:18

1:14:18

Dawn finds herself in a problematic crush situation (that no one else seems to realize is a problem) and it's not great for her or us! Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @generationbsc Contact us! E-mail: generationbsc@gmail.com Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn Hunter.By Kate Vlasek and Lauryn Hunter

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Episode 036: Jessi's Baby-Sitter! 1:05:23

2y ago1:05:23

1:05:23

Jessi's mom is headed back to the working world, so Mr. Ramsey's sister, Cecelia, is moving in to help manage the house and watch the kids. Jessi thinks she's too old for a babysitter and she and Becca pull pranks straight out of The Sound of Music, but the book completely disregards that cultural reference. There's science fair antics and troublin…

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SS04: Baby-sitters' Island Adventure! 1:25:40

2y ago1:25:40

1:25:40

It's another super special with the return of our first super special guest, Katie Schneller! We discuss Dawn and Claudia's shipwrecked adventure off the coast of Connecticut and question the intelligence and decision-making of basically every parent in Stoneybrook. Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @generationbsc Contact us! E-mail: generationbsc@…

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EM023: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season Two, Episode Eight: Kristy and the Baby Parade! 1:00:39

2+ y ago1:00:39

1:00:39

Kate and Lauryn wrap up their discussion of Season Two of The Baby-Sitters Club on Netflix. We discuss Kristy and the Baby Parade! We're taking a short Spring Break and will be back with our next super special on April 5th! Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @generationbsc Contact us! E-mail: generationbsc@gmail.com Generation BSC logo created by Jo…

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EM022: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season Two, Episode Seven: Claudia and the Sad Goodbye! 47:48

2+ y ago47:48

47:48

Kate and Lauryn continue their discussion of Season Two of The Baby-Sitters Club on Netflix. We discuss Claudia and the Sad Goodbye! Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @generationbsc Contact us! E-mail: generationbsc@gmail.com Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn Hunter.By Kate Vlasek and Lauryn Hunter

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EM021: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season Two, Episode Six: Dawn's Wicked Stepsister! 53:40

2+ y ago53:40

53:40

Kate and Lauryn continue their discussion of Season Two of The Baby-Sitters Club on Netflix. We discuss Dawn's Wicked Stepsister! Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @generationbsc Contact us! E-mail: generationbsc@gmail.com Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn Hunter.By Kate Vlasek and Lauryn Hunter

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EM020: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season Two, Episode Five: Mary Anne and the Great Romance! 56:07

2+ y ago56:07

56:07

Kate and Lauryn continue their discussion of Season Two of The Baby-Sitters Club on Netflix. We discuss Mary Anne and the Great Romance! Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @generationbsc Contact us! E-mail: generationbsc@gmail.com Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn Hunter.By Kate Vlasek and Lauryn Hunter

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EM019: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season Two, Episode Four: Jessi and the Superbrat! 43:38

2+ y ago43:38

43:38

Kate and Lauryn continue their discussion of Season Two of The Baby-Sitters Club on Netflix. We discuss Jessi and the Superbrat! Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @generationbsc Contact us! E-mail: generationbsc@gmail.com Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn Hunter.By Kate Vlasek and Lauryn Hunter

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EM018: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season Two, Episode Three: Stacey's Emergency! 48:25

2+ y ago48:25

48:25

Kate and Lauryn continue their discussion of Season Two of The Baby-Sitters Club on Netflix. We discuss Stacey's Emergency, the first show episode based on a book we haven't yet discussed in our main book discussions! Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @generationbsc Contact us! E-mail: generationbsc@gmail.com Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn H…

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EM017: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season Two, Episode Two: Claudia and the New Girl! 50:43

2+ y ago50:43

50:43

Kate and Lauryn continue their discussion of Season Two of The Baby-Sitters Club on Netflix. We discuss Claudia and the New Girl and the big changes from the book of the same name! Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @generationbsc Contact us! E-mail: generationbsc@gmail.com Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn Hunter.…

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EM016: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season Two, Episode One: Kristy and the Snobs! 1:01:46

2+ y ago1:01:46

1:01:46

Kate and Lauryn are back and ready to dive right back in to Season Two of The Baby-Sitters Club on Netflix. We discuss Kristy and the Snobs, which is severely lacking in Shannon Kilbourne, and catch up on where we and the girls are at since we last discussed the BSC! Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @generationbsc Contact us! E-mail: generationbsc…

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Re-Watch 09: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season One, Episodes Nine & Ten: Hello, Camp Moosehead!! 1:00:09

2+ y ago1:00:09

1:00:09

Kate and Lauryn return for Season Two on November 9th! Welcome to our end of summer re-watch of season one of the Baby-Sitters Club series on Netflix. For the next few weeks, watch along with us and revisit our thoughts on the series before season two drops in October. We’ll be back in the fall with our own season two as well, and can’t wait to cat…

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Re-Watch 08: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season One, Episode Eight: Kristy's Big Day! 40:51

2+ y ago40:51

40:51

Kate and Lauryn return for Season Two on November 9th! Welcome to our end of summer re-watch of season one of the Baby-Sitters Club series on Netflix. For the next few weeks, watch along with us and revisit our thoughts on the series before season two drops in October. We’ll be back in the fall with our own season two as well, and can’t wait to cat…

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Re-Watch 07: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season One, Episode Seven: Boy-Crazy Stacey! 50:35

2+ y ago50:35

50:35

Welcome to our end of summer re-watch of season one of the Baby-Sitters Club series on Netflix. For the next few weeks, watch along with us and revisit our thoughts on the series before season two drops in October. We’ll be back in the fall with our own season two as well, and can’t wait to catch up with you then. In the meantime, keep your eye on …

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Re-Watch 06: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season One, Episode Six: Claudia and Mean Janine! 58:56

2+ y ago58:56

58:56

Welcome to our end of summer re-watch of season one of the Baby-Sitters Club series on Netflix. For the next few weeks, watch along with us and revisit our thoughts on the series before season two drops in October. We’ll be back in the fall with our own season two as well, and can’t wait to catch up with you then. In the meantime, keep your eye on …

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Re-Watch 05: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season One, Episode Five: Dawn and the Impossible Three! 41:00

2+ y ago41:00

41:00

Welcome to our end of summer re-watch of season one of the Baby-Sitters Club series on Netflix. For the next few weeks, watch along with us and revisit our thoughts on the series before season two drops in October. We’ll be back in the fall with our own season two as well, and can’t wait to catch up with you then. In the meantime, keep your eye on …

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Re-Watch 04: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season One, Episode Four: Mary Anne Saves the Day! 41:00

2+ y ago41:00

41:00

Welcome to our end of summer re-watch of season one of the Baby-Sitters Club series on Netflix. For the next few weeks, watch along with us and revisit our thoughts on the series before season two drops in October. We’ll be back in the fall with our own season two as well, and can’t wait to catch up with you then. In the meantime, keep your eye on …

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Re-Watch 03: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season One, Episode Three: The Truth About Stacey! 45:01

3y ago45:01

45:01

Welcome to our end of summer re-watch of season one of the Baby-Sitters Club series on Netflix. For the next few weeks, watch along with us and revisit our thoughts on the series before season two drops in October. We’ll be back in the fall with our own season two as well, and can’t wait to catch up with you then. In the meantime, keep your eye on …

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Re-Watch 02: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season One, Episode Two: Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls! 40:03

3y ago40:03

40:03

Welcome to our end of summer re-watch of season one of the Baby-Sitters Club series on Netflix. For the next few weeks, watch along with us and revisit our thoughts on the series before season two drops in October. We’ll be back in the fall with our own season two as well, and can’t wait to catch up with you then. In the meantime, keep your eye on …

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Re-Watch 01: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season One, Episode One: Kristy’s Great Idea! 34:04

3y ago34:04

34:04

Welcome to our end of summer re-watch of season one of the Baby-Sitters Club series on Netflix. For the next few weeks, watch along with us and revisit our thoughts on the series before season two drops in October. We’ll be back in the fall with our own season two as well, and can’t wait to catch up with you then. In the meantime, keep your eye on …

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Kristy and the Secret of Susan! (Part Two) 1:06:16

3y ago1:06:16

1:06:16

Kate and Lauryn promised another neurodivergent and autistic voice to discuss Kristy and the Secret of Susan and are back with another super special episode to do just that, this time speaking with Brianne Leeson, a writer, artist, voice actor, podcast host, and sensitivity reader who joined us to share her experiences and perspectives. She introdu…

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Kristy and the Secret of Susan! (Part One) 1:20:06

3y ago1:20:06

1:20:06

Kate and Lauryn are back from their summer vacation with a main series episode that's also a super special episode! As promised, we're returning to Kristy and the Secret of Susan, which we skipped in our regularly-scheduled rotation due to the franky pretty terrible plot focused on Susan, an autistic girl in the neighborhood, and Kristy's problemat…

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Episode 035: Stacey and the Mystery of Stoneybrook! 1:02:32

3y ago1:02:32

1:02:32

Stacey and Charlotte (who's spending the week at her house) have a few spooky encounters at an old mansion on her street set for demolition, which intrigues the Baby-Sitters Club and sets them on course to investigate and figure out who might've owned the house and whether it's haunted. Because it's a book about hauntings in 1990, problematic conce…

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Episode 034: Mary Anne and Too Many Boys! 1:21:48

3y ago1:21:48

1:21:48

Mary Anne and Stacey are headed back to Sea City with the Pikes for two weeks to start summer break, "just like last time." (Not like last time - they went during Spring Break in Boy-Crazy Stacey. Talk about some timeline wonkiness!) We discuss the revisiting of a lot of the same plot points and seeing them from Mary Anne's perspective this time an…

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Episode 033: Claudia and the Great Search! 1:18:51

3y ago1:18:51

1:18:51

Due to the subject matter of Kristy and the Secret of Susan focusing on an autistic child Kristy spends a significant amount of time with, Kate and Lauryn are taking a minute to bring on some great guests that they feel will help make that conversation as sensitive and thoughtful as possible. As a result, this week we're diving into Claudia and the…

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Episode 031: Dawn's Wicked Stepsister! 1:06:52

3y ago1:06:52

1:06:52

Kate and Lauryn come back into that mid-bouquet toss cliffhanger and dive right into how great this book is at modeling behavior and teaching lessons related to blending families... until it takes a complete left turn with Dawn’s gaslighting of Mary Anne to scare her out of their shared bedroom (for which there is no comeuppance or lesson learned o…

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Episode 030: Mary Anne and the Great Romance! 1:18:47

3y ago1:18:47

1:18:47

Kate and Lauryn are back into the main series following their Super Special detour to a ski lodge with the big, but not so big, wedding event where Richard and Sharon tie the knot in a much more business-like fashion than we (to varying degrees) or Mary Anne would’ve liked. It’s the first of a two-parter dealing with the lead-up to and fallout from…

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SS03: Baby-Sitters' Winter Vacation!! 2:19:14

3y ago2:19:14

2:19:14

It's another super special with another super special guest, Jen Forbes, the host of our spiritual sister podcast, Oof! Right in the Childhood. We discuss our babysitters' school trip to a ski lodge, which is, of course, full of all the antics we've come to expect from a super special. Follow Jen! Instagram and Twitter: @oofmychildhood Follow us! I…

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Episode 029: Mallory and the Mystery Diary! 1:11:14

3y ago1:11:14

1:11:14

Coming off the drama in Stacey’s life due to her parents’ divorce, Kate and Lauryn are relieved to dive into a fun story that involves a mystery that doesn’t include someone doing something mean to one of our girls (like, for example, any time we see Cokie Mason). Instead, the Baby-Sitters Club and everyone they talk to are invested in solving the …

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