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Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club Podcast

122 episodes - English - Latest episode: 27 days ago - ★★★★ - 26 ratings

Kate Vlasek and Lauryn Hunter are two women in their mid-thirties who generally geek out about all things pop culture, particularly nostalgic pop culture. A spur-of-the-moment purchase of a random assortment of Baby-Sitters Club books on eBay sparked the excitement that would become Generation BSC.
And what is Generation BSC? First, it’s a micro-generation Kate and Lauryn have identified with between Generation X and Millennials. This micro-generation has also been called the Oregon Trail Generation, Generation Catalano, the Star Wars Generation, Xennials, and Elder Millennials - essentially, for our purposes, those born between 1980 and 1985 who would have read Baby-Sitters Club books as they were being released in the late 80s and early 90s. (As an aside, we've come to realize since starting our journey with the Baby-Sitters Club, however, that Generation BSC really is anyone who has grown or is growing up with the BSC, but we're examining it from our perspective in particular.) Second, it’s a biweekly episodic podcast where Kate and Lauryn revisit each book in the Baby-Sitters Club series both looking back at how they approached the topics and themes when they read the books as children and comparing that with how they approach the same topics and themes in 2019 (and beyond).
Eventually, the podcast will include guests and “Very Special Episodes” where Kate and Lauryn visit other pop culture from the same era and later, using the Baby-Sitters Club and Generation BSC as a jumping off point for discussion.
Whether you’ve loved the Baby-Sitters Club since childhood or are jumping in for the first time, you’ll have a great time reading along with Kate and Lauryn.
Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn Hunter.

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Episodes

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

April 02, 2024 20:00 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MB

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't wait to get back into our discussions of our favorite group of babysitters! TL; DR: 12:30 Predictions for The Ghost at Dawn's House: 17:00 Follow...

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

October 31, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 32.7 MB

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: [email protected] Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn Hunter.

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

October 24, 2023 10:00 - 44 minutes - 20.4 MB

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 and Twitter: @generationbsc Contact us! E-mail: [email protected] Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn Hunter.

Episode 049: Claudia and the Genius of Elm Street!

October 10, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 54.3 MB

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 Masters. Claudia ultimately connects with Rosie over drawing and they put on an art show together (where we see the junk food-inspired pop art that is...

Episode 048: Jessi's Wish!

September 26, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 48.7 MB

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 universe version of Make-A-Wish trip to Disney World. Jessi's Wish had so many opportunities to go so wrong, but it threaded the needle to a perfectly...

Episode 047: Mallory on Strike!

September 12, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 54.1 MB

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 goes on strike. For one day... In usual BSC fashion, the conflict is resolved, but sadly it's an unsatisfying outcome for us. Follow us! Instagram ...

M01: Stacey and the Missing Ring!

August 29, 2023 10:00 - 52 minutes - 41.7 MB

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 missing and the BSC springs into supportive and not-so-supportive action to figure out what might have happened. Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @gen...

Re-Read! 038 - Kristy's Mystery Admirer!!

August 15, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MB

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: @stitchykelly and @itsacluepodcast Contact us! E-mail: [email protected] Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn Hunter.

Episode 046: Mary Anne Misses Logan!

July 25, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 50.9 MB

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, toilet monsters, group projects, and speeches in front of "famous" fake authors. Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @generationbsc ​ Contact us! E...

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

July 11, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 48.6 MB

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: @generationbsc Contact us! E-mail: [email protected] Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn Hunter.

Episode 045: Kristy and the Baby Parade!

June 27, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 50.6 MB

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. This is, of course, after another instance of our girls treating each other poorly when things don't go perfectly and they feel embarrassed, but all...

SS06: New York, New York!

June 13, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 66.2 MB

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 break. As is typical for super specials, our girls have varying levels of ridiculousness in their assorted adventures, including international intrigu...

EM024: Emergency Meeting - Good Riddance, Cokie Mason!

May 30, 2023 10:00 - 37 minutes - 51.2 MB

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 share new episodes with you all! Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @generationbsc Contact us! E-mail: [email protected] Generation BSC logo ...

Episode 044: Dawn and the Big Sleepover!

September 20, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 60.2 MB

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 generally not great for us due to the communities involved and the book's inability to dive deeper and tell a better version of this story (although we a...

Episode 043: Stacey's Emergency!

September 06, 2022 10:00 - 57 minutes - 46.2 MB

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 the same room and remain civil while Stacey insists she wants and needs them there together. Stacey ends up recovering and having a heart-to-heart w...

Episode 042: Jessi and the Dance School Phantom!`

August 16, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 53.7 MB

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 ingenuity to figure out the culprit and then... just forgives her for terrorizing her? The logic goes out the window and the teachable moment doesn't go th...

Episode 041: Mary Anne vs. Logan!

August 03, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour - 48.5 MB

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 lot of tell, not show in the series. There's some Jenny Prezzioso-related antics throughout and the BSC does their best to support Mary Anne through...

Episode 040: Claudia and the Middle School Mystery!

July 19, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 78.4 MB

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 than Cokie Mason. Claudia and the BSC have some antics and eventually resolve the issue at hand and Claudia gets some recognition for her hard work an...

SS05: California Girls!

July 05, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 87 MB

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 extended truly life-or-death stakes. Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @generationbsc Contact us! E-mail: [email protected] Generation BSC l...

Episode 039: Poor Mallory!

June 01, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MB

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 Contact us! E-mail: [email protected] Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn Hunter.

Episode 038: Kristy's Mystery Admirer!!!!!!!!!!

May 17, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MB

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 disregard just how problematic and truly scary Cokie Mason is in this one! Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @generationbsc Follow Kelly and It's a Clue!...

Episode 037: Dawn and the Older Boy!

May 03, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 51 MB

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: [email protected] Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn Hunter.

Episode 036: Jessi's Baby-Sitter!

April 20, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 52.4 MB

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 troubling racial commentary and we question just how much thought the Ramseys put into their plan to have Aunt Cecelia move in. Follow us! Instagram and Tw...

SS04: Baby-sitters' Island Adventure!

April 05, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 68.6 MB

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: [email protected] Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn Hunter.

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

February 22, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 48.6 MB

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: [email protected] Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn Hunter.

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

February 08, 2022 11:00 - 47 minutes - 38.3 MB

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: [email protected] Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn Hunter.

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

January 25, 2022 11:15 - 53 minutes - 43 MB

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: [email protected] Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn Hunter.

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

January 11, 2022 23:30 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MB

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: [email protected] Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn Hunter.

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

December 28, 2021 16:15 - 43 minutes - 35 MB

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: [email protected] Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn Hunter.

EM018: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season Two, Episode Four: Jessi and the Superbrat!

December 28, 2021 16:15 - 43 minutes - 35 MB

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: [email protected] Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn Hunter.

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

December 14, 2021 12:30 - 48 minutes - 38.8 MB

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: [email protected] Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn Hunter.

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

November 30, 2021 13:15 - 50 minutes - 40.6 MB

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: [email protected] Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn Hunter.

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

November 16, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 28.3 MB

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: [email protected] Generation BSC logo created by Jordyn Hunter.

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

November 02, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 24.1 MB

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 catch up with you then. In the meantime, keep your eye on our social media and don’t forget to e-mail. We love to hear from you all! Kate and Lauryn ...

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

October 26, 2021 10:30 - 40 minutes - 16.4 MB

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 catch up with you then. In the meantime, keep your eye on our social media and don’t forget to e-mail. We love to hear from you all! The Netflix mini...

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

October 19, 2021 10:00 - 50 minutes - 20.3 MB

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 our social media and don’t forget to e-mail. We love to hear from you all! The mini-series conversation on the Netflix series continues with Kate ...

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

October 12, 2021 10:15 - 58 minutes - 23.6 MB

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 our social media and don’t forget to e-mail. We love to hear from you all! Kate and Lauryn keep up the mini-series discussion about the Netflix se...

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

October 05, 2021 10:00 - 41 minutes - 18.8 MB

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 our social media and don’t forget to e-mail. We love to hear from you all! Kate and Lauryn’s Netflix discussion continues this week with a convers...

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

September 28, 2021 12:15 - 41 minutes - 18.8 MB

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 our social media and don’t forget to e-mail. We love to hear from you all! Kate and Lauryn jump back into the episode-specific discussions for the...

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

September 21, 2021 13:15 - 45 minutes - 20.6 MB

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 our social media and don’t forget to e-mail. We love to hear from you all! Kate and Lauryn continue their summer mini-series and discuss The Truth...

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

September 14, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes - 16 MB

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 our social media and don’t forget to e-mail. We love to hear from you all! The Emergency Meetings continue with Kate and Lauryn’s discussion of Cl...

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

September 07, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 13.6 MB

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 our social media and don’t forget to e-mail. We love to hear from you all! Kate and Lauryn are back with the first Emergency Meeting episode in th...

EM016: Emergency Meeting - An Acknowledgement, Season One Wrap-Up, and Season Two Announcement!

August 31, 2021 10:00 - 13 minutes - 6 MB

Kate and Lauryn drop in for an Emergency Meeting to acknowledge our limitations in our conversations on autism and Kristy and the Secret of Susan and discuss how we're going to broaden the voices we hear from, to wrap up Season One of Generation BSC, and to announce what comes next (spoiler alert - it's a back-to-school binge of our episodes discussing the first season of the Netflix series as a lead up to new episodes discussing season two)! Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @generationbsc C...

Kristy and the Secret of Susan! (Part Two)

August 17, 2021 20:45 - 1 hour - 30.3 MB

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 introduced us to the word "allistic," which means not autistic, giving some additional nuance to the discussion surrounding autisic, neurodivergent, and n...

Kristy and the Secret of Susan!

August 03, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 36.7 MB

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, a girl with autism spectrum disorder in the neighborhood, and Kristy's problematic reactions to Susan and her family and life. And also as promised, we've invited someone with significantly more experience w...

Kristy and the Secret of Susan! (Part One)

August 03, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 36.7 MB

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 problematic reactions to Susan and her family and life. And also as promised, we've invited someone with significantly more experience with neurodivergence ...

Episode 035: Stacey and the Mystery of Stoneybrook!

June 22, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 50.1 MB

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 concepts are, of course, thrown around as possible reasoning, but ultimately there are real-world explanations for all of the spooky happenings. (Becaus...

Episode 034: Mary Anne and Too Many Boys!

June 08, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 65.5 MB

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 and quickly realize she's stretching a bit when she says there are "too many boys." Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @generationbsc Contact us! E-ma...

Episode 033: Claudia and the Great Search!

May 25, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 36.1 MB

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 Great Search, where Claudia becomes convinced she was adopted and goes on a thorough search to find the truth about her birth family and ultimatel...

Episode 031: Dawn's Wicked Stepsister!

May 11, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 53.6 MB

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 on Dawn’s part). We realize how much seeing Dawn’s perspective and hearing her internal monologue makes us see her in a worse light (similar to Mary...

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Kristy's Great Idea
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