Baby-Sitters (Book) Club
The BSC, week-by-week and guest-by-guest
Episodes
59 episodes since 2020
BSBC: Mystery #2: Beware, Dawn!
Don't forget to vote for me as sitter of the month!Email: thebabysittersbookclub@gmail.comTwitter: @babysittersbcInstagram: @babysittersbc
May 06, 2022
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1:06:26
BSBC #49: Claudia and the Genius of Elm Street
Put down that crossword puzzle and get invested in the pleasantness of the world! The incomparable Kimmie Gregory (@kimchigregory) slums it to chat with me about the latest chapter in the Kishi saga!Email: thebabysittersbookclub@gmail.c...
April 08, 2022
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1:48:02
BSBC #48: Jessi's Wish
No need to wish any longer...the BSBC is back with a bite-size episode to get us back on track! OG guest Jillian Tempesta joins me to discuss what's going on with a very uncharacteristic shutdown of the BSC at the same time we're trying to get ...
April 03, 2022
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1:02:29
BSBC #47: Mallory on Strike!
Our erratic upload schedule might make it seem like we're on strike, but we're just scattered! Joe Hong (@jjshong5) joins me for a somewhat boozy conversation about Mallory, Ayn Rand, and local journalism! Email: thebabysittersbook...
February 26, 2022
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2:47:27
BSBC: #45/#46 Mega Episode
Something a little different, as Margaret Carroll (@margaretacarroll) saves me for an emergency discussion of what I consider to be the worst BSC book to this point (a baby...parade?) AND THEN Margaret Carroll (@margaretacarroll) joins me AGAIN...
February 20, 2022
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2:51:47
BSBC: Mystery #1: Stacey and the Missing Ring
Get ready to show your ba and enjoy some Big Hill Energy with our inaugural BSC Mystery episode! Joe Tempesta (@joe_tempesta, @ucsblacrosse) is here to help me deal with the horrible Gardellas and find that damn missing ring! Email...
January 28, 2022
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2:41:34
BSBC Super Special #6: New York, New York!
The body's there when NYC natives Kayleigh Salstrand (@kayleighsnackstrand, @kayleighsnacks1) and Mary Garcia (@scarymarygee) join me to work through one of the many BSC trips to NYC!Don...
January 14, 2022
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2:21:53
BSBC #44: Dawn and the Big Sleepover
Grab your sleeping bag, extorted pizza, and altruistic pen pen service, because we're having a BIG sleepover with the legendary English teacher extraordinaire Jennifer Hansen! Listeners, this woman changed my life!Email: thebabysittersb...
January 07, 2022
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1:55:17
BSBC: 50th Episode Extravaganza: Part 2
After a regrettable uploading delay...It's 50, pt 2! The fantastic Julie Arenz (@juliespinsfire, infinatespinarts.com) co-hosts Night 2 of our Extravaganza, with special guest Ryan Garcia (@notportuguezy) helping me call the action when the BSC...
December 28, 2021
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3:59:04
BSBC: 50th Episode Extravaganza: Part 1
The 50TH EPISODE EXTRAVAGANZA kicks off, with cohost Jillian Tempesta (@jtpesto) and segments from the Baby-sitters Fight Club (@BSCfightclub), Teri Ottens and my cousin Kharlee, and the Bearista Podcast!Part 2 coming next week!...
December 16, 2021
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2:01:42
BSBC #43: Stacey's Emergency
Hey Boontsie, it's me! (Only good friends can talk like that.)BSBC All-Star Julia Crisler joins me for a pre-Thanksgiving conversation on a mostly joyless and strange book about Stacey. Email: thebabysittersbookclub@gmail.c...
November 24, 2021
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1:45:42
BSBC #42: Jessi and the Dance School Phantom
Guess what...you're a nut (if you skip this podcast)! The wonderful Jennifer Condas (@missjennifer19) joins me for a chat about Jessi and her dance school politics, as well as the very intrusive BSC pet show! You can check out more...
November 13, 2021
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BSBC #41: Mary Anne vs. Logan
Where do babies come from? Could you eat five pounds of candy? Have you seen Halloween III yet? Hannah Simon (@hannah.f.simon) helps me answer all these questions and more in an episode about my favorite subject: Mary Anne's failed relationship...
November 05, 2021
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1:54:28
BSBC #40: Claudia and the Middle School Mystery
The prolific Ilyssa Russ Meraki (@ohilyssa; oh-ily.com) joins me to help solve the Middle School Mystery, and along the way we review tacos, Pike re-creations, and Claudia's nihilism! Join us for the latest episode of the Baby-sitters (Book) Cl...
October 22, 2021
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1:55:47
BSBC SUPER SPECIAL #5: California Girls!
The lottery, a potentially problematic Frankenstein's monster, asthma, Glasnot, and derelict youths speeding around the highway like they own the place: This book has it all! And that's BEFORE we supersize the episode itself, when the three won...
October 08, 2021
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3:32:55
BSBC #39: Poor Mallory!
Mallory's luck gets even worse with this late-weekend release, but you won't feel poor at all when you join both Jillian (@jtpesto) AND Noelle Tempesta (and me!) as we review the mean girls of SMS, the politics of someone else's pool, and Mr. P...
October 03, 2021
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2:29:48
BSBC SUPER SPECIAL #4: Baby-sitters' Island Adventure
It's the wildest BSC adventure yet, and Charlie Diamond (@c.p.diamond) is here to help us review all the details of a very exciting shipwreck! We're here to fill you in on all the Stoneybrook drama, the mainstream media vs. Kristy, and which ch...
September 24, 2021
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2:14:49
BSBC #38: Kristy's Mystery Admirer
It's definitely really a great episode when Kimberly Beeman (@kimberly.bee) joins me to help kick off an early Spooktober with the BSC's most recent Halloween hijinx! It will be eternal togetherness between you and the podcast when you start yo...
September 17, 2021
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1:47:06
BSBC #37: Dawn and the Older Boy
It's the perfect podcast to keep you company next time you go shopping! My cousin Renae Ashton (@renaeashton) joins me to talk manipulative teenagers, female autonomy, and fake shoe sales! Don't be a Me Monster; join us for this podcast!
September 10, 2021
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2:36:16
BSBC #36: Jessi's Baby-sitter
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF VOLCANIC ACTIVITY as podcast guest dictator Brian Huser joins me to work through science fairs, intrusive aunts, and Duran Duran! The Book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/236826.Greek_Mathematical_Thoug...
September 03, 2021
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1:54:57
BSBC #35: Stacey and the Mystery of Stoneybrook
It's not your imagination, this podcast is ON FIRE! Mostly because I am joined by the wonderful Jade Huot (@witchesonthecouch), who very patiently bears with me as I try to understand this rift in the fabric of Stoneybrook's reality. Jade doesn...
August 25, 2021
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2:47:09
BSBC #34: Mary Anne and Too Many Boys
What are you talking about, chick? I'm talking about the RETURN TO SEA CITY, where the boys are like the ice cream: Abundant, sugary, and not altogether important to the larger plot! Shiree Rezendes (@infinitespinarts) helps me and the rest of ...
August 20, 2021
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1:31:54
BSBC #33: Claudia and the Great Search
It's a late-weekend upload, but Jillian Tempesta is here to help me work through Claudia's paranoia, unfair pedagogical burdens, and gorgeous salad skills! Email: thebabysittersbookclub@gmail.comTwitter: @babysittersbcInsta...
August 15, 2021
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1:19:19
BSBC SUPER SPECIAL #3: Baby-sitters' Winter Vacation
Hang on to your gloves and shoes; It's the start of the BSC Podcasting Universe when the amazing Brooke Suchomel (@BSCfightclub, @babysittersfightclub) joins me to help enlighten us on the insanity of the Winter Vacation! WORLDS ARE COLLIDING!<...
July 30, 2021
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2:23:24
BSBC #32: Kristy and the Secret of Susan
I certainly cannot play the piano for you, but I can tell you that it's Friday! Kyna McClenaghan joins me when Kristy visits the Secret of Susan and we witness the start of Stoneybrook's Australian Invasion!Email: thebabysittersbookclub...
July 23, 2021
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2:18:03