The Baby-sitters Club Club

A self-loathing bro and a brooding arty type struggle past the long and convoluted history they have with one another and cobble together a discussion of this steamy romance novel by Alisha Rai. Music credits: “Typewriter Blues,” by AllenGrey “Chopstick Slapstick,” by OurMusicBox "In a Dubstep," by FAS Sounds Special thanks to Baby Bee Carys for the theme music! Subscribe to our Patreon at Patreon.com/BSCCPodcast and support the show at Bit.ly/RattlesnakeJake! Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A world-weary fugitive and a dangerous space cadet push past their suspicions of one another and discuss this exhilarating sci-fi romance novel by Ann Aguirre. Music credits: "Epic Majestic Sci-Fi," by Luca Francini “Typewriter Blues,” by Allen Grey "Epic Romance," by Music Dog "In a Dubstep," by FAS Sounds "Epic Sci-Fi Trailer," by Luca Francini "Epic Sci-Fi Trailer," by Pink Zebra "Beginning of War," by Orchestralis Special thanks to Baby Bee Carys for the theme music! Subscribe to our Patreon at Patreon.com/BSCCPodcast and support the show at Bit.ly/RattlesnakeJake! Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A cantankerous old misanthrope and a charming but penniless social climber lean into their strange attraction for one another and discuss an excellent romance novel by Cat Sebastian. Music credits: "Classic Waltz," by _Blacksmith_ "In a Dubstep," by FAS Sounds “Typewriter Blues,” by AllenGrey "Epic Romance," by Music Dog "Beginning of War," by Orchestralis Special thanks to Baby Bee Carys for the theme music! Subscribe to our Patreon at Patreon.com/BSCCPodcast and support the show at Bit.ly/RattlesnakeJake! Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A brilliant academic and a brash, overconfident lordling get off on the wrong foot but eventually manage to cobble together a discussion of this delightful romance novel by Alyssa Cole. Music credits: "Epic Romance," by Music Dog "Running With the Horses," by Purple Planet "In a Dubstep," by FAS Sounds “Typewriter Blues,” by Allen Grey Special thanks to Baby Bee Carys for the theme music! Subscribe to our Patreon at Patreon.com/BSCCPodcast and support the show at Bit.ly/RattlesnakeJake! Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An ill-tempered ne'er-do-well  and a beautiful social outcast look past their distrust of one another and get together to discuss this saucy romance novel by Sarah MacLean. Music credits: “Typewriter Blues,” by AllenGrey "Epic Romance," by Music Dog "In a Dubstep," by FAS Sounds Special thanks to Baby Bee Carys for the theme music! Subscribe to our Patreon at Patreon.com/BSCCPodcast and support the show at Bit.ly/RattlesnakeJake! Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A buttoned-up, logical control freak and an impulsive Creative Professional put aside their differences and get together to discuss this fiery romance novel by Mia Sosa. Music credits: “Chopstick Slapstick,” by OurMusicBox "In a Dubstep," by FAS Sounds “Typewriter Blues,” by AllenGrey Special thanks to Baby Bee Carys for the theme music! Subscribe to our Patreon at Patreon.com/BSCCPodcast and support the show at Bit.ly/RattlesnakeJake! Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A handsome British princeling and a dashing American dreamboat put aside their differences and get together to discuss this delightful romance novel by Casey McQuiston. Music credits: “Typewriter Blues,” by AllenGrey “Dark Lullaby,” by J Blanks "In a Dubstep," by FAS Sounds You can listen to Jack's lengthy discussion of R.E.M.'s discography on Fluxpod. Special thanks to Baby Bee Carys for the theme music! Subscribe to our Patreon at Patreon.com/BSCCPodcast and support the show at Bit.ly/RattlesnakeJake! Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Starting this Monday, the boys are going to be discussing a new romance novel every single week, beginning with "Red, White, and Royal Blue," by Casey McQuiston. Join us on a wild, wicked, and surprisingly sexy ride as we explore this brand-new world of literature together. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support

Bad news, Steve Wakefield: Your girlfriend Tricia has heard the sweet song of the cows; the clarion clucks of the chickens; the beckoning cries of the piggies. That's right, it's the farm life for Tricia this week, but that's not all! Jessica's harassing people in the hospital, Elizabeth and Todd are trying to solve the world's most confusing mystery, and Rattlesnake Jake's up to his old tricks again. Music credits: “A Sitcom,” by HitsLab "Nostalgic Memories," by Story Shop "Serious Sad Emotional Drama," by Luke PN "Comedy Jingle 01," by Mat Steiner “Chopstick Slapstick,” by OurMusicBox “Stardust,” by Fox Beat Stock Music Subscribe to our Patreon at Patreon.com/BSCCPodcast and support the show at Bit.ly/RattlesnakeJake! Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hide your precious jewels, your boyfriends, and your favorite teachers because the wicked Suzanne Devlin is in town and she's going to burn them all to the ground! To make matters worse, Jessica's in New York where the bad people are, so Liz is going to have to handle this one on her own. On the bright side, Rattlesnake Jake is here to amuse you with his hilarious snakey antics! Hooray for Rattlesnake Jake! Music credits: “A Sitcom,” by HitsLab “Typewriter Blues,” by AllenGrey Subscribe to our Patreon at Patreon.com/BSCCPodcast and support the show at Bit.ly/RattlesnakeJake. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jessica is mean to a cheerleader, Elizabeth is nice to a cheerleader but not particularly helpful, and a gruesome, tentacled, otherworldly entity tries to engulf the town as a first step towards world domination. Meanwhile, the boys get utterly stymied by a profound existential question regarding Sweet Valley High and have to call on the services of an expert. Music credits: “A Sitcom,” by HitsLab Subscribe to the Sweet Valley Diaries podcast and get Marissa Flaxbart's newsletter at flaxbart.substack.com! Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The fabulous Mr. Kiss and his awkward sidekick are here to talk about what everybody in Sweet Valley is doing with their mouths these days, and the boys take a frankly dangerous look at whatever it is that Ned Wakefield is reading at the moment. This Dickensian rags-to-riches story has everything: Heart-pounding footraces, eyebrow-raising foot-pounding, and, as suggested up top, various types of mouth-wrestling  that certainly feel kissing-adjacent. Music credits: “A Sitcom,” by HitsLab “Chopstick Slapstick,” by OurMusicBox “Summer Memories,” by Trixtor and Pantsmode --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've all been doing kissing all wrong and this week's book is going to set us straight on the optimal technique, but first we have to do a power ranking of the "Cars" movies and figure out what, specifically, we're going to haunt in the afterlife, and dish about whether Jessica's going to be the next big Hollywood star! Things we will not be talking about this week: 1.) Liz was in a coma quite recently. 2.) Is she OK? 3.) Liz almost died and then she basically turned into another person and NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT. Enjoy! Music credits: “A Sitcom,” by HitsLab “Polish Funk,” by Artur Orbelyan, CC "Only in a Rerun, " by Sweep the Leg Johnny “Typewriter Blues,” by AllenGrey “Summer Memories,” by Trixtor and Pantsmode Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Twin Singularity has produced a Uni-twin and Elizabeth has taken on Jessica's personality and vice versa and this is definitely "Fight Club," isn't it? Meanwhile, Bruce Pac-Man is getting punched a whole lot, Bill Chase is getting extremely poetic about the moon, Jess and Danny are going to do a big murder, and Sweet Valley gets a visit from everyone's favorite Naboo bad boys. Enjoy all this madness while you can, because Liz is gonna get bonked on the head in the end and everything will be right back where we started. Music credits: "Dark Mysterious Cinematic Piano," by Sun Channel Music “Summer Memories,” by Trixtor and Pantsmode Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Todd got a brand-new hog and he wrecked it while Elizabeth was on it and now there's only one twin in Sweet Valley, but folks: We have to talk about the Hot Clam Special. At Dairi Burger? What the hell is going on with this dish? It's completely bonkers. What is actually in it and why do people keep ordering it and ... just ... we have so many questions about this thing. Anyway, Liz is dead. Music credits: “A Sitcom,” by HitsLab "Tango for Two," by Allen Grey "International Nurses Day," by Crazy Tunes “Summer Memories,” by Trixtor and Pantsmode “Typewriter Blues,” by AllenGrey Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jessica Wakefield stays up all night long thanks to a mustachioed creep named Scott. Elizabeth Wakefield accidentally wears a cursed artifact that causes her to transform. Todd Wilkins shops for an accessory to help him float better. And the Joke Doctors drive their Ha-Ha-Ha-mbulance to the scene of a badly injured joke to revive the patient and save the day for everyone! Music credits: “A Sitcom,” by HitsLab "International Nurses Day," by Crazy Tunes “Typewriter Blues,” by AllenGrey “Summer Memories,” by Trixtor and Pantsmode Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Sweet Sweet Valley Boys continue their dangerous reading spree through the Sweet Valley books this week with a deep dive into the life and times of Robin Wilson, a character who frankly deserved better. (Please be careful not to confuse this discussion about the novel "Power Play" – about a bunch of young people using their superior numbers to gang up on an isolated member of the group – with the hockey term "Power Play," which is about the same thing, except with a lot more ice.) Music credits: “A Sitcom,” by HitsLab “Dark Lullaby,” by J Blanks “Summer Memories,” by Trixtor and Pantsmode Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After realizing just how out of their depth they are in the dangerous narrative universe of Sweet Valley High, the Sweet Sweet Valley Boys call in an expert to help them navigate these choppy waters. And not a moment too soon, because Bruce Pac-Man is being aggravatingly perverse, Jessica Wakefield is not helping at all, and pretty much everyone from Todd Wilkins all the way to some guy called Tony is playing, this week, with fire. Music credits: “Chopstick Slapstick,” by OurMusicBox “Vibe,” by Marble Space “The Prophecy,” by Fox Beat Listen to Marissa Flaxbart's "Sweet Valley Diaries" here or wherever you get your podcasts! Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sweet Valley Jack and Tanner are back to investigate who's keeping secrets and who's telling lies in this scintillating novel by Francine Pascal about a world where sentient cars battle for supremacy with hideous creatures made of amorphous flesh and teeth. Also, Ronnie's going to the dance with Jessica, and it kind of looks like George Wallace and Enid are an item? Scandalous! Music credits: “A Sitcom,” by HitsLab "Secret," by Audio Library "For Scary," by Silverhoof “Chopstick Slapstick,” by OurMusicBox “Stardust,” by Fox Beat Stock Music Thanks to Baby Bee Kelsey for the "Jack Googles" theme. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The "Dark Library" is a collection of forbidden texts composed by Ann M. Martin before it was given to her to weave the great Sitters' Cycle. It is unknown what words of power are writ inside the hidden tomes of the Dark Library — all that is known is that anyone who dares to read them is driven mad. This Scholastic-approved biography of Ann M. Martin was written by Margot Becker R., one of the few living beings to have seen the Dark Library and witnessed its macabre secrets, and as such, it's a pretty perilous read! This week, our two brave boys are opening their minds to this dangerous book on your behalf, so dive in and enjoy ... but consider yourself warned. Also, be sure to preorder "We Are the Baby-Sitters Club: Essays and Artwork from Grown-Up Readers" wherever you get your books! Music credits: "Old Fantasy Legend," by _Blacksmith_ "Dark Fantasy Ambient," by Orchestralis “Carnival Lament,” by Robert Austin “Haunted,” by LucaFrancini “The Prophecy,” by Fox Beat "Risky Low," by Purple Planet "P