The Podcast At Dawn's House
Episodes
Episode 69: A Holiday Miracle!
21 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, it's almost the end of the year and we still haven't recorded the second half of Jessi's Gold Medal! The poor girl will be freezing by the time w...
Update: we're still here, but...
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We'll be back once Esther regains the ability to gab for several hours at a time.
Episode 68: Kristy And the Missing Child
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, there's a missing child! And for once, a bunch of middle-school girls actually *are* the best people to solve this, because the adults are busy m...
Update: We're Still Here!
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We haven't gone away, things just got busy over the summer. If only we could send our kids to an illegal daycare to free up some time...
Episode 67: Mallory and the Dream Horse
24 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Mallory’s finally found her dream horse! Unfortunately she’s also found her nightmare horse, so, win some lose some. Meanwhile, we debate whi...
Episode 66: Kristy For President
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Kristy’s running for eighth-grade president! Which sounds extremely low-stakes until you compare it to Mallory’s unopposed run for seventh-gr...
Episode 65: Mary Anne + 2 Many Babies
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, there are 2 many babies! Well, it’s more like two actual babies and a ton of eggs that the girls and their pretend husbands have imprinted on, ...
Episode 64: Mallory and the Ghost Cat
25 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Mallory’s found a ghost cat! Or a reincarnation cat? Or possibly just a regular cat? This book definitely comes down on the side of “ghosts a...
Episode 63: Stacey's Ex-Best Friend
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Laine’s coming to Stoneybrook! Unfortunately, she’s become a huge pain in the ass! And she’s way beyond pigs. Thank goodness Kristy’s her...
Episode 62: Dawn’s Big Date
16 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Dawn’s got a big date, some homemade sweat skirts, a repertoire of PUA techniques, and a new personality! Also there’s some terrible stuff ab...
Episode 61: Snowbound! Part 2
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, we’re back! After a lengthy hiatus involving international travel, LARPing toddlers and multiple cases of Covid, it’s finally time for part 2...
Episode 60: Snowbound! Part 1
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, the babysitters are snowbound! And they’re very very surprised by this, despite extensive weather forecasts warning them about this exact situa...
Episode 59: Beware, Dawn!
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Dawn’s gotta beware! There’s a snake boy loose in San Francisco! Also, the local kids are manipulating the hell out of the babysitters, and w...
Episode 58: Claudia and the Genius of Elm Street
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, there’s a genius in Stoneybrook and it’s not Janine! Janine WISHES she was as talented as this kid. Meanwhile, we experimet with a pivot to a...
Episode 57: Jessi's Wish
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Jessi’s got a wish! Because this is an Ann book, everyone’s wishes are heavily Disneyworld-focused. Ann also bravely raises some tough questi...
Episode 56: Mallory On Strike!
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Mallory’s on strike! We were very excited at the title of this one but it turned out to be less about labour activism and more about time manag...
Episode 55: Stacey And The Missing Ring
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Stacey’s accused of being a jewel thief! And more importantly, this leads to financial problems for Claudia and she’s out for revenge! Meanwh...
Episode 54: Mary Anne Misses Logan
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Mary Anne wants Logan back! More importantly, though, she wants an A on her group project and nobody is going to get in the way of that. Not Loga...
Episode 53: Kristy And The Baby Parade
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, there’s a Baby Parade! Kristy and the gang grapple with the age-old question “What if illegal daycare, but on a poorly-conceived parade float...
Episode 52: New York, New York!
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, the girls are going to New York! Again! There's Edwardian ghost children, adaptogen cannoli, and an assortment of generic bystanders. Meanwhile,...
Episode 51: Dawn And The Big Sleepover
27 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Dawn’s having a big sleepover! Unfortunately, the sleepover itself is the only part of the book that didn’t make us cringe violently. Well, t...
Episode 50: Stacey's Emergency
30 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Stacey’s finally having an emergency! It’s the pancreatic drama we’ve spent so long waiting for, and we’re all very excited. Also, Charlo...
Episode 49: The Podcast At The Saddle Club
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hold your horses, folks, the Saddle Club are visiting a dude ranch in West Dakota! Things get real problematic real fast, everyone eats a lot of steak...
Episode 48: Mary Anne vs. Logan
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Logan suuuuucks! He’s suddenly performing traditional masculinity and nobody is here for it, except for his hot cousin Olivia. Jenny Prezzioso ...
Episode 47: Claudia And The Middle School Mystery
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Claudia got an A on a test and now everyone thinks she cheated! Well, by ‘everyone’ we mean her teacher, her parents, and Mary Anne, who is j...
Episode 46: Poor Mallory!
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Mallory’s dad lost his job! The family makes minor economies for two weeks, he becomes a degenerate in casual clothes for a day or two, and the...
Episode 45: Kristy's Mystery Admirer
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Kristy’s got a mystery admirer! It’s a recipe for romance and/or murder! Also, time is a flat circle, and there’s some sports. And some ICO...
Episode 44: Dawn And The Older Boy
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Dawn’s dating an older boy! Luckily, he’s an insufferable douche as well as being a creep, so it doesn’t last long. Meanwhile, Mary Anne’...
Episode 43: Jessi's Babysitter
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Jessi’s got a babysitter! And she’s phenomenally unimpressed! Meanwhile, Jackie Rodowsky is buying redacted chemicals at undisclosed location...
Episode 42: Babysitters' Island Adventure
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Claudia and Dawn are doing illegal daycare while lost at sea! How did this happen, you ask? It turns out they’re massively into sailing, just h...
Episode 41: Stacey And The Mystery Of Stoneybrook
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, there’s a mystery in Stoneybrook! Fortunately Stacey’s on the case, and it turns out she’s psychic maybe? The important thing is, it’s to...
Episode 40: Mary Anne And Too Many Boys
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Mary Anne has encountered some boys! We refuse to call it too many boys, because it’s really not THAT many boys. It’s, like, a slight oversup...
Episode 39: Claudia And The Great Search
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Claudia might be adopted and has to go on a journey of discovery and learn how to use a microfiche machine! Meanwhile, Emily Michelle is… basic...
Episode 38: Dawn's Wicked Stepsister
19 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Dawn And Mary Anne are officially sisters! In a shocking, unforeseen twist, it turns out that sometimes sisters have fights, exactly like last ep...
Episode 37: Mary Anne And The Great Romance
28 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Mary Anne’s dad is marrying Dawn’s mom and the girls are going to be sisters! In an unrelated development, we learn that sometimes siblings h...
Episode 36: Babysitters' Winter Vacation
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, the babysitters are going on a winter vacation! Kristy breaks a boy’s ankle, we get short-changed on a ghost plot, Stacey wears the face off so...
Episode 35: Mallory And The Mystery Diary
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Mallory’s found a mystery diary and she has a lot of thoughts about it! Stacey’s house might be haunted, or not, whatever, and Buddy Barrett’...
Episode 34: The Podcast At Nancy Drew's House: The Secret Of The Old Clock
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Heavens to Betsy! Old Josiah Crowley promised to leave his fortune to a wide assortment of nice people, then left it to the worst people ever! If only...
Episode 33: Welcome Back Stacey!
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Stacey’s parents are breaking up! Will she move back to Stoneybrook and rejoin the BSC? It’s completely impossible to know. A real nail-biter...
Episode 32: Jessi And The Superbrat
26 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Jessi’s babysitting an extremely minor celebrity! Also, she gets a bit freaked out about ballet and wonders if the modelling industry would be ...
Episode 31: Baby-sitters’ Summer Vacation
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The girls are going to camp! Stacey’s catching every disease going, Jessi and Kristy are prioritising revenge through dance, and Mary Anne is except...
Episode 30: Mary Anne And The Search For Tigger
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Tigger’s missing! Logan’s cranky, his brother is sneezing, and everyone else is loving the drama. Meanwhile, Karen has advice for what to do ...
Episode 29: Kristy And The Mother’s Day Surprise
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Omg, it’s Mother’s Day! Kristy’s celebrating with illegal daycare, her mom and Watson are celebrating with a very questionable surprise adoption...
Episode 28: Dawn On The Coast
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dawn goes to California! She has a lovely time! Turns out Californians are laid-back but also very judgy about food and bright colours, and they lack ...
Episode 27: Halloween Special – Kristy And The Haunted Mansion
30 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Halloween, everyone! Kristy’s trapped in a haunted mansion due to underfunded local infrastructure! Also, there’s a lot of scrapbooking and ...
Episode 26: Jessi Ramsey, Pet-Sitter
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Mancusis have too many pets, and Jessi’s babysitting all of them! Meanwhile, Kristy’s in beast mode again, Mary Anne’s a liability, Dawn’s...
Episode 25: Mallory And The Trouble With Twins
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
aka I Think, Therefore I Mall Mallory's babysitting the Arnold twins! But more importantly, earrings earrings earrings earrings and, in conclusion, ea...
Episode 24: Kristy And The Walking Disaster
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kristy's Krushers make their first appearance! And so do Bart's Bashers, ugh. Kristy is her best self for once, we refuse to know anything about baseb...
Episode 23: Claudia And The Bad Joke
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
aka Do You Want MRSA? Because That's How You Get MRSA Claudia babysits local demon-child Betsy Sobak, and gets a broken leg for her trouble, so the BS...
Episode 22: Stacey's Mistake
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stacey invites the gang up to the big city to answer that age-old question: what if illegal daycare, but in New York? Everyone (except Kristy, surpris...
Episode 21: Mary Anne's Bad-Luck Mystery
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Anne gets a chain letter and there’s mass hysteria! Kristy is her worst self yet again, Cokie and Grace make their long-awaited debut, and we s...
Episode 20: Jessi's Secret Language
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jessi’s babysitting Matt Braddock! There’s some problematic representation and insufficient wacky hijinks! We learn some outdated stuff about sign...
Episode 19: Little Miss Stoneybrook... And Dawn
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The kids of Stoneybrook are doing a beauty pageant and the babysitters are wildly overinvested in it! Meanwhile, we decide which contemporary Irish li...
Episode 18: Hello, Mallory
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mallory joins the BSC! And then promptly unjoins due to a heated disagreement over soy products. Also, we meet Jessi, and the random background charac...
Episode 17: Goodbye, Stacey, Goodbye
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stacey’s gonna move away, and then she moves away. The Pikes are wildly xenophobic because it’s the Cold War. Also, there is a yard sale! Today’...
The Podcast At The Dairi Burger Episode 16: Rags To Riches
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
HEY GUYS it’s time for another episode of our Sweet Valley High podcast which has definitely always been a podcast about Sweet Valley High! Roger’...
Episode 15: Babysitters On Board!
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The babysitters are on a cruise for tenuous reasons! Karen Brewer lives her best life, Claudia has another questionable romance, and Kristy is... extr...
Episode 14: Claudia And The New Girl
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a new girl! Claudia is OBSESSED and the other girls are UNIMPRESSED. This book mostly confused the hell out of us as kids, but can we deciph...
Episode 13: Holiday Special: Baby-Sitters' Christmas Chiller
27 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's Christmukkah in Stoneybrook, and things are getting *mysterious*! Mallory and Jessi rescue a pregnant lady with amnesia, Kristy and Abby have a C...
Episode 12: Kristy And The Snobs
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kristy’s new neighbours are insufferable assholes and we hate them. Also there’s some very sad stuff about her dog dying but mainly get a load of ...
Episode 11: Logan Likes Mary Anne!
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
OMG, Logan likes Mary Anne! Mary Anne mainly likes Cam Geary, but Logan will do. Meanwhile, Kristy makes a pact with a demon, and Claudia nearly says ...
Episode 10: The Ghost At Dawn’s House
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a ghost, and you’ll never guess whose house it’s at! Also the Pike triplets are the actual worst, Claire has an industrial shampoo accid...
Episode 9: Halloween Special: Babysitters' Haunted House
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Halloween, and we’re celebrating the only way we know how: by recapping the first BSC Super Mystery, Babysitters’ Haunted House! It turns o...
Episode 8: Boy-Crazy Stacey
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stacey’s in love! Or in luv, at least. Will she manage to get the shift? Or will Mary Anne leave her in a shallow grave? And will we die of secondha...
Episode 7: Claudia And Mean Janine
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alien versus Predator. Rocky versus Creed. Mega Shark versus Giant Octopus. These are some of the great legendary conflicts of our age. But now it’s...
Episode 6: Kristy's Big Day
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kristy’s mom is going to get married, and then she gets married. The girls of the Babysitters' Club respond the only way they know how: by opening a...
Episode 5: Dawn And The Impossible Three
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In which Dawn babysits the Barretts and ends up having to do a ton of unpaid emotional labour and also unpaid normal labour. There’s also a halfhear...
Episode 4: Mary Anne Saves The Day
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In which the girls have a fight, Mary Anne unleashes a lifetime's worth of anger through passive-aggressive notes and Machiavellian mind games, her da...
Episode 3: The Truth About Stacey
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stacey's got diabetes, and her parents have gone off the fucking DEEP END. Stoneybrook is infiltrated by CIA agents posing as teen babysitters, and th...
Episode 2: Claudia And The Phantom Phone Calls
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In which there's a very minor crime wave in another town altogether, and the girls of the BSC overreact WILDLY. Esther and Karen peer-pressure Aoife i...
Episode 1: Kristy's Great Idea
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kristy starts a babysitting club and is more or less instantly successful, give or take some puppy-related hijinks. We start a podcast, and i...