The BoozySitters Club is the podcast that asks the question: what if you took babysitting, and added booze (Not literally, of course, because that would be irresponsible)? Each episode revisits one book of the beloved YA series, The Baby-Sitters Club, while featuring a different drink every time. Nostalgia, cocktails, feminism, and the spirit of creativity make their way through each episode, as we catch up with the founding members and beyond.
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As we gear up for the Drag Race US finale and we give Nell some time to unpack from her big move, we revisit our thoughts on the grand finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Season 2 finale! And come on, don’t you want to hear Stephanie scream LLLLAAAAWWWWWRRRRENCE CHANEY one more time?! We’ll be back soon with our regularly scheduled poding.Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
It’s Boozy Book Club time again! This week’s pick? “Jackpot” by Nic Stone, selected by Stephanie. This book has mystery, it has teenage drama, it has insight from inanimate objects! Full disclosure there are lots of spoilers and we may get passionate about why America needs better health care, but most importantly we discuss why you always need a friend around to hold up FRIENDLY or FLIRTING signs. And oh yeah…there is the brief return of LAWRENCE CHANEY!Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
GIRL! From Stoneybrook to RuPaul’s Drag Race UK there has been ALL. THE. SHADE! Nell and Stephanie discuss shiny, sparkly things, Jeff’s white male privilege (god, Jeff way to run off to California and not deal with your problems and abandon your mother!), and whether pageants are sexist or fun. So grab your basic bitch sauvignon blanc and get ready for a time!Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
The Boozy Book Club is back! We read one of Nell’s most favorite books from when she was just about as tall as Stephanie, “The Westing Game.” There are “Clue” references, Piper wears pajamas, and there may be the spark of some fan-fic based on a friendship between Karen Brewer and Turtle! Grab the book, grab a drink and read along.Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
We never thought there would be anything that could happen that would make us dislike the OG members of the BSC, but turns out they can be kinda awful when they begin the trials of Mallory Pike! This episode is a bit of a rollercoaster as we debate the true color of Mallory’s hair (she’s a redhead goddamn it!), chat about how our girl Ann M. does not shy away from teaching kids racism is wrong (bless her!) and Stephanie can’t stop talking about her new favorite Glaswegian…LAWRENCE CHANEY!Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
The Boozy Book Club is back. We FINALLY finish (well, one of us did) “Never Tell” by Selene Montgomery, a.k.a Savior of Democracy Stacey Abrams! And it wouldn’t be 2021 if we didn’t talk about the coup, but don’t worry, since we’re chatting romance novels, we get back to the D real fast. Stick around to the end of the episode to find out the next book the Boozy Book Club will be reading so you can read along!Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
Stacey is moving back to New York. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! What will the BSC do? We also dive into such hot topics as our love for Medium Brown Bag (hey Bloomies, we miss you!), what happens when you see a dude you really don’t want to be dating anymore in a wine bar and how to dissect a fictitious address off Central Park. Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
You read the 12 Days of Boozy blog post (or you better have!), now get ready for the extras! Stephanie and Nell add a few more fun items into the mix that you won’t find out about anywhere else except on the pod. We’ve got more books! More booze! Food! Art! All the things you’ve come to expect from the BoozySitters.Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
If you didn’t know it before, you would know it now, we are PASSIONATE about art and despise BITCHES! With a few tangents along the way, we chat about “Claudia and the New Girl” and how your art being your pain makes it less fun for the rest of us. And lest we forget, it all comes back to the urinal…thanks, Marcel, thanks.Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
In this Boozy Book Club, we are supporting our favorite advocate of democracy Stacey Abrams by jumping into the texts of her nom de plume Selena Montgomery with “Never Tell.” Did we mention this is a romance? It’s a new genre for us both and we can’t say we are 100% sold, but we do love to support Stacey in any way we can! This is the first of a two-part book club so grab a copy and read along!Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
DOGS! Dogs, dogs because dogs. AAAANNNNNNND DEMOCRACY! This episode is more of a two act kind of deal. ACT 1: We talk volunteering for democracy, thank the women of color who have fought so hard to make sure we all keep our rights and raise a glass of the McBride Sisters Winery “Black Girl Magic” to our new lord and savior Stacey AbramsACT 2: We won’t lie, shit gets a bit real. We have to pour one out for Louie, the best damn collie in the world plus a side detour into how we think baseball is the sport a woman could breakthrough as an athlete in the majorsWant to help Stacey Abrams get the vote out in GA? Check out her organization Fair Fight https://fairfight.com/Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
In this week’s Boozy Extra we chat snacks, our small wins and then Nell does a TikTok. It’s short, it’s sweet and it’ll keep you giggling until the next full episode!Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
Need an escape? Join Stephanie and Nell as we talk about the second book in the Baby-sitters Club mystery series and wrap up our month of spooky content. In this episode, we tackle xenophobia, winning at all costs, and bullies. Despite what you might think, it’s blissfully free of election discussion!Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
Watch (and sip) along with us! This episode we watched A Babysitter’s Guide To Monster Hunting on Netflix, and had many thoughts (and yelps, and maybe a scream or two). So cue us up with your screen and hit play when we do. We think it’s the perfect addition to the BSC Cinematic Universe, and we can’t wait for the next piece of the puzzle.If you are drinking along, here is the recipe for the Corpse Reviver No. 2. Recipe from The Spruce Eats.Dash of absinthe1 oz gin1 oz Lillet Blanc (or Cocchi Americano, dry vermouth)1 oz fresh lemon juice1 oz orange liqueurGarnish: orange peelRinse a chilled martini or coupe glass with absinthe.Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour the remaining ingredients into the cocktail shaker and shake well.Strain into the rinsed glassGarnish with orange peel and enjoy!Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
As we continue to celebrate the spooky season, Stephanie and Nell shift from the traditional canon and dive into (and get angry at) The Baby-Sitters Club Mysteries! In this episode, we start at the beginning, and boy did we have some thoughts. We laughed, we ranted, we got drunk…so very drunk.Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
Things get spooky in this edition of the Boozy Book Club where we discuss A Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix! We get into all the details of how one singular vampire wreaks havoc on a the Charleston suburbs of Mount Pleasant. And oh yeah, we are pretty sauced up while we do it.Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
Mary Anne, Mary Anne, Mary Anne! Boy does she think she’s come out of her shell and even if she hasn’t it’s a-ok because Logan, the new boy in school, thinks she is the bee’s knees. We chat about even if you’re shy is running out on your first boy/girl party appropriate and reminisce about our own tween fashion.Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
This week’s Boozy Extra is the second installment of the Boozy Book Club! We don’t read the same books, but we talk about the ones we have (or may not have) finished. We may or may not also talk about Game of Thrones, Bunga Bunga, and other book adjacent things.Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
OMG there is a ghost at Dawn’s house and Mrs. Schafer is going on dates…so many dates and none of them are with Mr. Spier! Nell and Stephanie chat about hidden passageways, old white ladies on a farm and how we really miss parties.Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
Are you Star Trek or Star Wars? Well lucky for you in this pod extra we touch on both. Stephanie tells us all about as a kid life was all about LeVar Burton and Nell recounts learning of Chewie's family.Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
In a BoozySitters Super Special episode, Nell and Stephanie sit down and review the latest Baby-Sitters Club TV reboot that premiered on Netflix earlier this summer.Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
In this Boozy Extra, Nell and Stephanie chat about actual age vs. the age you look and ponder why, much like the Baby-Sitters on their book covers, the Golden Girls looked so damn old!Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
The BoozySitters are going on a trip to the Jersey Shore! Well Stacey and Mary Anne go to the Shore and we live vicariously through them in “Boy Crazy Stacey.” There are boys, there are clams, there are interruptions from pod pup Piper, but most importantly there is booze.Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
The BoozySitters are back with the first of a sometimes Boozy Extra series, the Boozy Book Club! While still tipsy, Nell and Stephanie give you a quick review of the non-babysitting related books they are enjoying. This week they are also joined by the heavy breathing styles of pod pup Piper Leigh Barrymore. You’ve heard her clattering around in the background, now hear her breath while Stephanie rattles on!Books we read this time:Close Up by Amanda QuickThe Starless Sea by Erin MorgensternFollow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
So this one took a turn, sorry for the spoilers but, Mimi HAD A STROKE! Nell and Stephanie get a little tipsy while they talk about how judging this book by its cover would have for sure led you astray, how communication is tough no matter how old you are and a fictitious man named Seamus. And if you only tune in for Luis, his sweet Scottish tones earlier in the pod then normal!Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
Inspired by Karen and Norwich Castle, Nell gives us a quick history lesson in Beach Pajamas and why they would be the perfect outfit for quarantine!Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
What happens when white magic and dark magic mix at the Stoneybrook wedding of the year, 14 kids need minding and the Pink Clinker Rolls into town? Find out as Stephanie and Nell sip and speculate about “Kristy’s Big Day!”During our wee breaks we feature masks by OctopiCrafts and beer can candles from Dan et al.For a discount on masks from OctopiCrafts use promo code BoozySitters.Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
To get in the spirit of the release of the Netflix reboot of The Baby-Sitters Club we held our first Emergency Meeting! We called the Club at the (203) 456-9090 to take the quiz to see which babysitter we are most like and got our official Baby-Sitters membership card. To celebrate we popped a bottle of bubbly called The Diver from Days of Youth Wines.Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
In the first Boozy Extra, Karen is training to be “A Karen” when Nell and Stephanie talk about her make believe game “Let’s All Come In” where the only goal is to be entitled…and maybe wear a fright wig!Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
OMG there are sub-plots to the sub-plots to the sub-plots and wee bit of light kidnapping when Stephanie and Nell sip and chat about “Dawn and the Impossible Three.” These kids are bananas and there mom may or may not have a secret alternative life and, oh yeah, Dawn wins over Kristy by tying a rope to the ceiling. And did we mention the adults are canoodling in Stoneybrook!?Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
Snarky notes, fighting friends and cachaça that might kill us, Stephanie and Nell dive deep into how "Mary Anne Saves the Day" and how we are getting through these crazy times. And oh yeah, we finally meet Dawn! Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
We made it to episode three! And thank goodness because we have been dying to find out “The Truth About Stacey.” As they sip, Nell and Stephanie ponder is it ever okay to pee in your friend’s bed and what would their lives have been like if they went into aura styling. There is duh-RA-muh, there are children outside without coats and there are two very nice bottles of West Coast wine that is drank in abundance. Get ready to clutch your pearls.Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
In episode two Nell and Stephanie dive deep into questions like is leaving voicemails of just heavy breathing appropriate at any age? Can you dress like a turnip if you want to? And, can the undead pull you out of a depression? Join them as they sip on cocktails that may or may not contain honey and if you’re just here for the back cover reading, Luis is back too! Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub
On the debut episode of the BoozySitters Club, Nell and Stephanie dive right into discussing the first book in The Baby-Sitters Club series "Kristy's Great Idea." Cocktails are had, a Scottish man does some dramatic reading and our hosts ask the question does a book written for pre-teens in 1986 hold up for adult women in the quarantine times of 2020. Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/boozysittersclub/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boozysitters/ Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/boozysittersclub