In this episode, Meghan and Colleen discuss loaded fishing rods, hot jails, and washing machine funerals, as well as the actual contents of Nancy Drew… Trouble Shooter (1939)!

This time, we recorded our predictions before the movie, then recorded a watch-along movie commentary track (which you can listen to while watching the movie for free on YouTube), with our commentary starting at 8:06 and continuing until 1:16:35. So if you don’t want to hear that part, you can absolutely listen to just the first eight minutes, then skip to the 1:16:35 timestamp to hear our after-the-movie impressions and segments! Leave a review or write in on our website to let us know whether you prefer how we podcasted about Movie 1 or Movies 2 and 3, so that we know what listeners prefer! :)

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In this episode, Meghan and Colleen discuss boxer mimes, Donald Duck, and Nancy’s costume budget, as well as the actual contents of Nancy Drew… Reporter (1939)!

This time, we recorded our predictions before the movie, then recorded a watch-along movie commentary track (which you can listen to while watching the movie for free on YouTube), with our commentary starting at 6:47 and continuing until 1:14:36. So if you don’t want to hear that part, you can absolutely listen to just the first seven minutes, then skip to the 1:14:36 timestamp to hear our after-the-movie impressions and segments! Leave a review or write in on our website to let us know whether you prefer how we podcasted about Movie 1 or Movie 2, so that we know what listeners prefer! :)

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In this episode, Meghan and Colleen discuss molecules, bad subtitles, and the case of Ned vs. Ted, as well as the actual contents of Nancy Drew…Detective (1938)!

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In this episode, Meghan and Colleen discuss Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Hamlet, and A Series of Unfortunate Events, as well as the actual contents of Stay Tuned For Danger (1999)!

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In this episode, Meghan and Colleen discuss Muppet names, Nancy’s D&D modifiers, and Muenster cheese, as well as the actual contents of The Secret of the Old Clock (1930)!

NOTE: We apologize for any drop in audio quality for this episode (Meghan has some Life Stuff right now, so Colleen did both the rough edit and attempted to do some of Meghan’s fine-tuning, but does not have quite the ear/experience that Meghan has, so Colleen would like to take total credit for any weird editing moments you may or may not hear. Maybe you won’t notice any! In which case we can stop being such perfectionists, LOL.)

REMINDER: We have switched to an every-three-weeks publishing model to try to make this project more sustainable, so check our website for our episode calendar! Thank you for your patience and awesomeness!

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NOTE: We apologize for how late this arrived in your podcast feed; there was an RSS feed situation (which is why multiple past episodes also weren’t appearing on YouTube for a while), and also for any drop in audio quality for this episode (Meghan has some Life Stuff right now, so Colleen did both the rough edit and attempted to do some of Meghan’s fine-tuning, but does not have quite the ear/experience that Meghan has, so Colleen would like to take total credit for any weird editing moments you may or may not hear. Maybe you won’t notice any! In which case we can stop being such perfectionists, LOL.)

REMINDER: We have switched to an every-three-weeks publishing model to try to make this project more sustainable, so check our website for our episode calendar! Thank you for your patience and awesomeness!

In this episode, Meghan and Colleen discuss Hannah’s magical powers, Boy Backpacks, and Bess’s mysterious slipper creatures, as well as the actual contents of The Lost Locket (1994)!

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In this episode, Meghan and Colleen discuss bad massages, misleading phone game ads, and The Wizard of Oz, as well as the actual contents of The Haunted Bridge (1972)!

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NOTE: This episode, unlike the episodes in our main feed, contains swear words, so it is not necessarily family-friendly!

Due to a combination of two tech weeks in a row for two different back-to-back plays (Colleen), a terribly-timed case of strep throat (Colleen), and technical difficulties (somehow, also Colleen), there is no regular episode this weekend, so we hope you enjoy the combined bloopers from our 5th-9th episodes!

If you like these and want the bloopers for each episode to be in your feed at the same time as each actual episode is, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter at patreon.com/nancydrew (and, again, we apologize for the lack of a regular episode; thanks for your patience).

In this episode, Meghan and Colleen discuss American cheese wrappers, unpasteurized milk, and advice for the criminals in this book to do their crimes better, as well as the actual contents of The Whispering Statue (1970)!

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In this episode, Meghan and Colleen discuss becoming a squid, badly-labeled books, and the benefits of administering stimulants to (fictional) children, as well as the actual contents of The Mystery of the Ivory Charm (1974)!

Note: There are very brief mentions in this episode of the child abuse in this book (7:27-7:30 and 1:00:55-1:00:59) and there is a brief discussion of a character’s suicide attempt (1:01:55-1:02:57). Additionally, this 1974 book does not do a great job of portraying characters from/in India, just so you’re aware going in. We cover the things they do somewhat well with and the things that…have aged badly…but we wanted to let people up front. If that’s not your cup of tea, obviously feel free to skip this episode.

As a palate cleanser, we would like to recommend Supriya Kelkar’s awesome middle grade book American As Paneer Pie (2020), a story of identity and navigating differences as your community feels like it’s changing around you, with positive representation of Indian-American characters!

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In this episode, Meghan and Colleen discuss talking goats, barking boyfriends, and fish balls, as well as the actual contents of The Message in the Hollow Oak (1972)!

Note: In this 1972 book, the characters are on an archeological dig, spending most of the time at the dig exhuming indigenous bodies and their artifacts, and not being, shall we say, culturally sensitive in any way, shape, or form. We don’t talk about it the entire episode, but it is the setting of the book, so it does get discussed. If that’s not your cup of tea, obviously feel free to skip this episode.

Some info (with visuals) about the Hopewell tradition: https://openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/exhibits/show/moundbuildersart/moundbuilders/middlewoodland

Additional info about the Hopewell tradition: https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/anthropology/hopewell-culture

The interesting path of the idiom “rats fleeing a sinking ship,” discussed in the Gumshoe Game Show: https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/like-rats-fleeing-a-sinking-ship-history

To hear the fascinating and fantastic stories of indigenous archeologists, we recommend the Heritage Voices podcast: https://livingheritageanthropology.org/heritage-voices-podcast

We also recommend the 2024 book Working As Indigenous Archeologists: https://www.routledge.com/Working-as-Indigenous-Archaeologists-Reckoning-New-Paths-Between-Past-and-Present-Lives/Nicholas-Watkins/p/book/9781032025377

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In this episode, Meghan and Colleen discuss fishmongers, The Gift of the Magi, and twin criminals (twiminals?), as well as the actual contents of The Clue in the Broken Locket (1965)!

Note: In this episode, the child abuse that takes place in this book is discussed, though not in great detail. If you’d like to skip those parts, we recommend skipping over the following timestamps: a brief mention at 0:05:13, and discussion from 0:11:48-0:13:00 and 1:15:56-1:16:59. Take care of yourselves, and if you’d like to read a middle grade book that does contain child abuse but also features the protagonists getting into a healthy foster care situation and learning how to deal with their trauma, Colleen recommends Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, which won the 2021 Newbery Honor Award, and which Colleen specifically thinks is one of the best depictions of this topic in children’s literature (though definitely check the content warnings ahead of time if needed because there are a lot).

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In this episode, Meghan and Colleen discuss foursquare, fictional teachers in witness protection, and pizza math, as well as the actual contents of The Slumber Party Secret (1994)!

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In this episode, Meghan and Colleen…are both going through some Life Stuff, so this week we are releasing our bloopers and outtakes from Episodes 001-004, as one combined minisode. We hope you enjoy! If you’d like to enjoy these blooper reels and cut-for-time discussions (which seem to get longer and longer each time we record, somehow…) released along with the regular episodes every two weeks, you can do that for just a dollar a month by going to patreon.com/nancydrew!

In this episode, Meghan and Colleen discuss robotic space exploration, machetes, and Santa Claus, as well as the actual history of Nancy Drew!

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In this episode, Meghan and Colleen discuss manatees, arsenic, and Barbie horses, as well as the actual contents of Secrets Can Kill!

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Despite Episode 010 being nearly double the length of previous episodes, we still cut SO much out, so we wanted to release our extended outtakes episode in the main feed this time, to entertain and amuse you all with our goofs, gaffs, and MANY sidebars and tangents that simply had to be cut for time. There ARE swear words in this one, which is why this episode will be marked “explicit,” and (due to mentions of the royal family’s relationships starting in the year 1096) there is also a brief mentions of incest. Because of The Past. So if you usually listen to our episodes with younger listeners, this one is not the episode for that.

If you enjoy the absolute nonsense contained within this extended section of outtakes, please consider going to our Patreon at patreon.com/nancydrew and pledging one dollar a month, which unlocks access to an episode of our bloopers and outtakes (usually around ten minutes, rather than around thirty) for every episode we release—that’s about 20 extra minutes a month of goofs and gaffs for just $1!

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In this episode, Meghan and Colleen discuss silverware-themed phone greetings, hot milk errands, and how to swan dive well enough to become a camp counselor, as well as the actual contents of The Password to Larkspur Lane (1966)!

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In this episode, Meghan and Colleen discuss hairbrush attacks, the best kind of lumber to steal, and bat education, as well as the actual contents of The Sign of the Twisted Candles (1968)!

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In this episode, Meghan and Colleen discuss hot chocolate, famous toes, and chicken wire, as well as the actual contents of Nancy’s Mysterious Letter (1968)!

Correction: It appears that crush-to-activate smelling salts are…still how smelling salts are stored and used medically, even if the packaging itself has been updated through the years. Wild!

Notes: As a palate cleanser for the outdated terminology that this 1968 book uses to describe sailors being abducted, we recommend the fun middle grade novel Kaya of the Ocean by Gloria L. Huang for a great fantasy read featuring a protagonist who lives in Hawaii, encounters a bunch of mysterious happenstances, and suddenly discovers she has magical powers since she is the descendent of Chinese water goddess Mazu.

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