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Worth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsDitching Scarcity Mindset, With Lauryn WilliamsSummer is here, kids are out of school, people are headed out on vacations, and it’s the time of year when scarcity mindset starts to set in for many. Podcast host and Certified Financial Planner Lauryn Williams shares how this is playing out in her own life right now. She’s also jumping back into the podcast archives to bring back one of her favorite episodes to address scarcity mindset and financial literacy to help change the trajectory of where you want to go financially. In the episode, Lauryn and guest Claudia Steer discuss: What...
2023-06-2055 minWorth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsGenerational Wealth, With Lauryn Williams and Chloé MooreWelcome to Round 2 of the “Know Better, Do Better” series born from the countless conversations two CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals, Lauryn Williams and Chloé Moore, have about the trendy narratives and clickbaity articles that make it hard for them to help their clients. They will take you behind the numbers with real-life examples of financial situations to help you gain confidence and clarity to control your financial destiny. Is generational wealth really as good as we think it is? 70% of wealthy families lose their wealth within one generation, while 80% of today’s millionaires made their money on their own...
2023-04-2541 minWorth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsAre You Ready to Work with a Financial Planner? With Lauryn Williams and Chloé MooreLauryn is hosting two Welcome to Wealth financial retreats this summer for young professional women. Want to go on an adventure and create a financial plan for your life? Learn more at the links below. Medellin, Colombia July 2023 Bali, Indonesia August 2023 Welcome to Round 2 of the “Know Better, Do Better” series born from the countless conversations two CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals, Lauryn Williams and Chloé Moore, have about the trendy narratives and clickbaity articles that make it hard for them to help their clients. They will take you behind the numbers with real-life example...
2023-03-2839 minWorth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsBehind the Numbers: Improving Your Money Mindset, With Lauryn Williams and Chloé MooreWelcome to Round 2 of the “Know Better, Do Better” series born from the countless conversations two CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals, Lauryn Williams and Chloé Moore, have about the trendy narratives and clickbaity articles that make it hard for them to help their clients. They will take you behind the numbers with real-life examples of financial situations to help you gain confidence and clarity to control your financial destiny. The way you think about money can be a major obstacle to hitting your financial goals. So Chloé and Lauryn are talking about money mindset. They’re going to share what...
2023-03-1442 minWorth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsBehind the Numbers: Time is Money! The Opportunity Cost of Your Choices, With Lauryn Williams and Chloé MooreWelcome to Round 2 of the “Know Better, Do Better” series born from the countless conversations two CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals, Lauryn Williams and Chloé Moore, have about the trendy narratives and clickbaity articles that make it hard for them to help their clients. They will take you behind the numbers with real-life examples of financial situations to help you gain confidence and clarity to control your financial destiny. Are you considering the opportunity costs of your decisions? Maybe lifestyle creep is keeping you in the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle. Are you about to turn 40 and haven’t started saving for retir...
2023-02-2845 minWorth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsBehind the Numbers: Money and Relationships, With Lauryn Williams and Chloé MooreWelcome to Round 2 of the “Know Better, Do Better” series born from the countless conversations two CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals, Lauryn Williams and Chloé Moore, have about the trendy narratives and clickbaity articles that make it hard for them to help their clients. They will take you behind the numbers with real-life examples of financial situations to help you gain confidence and clarity to control your financial destiny. In this episode, Lauryn and Chloé are talking about finances and relationships. It’s commonly known that money is one of the leading causes of divorces. People come into relationsh...
2022-11-2235 min
Loss & LightLauryn's Healing Journey as Shared On The Shamelessly AmbitiousIn this episode, you'll hear my conversation on Ash McDonald's podcast, The Shamelessly Ambitious, where we’re talking about loss, grief, and how it changes the way you do business.You'll hear: my personal story around loss and grief, moving through shame and guilt when facing hard times, letting go of control as women and business owners, what coaching and motherhood have in common, the changes I experienced in my business, and how flexibility and freedom can be often mistaken.Find Lauryn at:@iam_lauryn and laurynlaszczak.com Click here...
2022-09-0846 minLoss & LightLauryn's Story Part 2: Finding Light & Helping Others Do the SameWelcome to the Loss & Light Podcast and the second part of my healing journey. Lauryn Laszczak (Laz-check) is a Somatic Business Coach, 3x Female Founder, Wife and Mom of Three.She's spent over a decade building businesses and guiding women into a deeper exploration of themselves and the impact they’re capable of having.She is a Serial Entrepreneur and the Co-Founder of Retreat Reclaim, Meadows Realty Group, and Detroit Mobile Bar + the host of Loss & Light, the podcast.Throughout her intimate coaching containers, immersive retreats, breathwork and somatic method workshops, Lau...
2022-07-2128 minLoss & LightLauryn's Story Part 1: The Entrepreneurial Journey & Healing Through StillbirthWelcome to the Loss & Light Podcast and the first episode of our time together! Lauryn Laszczak (Laz-check) is a Somatic Business Coach, 3x Female Founder, Wife and Mom of Three.She's spent over a decade building businesses and guiding women into a deeper exploration of themselves and the impact they’re capable of having.She is a Serial Entrepreneur and the Co-Founder of Retreat Reclaim, Meadows Realty Group, and Detroit Mobile Bar + the host of Loss & Light, the podcast.Throughout her intimate coaching containers, immersive retreats, breathwork and somatic method workshops, Lauryn uses a...
2022-07-2140 minWorth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsMidyear Update from LaurynWe are halfway through 2022, which makes it the perfect time for host Lauryn Williams to share an update on what’s taken place so far this year and the exciting plans that are in store for Worth Winning and the Worth Listening podcast for the second half of the year. Lauryn is going to share more about: Why time is our most valuable commodity and the event that brought this to light for her in 2022 The exciting travel goal that she achieved in May and where else she’s trying to travel to before the year is ove...
2022-07-2016 min
Like Mother, Like DaughterJamee Quizzes Lauryn To See Whether She's Well Versed on ~Pop Culture History~Welcome back to LMLD! This week we begin by sharing our “lights” of the week, which includes a very unfortunate update on our health. Luckily, we are on the mend and are #ThankfulForScience. We then dove into our topic of the week, which was a reverse of the fun quiz that Lauryn gave Jamee last week. This time, Jamee tested Lauryn on all of the fun terms and trends of the late 80s and early 90s to see how educated she was on the past decades. Spoiler alert: she did better than Jamee...but only slightly. Overall, they are pret...
2022-02-0247 minLike Mother, Like DaughterLauryn Quizzes Jamee to Determine Whether She's Cool and ~With the Times~Welcome back to LMLD! We are so excited about this episode. We begin by sharing our "lights" of the week, including an extremely tumultuous experience for both Lauryn and Jamee. After, we go into the topic of the week which was all inspired by a conversation that Lauryn and Jamee had as she tried to describe to her what the term "wook" meant, sparking a related discussion over what kinds of slang, trends, and things she knew. We then decided to turn this into a quiz where Lauryn compiled a list of all the things that the ~cool kids~...
2022-01-261h 04Like Mother, Like DaughterTough Goodbyes + Sunday Scaries = Sad Times for Jamee (and Lauryn)Welcome back to the Like Mother, Like Daughter podcast! We spent a great Thanksgiving break at home together, and we dive all into the ups and downs of the past week by starting off the episode with our lights. Then, we dived into this week's episode which was all about painful goodbyes and Sunday Scaries, which was top of mind after this past weekend with Lauryn heading back to school and Jamee starting up work again. Although it has gotten easier over the past 3.5 years, Jamee still has a hard time saying goodbye to Max and Lauryn at the...
2021-12-0143 min
Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastRe-Watch 09: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season One, Episodes Nine & Ten: Hello, Camp Moosehead!!Kate and Lauryn return for Season Two on November 9th!
Welcome to our end of summer re-watch of season one of the Baby-Sitters Club series on Netflix. For the next few weeks, watch along with us and revisit our thoughts on the series before season two drops in October.
We’ll be back in the fall with our own season two as well, and can’t wait to catch up with you then. In the meantime, keep your eye on our social media and don’t forget to e-mail. We love to hear from you all!
2021-11-021h 00Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastRe-Watch 08: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season One, Episode Eight: Kristy's Big Day!Kate and Lauryn return for Season Two on November 9th!
Welcome to our end of summer re-watch of season one of the Baby-Sitters Club series on Netflix. For the next few weeks, watch along with us and revisit our thoughts on the series before season two drops in October.
We’ll be back in the fall with our own season two as well, and can’t wait to catch up with you then. In the meantime, keep your eye on our social media and don’t forget to e-mail. We love to hear from you all!
2021-10-2640 min
The Healing CollectiveBethany and Lauryn the Birthday TwinsIn this episode Bethany and Lauryn celebrate their birthdays! Just a day and a half apart in age, Lauryn and Bethany rehash the last year, what they’ve been learning, some wild dreams and tell of the wild way they spent their birthdays together this year. Parenting, crystal dildos, Yoni steams and inter-dimensionally are all touched on because, of course they are.
2021-10-071h 19Worth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsKnow Better, Do Better Series: Types of Equity Compensation Part 1: RSU, With Lauryn Williams and Chloé MooreCERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals, Lauryn Williams and Chloé Moore are back for another “Know Better, Do Better” series born from the countless conversations they have about the trendy narratives and clickbaity articles that make it hard for them to help their clients. They want to help you gain financial confidence and clarity to control your destiny. In this episode of the series, Lauryn and Chloé begin a three-part series on types of equity compensation, more commonly called “stock options”. Chloe specializes in working with individuals in the tech industry and those who receive equity compensation. There are a few common...
2021-09-2820 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastRe-Watch 03: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season One, Episode Three: The Truth About Stacey!Welcome to our end of summer re-watch of season one of the Baby-Sitters Club series on Netflix. For the next few weeks, watch along with us and revisit our thoughts on the series before season two drops in October.
We’ll be back in the fall with our own season two as well, and can’t wait to catch up with you then. In the meantime, keep your eye on our social media and don’t forget to e-mail. We love to hear from you all!
Kate and Lauryn continue their summer mini-series and discuss The Tr...
2021-09-2145 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastRe-Watch 02: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season One, Episode Two: Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls!Welcome to our end of summer re-watch of season one of the Baby-Sitters Club series on Netflix. For the next few weeks, watch along with us and revisit our thoughts on the series before season two drops in October.
We’ll be back in the fall with our own season two as well, and can’t wait to catch up with you then. In the meantime, keep your eye on our social media and don’t forget to e-mail. We love to hear from you all!
The Emergency Meetings continue with Kate and Lauryn’s discussi...
2021-09-1440 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastRe-Watch 01: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season One, Episode One: Kristy’s Great Idea!Welcome to our end of summer re-watch of season one of the Baby-Sitters Club series on Netflix. For the next few weeks, watch along with us and revisit our thoughts on the series before season two drops in October.
We’ll be back in the fall with our own season two as well, and can’t wait to catch up with you then. In the meantime, keep your eye on our social media and don’t forget to e-mail. We love to hear from you all!
Kate and Lauryn are back with the first Emergency Meetin...
2021-09-0734 minThe Healing CollectiveBethany and Lauryn the Birthday TwinsIn this episode Bethany and Lauryn celebrate their birthdays! Just a day and a half apart in age, Lauryn and Bethany rehash the last year, what they’ve been learning, some wild dreams and tell of the wild way they spent their birthdays together this year. Parenting, crystal dildos, Yoni steams and inter-dimensionally are all touched on because, of course they are.
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Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEM016: Emergency Meeting - An Apology, Season One Wrap-Up, and Season Two Announcement!Kate and Lauryn drop in for an Emergency Meeting to apologize for our limitations in our conversations on autism and Kristy and the Secret of Susan and discuss how we're going to broaden the voices we hear from, to wrap up Season One of Generation BSC, and to announce what comes next (spoiler alert - it's a back-to-school binge of our episodes discussing the first season of the Netflix series as a lead up to new episodes discussing season two)!
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2021-08-3113 minWorth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsHow to Answer Scary Money Questions, With Lauryn WilliamsToday podcast host, financial coach and Certified Financial Planner Lauryn Williams dives into talking about financial conversations. But not just any financial conversations, she’s sharing how to answer the awkward or scary money questions people ask you. Many people were brought up with the belief that you shouldn’t talk about money with others. Lauryn will help you overcome this belief while learning ways to answer the money questions people ask in a way that leads to productive conversations. In this episode, Lauryn shares how to answer the following money questions: What is your...
2021-08-3121 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastKristy and the Secret of Susan! (Part Two)Kate and Lauryn promised another neurodivergent and autistic voice to discuss Kristy and the Secret of Susan and are back with another super special episode to do just that, this time speaking with Brianne Leeson, a writer, artist, voice actor, podcast host, and sensitivity reader who joined us to share her experiences and perspectives. She introduced us to the word "allistic," which means not autistic, giving some additional nuance to the discussion surrounding autisic, neurodivergent, and neurotypical. In addition to discussing Kristy and the Secret of Susan, we dive into Brianne's experiences working with writers as a sensitivity reader...
2021-08-171h 06Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastKristy and the Secret of Susan! (Part One)Kate and Lauryn are back from their summer vacation with a main series episode that's also a super special episode! As promised, we're returning to Kristy and the Secret of Susan, which we skipped in our regularly-scheduled rotation due to the franky pretty terrible plot focused on Susan, an autistic girl in the neighborhood, and Kristy's problematic reactions to Susan and her family and life. And also as promised, we've invited someone with significantly more experience with neurodivergence and autism the spectrum to join us to share their perspective and help to unpack all of the issues with this...
2021-08-031h 20Worth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsWhat You Need to Know About Life Insurance With Lauryn Williams and Chloé MooreThis is the “Know Better, Do Better” series born from the countless conversations two CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals, Lauryn Williams and Chloé Moore, have about the trendy narratives and clickbaity articles that make it hard for them to help their clients. They want to help you gain financial confidence and clarity to control your destiny. In this episode, Chloé and Lauryn are talking about life insurance. This is one of those financial conversations that a lot of young professionals don’t think they need to have. But you don’t get life insurance because you’re going to die, you ge...
2021-08-0328 minWorth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsCollege and Student Loan Planning with Guest Nannette Kamien, With Lauryn Williams and Chloé MooreThis is the “Know Better, Do Better” series born from the countless conversations two CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals, Lauryn Williams and Chloé Moore, have about the trendy narratives and clickbaity articles that make it hard for them to help their clients. They want to help you gain financial confidence and clarity to control your destiny. This week Lauryn and Chloé invite fellow CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and author, Nannette Kamien, to the podcast to talk about planning for college and repaying student loans. Nannette is a financial planner at Cultivating Wealth. She previously owned her own firm and wr...
2021-07-2049 minWorth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsEstate Planning with Guest Shalini Codispoti, With Lauryn Williams and Chloé MooreThis is the “Know Better, Do Better” series born from the countless conversations two CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals, Lauryn Williams and Chloé Moore, have about the trendy narratives and clickbaity articles that make it hard for them to help their clients. They want to help you gain financial confidence and clarity to control your destiny. This week Lauryn and Chloé are talking all things estate planning with guest Shalini Codispoti of Codispoti Law P.C. Shalini is an estate planning attorney licensed in the state of Texas and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. She’s also a wife and...
2021-07-0647 minWorth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsInvesting Part 3: Real Estate Investing, with Lauryn Williams and Chloé MooreThis is the “Know Better, Do Better” series born from the countless conversations two CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals, Lauryn Williams and Chloé Moore, have about the trendy narratives and clickbaity articles that make it hard for them to help their clients. They want to help you gain financial confidence and clarity to control your destiny. This week Lauryn and Chloé are wrapping up the Investments for Beginners series by talking about the super trendy topic of real estate investing. HGTV shows make it look really easy to make quick money by investing in real estate, but things aren’t a...
2021-06-2235 minWorth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsInvesting Part 2: Types of Investment Accounts, With Lauryn Williams and Chloé MooreThis is the “Know Better, Do Better” series born from the countless conversations two CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals, Lauryn Williams and Chloé Moore, have about the trendy narratives and clickbaity articles that make it hard for them to help their clients. They want to help you gain financial confidence and clarity to control your destiny. In this episode of the series, Lauryn and Chloé continue the Investments for Beginners series by explaining the different types of investment accounts. A lot of people end up following the investment trends which can cause them to miss some important steps in prepa...
2021-06-0842 min
Like Mother, Like DaughterJamee and Lauryn Assess Whether or Not They Have A Healthy Mother/Daughter RelationshipWelcome back to our second to last episode of the first season of the "Like Mother, Like Daughter" podcast! Jamee and Lauryn begin the episode by sharing their "lights" of the week, including how happy we are to be socializing and seeing others again. We then dive into this week's topic, which is all about what it means to have a healthy/mother daughter relationship based upon an article that we saw online. We talk about the qualities that make up a healthy mother/daughter relationship and if we feel that we fit those qualities, as well as share...
2021-05-2648 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 033: Claudia and the Great Search!Due to the subject matter of Kristy and the Secret of Susan focusing on an autistic child Kristy spends a significant amount of time with, Kate and Lauryn are taking a minute to bring on some great guests that they feel will help make that conversation as sensitive and thoughtful as possible. As a result, this week we're diving into Claudia and the Great Search, where Claudia becomes convinced she was adopted and goes on a thorough search to find the truth about her birth family and ultimately realizes, with Stacey's help, that she needs to just talk to...
2021-05-251h 18Worth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsInvesting Part 1: Understanding the Basics, With Lauryn Williams and Chloé MooreThis is the “Know Better, Do Better” series born from the countless conversations two CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals, Lauryn Williams and Chloé Moore, have about the trendy narratives and clickbaity articles that make it hard for them to help their clients. They want to help you gain financial confidence and clarity to control your destiny. In this episode of the series, Lauryn and Chloé begin a three-part series on investing. It’s easy to think that you need to start investing without really understanding what it is, how it will help you, or the best strategies to make your...
2021-05-2534 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 031: Dawn's Wicked Stepsister!Kate and Lauryn come back into that mid-bouquet toss cliffhanger and dive right into how great this book is at modeling behavior and teaching lessons related to blending families... until it takes a complete left turn with Dawn’s gaslighting of Mary Anne to scare her out of their shared bedroom (for which there is no comeuppance or lesson learned on Dawn’s part). We realize how much seeing Dawn’s perspective and hearing her internal monologue makes us see her in a worse light (similar to Mary Anne in the last book), despite the fact that typically one sympat...
2021-05-111h 06Worth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsFirst Generation Wealth Builders Tax, With Lauryn Williams and Chloé MooreThis is the “Know Better, Do Better” series born from the countless conversations two CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals, Lauryn Williams and Chloé Moore, have about the trendy narratives and clickbaity articles that make it hard for them to help their clients. They want to help you gain financial confidence and clarity to control your destiny. In this episode of the series, Lauryn and Chloé talk about the first generation wealth builders tax, sometimes referred to as the “black tax”. When you’re the first person to achieve financial stability and build wealth within your circle of family and friends, t...
2021-05-1136 minThe Healing CollectiveLauryn Goes Feral PsychicWe recorded this episode on the fly on a day Lauryn was particularly excited about some new awareness. It is spontaneous, non linear and feral as fuck. Be warned.
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Worth Listening with Lauryn Williams3 Big Expenses Impacting Your Ability to Build Wealth, With Lauryn Williams and Chloé MooreThis is the “Know Better, Do Better” series born from the countless conversations two CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals, Lauryn Williams and Chloé Moore, have about the trendy narratives and clickbaity articles that make it hard for them to help their clients. They want to help you gain financial confidence and clarity to control your destiny. In this episode of the series, Lauryn and Chloé talk about the three big money expenses that impact your wealth-building ability. You’ve probably heard when it comes to budgeting “the little expenses add up”, and while that’s true, it’s the big expenses t...
2021-04-271h 01Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 030: Mary Anne and the Great Romance!Kate and Lauryn are back into the main series following their Super Special detour to a ski lodge with the big, but not so big, wedding event where Richard and Sharon tie the knot in a much more business-like fashion than we (to varying degrees) or Mary Anne would’ve liked. It’s the first of a two-parter dealing with the lead-up to and fallout from the blending of the Spier and Schafer families. We compare and contrast this wedding situation with that of Edie (aka Elizabeth if you’re not us and haven’t latched onto that nickname from Kri...
2021-04-271h 18Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 029: Mallory and the Mystery Diary!Coming off the drama in Stacey’s life due to her parents’ divorce, Kate and Lauryn are relieved to dive into a fun story that involves a mystery that doesn’t include someone doing something mean to one of our girls (like, for example, any time we see Cokie Mason). Instead, the Baby-Sitters Club and everyone they talk to are invested in solving the mystery laid out in a 100-year-old diary written by a 12-year-old girl named Sophie that Mallory finds in a trunk in the attic of Stacey’s new house, in particular finding out who stole the painting...
2021-03-301h 11The Healing CollectiveLauryn the OracleThis podcast is an opportunity to get to know Lauryn more as an individual. As Bethany interviews, Lauryn reveals herself more deeply to listeners. She shares her purpose, how she got the name, “oracle,” and where she is in her own healing process. You learn more about why she is so committed to collective healing--her own and others.
2021-03-251h 17Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 028: Welcome Back, Stacey!Life caused some editing snafus, so unfortunately there's no detailed summary of all the ins and outs and on- and off-topic tangents in this episode, but Kate and Lauryn discuss the book where Stacey's parents decide to get divorced and tell Stacey she can decide where to live and Stacey has an existential crisis about said divorce and having to decide where to live before ultimately (and unsurprisingly) deciding to move back to Stoneybrook with her mom.
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2021-03-161h 15Like Mother, Like DaughterJamee and Lauryn's Therapy Session 1: Why Do Our Brains Work DifferentlyThe LMLD team had a bit of a therapy sesh this week. After sharing our lights of the week we go deep into our brains and how we tend operate. As we have mentioned in the past Lauryn is the ultimate planner and organized one of the bunch while Jamee tends to be much more free wheeling. We have been analyzing this for the past year or so and we are at it yet again. This was sparked but the hours leading up to the recording of this episode. Thanks for bearing with us as we identify our issues...
2021-03-1038 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 027: Jessi and the Superbrat!After the difficult subject matter of our last episode, Kate and Lauryn get a bit of a reprieve with a fluffy story about Stoneybrook’s collective obsession with stardom, Jessi’s audition process for the “practically off-off-Broadway” production of Swan Lake in Stamford, and the arrival of child star, Derek Masters. There’s bullying both of Derek and by Derek (spoiler alert – the superbrat is him, but not in the spoiled child star kind of way we predicted) and the BSC does what they can to ease Derek back into the “normal” world, helping him to make friends and then say goodbye...
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Worth Listening with Lauryn Williams”Know Better. Do Better. Series” Planning for a Financial Windfall, With Lauryn Williams and Chloé MooreThis is the “Know Better, Do Better” series born from the countless conversations two CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals, Lauryn Williams and Chloé Moore, have about the trendy narratives and clickbaity articles that make it hard for them to help their clients. They want to help you gain financial confidence and clarity to control your destiny. In this episode of the series, Lauryn and Chloé are talking about how to handle your finances when you receive a windfall. Now you might instantly think of winning the lotto as a windfall, but there are many instances of windfalls that you can...
2021-03-0238 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 026: Claudia and the Sad Good-bye.Well, we’ve reached the book we’ve been dreading since the beginning, knowing that eventually we’ll have to say goodbye to Mimi with the rest of the BSC, Claudia in particular. It was a tough book to come back to after a break for the holidays that we’d hoped would be a nice opportunity to reset after the shitshow that was 2020, made even more tough when an attempted coup and attack on the Capitol occurred about a week before recording. Kate and Lauryn ended up coming to this book from very different perspectives, due both to their ow...
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Worth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsAre You Ready to Start a Business & Become an Entrepreneur?, With Lauryn Williams and Chloé MooreThis is the “Know Better, Do Better” series born from the countless conversations two CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals, Lauryn Williams and Chloé Moore, have about the trendy narratives and clickbaity articles that make it hard for them to help their clients. They want to help you gain financial confidence and clarity to control your destiny. In this episode of the series, Lauryn and Chloé help you answer the question “Am I ready to start a business and become an entrepreneur?” A lot of people are thinking about taking the leap into entrepreneurship after the last year, but how do you k...
2021-02-1643 min
Worth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsKnow Better, Do Better Series: Renting vs Homeownership, With Lauryn Williams and Chloé MooreThis is the “Know Better, Do Better” series born from the countless conversations two CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals, Lauryn Williams and Chloé Moore, have about the trendy narratives and clickbaity articles that make it hard for them to help their clients. They want to help you gain financial confidence and clarity to control your destiny. In the first episode of this series, Lauryn and Chloé dive into the trendy topic of homeownership. Even in the midst of the pandemic, the housing market has continued to soar. Many sellers are getting over the asking price and many buyers are stru...
2021-02-0240 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastSS02: Baby-Sitters' Summer Vacation!We’re back from our recent break with another super special, super long, super guest episode to discuss all things BSC and summer camp! Kate and Lauryn are joined by Alexandra Sommeillan to discuss the BSC’s two-week trip to a problematically named summer camp with about half of Stoneybrook. We first dive into Alexandra’s history with the BSC, her thoughts on representation with the changes to Dawn’s character for the Netflix series, her identification with Mary Anne, and get her opinions on Latinx representation in pop culture that really gets it right (particularly in Vida and One Day...
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Worth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsMeet Co-Host & Financial Planner Chloe Moore, With Lauryn WilliamsWelcome to our first full episode of 2021! We’re kicking the year off with a series called “Know Better, Do Better”. Fellow financial planner Chloe Moore from Financial Staples is going to be co-hosting this series with me (Lauryn Williams). We will be teaming up to break down some hot financial topics. But before we start diving in and breaking down clickbaity articles, scams, and misinformation, we want to officially introduce you to Chloe. In this episode of the podcast, Chloe shares her money memoir with us along with why she decided to become a Certified Financial Planner...
2021-01-1946 minWorth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsThe Podcast is Going to be Fun in 2021. With Lauryn WilliamsWelcome to 2021! Worth Listening podcast host, Lauryn Williams, has been busy gearing up for the 4th year of the podcast. And she’s got some surprises in store for you. Here’s what you can expect in the upcoming year: Lauryn is bringing Certified Financial Planner, Chloe Moore, as a co-host for 13 episodes. They are going to dive into some of the trendy financial topics and do some financial myth-busting. There will be several episodes where Lauryn will cover a case study along with sharing financial planning based on specific situations. The podcast guests are going to be from...
2021-01-0512 minWorth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsReflecting on 2020, with Lauryn WilliamsHappy holidays! This is typically a time of year when we start to do a lot of reflecting. 2020 has certainly given us a lot to think about this year. And while many people are thinking, “I can’t wait until 2021”, things aren’t going to automatically change just because the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve. In this episode host, Lauryn Williams, talks about the importance of reflection and helps walk you through the process. In this episode, Lauryn talks about: What reflection is and why we need to do it at the end of this yea...
2020-12-2213 minWorth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsEmployee vs Entrepreneur: What to Know Before Making the Jump, With Lauryn WilliamsToday podcast host and Certified Financial Planner Lauryn Williams address the considerations, financial and otherwise, that you should be aware of when it comes to being an employee vs entrepreneur. A lot of people are thinking of making changes in their employment situation because of the impact that 2020 has had on their finances and life. Some are looking to jump into life as an entrepreneur after being laid off by their employer. They want full control over their career and what happens. And then there are the entrepreneurs that are looking to switch back to being an e...
2020-12-1529 minWorth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsFinancial Resiliency in 2020 with Lauryn WilliamsToday podcast host and Certified Financial Planner Lauryn Williams talks all things financial resiliency. We had high hopes at this time last year and were getting excited about ringing in a new year and new decade. But then 2020 hit and we’ve been thrown one curveball after another. Everyone has had to pivot and adjust throughout the year time and time again. This leads us to financial resiliency. Instead of tossing in the towel, we can learn how to be resilient with our finances regardless of what comes our way. In this episode Lauryn shares:...
2020-12-0821 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 025: Mary Anne and the Search for Tigger!Kate and Lauryn were excited to get back to a Mary Anne book, but end up a little frustrated by how out of character she and the rest of the BSC act throughout this book. Basically, Tigger goes missing because Mary Anne can’t be bothered to take him in the house and then she (and the BSC) vacillates between frantic and lackadaisical and not using logic before Mary Anne finally figures out that Logan’s sister, Kerry, had found Tigger and was keeping him as a secret pet in her closet. We take issue with Logan and dissect the...
2020-12-0155 minLike Mother, Like DaughterHow Well Does Jamee Know Lauryn?For this week of LMLD, we are circling back to a previous episode. This time Lauryn is quizzing Jamee on how well she knows her. But it wouldn't be an LMLD episode without first sharing their low, medium, and highlights of the week. Through the process, we definitely learn a lot of exciting info about Lauryn, but I'm sure it comes at no surprise that Jamee really does know her. Finally, the episode wraps up with them sharing what they're into for the week and some teasers about some future episodes for when Lauryn comes home this week.
2020-11-1856 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 024: Kristy and the Mother's Day Surprise!Kate and Lauryn kick off this episode with their excitement over Netflix’s renewal of The Baby-Sitters Club series for Season Two (and include some thoughts about potential plotlines and what we hope to see in the second season). Then circling back to the topic at hand, we discuss another pretty great book in the series that delves into what a family really is through Kristy’s examination of her family (which includes the BSC, but not her “real dad”) and the addition of a new sister, Emily Michelle. We discuss chosen families and found families vs. a family you’re b...
2020-11-171h 07Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 023: Dawn on the Coast!Kate and Lauryn recover from the frustrations they had in their last episode with a much more lighthearted discussion of Dawn on the Coast, where Dawn spends her (two-week?) Spring Break in California visiting her dad and Jeff. We have a fun discussion of the ins and outs of Dawn’s specific California and what “California” meant conceptually in the late 80s vs. now, while also diving into a deeper conversation on what “home” and “belonging” mean and the ultimate realization that you can look at it not as a choice between two places where a decision means a loss, but rath...
2020-11-0355 minLike Mother, Like DaughterHow Well Does Lauryn Know Jamee?It's another episode of LMLD and we can't wait for you to hear it! Jamee and Lauryn start as always by sharing their low, medium, and high light of this past week--which was overall a pretty great week. This week's episode was inspired by "The Morning Toast" Patreon! Lauryn took a "how well do you know your mom" quiz to see how well she knows Jamee with questions about her childhood, family, and all her favorite things. And spoiler alert: she does know her pretty well. In a few weeks, Lauryn will quiz Jamee to see how well she...
2020-10-2144 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 022: Jessi Ramsey, Pet-Sitter!Kate and Lauryn attempt to dive into a conversation on Jessi’s second book where “having a pet” is the obsession du jour, but find themselves discussing an uncomfortably timed election (and seemingly out of nowhere) subplot where Kristy acts uncharacteristically despotic and controlling. What we expected to be mostly a fun light discussion of Jessi’s pet-sitting antics (which, don’t worry, there’s that too) initially kicks off with an examination of our disappointment in the mischaracterization of most of our girls and in the use of this storyline in a book where the narrator isn’t able to shed a...
2020-10-2057 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 021: Mallory and the Trouble With Twins!Kate and Lauryn are back to basics and regularly-scheduled programming with their discussion of Mallory and the troublesome, terrorizing twins – Marilyn and Carolyn Arnold. Despite the trouble and terror, it’s a light book to ease everyone back into the regular series discussion. Mallory has some significant plot ignorance that causes her to completely forget that her identical triplet brothers are different people with distinct personalities until it makes sense for her to remember in time to have the realization that maybe the twins are also different people with distinct personalities who don’t want to be dressed in identi...
2020-10-061h 02Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEM015: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season One, Episodes Nine & Ten: Hello, Camp Moosehead!!Kate and Lauryn round out their Netflix mini-series with a one-part discussion of the two-part finale of season one! It's our conversation about episodes eight and nine - Hello, Camp Moosehead!
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2020-09-1559 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEM014: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season One, Episode Eight: Kristy's Big Day!The Netflix mini-series continues with Kate and Lauryn’s discussion of Kristy’s Big Day, episode eight of the first season. Edie and Watson’s wedding has arrived and we end up with mixed feelings about this one. In particular, we discuss missing the large-scale babysitting job and last-minute DIY nature of the wedding in the book, the overly fancy and “done” nature of the wedding in the show, and the significant issues related to money and expectations – Watson’s lack of focus or care about spending it and the implications on the family as a whole, Edie’s focus of her con...
2020-09-0840 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEM013: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season One, Episode Seven: Boy-Crazy Stacey!The mini-series conversation on the Netflix series continues with Kate and Lauryn's discussion of episode eight of the first season - Boy-Crazy Stacey!
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2020-09-0150 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEM012: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season One, Episode Six: Claudia and Mean Janine!Kate and Lauryn keep up the mini-series discussion about the Netflix series with a conversation about episode six of season one, Claudia and Mean Janine, and also delve a little deeper into The Claudia Kishi Club.
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2020-08-2558 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEM011: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season One, Episode Five: Dawn and the Impossible Three!Kate and Lauryn’s Netflix discussion continues this week with a conversation about Dawn and the Impossible Three, the fifth episode of the first season. It’s another episode that stays pretty true to the plot of the book on which it’s based with an in-depth look at who Dawn is, why she (and her mom) came to Stoneybrook, and just how much she’s willing to do to get into the Baby-Sitters Club. We focus on the various father-child (mostly daughter) relationships that are covered, compared, and contrasted throughout this episode – focusing in particular on the differences between Da...
2020-08-1840 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEM010: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season One, Episode Four: Mary Anne Saves the Day!Kate and Lauryn jump back into the episode-specific discussions for the summer mini-series to discuss episode four of the Netflix series, Mary Anne Saves the Day. The show does a good job again of hewing close to the plotline of the book of the same name, with some great updates. For example, while a 1980s babysitter might successfully evidence her maturity solely be staying calm and calling 911, a 2020s babysitter needs to do more to take agency and find her voice. Here, Mary Anne shows her maturity in standing up for and speaking on behalf of Bailey, the trans...
2020-08-1140 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEM009: Emergency Meeting - A Conversation with Anna Nguyen re: The Claudia Kishi Club and the Netflix Series!Kate and Lauryn are joined this week by Anna Nguyen, a PhD student in rhetoric and composition who also uses her Instagram (@whatwouldclaudiawear) to document her own sartorial choices and meta-literary commentary on the Baby-Sitters Club. We discuss Sue Ding’s documentary, The Claudia Kishi Club, and the Netflix series generally and touch on some specifics from the book series as well. In our discussion, we examine the model minority myth and the othering of Claudia in descriptions related to such myth. Anna notes that the legacy of Claudia for Asian Americans is largely positive and shares her concerns on...
2020-08-0455 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEM008: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season One, Episode Three: The Truth About Stacey!Kate and Lauryn continue their summer mini-series and discuss The Truth About Stacey, episode three of the Netflix series. Conceptually, this episode sticks pretty close to the book, with the (thankfully) dropped miracle cure/quack doctor aspect, due in large part to our greater understanding of Type 1 Diabetes in children. The issues with Stacey’s parents now arise from their misunderstood concern about protecting Stacey, which Stacey reads as embarrassment and internalizes. The Baby-Sitters Agency is reimagined as a high school-aged group with significantly more business and marketing savvy, but with the same disdain for actually being good babysitters, ru...
2020-07-2844 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEM007: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season One, Episode Two: Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls!The Emergency Meetings continue with Kate and Lauryn’s discussion of Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls, episode two of The Baby-Sitters Club on Netflix. Despite the title and general concepts being the same as the second book in the main series, we note that the Phantom Caller concept has been significantly modified and the related Phantom Phone Calls from Trevor Sandbourne and Alan Gray are non-existent. We discuss how this makes sense, but the shoehorning in of the Phantom Caller metaphor to retain that reference to the original leaves us a little disappointed with that aspect, while loving th...
2020-07-2139 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEM006: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season One, Episode One: Kristy’s Great Idea!Kate and Lauryn are back with the first Emergency Meeting episode in their summer mini-series to discuss the (hopefully first) season of The Baby-Sitters Club on Netflix! It’s a revisiting of Kristy’s Great Idea, updated to modern day. We discuss how the themes of the episode compare with those of the book it’s based on and find that this one sticks pretty close in spirit, if not in actual plot. There’s a fun montage of Edie trying to find a babysitter that we feel does a great job of justifying why the BSC would be useful a...
2020-07-1433 minWorth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsCovid Craziness and Racial Ramblings, With Lauryn WilliamsWe are interrupting our regularly scheduled programming for the week to address the current events that are taking place around our country. Tension is HIGH this year and we want to have a meaningful discussion on race and racism. Today Worth Listening host Lauryn Williams, 4x Olympian, Certified Financial Planner, and founder of Worth Winning, shares her perspective of what’s happening. She also shares actionable steps that anyone can take to work on making lasting change in overcoming racial injustice instead of just paying lip service to the “cause” on social media. In This E...
2020-06-2319 minWorth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsCovid Craziness and Racial Ramblings, With Lauryn WilliamsWe are interrupting our regularly scheduled programming for the week to address the current events that are taking place around our country. Tension is HIGH this year and we want to have a meaningful discussion on race and racism. Today Worth Listening host Lauryn Williams, 4x Olympian, Certified Financial Planner, and founder of Worth Winning, shares her perspective of what’s happening. She also shares actionable steps that anyone can take to work on making lasting change in overcoming racial injustice instead of just paying lip service to the “cause” on social media. In This E...
2020-06-1612 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 018: Stacey's Mistake!It’s our first Stacey book post-move back to NYC and as we predicted, Stacey’s mistake is two-fold – initially she thinks it was a mistake to invite the BSC to New York to visit and meet Laine, but she comes to realize her own mistake in not appreciating her friends for who they are and acknowledging and not taking for granted the amazing city she gets to live in. After the lighthearted reprieve of the last book, we dive right back into an “issue book” that examines homelessness. We discuss the very surface level limited engagement with the topic whil...
2020-06-091h 18Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEM005: Emergency Meeting - Mary Anne in Quarantine!Kate and Lauryn hold their final (for now) Emergency Meeting to discuss what Mary Anne’s doing in quarantine (with some general final thoughts on the rest of the BSC and Stoneybrook in general). We agree that Mary Anne is feeling EVERYTHING and using a regimented schedule to stay focused on maintaining connections and helping others and avoiding getting bogged down by those emotions. Her dad likely kept up his rules about the phone and computer initially, but realized the need to allow more flexibility for Mary Anne to stay connected and coordinate Zoom calls with the BSC and th...
2020-05-2647 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 017: Mary Anne's Bad-Luck Mystery!It’s our first episode since the teaser for the new Netflix BSC series dropped, so Kate and Lauryn take a quick sidetrack to discuss their excitement and thoughts (generally and with respect to the FINALLY confirmed perfect casting of Marc Evan Jackson as Mary Anne’s dad). Then diving into the story at hand, we immediately touch on the Cokie Mason of it all (as she has made her long-awaited first appearance in the series) before getting into the bad luck mystery itself, stemming initially from a discarded chain letter Mary Anne receives, but continuing mostly due to Coki...
2020-05-191h 10Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEM004: Emergency Meeting - Stacey in Quarantine!Kate and Lauryn’s ongoing focus on the girls and what we think they’re doing to handle quarantine continues with an examination of Stacey’s situation in particular. We think Stacey’s going a little stir-crazy due to her lack of yard and outdoor space, her parents, and her high-risk status due to her diabetes and have divergent ideas about how she’s dealing with school, with Kate discovering she apparently has VERY strong opinions about the type of student Stacey is (i.e., one who would freak out if she got a C). Kate thinks Stacey is focusing o...
2020-05-1233 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 016: Jessi's Secret Language!It's Jessi’s first book and you know what? We’ve discovered/confirmed that Jessi’s pretty awesome. Past Kate and Lauryn didn’t know what they were missing in Jessi (and Mallory), but we think that maybe they just weren’t aspirational enough when we were reading since they were more similar to us in age and “coolness” (and let’s be honest – in-person fangirling and thirst). This book was very much an afternoon special-type examination and depiction of deafness and how one should interact with deaf individuals and while we’re disappointed in the fact that Jessi’s first book was an “i...
2020-05-051h 03Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEM003: Emergency Meeting - Claudia in Quarantine!Kate and Lauryn continue with their emergency meetings to check in with each of the girls and discuss what we think Claudia is doing during her COVID-induced quarantine. We disagree initially about how Claudia reacts to school being cancelled, with Lauryn focusing on the schoolwork aspect and Kate focusing on the interpersonal face-to-face interactions. We touch on how we think Claudia and Janine are handling being quarantined together (likely exactly how they have in the two books where their relationship has been a focus – conflicts initially, but coming around to understanding). We discuss whether Claudia is on the front li...
2020-04-2830 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 015: Little Miss Stoneybrook...and Dawn!It’s our first regular episode recorded remotely post-quarantine and we’re discussing what we’ve agreed to be one of the best BSC books to-date in the series. This one tackles two potentially difficult topics – child pageants generally and Jeff’s long-imminent return to California – with nuance and consideration and we’re here for it. Dawn gets dramatic about the induction ceremony for Jessi and Mallory and uses an invitation by Mrs. Pike to help Claire and Margo prepare for the Little Miss Stoneybrook pageant to distract from Club-related jealousies and the difficult situation at home with the Schafer parent...
2020-04-211h 04Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEM002: Emergency Meeting - Kristy in Quarantine!Kate and Lauryn are going a little stir-crazy in self-isolation and have called another emergency meeting to discuss how we think Kristy is doing in quarantine (with the intent being to discuss each of the girls and beyond as this continues). Kristy is definitely being pragmatic about the situation and doing what she can to make the best of the situation and help however she can. Regarding the BSC, Kristy is, of course, being Kristy and coming up with all kinds of ideas about how the BSC can continue to help their charges and families (while keeping the Club...
2020-04-1422 minWorth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsFinancial Literacy in the Midst of the COVID Crisis, With Lauryn WilliamsWelcome to Financial Literacy Month on the Worth Listening podcast. We know budgets and finances might be looking a little different right now in light of the coronavirus pandemic, but it’s all the more reason to work on getting your finances in order. Throughout the month podcast host and Certified Financial Planner, Lauryn Williams is going to address the big bad b-word—BUDGETS! In this episode, Lauryn’s going to kick off the month of budgeting while also addressing some of the things you should know about from the economic stimulus plan passed by congress. Here a...
2020-04-0726 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEM001: Emergency Meeting re: State of the World and Netflix Series Information!Kate and Lauryn call their first emergency meeting for an update on the state of the world and the state of the podcast before getting into a discussion of the recent releases and knowledge-drops related to the upcoming Netflix BSC series. We already knew Netflix was making a show and that Alicia Silverstone and Mark Feurstein were involved, but the details since then have been completely under wraps. In the last few weeks, however, there has been a major release related to the girls and their portrayers and what the show is going to look like. We get into...
2020-04-0324 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 013: Good-bye Stacey, Good-byeFresh off their timeless summer vacation to the Bahamas and Disney World (timeline wonkiness, what?), the girls are promptly faced with the Stacey’s family’s departure from Stoneybrook to return to NYC. It’s a rough road, particularly for Claudia, but the girls face it with excellent modelling behavior for readers – as Lauryn puts it in the episode, scary things happen, but good things can come from scary things. We discuss the difficulty as a child (and sometimes an adult) to recognize that you can have two conflicting emotions or feelings at the same time, the interplay of “smartness”...
2020-03-241h 03Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastSS01: Baby-Sitters on Board!!It’s a super special, super long, super guest episode to discuss the first Super Special - Baby-Sitters on Board! Mr. Pike wins a week-long cruise/Disney trip at work and the Pikes invite Stacey and Mary Anne to be mother’s helpers, just like Sea City. (When this book takes place, who knows, as they reference Sea City, but say this is still that summer...) Watson decides to take the Thomas-Brewer family as well and includes Claudia and Dawn because, why not? Kate and Lauryn invite their first guest – their often mentioned friend, Katie Schneller – to join them to discu...
2020-03-101h 49Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 012: Claudia and the New Girl!Claudia’s got a new friend, despite our insistence on no new friends. Ashley Wyeth moves to town and is a Serious Artist. Claudia is immediately enamored of her and starts spending all of her time with Ashley, completely ignoring the BSC, her babysitting charges, and Stacey, in particular. Lauryn initially gets excited about the first non-straight "romantic" crush in the series, which leads to a conversation and re-evaluation regarding crushes and friendships at that age and their emotional complexities. Kate redeems her memory when her prediction of this book was spot-on (but she doubles down that Eddie from he...
2020-02-251h 09Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 010: Logan Likes Mary Anne!!There’s a new boy in school – Logan Bruno, fresh from Louisville, Kentucky – and Mary Anne has a crush! He crushes right back, surprising Lauryn, whose main reaction to Mary Anne consistently seems to be “her?” Discussion of the gender dynamics and “romantic” relationships at play in this book includes tangents (both related and wildly varied) about shy girl tropes, the ins and outs of talking to boys at that age, the on-going absence of Cokie Mason, and feeling left behind when your friends take steps you haven’t yet. We touch on shipping from a more global perspective and realize we w...
2020-01-281h 09Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 009: The Ghost at Dawn's House!Dawn, her love of scary stories, and her search for a hidden passage in her house (built in 1715) are the focus in this book and episode. No really, the main plot is all about Dawn and her search for and discovery of a hidden passage and then her slow revelation of its existence to her friends and family. We both acknowledge just how wrong our predictions about this one were (with the caveats that Kate’s is 100% a future Mystery book plot and Lauryn’s Underground Railroad thoughts may still be revealed to be accurate). Lauryn relays her tale of “...
2020-01-141h 08Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 008: Boy-Crazy Stacey!The BSC is separated for the last two weeks of the summer for conveniently-timed vacations, including a trip to Sea City for Stacey and Mary Anne, as they travel with the Pike family as mother’s helpers. Stacey falls in LUV while shirking her babysitting responsibilities, while Mary Anne gets her first (somehow?) sunburn to deal with while covering for Stacey. We discuss first crushes and LUV and maturity generally along with navigating the ins and outs of nurturing friendships and romantic relationships simultaneously. Kate gets her first major soapbox moment with a discussion of sunscreen and Lauryn gives us...
2019-12-311h 10Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 007: Claudia and Mean Janine!Claudia and Janine just don’t seem to get each other after some backsliding since their personal and relationship growth in Phantom Phone Calls. Things come to a head after Mimi has a stroke (completely blindsiding Kate and Lauryn in their reread). We discuss our experiences with siblings and grandparent health issues and spoiler alert, find ourselves unexpectedly, but solidly, on Team Janine (except when it comes to correcting grammar and speaking like a walking thesaurus in certain situations). There is some debate over how best to pronounce Reese’s Pieces and we again find ourselves questioning Stacey’s sartor...
2019-12-171h 12Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 006: Kristy's Big Day!Kate and Lauryn take on the wedding industrial complex when Kristy's mom and Watson have to move their Fall wedding up because of "reasons"... In addition, there's the $3 per hour that the BSC members are making for babysitting fourteen children for like 40 hours in one week leading up to the wedding? There are lots of feelings, but of a much more positive variety than last episode! And spoiler alert - Kristy's super on board not only with being a bridesmaid but with the dress and flowers in her hair that go with it. We were way off in our...
2019-12-031h 04Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 005: Dawn and the Impossible Three!After becoming the Alternate Officer of the BSC, Dawn takes on primary responsibility for babysitting the so-called “Impossible Three” Barrett children. There are very problematic aspects of this story and WE. HAVE. FEELINGS. The continuing discussion on maturity takes an extreme turn in this episode due to the negligent and borderline absentee parenting by Mrs. Barrett. We recognize our prior mistaken overlooking of Claudia’s race and look forward to our future opportunities to bring other perspectives into our conversations. On a lighter note, Kate and Lauryn wrap up the episode with a discussion their favorite babysitting charges, Jackie Rodows...
2019-11-1957 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 004: Mary Anne Saves the Day!Mary Anne takes a stand and saves the day in multiple ways. After a huge fight where the girls aren't speaking, Mary Anne makes a new friend in Dawn Schafer and grows as a person before bringing the Core Four back together, taking care of a very sick child, getting her dad to see her as more mature and ready for more freedom. The conversation about maturity continues, with a focus on jealousy, growing pains, and conflict as a catalyst for action. Kate and Lauryn also discuss the BSC in Brooklyn Nine-Nine and the resurgence of the Baby-Sitters Club...
2019-11-051h 07Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 003: The Truth About Stacey!Stacey reveals the shocking truth! … she has diabetes? And also her parents refuse to face reality and keep pursuing miracle cures, to the detriment of Stacey’s mental and emotional health. Kate and Lauryn continue their discussions of maturity, how being older definitely does not make one wiser or more responsible, the entirely reasonable fear of crying at school, and medical personal autonomy. Lauryn recounts her time acting as her dad’s personal Siri after Kate clarifies Generation X, Millennials, and Generation BSC based on how each group deals with questions of fact while out at a bar. They also t...
2019-10-221h 09Worth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsOrganizing Your Finances with Lauryn WilliamsOne of the reasons why Worth Listening host, Lauryn Williams decided to share more of her story on the podcast in 2019 is because she gets asked a lot of questions about her personal story (Who doesn’t want to hear more about the only American woman to medal in both the summer and winter Olympics?). And, since she encourages others to be willing to share their financial stories, she wanted to show that’s she’s willing to do the same. In this episode, Lauryn addresses the importance of organizing your finances. She shares how she organi...
2019-10-2222 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 002: Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls!Before there were actual BSC Mysteries, there was the original - Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls. Are the girls being stalked by the actual Phantom Caller (who wants to steal… their hair ribbons…)? Or is there something else to this mystery? Kate and Lauryn’s Great Ideas touch on growing pains related to varying levels of maturity, sibling rivalry, what it means to be “smart,” imagination, and the ability of pre-teen girls to escalate to dramatics quickly. Lauryn can’t wait to discuss a certain Core Four member’s sexuality as she continues to explore her own, and Kate breaks do...
2019-10-081h 00Generation BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 001: Kristy's Great Idea!Spoiler Alert: Kristy has a GREAT idea and that idea is to create the Baby-Sitters Club. Kate and Lauryn discuss their own Great Ideas related to family structure, gender, children’s understanding and insight into the adult world, nostalgia, and their excitement to keep reading. Lauryn expresses concern with being called babyish and Kate compares a trip to Blockbuster to ignorance in Ancient Rome. They also touch on fashion, Claudia’s hidden snacks, and Lauryn’s obsession with the timeline, of course.
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2019-09-2546 minGeneration BSC: A Baby-Sitters Club PodcastEpisode 000: An Introduction to Generation Baby-Sitters Club!Kate and Lauryn introduce themselves, the podcast, and what the hell Generation BSC even means. Get to know them and what this whole thing is going to be (at least what Kate and Lauryn think it’s going to be before they even really get started) while they extol the virtues of Cleveland, Ohio, Nalgene bottles, and American Hi-Fi and Lauryn makes her first reference to Elder Millennials.
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2019-09-2333 minWorth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsMoving Past Financial Failures, with Lauryn WilliamsIn this episode of the Worth Listening podcast host Lauryn Williams continues sharing her own personal money memoir and she’s diving into a topic that most people like to avoid—financial failures. You may think that as a Certified Financial Planner her financial history is full of one success after another, but financial planners are real people too, that have real financial pasts. Before her career working with money, she was a professional track athlete which came with plenty of financial challenges that a lot of people didn’t understand. From trying to learn how to handle...
2019-04-0916 minWorth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsCollege, Finances, & Student Loans, with Lauryn WilliamsIn this episode of the Worth Listening podcast host, Lauryn Williams continues sharing her own personal money memoir by discussing her experience with earning an athletic scholarship, why she chose the University of Miami, and how she handled her finances in college. Lauryn broke some of the popular stereotypes about college students and finances. She was responsible with credit cards and didn’t get caught up in spending money on things that weren’t needed. And, while she might not have needed student loans herself, as a financial planner she has become an expert on working with clie...
2019-03-1217 minWorth Listening with Lauryn WilliamsLive the Life You Want, with Lauryn WilliamsOn this episode of Worth Listening, Lauryn continues sharing more of her money memories and the role it plays on her financial life right now. She has always had the mindset of an entrepreneur and as a teenager loved being able to make her own money so no one could tell her what to do with it. Just wait until you hear some of the ways that she made money as a child! Now, as an adult, Lauryn isn’t motivated as much by wanting to have money that has full control over, but by the contribution th...
2019-02-1211 min