Looking for your perfect Geeky match? Having trouble with the dating process? Want to hear a bunch of geek news, game reviews, and things that distract you from the fact that we don't know what we're doing when it comes to dating? Our mission: Helping geeks find love with other geeks. Mating Habits of the Modern Geek: Advice on Love and Dating within Your Own Species is a biweekly podcast/blog dedicated to advising “Geeks” on effective ways to gain dating experience by being brave and knowin ...
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Kate Vlasek and Lauryn Hunter are two women in their mid-thirties who generally geek out about all things pop culture, particularly nostalgic pop culture. A spur-of-the-moment purchase of a random assortment of Baby-Sitters Club books on eBay sparked the excitement that would become Generation BSC. And what is Generation BSC? First, it’s a micro-generation Kate and Lauryn have identified with between Generation X and Millennials. This micro-generation has also been called the Oregon Trail Ge ...
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MHMG Presents: Super GURPS! S2 E8: Robo-Weapon!
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Join members of the GURPS Actual Play podcast As The Dice Roll: Cautious Optimism as they embark on a new adventure in the GURPS Genre - Super Heroes! In this episode, Team Charlie returns to The Berg to discover that there are no good options on which team to support, so maybe escaping to a tropical island isn't the worst plan they've ever had. We…
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MHMG Presents: Super GURPS! S2 E7: Champ*Pain* Astro Nova
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Join members of the GURPS Actual Play podcast As The Dice Roll: Cautious Optimism as they embark on a new adventure in the GURPS Genre - Super Heroes! In this episode, Team Charlie is sent to intercept a fallen member of Team Justice and meet a new sort of powerful being who may be more than meets the eye. We stream on Twitch Saturdays at 2:00 pm (…
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MHMG Presents: Super GURPS! S2 E6: Amu*Let* Me Explain...
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Join members of the GURPS Actual Play podcast As The Dice Roll: Cautious Optimism as they embark on a new adventure in the GURPS Genre - Super Heroes! In this episode, Team Charlie is locked in a bloody battle at a mysterious archaelogical dig site...could more space junk be to blame? We stream on Twitch Saturdays at 2:00 pm (at least once a month)…
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MHMG Presents: Super GURPS! S2 E5: Mind Control Madness
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Join members of the GURPS Actual Play podcast As The Dice Roll: Cautious Optimism as they embark on a new adventure in the GURPS Genre - Super Heroes! In this episode, Team Charlie is sent on a mission to recover Team Delta at a mysterious archaelogical dig site... We stream on Twitch Saturdays at 2:00 pm (at least once a month) Twitch: @MatingHabi…
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We're wrapping up our season with our third mystery, this time focused on a mysterious white cat that might be a ghost or might not be a ghost or may be a reincarnated version of a cat referenced in the letters of a previous occupant. It's another mystery that might not be much of a mystery after all! Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @generationbs…
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Episode 051: Stacey's Ex-Best Friend!
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Stacey is dealing with the realization that she and Laine have grown apart and what that means for their friendship after Laine comes to visit Stoneybrook. It's a difficult situation all around and our girls (including Laine) could've handled it better. And it all ends with a pretty brutal letter from Stacey to Laine, essentially calling it quits o…
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Dawn's focused on Logan's cousin Lewis coming to visit because she needs to get a boyfriend (out of nowhere), but despite Lewis seemingly knowing and liking the real Dawn, she decides to change everything about herself, only to realize by the end of the book that she should just be herself. And in the B-plot this book, we have a huge content warnin…
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We're joined by artist extraordinaire, Rosie Shaw, to discuss the various adventures and misadventures of our girls when a snowstorm of the century hits Stoneybrook with tons of warning that no-one heeds. The parents make a lot of dubious choices when it comes to the girls and their predicaments, but it wouldn't be a BSC super special without some …
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We're back with our new season and second mystery! The kids in Stoneybrook decide to elect Sitter of the Month, which goes about as well as usual when our girls compete, but this time there's someone playing pranks on all of them... except Kristy. There are many mysteries throughout that we discuss and unpack, but it's no mystery how excited we are…
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EM026: Emergency Meeting - Announcing our next season!
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Kate and Lauryn check in to provide an update on when our next season returns! We'll be back with new episodes starting Tuesday, July 2, with more episodes to follow every two weeks through July and August. We're so happy to be back and to share more books with all of you! Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @generationbsc Contact us! E-mail: generat…
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MHMG Presents: Super GURPS! S2 E4: Full of Wolves
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Join members of the GURPS Actual Play podcast As The Dice Roll: Cautious Optimism as they embark on a new adventure in the GURPS Genre - Super Heroes! In this episode, Team Charlie discovers that there are sinister things happening at "The Berg"... We stream on Twitch Saturdays at 2:00 pm (at least once a month) Twitch: @MatingHabitsPodcast And thi…
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MHMG Presents: Super GURPS! S2 E3: Throwing T"ANT"trums
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Join members of the GURPS Actual Play podcast As The Dice Roll: Cautious Optimism as they embark on a new adventure in the GURPS Genre - Super Heroes! In this episode, GM Todd takes us on a journey to an Island of Giant Insects, but things might not be as harrowing as they seem... We stream on Twitch Saturdays at 2:00 pm (at least once a month) Twi…
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EM025: Emergency Meeting - It's no April fool!
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Hello, friends!! Kate and Lauryn are checking in with you all after a long and unexpected break. We're here with an update on what's been going on, what we've been doing, and what we're planning for the future of Generation BSC. Long story short, we're in it for the long haul and will be back soon with our next season. We've missed you all and can'…
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MHMG Presents: Super GURPS! S2 E2: Pickpocket Park
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Join members of the GURPS Actual Play podcast As The Dice Roll: Cautious Optimism as they embark on a new adventure in the GURPS Genre - Super Heroes! In this episode, they're headed to an adventure theme park to hunt alleged invisible assassins! We stream on Twitch Saturdays at 2:00 pm (at least once a month) Twitch: @MatingHabitsPodcast And this …
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Ep. 151 - TTRPG Review: Alien (Free League) - Destroyer of Worlds Cinematic Module
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Kelley and Todd are back but instead of geeky relationship advice, they're changing the podcast to one about TTRPG reviews, actual plays, home-run rpgs, and general chats about geeky stuff. Sit back and enjoy your commute and if you have the free time, come play with us! We stream on Twitch Saturdays at 2:00 pm (at least once a month) Twitch: @Mati…
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MHMG Presents: Super GURPS! S2 E1: Liquor Store Run
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Join members of the GURPS Actual Play podcast As The Dice Roll: Cautious Optimism as they embark on a new adventure in the GURPS Genre - Super Heroes! We stream on Twitch Saturdays at 2:00 pm (at least once a month) Twitch: @MatingHabitsPodcast And this video can also be downloaded as a podcast the following Monday by subscribing to the Mating Habi…
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Re-Read 017: Mary Anne and the Bad Luck Mystery!
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In honor of Halloween, we're doing a re-read episode where we revisit our discussion of Mary Anne and the Bad Luck Mystery - one of our first spooky books! Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @generationbsc Follow Kelly and It's a Clue! Instagram: @stitchykelly and @itsacluepodcast Contact us! E-mail: [email protected] Generation BSC logo creat…
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Re-Watch 11: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season Two, Episode Four: Jessi and the Superbrat!
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As promised after our discussion last week, we're revisiting our discussion of the Netflix series episode, Jessi and the Superbrat. We'll be back next week, on Halloween, with a Halloween-themed re-read episode and then our season finale will be on November 14 with more details about when we'll be back and about our Patreon. Follow us! Instagram an…
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Episode 049: Claudia and the Genius of Elm Street!
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Claudia gets a regular babysitting job with a genius child star named Rosie Wilder. Rosie's parents have done a real number on her and she spends all her time taking lessons, practicing, and working (and regurgitating lines from her parents about said career and her life generally). It's a real contrast with the home life of our Superbrat Derek Mas…
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It's the volunteering book! Jessi gets interested in volunteering at Stoneybrook Elementary to keep a club where the kids do good deeds in the community and brings the rest of the BSC along. The SES school club included a girl named Danielle who is recovering from leukemia and who connects with Becca, Charlotte, and Jessi and ends up with a BSC uni…
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Mallory is all about winning a writing competition at Stoneybrook Middle School for Young Authors' Day (that inexplicably has nothing to do with the 8th grade author projects from Mary Anne Misses Logan). Her inability to find time to work on her submission without constant interruption reveals just how far her parentification goes and she finally …
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It's our first mystery! And the biggest mystery for us going in was what our mystery episodes might look like and how they might be different from our regular series or super special episodes. Join us to find out just how different this might be as we discuss a so-called "mystery" that maybe isn't so much? Stacey's babysitting when a ring goes miss…
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Re-Read! 038 - Kristy's Mystery Admirer!!
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In honor of Kate's original Hodges Solieau artwork from this book, we're doing a re-read episode where we revisit our discussion of the book with our very special guest, Kelly Biscopink, co-host of It's a Clue (which returns with a new season this month)! Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @generationbsc Follow Kelly and It's a Clue! Instagram: @sti…
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Episode 046: Mary Anne Misses Logan!
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We were dreading the return of the Mary Anne and Logan ship, but it turns out Logan was kind of a non-entity considering his name is in the title, and Mary Anne is much more level headed and reasonable about missing him on their road to reconciliation. But what we missed in melodrama from Mary Anne, we made up for in spades with Cokie Mason antics,…
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Re-Watch 10: Emergency Meeting - Netflix Season Two, Episode Eight: Kristy and the Baby Parade!!
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As promised in our last episode, we're revisiting our discussion of the series ( :( ) finale of the Netflix Baby-Sitters Club series to compare and contrast with the book, as we hadn't read the book before that episode aired and we discussed it. We'll see you in two weeks for our next regularly-scheduled episode! Follow us! Instagram and Twitter: @…
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Episode 045: Kristy and the Baby Parade!
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It's the book where everyone's obsessed with babies! Our girls take an infant care class and are immediately inundated with jobs sitting for babies, which coincides with the bi-annual baby parade in Stoneybrook. The Baby-Sitters Club decides to enter a float and it goes disastrously, but they ultimately learn that communication is key to success. T…
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Summer Semester has arrived and we're back with a new super special! We're joined by YA librarian, Crissy Varnell of the Chattanooga Public Library, to discuss another two-week vacation from school for our babysitters, this time with a trip for all of them to New York City, inspired by Claudia's desire to attend a specific art school during the bre…
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EM024: Emergency Meeting - Good Riddance, Cokie Mason!
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Hello, fellow members of Generation BSC!! Kate and Lauryn are back after their extended fall and winter break and are so happy to be back to reading and discussing the Baby-Sitters Club! We discuss where we've been and our plans for the near and distant future when it comes to the podcast. We're back for our summer semester season and can't wait to…
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Ep. 150 - Impressing Potential Dates: Put Your Sign on the Apps!
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Times change and the advice that your grandparents gave your parents about finding love probably doesn't apply today. Also, we saw Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and make some incorrect predictions about The Mandalorian. Find Todd online @Aron1701 Mating Habits of the Modern Geek is a proud member of the Geek to Geek Media Network. www.k…
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Ep. 149 - Sudden Breakups: Slowly Boiling the Frog
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We're back with Roger to discuss why breakups are often complete surprises to men. We also talk Destiny: Lightfall, Legos, Valentine's Day, Last of Us, The Mandalorian, Strange New Worlds and Discovery. We got Letters!! Find Todd online @Aron1701 Mating Habits of the Modern Geek is a proud member of the Geek to Geek Media Network. www.ko-fi.com/mat…
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Ep. 148 - Dating App Fatigue: Match Monotony
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We couldn't let January pass us by without a new episode. We've been off having holidays, COVID, and settling into new jobs but now we're back talking about... Vox Machina, The Last of Us, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Glass Onion, and a new dating app that is supposed to help counteract the boredom of traditional dating apps. https://www.gq-m…
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Ep. 147 - The Right Stuff? Where Are All the Ladies?
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Roger joins Todd and I as we discuss Andor, The Right Stuff conservative dating app. and way too much Hitler talk. Have single men lost the plot on these dating apps? We flip tables over nosey coworkers, bad drivers, and fair-weather friends. Find Todd online @Aron1701 Mating Habits of the Modern Geek is a proud member of the Geek to Geek Media Net…
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Ep. 146 - Spousal Support: Helping Your Partner Through Tough Times
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Kelley and Todd discuss their new careers, Biscuitville, and how Practical Magic is NOT a scary film. Tables get flipped over urgent care appointments and folks not honoring the social contracts in the drive-thru lane. Find Todd online @Aron1701 Mating Habits of the Modern Geek is a proud member of the Geek to Geek Media Network. www.ko-fi.com/mati…
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Ep. 145 - Mating Habits of the Modern Geek: Married Edition!
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Kelley and Todd have tied the knot and become Mr. and Mrs. Mating Habits! Join the newest direction of the podcast where Todd and Kelley (and sometimes Roger and the rest) talk about geeky movies, TV shows, video games, and what it's like for these two geeks to be married - sorry in advance for the shmoop! Find Todd online @Aron1701 Mating Habits o…
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Episode 044: Dawn and the Big Sleepover!
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The elementary school kids in Stoneybrook have pen pals who live and attend school on a Zuni reservation in New Mexico. After a fire at the school and several homes in that community, Dawn is inspired to get the Stoneybrook community involved in some fundraising and donation drives in what could've been heartwarming, but ultimately just felt genera…
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