In this episode, Meghan and Colleen discuss wishing wells, elevator laws, and pumping gas in New Jersey…as well as the actual contents of The Secret of Red Gate Farm (1961)!

Corrections: When we said “poisonous,” we actually meant “venomous.” Our bad! Also, we erroneously said that Nancy got peas as a midday snack from the drugstore in a previous book. That’s totally false; she got a normal snack (split pea soup) from the drugstore.

Notes: CW for discussion of Orientalism and the KKK (as both are large parts of this book, including the book referring to Asian people as “Oriental”). As a palate cleanser, we’d like to suggest the middle grade novel Rainbow Fair by Diana Ma, which features a Chinese-American Muslim girl and is a light, joyful read about intersectional identities. Or, for a less light but still joyful read, we also recommend the book Notre Dame vs. The Klan by Todd Tucker, about one of the reasons why Notre Dame are known as the Fighting Irish (hint: it’s for physically fighting the KKK out of South Bend, Indiana—sometimes using actual potatoes as tools).

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In this episode, Meghan and Colleen discuss Anne Hathaway, horse girls, and getting your boyfriend confused with your father while knitting them a gift…as well as the actual contents of The Secret of Shadow Ranch (1965)!

Notes: Colleen would like to apologize for their voice sounding rough due to a cold; Episode 6 will sound better! Also, to balance out this book’s appropriation of indigenous culture and dress, we’d like to recommend The Brave by James Bird, a great middle-grade novel that tackles such topics as OCD, indigenous heritage, and death, while also being incredibly well-written and downright hilarious at times. Also, Colleen would like it to be known that when George Fayne was first mentioned and described, Colleen’s partner burst out into a spontaneous rendition of Chappell Roan’s “The Giver.”

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In this episode, Meghan and Colleen discuss why you can never trust actors, whether one should seek medical help for excessive eye twinkling, literal ticking time bombs, and making puns about the recently-nearly-drowned…as well as the actual contents of The Mystery at Lilac Inn!

(Correction for this episode; Meghan and Colleen mention the Secret of the Old Clock Nancy Drew PC game but describe it incorrectly. In actuality, the game is set in 1930 and actually is a mashup of the first four books!)

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Me and You and Nancy Drew Episode 003-Classic Book Episode 03: The Bungalow Mystery (1960) by Carolyn Keene!

In this episode, Meghan and Colleen discuss spontaneous human mitosis, swordfighting, Ohio science museums, and getting murdered due to unripe tomatoes…as well as the actual contents of The Bungalow Mystery!

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Me and You and Nancy Drew Episode 002-Classic Book Episode 02: The Hidden Staircase (1959) by Carolyn Keene!

In this episode, Meghan and Colleen discuss avian husbandry, unflavored gelatin, Canadian rivers, and the singular form of “mayonnaise”…as well as the actual contents of The Hidden Staircase!

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Other episode notes: Though we did not go into it in Blast From The Past or any other segment, we’d like to point out that we do not romanticize “Colonial-Era America” as a flawless time in the past (due, if it’s not clear, to the colonialism, slavery, and other huge issues). Also, for more reading on the word the characters use in this book to mean “shafted” or “cheated” and the word’s history and impact, we recommend this awesome article from NPR: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswit

Me and You and Nancy Drew Episode 001-Classic Book Episode 01: The Secret of the Old Clock (1959) by Carolyn Keene!

In this first episode, Meghan and Colleen introduce themselves and the show concept and, throughout the course of the episode, discuss burnt flour, circular family trees, therapy dogs for horses, soggy upholstery, and Chevy Chase…as well as the actual contents of The Secret of the Old Clock.

Show Notes: As mentioned in the episode, we recommend reading the middle grade novels Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling and/or Front Desk by Kelly Yang for some positive representation of awesome female protagonists (and just a bit of mystery)! For more about us or to read episode transcripts, go to MeAndYouAndNancyDrew.Com, or follow us on Patreon at Patreon.Com/NancyDrew!

This trailer episode explains a little bit about the podcast and contains the first few segments of our upcoming first episode, which will cover Classic Book 01, The Secret of the Old Clock (1959)!