Connecticut Public has a new podcast: "Generation: Baby-Sitter’s Club."

It explores the beloved middle-grade series by Ann M. Martin, about four friends who start their own babysitting business.

Since its debut in the 1980s, The Baby-Sitter’s Club has grown into a publishing phenomenon, inspiring spinoffs, TV adaptations and a hugely popular series of graphic novels.

This hour, we explore how the series has evolved for new generations of readers, and why graphic novels are having such a moment.

We’ll talk with a children’s librarian and a graphic novelist about how these books are made, why young readers love them, and what they can teach us.

Guests:
Daniela Doncel: Connecticut Public's Latino Communities Reporter and host of the podcast, "Generation: Baby-Sitter's Club"
Kym Powe: Children and Young Adult Consultant, Connecticut State Library
Maria Scrivan: Connecticut-based NYTimes best-selling author and cartoonist, author of the "Nat Enough" series

Connecticut Public has a new podcast: <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/podcast/generation-baby-sitters-club">"Generation: Baby-Sitter&rsquo;s Club."</a>
It explores the beloved middle-grade series by Ann M. Martin, about four friends who start their own babysitting business.
Since its debut in the 1980s, The Baby-Sitter&rsquo;s Club has grown into a publishing phenomenon, inspiring spinoffs, TV adaptations and a hugely popular series of graphic novels.
This hour, we explore how the series has evolved for new generations of readers, and why graphic novels are having such a moment.
We&rsquo;ll talk with a children&rsquo;s librarian and a graphic novelist about how these books are made, why young readers love them, and what they can teach us.
Guests:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/people/daniela-doncel">Daniela Doncel</a>: Connecticut Public's Latino Communities Reporter and host of the podcast, "<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/podcast/generation-baby-sitters-club">Generation: Baby-Sitter's Club</a>"</li>
<li>Kym Powe: Children and Young Adult Consultant, <a href="https://ctstatelibrary.org/">Connecticut State Library</a></li>
<li><a href="https://literary-arts.org/bio/maria-scrivan/">Maria Scrivan</a>: Connecticut-based NYTimes best-selling author and cartoonist, author of the "Nat Enough" series</li>
</ul>

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

The Baby-Sitter's Club and the power of graphic novels

What can the things we leave behind tell us about who we are?

At Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, students are learning archaeology by digging into their school’s history. Meanwhile, researchers are uncovering stories buried beneath the backyard of Two Wrasslin’ Cats Cafe in East Haddam.

And those discoveries helped inspire artist Jac Lahav’s mural, You Never Walk Alone, which brings generations of local history together – from the region’s Indigenous past to figures whose stories have too often been overlooked.

This hour, we explore how digging into the past can change the way we see the places we call home, and the people who helped shape them.

Guests:
Kim Harris-Thacker: humanitarian faculty and archivist, The Ethel Walker School
Sarah Sportman: ConnecticutState Archaeologist, Office of State Archaeology & Connecticut State Museum of Natural History
Mark Thiede: owner of Two Wrasslin’ Cats Coffee House & Cafe
Jac Lahav:artist based in Lyme, Connecticut. Their painting has been featured in over ten solo museum exhibitions and Lahav’s recent collaboration with Samsung brings funny cat drawings to the Frame TV.

What can the things we leave behind tell us about who we are?
At Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, students are learning archaeology by digging into their school&rsquo;s history. Meanwhile, researchers are uncovering stories buried beneath the backyard of Two Wrasslin&rsquo; Cats Cafe in East Haddam.
And those discoveries helped inspire artist Jac Lahav&rsquo;s mural, You Never Walk Alone, which brings generations of local history together &ndash; from the region&rsquo;s Indigenous past to figures whose stories have too often been overlooked.
This hour, we explore how digging into the past can change the way we see the places we call home, and the people who helped shape them.
Guests:
<ul>
<li>Kim Harris-Thacker: humanitarian faculty and archivist, <a href="https://www.ethelwalker.org/">The Ethel Walker School</a></li>
<li><a href="https://osa.uconn.edu/home/bio/">Sarah Sportman</a>: Connecticut State Archaeologist, Office of State Archaeology &amp; Connecticut State Museum of Natural History</li>
<li>Mark Thiede: owner of <a href="https://twowrasslincatsweb.wixsite.com/accord">Two Wrasslin&rsquo; Cats Coffee House &amp; Cafe</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.jaclahav.com/">Jac Lahav:</a> artist based in Lyme, Connecticut. Their painting has been featured in over ten solo museum exhibitions and Lahav&rsquo;s recent collaboration with Samsung brings funny cat drawings to the Frame TV.</li>
</ul>

Finding history in our own backyards

"Gilmore Girls" premiered in October 2000 on The WB network. The series filled a niche at the time: female leads, three generations of women, and witty, fast-paced dialogue. But success was not immediate.

This hour, we listen to "Oy, with the Gilmores already!" It's an episode of Connecticut Public's new podcast "Generation Gilmore Girls."

This episode originally aired on December 8, 2025.

Where We Live is available on Apple Podcasts,Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode.

"Gilmore Girls"&nbsp;<a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/10/05/nx-s1-5550129/gilmore-girls-25-years-connecticut-new-milford-washington">premiered in October 2000&nbsp;</a>on The WB network. The series filled a niche at the time: female leads, three generations of women, and witty, fast-paced dialogue. But success was not immediate.
This hour, we listen to "Oy, with the Gilmores already!" It's an episode of Connecticut Public's new podcast "<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/podcast/generation-gilmore-girls">Generation Gilmore Girls</a>."
This episode originally aired on December 8, 2025.
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'Generation Gilmore Girls' looks back 26 years later

It’s Halloween week, which means we’re summoning Connecticut’s most chilling stories.

 

From ghostly apparitions to mysterious happenings that defy explanation, this hour will make you think twice about what lurks in the dark.

 

Historians, tour guides and a psychic join us to share their strangest encounters. Tune in for a haunting hour of history, folklore and a few goosebumps.

 

GUESTS:


Christine Jewell: Director for The Ancient Burying Ground


Mallory Howard: Assistant Curator for The Mark Twain House & Museum


Chrystyne McGrath: Psychic, founder and owner of CM Paranormal Services and The Guilford Ghost Tours


Courtney McInvale: Author, historian and founder ofSeaside Shadows Haunted History Tours 


Wesley Broulik: producing artistic director, Time’s Fool Company

 

This episode was originally aired on Oct. 27, 2025.

 

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It&rsquo;s Halloween week, which means we&rsquo;re summoning Connecticut&rsquo;s most chilling stories.
&nbsp;
From ghostly apparitions to mysterious happenings that defy explanation, this hour will make you think twice about what lurks in the dark.
&nbsp;
Historians, tour guides and a psychic join us to share their strangest encounters. Tune in for a haunting hour of history, folklore and a few goosebumps.
&nbsp;
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>
Christine Jewell: Director for <a href="https://ancientburyingground.com/">The Ancient Burying Ground</a>
</li>
<li>
Mallory Howard: Assistant Curator for <a href="https://marktwainhouse.org/">The Mark Twain House &amp; Museum</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.chrystynemcgrath.com/">Chrystyne McGrath</a>: Psychic, founder and owner of CM Paranormal Services and The Guilford Ghost Tours
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.courtneymcinvale.com/">Courtney McInvale</a>: Author, historian and founder of<a href="https://www.seasideshadows.com/">Seaside Shadows Haunted History Tours&nbsp;</a>
</li>
<li>
Wesley Broulik: producing artistic director, <a href="https://www.timesfool.org/">Time&rsquo;s Fool Company</a>
</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
This episode was originally aired on Oct. 27, 2025.
&nbsp;
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