Me and You and Nancy Drew

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

Note: In this episode, the child abuse that takes place in this book is discussed, though not in great detail. If you’d like to skip those parts, we recommend skipping over the following timestamps: a brief mention at 0:05:13, and discussion from 0:11:48-0:13:00 and 1:15:56-1:16:59. Take care of yourselves, and if you’d like to read a middle grade book that does contain child abuse but also feat...

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

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

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

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

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Despite Episode 010 being nearly double the length of previous episodes, we still cut SO much out, so we wanted to release our extended outtakes episode in the main feed this time, to entertain and amuse you all with our goofs, gaffs, and MANY sidebars and tangents that simply had to be cut for time. There ARE swear words in this one, which is why this episode will be marked “explicit,” and (due to mentions of the royal family’s relationships starting in the year 1096) there is also a brief mentions of incest. Because of The Past. So if you usuall...

In this episode (which we are re-releasing since Spotify didn’t jive with our RSS feed for the initial release, for some reason), Meghan and Colleen discuss silverware-themed phone greetings, hot milk errands, and how to swan dive well enough to become a camp counselor, as well as the actual contents of The Password to Larkspur Lane (1966)!

Correction: In this episode, Colleen confidently states that “con man” is short for “confidence man.” That part is true, but Colleen got the reason for this name wrong; rather than the scammer being so confident, as Colleen says in this episode, i...

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

To see visuals of the images discussed in this (or any) episode, go to patreon.com/nancydrew (images are not behind a paywall)!

For a transcript of this (or any) episode, please visit meandyouandnancydrew.com/transcripts

Despite Episode 010 being nearly double the length of previous episodes, we still cut SO much out, so we wanted to release our extended outtakes episode in the main feed this time, to entertain and amuse you all with our goofs, gaffs, and MANY sidebars and tangents that simply had to be cut for time. There ARE swear words in this one, which is why this episode will be marked “explicit,” and (due to mentions of the royal family’s relationships starting in the year 1096) there is also a brief mentions of incest. Because of The Past. So if you usuall...

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

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For a transcript of this (or any) episode, please visit meandyouandnancydrew.com/transcripts

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

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

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

Notes: As a palate cleanser for the outdated terminology that this 1968 book uses to describe sailors being abducted, we recommend the fun middle grade novel Kaya of the Ocean by Gloria L. Huang for a great fantasy read featuring a protagonist who...

In this episode, Meghan and Colleen discuss the invention of the can opener, wooden-track roller coasters, and the Swedish Chef…as well as the actual contents of The Clue in the Diary (1962)!

Notes: There are a few moments where the audio cuts out for a second or two and we couldn’t figure out why, but hopefully they’re not TOO distracting. Also, as a palate cleanser for the ableist language this 1962 book uses to describe Nancy’s volunteer work at the “crippled children’s home,” we recommend the amazing middle grade novel The Odds by Lindsay Puckett for a...

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...

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 do...

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 T...

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 De...

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)!