115: Nights at the Museum (Patreon Preview)

Dolls of Our Lives

Allison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney

Society & Culture, History

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Filing cabinet fans, here we go! For this Patreon episode, we are diving right into the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. This 1967 classic features the Kincaid kids, who just need a break from home — and the allure of solving an art mystery.

Whether you really love hanging files, eccentric older people, or beds in museums, this book has a little bit of something for everyone (and a chauffeur). If you’ve never dreamed about sleeping in The Met, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler still has an enduring appeal. We talk about the value of stories that center smart and funny young people, without a moralizing "parents just don’t get it" ending. So, will you accept this rose, we mean, invitation to the Met?

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone. This is Mary. I'm so excited to be coming to you with one of our Patreon episodes.
0:05.9	Now for $3 a month, which we call the Dunkin' Shiro level, which is now actually cheaper than an actual Dunkin' Ice coffee,
0:12.9	you can get an extra episode a month where we tackle all kinds of topics
0:17.1	suggested by you or things we just feel like getting into, whether they be books,
0:22.0	TV shows, movies, what-have-you. In addition to that, you get access to our discord community,
0:27.3	which has really active conversations about all kinds of things.
0:31.0	And on there, you'll also find a book club led by Allison,
0:34.8	PowerPoint parties on a whole host of topics that you can attend and present at,
0:39.6	and all kinds of things. It's a really fun community and for $3 a month, we so appreciate all of you who have joined us there.
0:46.3	To give you a sense of what it's like, we want to bring you an episode on a topic suggested by one of our listeners.
0:52.2	So this is an episode where we read and discussed from the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by EL Connicksburg,
0:59.6	which is truly one of my favorite books. I was so delighted to get this suggestion,
1:03.7	and we'll be so delighted to return to you with new episodes in June. Thanks, everyone.
1:08.2	Welcome everyone to American Girls The Podcast. This is the podcast where we're reliving the American Girl
1:24.2	series, book by book, except here on Patreon, or we're kind of doing whatever we want and you ask for
1:30.8	that we think is within the world of our show. So on this episode, we're so, so excited to be bringing you
1:37.2	one of your picks, one of your requests, a true classic. On this episode, we'll be talking about from the
1:44.2	mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Before I forget, I'm Mary. I'm Basil. Wow. No, I'm Alison. I'm
1:55.1	as Basil in the beginning. No, you're Basil and I'm Claudia. Really? I think that's true. Yeah.
2:03.8	Wow. This book, I was so elated when somebody suggested this. Actually, a couple people did
2:09.2	for us to cover. I don't know. Do you want to give a summary at the start? How do we want to
2:13.4	begin, Alison? I would love to. This book is a classic. It is from 1967, and I want to start actually
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