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PODCAST

American Girl Talk

Caroline Schaeffer, Celia Tise

A show for all former (and current) historical fiction girlies to geek out and re-experience some of our favorite classic childhood books. If you had one or more historical events that you hyper-fixated on as a child, this is the podcast for you!

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All Episodes

01:07:53

Happy Birthday, Molly!

American Girl Talk ·

2025/04/08

It's a birthday battle royale between Britain and the USA when Emily, a very disappointing British girl, comes to say at Molly's house during her birthday. Will Molly be an accommodating host, or will her inner monster rear it's ugly head? Meanwhile, Caroline and Celia wonder if there is some infighting at the American Girl HQ's publishing room.Chapters10:58 - Chapter One: Guess What?28:23 - Chapter Two: The Blackout36:24 - Chapter Three: The Princesses!45:02 - Chapter Four: Planning the Party54:25

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01:12:13

Molly's Surprise!

American Girl Talk ·

2025/04/01

It's Christmas for Molly, and she's very worried it will be too realistic! With Dad away and Mom silently crashing out in the background, it's up to Molly and her siblings to string together a Christmas surprise. Will they pull of the surprise? Should they even be surprising Mom, a woman currently on the verge? Join Caroline and Celia as they ponder this, as well as Molly's sudden interest in dolls, in this week's chat. Chapters0:00 - Merry Christmas in April!6:54 - Chapter One: A Different

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01:03:10

Molly Learns A Lesson!

American Girl Talk ·

2025/03/25

This week, Molly definitely doesn’t learn a lesson—but Caroline and Celia do: just because a girl looks like a total nerd doesn’t mean she isn’t a total jerk! Molly completely loses it at the thought of not being her teacher’s favorite, going full WWII-era Regina George in a truly unhinged display of elementary school dominance. It’s weird, it’s mean, and—spoiler alert—it backfires spectacularly. Tune in as we break down this chaotic book about a mean girl who completely misses the point of school

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01:11:34

Meet Molly!

American Girl Talk ·

2025/03/18

New girl just dropped! It's time for Celia and Caroline to Meet Molly, and boy, is she kind of the worst! Turns out there is more to this WWII girl than meets the four-eyes, and she is a bit of a bully when it comes to her friends, family, acquaintances, and mad lust for Halloween-costume-dominancy! Tune in to hear us discuss Molly, American Girls, World Wars II and III, and see just how many war allegories your mom can make over a plate of turnips. Chapters (0:00) New Girl Alert - She's a

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01:05:06

The Girls So Far - Yapping About Samantha and Kirsten!

American Girl Talk ·

2025/03/11

Bonus alert! To stave off having to cover Molly for juuuuust a little longer, we're doing a look back at the gals we've covered so far - Kirsten and Samantha! We compare, contrast, and predict the lives of our favorite historical 9-year-olds, and Celia drops some fan-fiction teasers that are sure to titillate your senses (they are about adults, FYI). Tune in for a little less structure but all the regular fun as we yap about what we've read so far and what's coming up! This podcast is for

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01:32:46

Changes for Samantha!

American Girl Talk ·

2025/03/04

It's a Coldrock life, for Nellie! Samantha's life continues to be a Victorian dream, while Nellie's slowly becomes a Dickensian nightmare. Luckily, Samantha has a not-so-foolproof plan to save her friend. On our final adventure with our favorite woke brat, Caroline and Celia say goodbye to Samantha and reflect on what it means to be an uncle-father. Chapters(0:00) It's Wintertime for us, and Samantha! Welcome back to Sam one last time!(3:50) Chapter One: A New Home!(23:24) Chapter Two: Searching for

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01:26:02

Samantha Saves the Day!

American Girl Talk ·

2025/02/25

Orphan lore finally drops as Samantha heads back to the site of her parents' tragic demise—for a fun summer getaway! Meanwhile, Grandmary is deep in a full-blown romance, leaving Caroline and Celia absolutely gagged at the idea of old love.Chapters0:00) Welcome back! American Girl Getaways, Samantha's TikTok, and random gabbing(10:16) Chapter One - Piney Point! (The longest chapter ever written)(47:17) Chapter Two - The Sketchbook(56:45) Chapter Three - Teardrop Island(1:05:12) Chapter Four -

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01:19:44

Happy Birthday, Samantha!

American Girl Talk ·

2025/02/18

Samantha kicks things off with a birthday party so prim and proper it could put a Victorian tea set to sleep—until the book suddenly swerves into an entirely different plot, like it just remembered it had somewhere way more interesting to be. Meanwhile, Caroline gets really into the suffragette movement and delivers a political rant so fiery, it might just make your MAGA uncle clutch his pearls. Buckle up!Chapters - (0:00) Welcome Back! Housekeeping, bar crawls, and timeline discrepancies (13:30)

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01:36:16

Samantha's Surprise!

American Girl Talk ·

2025/02/11

Samantha Parkington had one wish for Christmas—a perfectly proper Victorian holiday. But when Uncle Gard shows up with his newfangled "special friend", Samantha does what any respectable 9-year-old would do—she crashes out.In this episode, we’re recapping Samantha’s Surprise, the American Girl Doll book that taught us all that holiday meltdowns are way more socially acceptable when you’re a kid. Join Caroline and Celia as they revisit this millennial nostalgia classic, unpack Samantha’s historical

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01:01:48

Samantha Learns a Lesson!

American Girl Talk ·

2025/02/04

Samantha gets schooled (!) about the negative side of the Industrial Revolution and gives the wokest speech anyone has ever heard in Mount Bedford. Meanwhile, Nellie crashes out at public school. Chapters (0:00) Oops no video! One last time. (8:20) Chapter One - Notes and Knee Bends (17:17) Chapter Two - Nellie (22:11) Chapter Three - Mount Better School (29:53) Chapter Four - The Contest (34:19) Chapter Five - Progress (47:18) Chapter Six - Winners (51:04) Peek into the Past: School Alert! (55:55)

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01:25:09

Meet Samantha!

American Girl Talk ·

2025/01/28

New Girl Alert! Celia and Caroline jump into the life of fabulous Victorian b r a t Samantha Parkington, and everyone learns a little bit about haunted dolls, classism, and babies who look like adults. Chapters(0:00) A note from Caroline - Oops! No Video!(1:08) Girl Alert! Samantha Parkington(7:49) Chapter One - Jesse!(28:06) Chapter Two - New Girl(39:34) Chapter Three - The Tunnel(45:51) Chapter Five - Gone!(1:02) Chapter Six - A Fine Young Lady!(1:14:05) Peek into the Past - Victorian style, Child

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00:51:20

Changes for Kirsten!!

American Girl Talk ·

2025/01/21

Kirsten's outfit isn't the only thing to die for in this episode! Celia and Caroline wrap up the Kirsten books with a bleak outlook on prairie life and the sinister nature of finder's keepers.Chapters (0:00) Welcome Back! Laura Ingalls vs Kirsten vs Childhood games (6:04) Chapter One: On the Trap Line(14:00) Chapter Two: Fire! (22:46) Chapter Three: Good News? (29:52) Chapter Four: Old Jack (40:46) Chapter Five: Welcome Home(43:02) Peek into the Past: A bleak look at Kirsten's future (46:32)

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00:38:21

Kirsten Saves the Day (?)

American Girl Talk ·

2025/01/14

Kirsten saves the day! Or does she? Let's find out! Listen in as our girl gets LOCKED IN on a honey scheme and bears the weight of her obsession by learning almost nothing from the experience!Chapters(0:00) Kirsten's journey - a year in Minnesota(5:27) Chapter One: The Bee Tree(12:17) Chapter Two: In the Berry Patch(26:05) Chapter Three: Bears!(29:27) Chapter Four: Bringing Back the Bees!(31:25) Chapter Five: The Best Beswood Honey, Yeehaw!(34:41) Peek into the Past: Pioneer Life - 1/10 do not

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00:45:50

Happy Birthday, Kirsten!

American Girl Talk ·

2025/01/07

This book is all about chores! Kirsten is an elementary school dropout, mama gives birth to another mouth to feed, and our gal gets to wear a fancy dress exactly once before getting back to menial household labor.Chapters(0:00) Welcome Back! Celia explains a Reddit scandal(8:20) Chapter One: Tornado!(21:20) Chapter Two: New Babies(25:27) Chapter Three: Big Enough ;)(31:02) Chapter Four: Party Plans(35:06) Chapter Five: Friends Come Around(38:45) Peek into the Past: A terrifying look at childbirth in

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01:01:55

Kirsten's Surprise

American Girl Talk ·

2024/12/31

Kirsten hyper-fixates on getting Trunk back, and Papa doesn't beat the allegations of being the worst. Caroline and Celia release a Christmas-themed episode they recorded on Halloween on New Year's Eve.Chapters (0:00) Welcome back! Kirsten so far (6:33) Chapter One: Pestering! (14:35) Chapter Two: A Crown for a Queen! (26:43) Chapter Three: To Town at Last (feat. a horse with an insane name) (32:34) Chapter Four: Braving the Blizzard! (40:02) Chapter Five: Silent Night, Lucia Night (44:03) Peek into

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01:09:33

Kirsten Learns a Lesson!

American Girl Talk ·

2024/12/24

Kirsten learns about girl crushes and manifest destiny but barely learns how to speak English. Caroline and Celia learn that sometimes, kids' books are boring!Chapters 0:00 - Welcome back! 7:50 - Chapter 1: Miss Winston 29:56 - Chapter 2: A Secret Friend ;) 42:24 - Chapter 3: Visitors 48:28 - Chapter 4: Singing Bird and Yellow Hair 55:53 - Chapter 5: Belonging 1:00:13 - Peek Into the Past 1:04:32 - Future PredictionsThis podcast is for entertainment purposes only. Characters mentioned from the

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01:09:55

Meet Kirsten!

American Girl Talk ·

2024/12/17

A lil' Swede named Kirsten Larson crosses the Atlantic with her sick mama and toxic papa to come to America! Along the way, she gets lost in New York City (relatable), discovers that cholera is deadly (tragic), and loses her doll (unforgivable).Listen in to hear how we feel about this! Not good!Chapters0:00 - Welcome to American Girl Talk!6:16 - Our connection to Kirsten (fragile)7:53 - Chapter 1: America!23:31 - Chapter 2: Lost!33:34 - Chapter 3: Journey Across a New Land37:38 - Chapter 4: A Sad

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00:01:17

Trailer! OMG!

American Girl Talk ·

2024/12/09

Introducing American Girl Talk - A show for silly women women who loved historical fiction as children, by silly women who loved historical fiction as children!This podcast is for entertainment purposes only. Characters mentioned from the American Girl Doll books are the property of the Pleasance Company.

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