Chillin at the Fountain

Danielle Baldino & Steph Wood

Hi, we are Steph and Danielle - two thirtysomethings who have been BFFs since middle school. Listen in as we read old Livejournal entries, get real nostalgic and try to avoid being sued.

  1. 10/16/2023

    40 - What to Expect When Danielle is Expecting

    We are celebrating some life milestones in this one! Steph is preparing to meet the Archa-parents for lunch and Danielle is having a baby (they really just let anyone have those these days). We also recap our Mom ep followed by an extended share of our latest fave shows, podcasts, and books ... all rounded out by a lighthearted discussion of the entire opioid crisis. Danielle also loves on TV commercials and we both lament the recent hike in Netflix (correction: Hulu) pricing. Our entries cover an entire week in the life of 2003 Steph (which includes a school dance, going to see School of Rock, and calling people on their parent's landlines) and she shares the cringiest thing she's ever done. Danielle curses the dramatic return of her dad's inner climate-control freak in 2006 and a Spill Canvas concert (still the opener, even 17 years later).  Please take a minute to rate/review/subscribe to help us reach more listeners who will love this pod! Stumptown Coffee Roasters Alvarium Beer Co. The Opportunist Podcast Scamanda Podcast Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell Painkiller (Netflix) Dopesick (Hulu) "Pain no longer the fifth vital sign" ("The Joint Comission's Pain Standards: Origins and Evolution," see p. 4) No One Will Save You (Hulu) "Disney+, Hulu raise Rates" (Forbes) Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America (Netflix) 311 - A Capella What I Got (Sublime cover) & All Mixed Up (311)

    47 min
  2. 07/10/2023

    37 - CATF Time Capsule: RL Stine & Goosebumps

    Special episode recorded on 4th of July!! Fueled by our current summer bevs, we celebrate beach-read season by honoring RL Stine: "the literary training bra" of Stephen King. We start off with how we got our Goosebumps books (Scholastic book fairs anyone?) and Danielle's review of Fear Street: Party Summer (1991) before diving into a short bio of Mr. Robert Laurence Stine. We talk about G-bumps franchise spin-offs (including which were ghost-written!) like Give Yourself Goosebumps, Tales to Give you Goosebumps and other fun treats like the mid-90s Goosebumps TV series and the Escape from Horrorland game for PC. We jump to the present day and talk about the 2021 Fear Street Trilogy on Netflix and "RL Stine's Story Club" podcast. We close by talking about the RLSTNE Wheel of Fortune "free letters," an obvious nod to the world's hardest working training bra.  Special thank you to Goosebumps.fandom.com - the world's most comprehensive collection of all things Goosebumps. Visit for instant nostalgia, guaranteed!  P.S. If you loved this deep dive, check out out Episode 26 - CATF Time Capsule: Cellphones. Things we mention: Goosebumps Wiki (fandom.com) RL Stine's Story Club Podcast @rl_stine1 (Instagram) Goosebumps TV Series Intro/Theme Song Superstitious by RL Stine (1995, adult fiction) Fear Street Trilogy (2021, Netflix) Jared from Subway: Catching a Monster Episode sources: Ohio Reading Roadtrip: RL Stine (2004) "Success Gives Bookstores Goosebumps" by Joyce M. Rosenberg (1996, via news.google.com) "About RL" from RL Stine website (2013, via Wayback Machine) "The Quick 10: The Not-Very-Scary former Jobs of 10 Very Scary People" by Stacy Conradt (2009, via Wayback machine) Escape from Horrorland (PC game)

    35 min
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Hi, we are Steph and Danielle - two thirtysomethings who have been BFFs since middle school. Listen in as we read old Livejournal entries, get real nostalgic and try to avoid being sued.