The Class of ’74

The Class of ’74

The Saga of a Baby Boom high school set in a wealthy commuter town of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1971-1974.

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April 17, 2025 46 mins

The premiere episode of a period dramedy, depicting the ups and downs of teenage life in a wealthy suburb of New York City, 1971-1974. The town of Brighton, CT is fictional, but emblematic of several charming Fairfield County towns that became too rich, too white and too bizarro for their resident children to fully cope with.

This episode paints a vivid portrait of how the town of Brighton came to be, from its rustic beginnings in ...

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The halls of Brighton High quickly fill with mystery, intrigue, adventure, romance and chaos, to say nothing of baffling new acquaintances, bullies and a creepy vice principal.

Watch Cynthia navigate the labyrinth of social dynamics and school bureaucracy with great flair, wit and charm. Teenage rebellion has never been so funny and entertaining. 

The Class of '74.  

 

 

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May 3, 2025 46 mins

We're STILL on the first tumultuous day of school at Brighton High, September 8, 1971. It is another rock and roll episode of colliding good kids and bad kids, students, falculty, police, and mysterious neighbors. 

 

 

Bumper Music Bring the Energy" by Soundroll @ uppbeat.io

Ending Music  "House on the Hill" by Weary Pines @ uppbeat.io

   
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Join novelist Laura Van Wormer as she introduces THE CLASS OF ’74, a serialized story inspired by her 50th high school reunion. The story begins in 1971 and follows the misadventures of teenagers in high school, ending with their graduation in 1974.

In this debut hello to listeners, Laura explains how seeing her baby-boomer classmates triggered the desire to entertain them with an ongoing story set in the time of their younger live...

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May 9, 2025 48 mins

This week, we dive into the 1971 mysteries surrounding Mrs. Watson's behavior, Victor Wronski's attack on Evan Whittaker, and Mrs. Schyler's devotion to her electric skillet.

 

Bumper Music:   "Bring the Energy" by Soundroll @ uppbeat.io

Ending Music  "Levitation" by Floor Model @ uppbeat.io

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Brighton High's got some problems brewing, but Cynthia's popularity is not one of them.

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May 17, 2025 51 mins

Cynthia and Mimi secretly watch The Dick Cavett Show; Cynthia's triumphant arrival at the second day of school is marred by suspicion and the alphabetizing of home room situates her between the “Black Cloud of the Family" (beautiful cheerleader Betsey Satterfield) and blonde Adonis, Clay Seton. 

Note: This is the complete version of Episode #5 which a technology glitch prevented  from fully loading. 

 

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May 23, 2025 52 mins

Cynthia's collection of admirers is growing by leaps and bounds, but she can't stand two of them, one is being investigated by the cops, the gorgeous guy she scarcely knows is of course her favorite, while the guy who is supposed to be her boyfriend is all beat up.

What else is going on? A locker goes missing; the curse of the Vietnam War,  Nixon's price controls, the 27 Club, Borgnine's Bar and Ashette's amazing closet adventure....

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In latest episode of The Class of 74, 16-year-old Chrissie Evert's doing great at Forest Hills, Evan's caught in a medical nightmare; Cynthia and Annabel get annoyed with each other's behavior; a medical summit is held in the Schyler's vegetable garden; inmates take hostages at Attica Prison; Professor Allerton turns on Clarke; the charm of Clay Seton continues; Katey thinks something very fishy is going on; and Cynthia is stunned ...

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June 7, 2025 42 mins

Cynthia is deeply shaken when she learns the scandalous past of a middleaged couple she enormously admired and feels isolated by her vow to keep their secrets. 

 

 

Written & Narrated by Laura Van Wormer

Produced by Ryann Robinson

ending music "Satanic Panic" by Weary Pines @ #Uppbeat.io

front & back bumper music "Bring the Energy" by Soundroll @ #Uppbeat.io

Episode Illustration is a 1956 photograph by Vivian Maier

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June 16, 2025 48 mins

Secrets unravel on Glen River Road after the Watsons' marriage blows up. The Schylers try to protect Mimi and Cynthia ends up being the most responsible adult.

 

 

Written and Narrated by Laura Van Wormer

Produced by Ryann Robinson

Ending Music: "Circle of Ghosts" by Soundroll @ Uppbeat.oi

Bumper Music: "Bring the Energy" by Soundroll @Uppbeat.oi

 

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June 22, 2025 47 mins

Cynthia plays air traffic controller as the Schylers' house reels from mood altering substances, confessions and would-be lovers.  

 

 

 

Written and Narrated by Laura Van Wormer

Produced by Ryann Robinson

Cover Art by chatgpt.com

Ending Music: “Homestretch” by Aaron Paul Low @ Uppbeat.oi

Bumper Music: "Bring the Energy" by Soundroll @Uppbeat.oi

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