Shaun Hautly

Hardy and Sons

Arts EN ↓ 147 episodes

A Chapter By Chapter review of the book series The Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon. New Episodes every Monday!

Author

Shaun Hautly

Category

Arts

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Latest episode

Jun 19, 2026

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Episodes

B2C18: Coast Guard Action 15.10.2019

Friends have fake drama and the coast guard flexes.

B2C17: Hostages 07.10.2019

While hiding, he family bonds over their rich history of poor decision making.

B2C16: Quick Work 30.09.2019

The Hardy family does not work quickly.

B2C15: Dire Threats 23.09.2019

The boys deal with threats from morally conflicted smugglers.

B2C14: Captured 16.09.2019

The boys get captured. Obviously.

B2C13: A Startling Discovery 09.09.2019

The boys struggle to breath and make poor decisions and assumptions.

B2C12: The Secret Passage 02.09.2019

The boys sneak around, unclothed. In general, Joe struggles.

B2C11: Cliff Watchers 26.08.2019

The boys watch a cliff and have a picnic on a boat.

Book 2: Halfway Point Summary 19.08.2019

After reading the first ten chapters, we summarize so you can catch up if you don't have time to listen to ALL the previous episodes.

B2C10: A Watery Tunnel 12.08.2019

Tony Prito steals a boat and the boys seemingly teleport to another dimension inside a rock.

B2C9: Plan of Attack 05.08.2019

The boys fail to make a plan of attack.

B2C8: A Cap on a Peg 29.07.2019

The boys and their mother make some bad decisions and then things get weird in Pleasantville.

B2C7: The Hidden Trail 22.07.2019

This is the chapter that ought to have been called Pretzel Pete. We finally meet the man. Then the boys find part of a towel.

B2C6: The Strange Message 15.07.2019

The boys struggle to read between the lines after quickly giving up on a chase.

B2C5: Pretzel Pete 08.07.2019

Pretzel Pete gets mentioned. That's it. He's not actually in this chapter in any way.

B2C4: The Rescue 01.07.2019

The boys race each other to save a guy from drowning and then get sensual with his revival near a farmer.

B2C3: Landslide! 24.06.2019

The Boys avoid catastrophe and somehow Chet doesn't puncture his spleen.

B2C2: Thief at Work 17.06.2019

With reckless abandon, the boys pursue a criminal. They worry about their telescope.

B2C1: Spying by Telescope 10.06.2019

The Boys are Back! A new adventure starts with too much responsibility and a fetish for optics.

Embarrassment, $900, and a Cooky: Version Comparison (Part 6 of 6) 27.05.2019

In the season finale, we finish our comparison of the old and new versions and get ready for season two!

They Added Hobo Johnny: Version Comparison (Part 5) 20.05.2019

Rounding the corner on the action of the story, we learn about what the new authors thought was "missing" from the original books. That includes hobo attacks, diaries, and a cooky.

Italian Racism: Version Comparison (Part 4) 14.05.2019

This is the moment for which we've been waiting. This is the rumors all coming true. This is the reason the books were rewritten. This is our history, recorded in a children's book.

We're All Flawed People: Version Comparison (Part 3) 06.05.2019

We get to know the younger, more selfish version of the boys a bit more. As well as their flawed, authentic father.

How Old are Old People? Version Comparison 29.04.2019

David and Shaun discuss the difference between the original 1929 version and the 1959 rewrite of The Tower Treasure. We speculate about what it was like in 1929.

New and Old: Comparing the Versions (Part 1) 15.04.2019

The books were rewritten in 1959 for a handful of reasons. Too violent, racist, and degenerate. So we got our hands on an original and we're comparing the two!

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