Stay ConnectedBecca has read all of Jane Austen's work. Molly literally does not know who Mrs. Bennet is. Together, they venture into Austen's world of romance, biting satire, and class struggles. Like Austen? Interested in a modern take? This is the podcast for you!
Produced by Molly Burdick
Audio production by Graham Cook
Show art by Torrence Browne
Transcriptions provided by SpeechDocs
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The tea is SPILLED in these chapters. Is this Mean Girls? Is this the CW? Elinor gets in her feelings, she and Lucy have a little chat, and the Dashwoods receive an invitation.
Study Questions: Topics discussed include Elinor's response to the Eddie situation, the patriarchy, Lucy's game, and London predictions.
Funniest quote: “Oh,” cried Miss Steele, looking significantly round at them, “I dare say Lucy’s beau is quite as modest and pretty behaved as Miss Dashwood’s.”
Questions moving forward: Will we see Brandon and Willoughby in London? Is Lucy in it for the money?
Who wins the chapters? Mrs. Jennings!
Glossary of Terms and Phrases:
coxcomb (n): a vain and conceited man, a dandy.
filigree (n): ornamental work of fine (typically gold or silver) wire formed into delicate tracery.
Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Mean Girls, The Notebook, The Great British Baking Show
Next Episode: Chapters 26-28
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We're joined today by Sequoia Simone (@sassquoia) to talk about the much awaited Bridget Jones's Diary, starring Renée Zellweger's British accent and the cast of Harry Potter. Topics discussed include aspects of the film that didn't age well, similarities and differences between this loose adaptation and the source material, and Colin Firth.
To hear more of Sequoia's work, check out Fanatical Fics and Where to Find Them and But Make It Scary. If you want to hear Becca and Molly turn Bridget Jones into a scary movie, check out THIS EPISODE!
Cast and Crew of Bridget Jones's Diary
Soundtrack of Bridget Jones's Diary
Next Episode: Sense and Sensibility Chapters 23-25
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It's all coming together! The day has finally come. Molly has made an ACCURATE PREDICTION! In today's episode, we discuss the Palmers' relationship, we meet Anne and Lucy Steele, and find out--record scratch--EDWARD HAS A SIDE CHICK???? Highlights include regency throuples, Insincerity and Ignorance: the Lost Austen Novel, Elinor being the most relatable character ever, and the origin of the hair.
Study Questions: topics discussed include the Palmers, the Steeles vs. the Dashwoods, the Economics of Dating in Jane Austen TM, the Plot Twiste and Edward's character, hair
Funniest Quote: “John is in such spirits today!” said she, on his taking Miss Steeles’s pocket handkerchief, and throwing it out of window— “He is full of monkey tricks.”
And soon afterwards, on the second boy’s violently pinching one of the same lady’s fingers, she fondly observed, “How playful William is!”
Who wins the chapters? Mrs. Palmer / Elinor
Glossary of Terms and Phrases:
beaux (n): boyfriends, hot guys
rectitude (n): morally correct behavior or thinking; righteousness.
assiduities (n): constant or close attention to what one is doing.
Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Avatar: The Last Airbender, A Wrinkle in Time, The Lego Movie, Love Actually
Next episode: Bridget Jones's Diary (available on Hulu and Prime)
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It's a big one today! Today we're joined by Hannah K. Chapman and Lauren Burke of Bonnets at Dawn to discuss their book, Why She Wrote: A Graphic History of the Lives, Inspiration, and Influence Behind the Pens of Classic Women Writers.
Why She Wrote is a collection of comics and essays detailing the lives of 18 women writers, and is illustrated by Kaley Bales. For more of Hannah and Lauren, check out their podcast, Bonnets at Dawn, which focuses on the lives of women writers from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
Purchase Why She Wrote here, or on bookshop.org. Or better yet, go to your favorite independent bookstore! Bonnets at Dawn is on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
Glossary of People, Places, and Things (Fanny Brice, Funny Girl, Little Women, Silas Marner, Gentleman Jack (Book), Becoming Jane, Helen McCrory, Frances Burney Letter, Kate Hamill, Glass Town, Becoming Sui Sin Far, Take Courage, Miss Potter
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In chapters 18 and 19, Eddie continues to be awkward, there's more weird hair exchanges, and we meet the Palmers. Highlights include Eddie's Fanny tattoo, Elinor's thirst trap moment, "something or other on a horse," a Sense and Sensibility drinking game, Molly's fifth grade art project, and our dream casting for the Palmers.
Study Questions: Topics discussed include the great hair debaucle, why Eddie's being weird, Elinor's response to Sad Eddie, the Palmers, and what's going to happen at dinner.
Funniest quote: “Oh! dear, how beautiful these are! Well! how delightful! Do but look, mama, how sweet! I declare they are quite charming; I could look at them for ever.” And then sitting down again, she very soon forgot that there were any such things in the room.
Questions moving forward: What's up with the hair? What's up with Eddie?
Who wins the chapters? Elinor's spicy awakening
Glossary of Terms and Phrases:
cheugy (adj.): a pejorative to describe lifestyle trends associated with the early 2010s and millennials.
columella (n): We don't know. We just don't.
Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Newt Scamander, Ben Wyatt, Written in the Stars (gay P+P), New Girl, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, The Cherry Orchard
Next episode: Why She Wrote by Lauren Burke and Hannah Chapman, followed by S+S chapters 20-22
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Pick up your books and let's get started! Marianne wallows, Eddie returns and is super weird about it. Highlights include dead leaves and Becca's weird fantasies. Molly makes some wacky predictions.
Study Questions: Molly learns the truth about some of her theories. Other topics include Marianne's mourning, Eddie's coldness, wealth and happiness, and family dynamics.
Funniest Quote: “It is not every one who has your passion for dead leaves.”
Questions Moving Forward: What's up with Eddie? Where's Willoughby? Are all of these events connected? What's HAPPENING?
Who wins the chapters? Margaret
Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Twilight, Buffy, Veronica Mars, New Girl, Someone Like You, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Next episode: Chapters 18-19
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Molly might like Sense and Sensibility more than she liked Pride and Prejudice...SOMETHING IS AFOOT in these chapters. Colonel Brandon and Willoughby BOTH mysteriously depart for London, and we're left wondering if Marianne and Willoughby are engaged or not.
Study Questions: Topics discussed include the great Brandon disappearance, Marianne's visit to Allenham, Willoughby's financial situation, Colonel Brandon's family history, the great Willoughby exit.
Funniest quote: "I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety."
Questions moving forward: WHOMST? What has drawn Brandon/Willoughby away? Did Willoughby and Marianne break up?
Who wins the chapters? Elinor
Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Booksmart, The Notebook, The Wedding Singer, Serendipity, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Next episode: Chapters 16-17
Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios, transcripts, and merch, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon!
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PARKS AND REC SPOILERS at 48:14-48:45.
Diving into chapters 10-12 of Sense and Sensibility, we discuss why Jane Austen is one of the most prolific romance writers of all time, Willoughby and Marianne's whirlwind romance, Elinor and Colonel Brandon's friendship, and Brandon's dramatic past. Highlights include: Molly's new CROOSH, horse girls, locks of hair as gifts, and Colonel Brandon's first name.
Study Questions: topics discussed include the Maroughby flirtation and Elinor's response to it, Willoughby vs. Brandon, second attachments and people's opinions on love, Brandon's past, predictions for the picnic.
Funniest Quote: “Take care, Margaret. It may be only the hair of some great uncle of his.”
Questions moving forward: WHOMST?
Who wins the chapters? Colonel Brandon
Glossary of Terms and Phrases:
Apophasis: a rhetorical device wherein the speaker or writer brings up a subject by either denying it, or denying that it should be brought up.
Sagacity (n): foresight, discernment, or keen perception.
Stiled (v): we're guessing this is an old-timey spelling of "styled."
Temporal (adj): relating to time
Glossary of People, Places, and Things: That's What I'm Tolkein About, I Wanna Know What Love Is, Six, Olive Garden, The Big Bang Theory, Mary Berry, Queen Mab, Crazy Stupid Love
Next episode: Chapters 13-15
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In today's episode covering chapters 7-9, we get to know the Middletons and meet Mrs. Jennings and Colonel Brandon. Colonel Brandon gets a crush on Marianne. Marianne takes a spill and is rescued by someone named Willoughby. Additional topics discussed include cold meat, proper ages for marriage, skinny jeans and side parts, haunted house??????, rain in NYC, and DOGS.
Study Questions: Topics discussed include Colonel Brandon and his age difference with Marianne, what's going on with Eddie, Willoughby and teams Brandianne/Maroughby/Brandoughby.
Funniest quote: "She only had two daughters, both of whom she had lived to see respectably married, and she had now therefore nothing to do but to marry all the rest of the world."
Questions moving forward: Dinner on Thursday, is Eddie coming back?
Who wins the chapters? Mrs. Jennings
Glossary of Terms and Phrases:
Jointure (n): settled with an estate rather than a dowry
Pointer (n): a buff and pointy dog
Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Dawson's Creek, Haunting of Hill House
Next episode: Chapters 10-12
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Diving back into Sense and Sensibility, chapters 4-6! We numerate Eddie's merits and flaws, the Dashwoods receive an invitation to Barton Cottage, and we travel to the sea! Topics discussed include the economics of dating in Jane Austen, Elinor's self-esteem, cousin adultery (!?), the Dashwoods as the Roses, Russian luggage customs, coastal Connecticut.
Study Questions: Team Elward, the sisters' dynamic, seaside vibes, the newfound poverty of the Dashwoods, dinner predictions
Funniest Quote: "As a house, Barton Cottage, though small, was comfortable and compact. But as a cottage, it was defective, for the building was regular, the roof was tiled, the window shutters were not painted green, nor were the walls covered with honeysuckles."
Questions Moving Forward: What's going to happen at dinner? Is this the last of Fanny and John? What about the servants?
Who wins the chapters? Marianne
Glossary of Terms and Phrases:
Approbation (n): approval or praise
Incommode (v): inconvenience
Shew (v): showed/show
Wicket (n): a small door or gate
Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Emma Thompson, Hayley Atwell, Schitt's Creek, The Cherry Orchard, Warwick Davis, Shell Cottage, The L Word
Next episode: Chapters 7-9
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