Actually Obsessed

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Actually Obsessed episodes

October 08 Austenland: More Mormon Austen!
Amanda and Sarah are BACK and delighted to discuss "Austenland"! Topics discussed include: this being the most critically acclaimed movie that Stephenie Meyer has ever been involved in, the Mormon obsession with Mr. Darcy and all things Austen, the incredible casting for this film, the magnetic sexual appeal of J.J. Fields as fake Darcy, and so much more!

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1 hr 42 min
October 01 Pride and Prejudice: A Latter Day Comedy
Amanda and Sarah are BACK and ready to discuss 2003's "Pride and Prejudice: A Latter Day Comedy"! Topics discussed include: why this Mormon Pride and Prejudice adaptation is never explicitly Mormon, the soothing, glorious aesthetic of 2003, Lydia and Kitty supremacy, the absolute idiocy of this Lizzie, how the publishing industry works, and so much more!

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1 hr 44 min
September 24 Persuasion 2022: All Agony, No Hope
Amanda and Sarah are BACK and steeling themselves to discuss 2022's Persuasion starring Dakota Johnson! Topics discussed include: the ladies doing mental acrobatics trying to find anything positive to say about this film, what the filmmakers were actually trying to achieve in this adaptation, a list of the worst pieces of dialogue, a dissection of Dakota's modern makeup, and so much more!

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1 hr 55 min
September 10 Persuasion: 1995!
Amanda and Sarah are BACK and delighted to discuss the 1995 adaptation of "Persuasion"! Topics discussed include: what an absolute hottie Captain Wentworth is, how confusing it is to have a good guy with a "W" name, how Anne truly has the hardest life, the hilarity of Anne's family, and so much more!

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1 hr 47 min
September 03 Mansfield Park: 1999!
Amanda and Sarah are BACK ready to discuss the 1999 adaptation of "Mansfield Park"! Topics discussed include: whether Mansfield Park is actually the bad place, the incredibly devious Crawford brother-sister duo, Fanny's personality transplant, the slavery of it all, how terrifying having sex for the first time must have been in the 1800s, and so much more!

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1 hr 31 min
August 20 Northanger Abbey: the 2007 version!
Amanda and Sarah are BACK and delighted to discuss the 2007 film adaptation of Northanger Abbey! Topics discussed include: a 1987 version that Prime tried to gaslight Sarah into watching, how strange this is tonally when considered with the rest of Austen's work, how much Catherine loves to walk and read fanfiction, the dangers of being in any kind of vehicle with a man, and so much more!

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1 hr 43 min
August 13 Sense and Sensibility: tales of the yarn braid
Amanda and Sarah are BACK and so excited to discuss the film adaptation of "Sense and Sensibility." Topics discussed include: the horrifying age gap between Alan Rickman and Kate Winslet in this film, how Willoughby differs from other Austen villains, how far Marianne actually went with Willoughby behind closed doors, Emma Thompson's absolute supremacy in all things, the torture that this film wrought upon Sarah's parents, and so much more!

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2 hr 7 min
August 06 Emma: 1996!
Amanda and Sarah are BACK and delighted to talk about 1996's adaptation of "Emma." Topics discussed include: the world's love/hate relationship with Gwyneth Paltrow, the insane hotness of Jeremy Northam as Mr. Knightley, Ewan McGregor's camp performance as Frank Churchill, and so much more!
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1 hr 47 min
July 30 Emma: 2020!
Amanda and Sarah are BACK and delighted to chat about the 2020 adaptation of "Emma"! Topics discussed include: why Emma is their favorite Jane Austen protagonist, Mia Goth's delightful aura, Anya Taylor-Joy's filmography, advice on how to process negative emotions surrounding The Odyssey, and so much more!

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1 hr 48 min
July 23 Clueless: A Blast from March 2026
This is episode was originally uploaded in March 2026 and we had to bring it back for Jane Austen Summer! We do actually talk about Emma!

Amanda and Sarah are BACK to discuss a movie that radicalized them both: Clueless! Topics discussed include: how much the ladies miss this era of book-to-film adaptations, the sartorial perfection of Cher Horowitz and their favorite looks, their favorite Cher-isms, how dreamy Paul Rudd is, how bad their gaydar is, and so much more!
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2 hr