Antique Tea

In which we see how Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Lord Byron meet their ends in some exceptionally surprising ways.

Editor's note: we recorded this with a new setup very late at night so the audio is not quite where we like it to be. Apology for sporadic clicks, hisses, and occasional loss of lucidity on the part of your hosts. 

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In which Jason takes the lead and reviews three very different movies about Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley... and breakout star Lady Caroline Lamb. There will be big eighties hair, young Laura Dern, and some extremely ill-advised makeup decisions.

We'll be back next week with the conclusion to our Young Romantics series!

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The penultimate episode in our Young Romantics series, in which Erica misremembers the name of a classic nineties movie, Jason gets really mad, and we have three funerals and a wedding.

Content warning: suicide. If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts, call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 800-273-8255.

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Byron's got a lot of secrets in his closet. Incest, a goose, and a bunch of Methodists... And we wonder why his relationships never lasted!

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Big thanks to Mark T for being our resident Brit and to Fiona MacCarthy for writing such an awesome Byron bio.

A dashing poet, a bear that sits college exams, and lots of sex - meet Lord Byron! And Lady Caroline Lamb. If we forget to mention her, she might kill us, or at least burn our stuff.

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This is the true story of a probable throuple picked to live in several houses, travel together and have their lives written about endlessly in letters — to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting... Romantic?

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Is Percy Bysshe a kook or a cult leader? The sighs may be edited out, but the eyerolls remain.

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In which we discover just what a delightful (?) shitshow Percy Bysshe Shelley is, and how much trouble he can get into before he even graduates from college.

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If you have some good historical goss you'd like to suggest for a future episode, or some tea you'd like to spill as a guest host, email us at [email protected].

In which we lay out what the heck Antique Tea is supposed to be, anyway, and introduce you to our first series - The Young Romantics.

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Have a suggestion for some good historical gossip, or some tea you'd like to spill as a guest? Email us at [email protected].