Jane Austen Culture Night

A little something different today! This is a collection of all of the Ads from season 1: Pride and Prejudice. We'll be back with a full episode next week. Thanks for your patience! 

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Captain Wentworth is in Bath! Everyone goes to a concert. Mr. Elliot can’t stop talking to Anne and gives a sort of proposal. Wentworth gets cranky.

Also HAPPY BIRTHDAY AKINA!

SPOILERS for Fleishman is in Trouble

What we’re reading/watching/listening to: Fleishman is in Trouble, If Books Could Kill Podcast,  An Immense World by Ed Yong

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Anne visits an old school friend that, surprise, her family disapproves of. Admiral Croft complains about a painting. Mary gives us the gossip from Lyme, and Ms. Rook gives us the gossip from the Real Housewives of Bath.

We get a little existential with a talk about how losing your faith affects your outlook on life and death.

What we’re reading/watching/listening to: Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell, Horse by Geraldine Brooks

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Elizabeth and Sir Walter give Anne a tour of the house in Bath. Mr. Elliot comes to visit and charms the whole family. Distant cousins of noble rank cause a stir in the Elliot household. Sir Walter’s favorite hobby is people watching and counting how many beautiful faces he sees.

What we’re reading/watching/listening to: The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb, Either/Or by Elif Batuman, When we Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut, Annie Ernaux, Sister Wives

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Jane stays with Lady Russel. Louisa is still on the mend. We get to visit Kellynch Hall and spend some time with the Crofts and then have Christmas at Uppercross before heading to Bath!

Tangents include: Family gatherings, dissociation, anti-abortion protests, English naval recruitment practices and other boat stuff, Taylor Swift drama

What we’re reading/watching/listening to: Happening by Annie Ernaux, Bel Canto by Ann Patchett, 1999 Forever, Zelda: Breath of the Wild,

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We’re off to the seaside! Time for a vacation in Lyme where there will be a mysterious stranger, sad poets, stolen glances, and tragic accidents. Anne makes new friends and gets a book club buddy.

Tangents include: The feminine gaze, playlists, and problematic favs 

What we’re reading/watching/listening to: Twitter, When we Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut, The Great British Baking Show, Duolingo

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Laurel talks with guest Cathlene Bell about The Lizzy Bennet Diaries, a 2012 web series adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. In this episode we talk about shared upbringings in the Unification church, personal connections to the material, gush about the amazing cast, and count down our top five episodes. Come fan-girl/boy/person with us!

Check out Cathlene’s podcast: Create Imperfect Anyway

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Happy Winter Solstice and Merry Holidays!

In this week’s chapters: there are so many people named Charles. There’s a rival for Henrieta’s affections. Awkward conversations with Anne and Wentworth. Wentworth saves Anne from a rowdy nephew. Everyone goes for a walk. Eavesdropping, mixed signals, and reconciliations occur. Captain Wentworth is obsessed with a nut.

Tangents include memories of matching workshops, personality types, lies of the self-help industry. We also would like your help to manifest a Lilith Fair documentary.

My dog has a lot of opinions in this episode as well.

What we’re reading/watching/listening to: Sister Wives, Taylor Swift, The Sentence by Louise Erdrich, You’re Wrong About- Flight 571: Survival in the Andes with Clair Braverman

Tea!- Celestial Seasonings Bengal Spice Tea, Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Spice Rooibos

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Captain Wentworth has visited Uppercross and the family is smitten. Mary’s son Charles has an unfortunate accident and Anne is left to nurse him while the parents go to the party at Uppercross.

Anne can’t escape Wentworth forever though. He has opinions about Women on ships. 

We geek out about maps, history, and world war 2 movies.

What we’re reading/watching/listening to: Midnights by Taylor Swift, Chouette by Claire Oshetsky, The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

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Admiral and Mrs. Croft comes to check out Kellynch Hall. Sir Walter, Elizabeth, and Mrs. Clay head to Bath, while Anne goes to stay with her sister Mary. Anne is the on-call therapist at Uppercross. Mary is the most. We find out that Captain Wentworth will soon by visiting.

Akina and I go on a bit of a tangent about turning 40, getting married young, and how weird it is to have two anniversaries.

What we’re reading/watching/listening to: Severance, Under the Banner of Heaven, The Idiot by Elif Batuman

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