Little Women Podcast

By Niina Pekantytär

Little Women Podcast is an ongoing series of video essays, articles and podcast episodes that examines the intersections in Louisa May Alcott´s Little Women.

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Little Women Podcast episodes:

July 14, 2023 S4 E17 How Friedrich Helps Jo To Become A Writer (Chapter Friend With Christina Scott)
In Little Women, before Jo goes to New York, she publishes her first novel, which becomes a complete flop. This has never been adapted. After Jo has published her first, flop novel, she says to herself that she wishes she would have an "unbiased" person to help her with her writings. Another moment in Little Women, where we can see that Louisa May Alcott planned Friedrich's character very early on to be both Jo's love interest and the person who helps her to reach her full potential as a writer.

Join Christine and I when we analyze the chapter "Friend".

I am joined by Christina Scott. Christina is the wonderful host of the https://www.tumblr.com/joandfriedrich blog
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47min
June 22, 2023 S4 E16 Jo and Friedrich Enter The Symposium (Chapter Friend) With Christina Scott
You can't believe how many Little Women fans I know and who have told me that the "Symposium" is their favorite part in Little Women! and guess what Symposium has never been adapted (not fully anyway). Christina and I of course love the symposium and were are here to talk about it. In Little Women, chapter "Friend" Jo enters a symposium with Friedrich. There is a philosophical debate about religion which agitates Jo a great deal but Friedrich becames her guiding light.

I swear to you, this has always been the moment in the book where I personally believe that Jo began to fall in love with him, even if she didn't realize it herself yet.

Join us to analyze this breathtakingly beautiful chapter.

I am joined by Christina Scott. Christina is the wonderful host of the https://www.tumblr.com/joandfriedrich blog
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52min
June 09, 2023 S4 E15 Jo March, Sensational Writer, Underpaid and Disposable (Chapter "Friend" With Christina Scott)
One of the things that never stops bothering me regarding Little Women, is the constant misrepresentation of chapter "Friend". In this chapter Jo is staying in New York and she is working for a sensational magazine called "Weekly Volcano". There are people who say that this makes Jo a "feminist" and that Friedrich is a "horrible person" because he doesn't like sensational stories. Nothing could be further from the truth. In the chapter, Jo calls these sensational stories "trash". She doesn't get a long with the editor who calls Jo a "disposable hack" and to top of this all Jo begins to get panic attacks caused by the stories she is writing. She is also being paid under minimum weight. People who hate Friedrich in this chapter should get their head checked, and also the name of the chapter is "Friend" for a reason.

I am joined by Christina Scott. Christina is the wonderful host of the https://www.tumblr.com/joandfriedrich blog

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44min
May 25, 2023 S4 E14 Jo March and Sensational Writing (Chapter Friend With Christina Scott)
Chapter Friend is one of the most misadapted chapters in Little Women. This is the chapter where Jo is in New York and she begins to write sensational stories to a magazine called Weekly Volcano. Jo gets anxiety and even a mental breakdown with this work. Friedrich helps her to get out of this dark place. Unfortunately, majority of Little Women adaptations play it in a way "Jo is a feminist when she writes and Friedrich is a terrible person" when in reality Jo calls these stories "trash" and Friedrich never critices Jo's writing. He encourages her to find her voice as a writer.

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35min
April 20, 2023 S4 E13 Religious Landscape Of Little Men (With Annabelle)
This time Annabelle and myself are discussing about religion in Louisa May Alcott's novels and counting all the transcendentalist references in chapter "Sunday". Transcanscentalism was a nature-centric form of Christianity. A philosophy that Alcott practiced her entire life. In Little Men Nat sees a beautiful painting of Jesus and children. The frame is made of moss and pine cones, which intrigues him.
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31min
April 06, 2023 S4 E12 Plumfield The Children's Paradise (With Annabelle)
In this episode, my guest Annabelle continues our discussion of Little Men and the chapter "Sunday". Little Men is the direct sequel to Little Women. In this book, we meet many of Jo's and Friedrich's students and get to see how they run their school together. Wild boy Tommy Banks shows the new kid Nat around the school explaining things. In her diaries, Louisa wrote about her desire to start a school and we can see many of her own educational ideas in Plumfield. Annabelle and I are also discussing about Alcott's views on religion and her love for nature.

Do you have experience reading Little Men? you can send me your experiences at [email protected]

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48min
March 23, 2023 S4 E11 Little Men and Tender Parenthood (With AnnaBelle)
In this episode, my guest Annabelle and I dive into the world of Little Men. Little Men is the direct sequel to Little Women. We are introduced to a bunch of new characters and meet the old ones. Annabelle and I are reading and analyzing the chapter "Sunday". In this chapter Jo and Friedrich get a new student. He is an orphan boy called Nat and he is looking for a place to belong. Annabelle is here to talk to us about tender parenting in Little Men, and we are reflecting on our youth and childhood and the impact that this book has had on our lives.

Do you have experience reading Little Men? you can send me your experiences at [email protected]

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48min
March 10, 2023 S4 E10 Heroine's Journey With Jo March And Anne Shirley Pt 2 (With Star)
My guest Star is here to talk to us about Heroine's Journey and we are discussing the heroine's journey in Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables and Jo's heroine's journey in Little Women. I was told that Gilbert's proposal to Anne in the 80s AOGG is almost exactly the same as Laurie's proposal to Jo in 1933 Little Women. Of course, I had to check if this was true and I have recorded these two proposals and mine and Star's reactions. It is an interesting detail and I think it might be one of the reasons why so many people somehow link Anne and Gil and Jo and Laurie together. Oh Hollywood what do you do to us?

What an amazing episode! My guest Star is here to talk to us about the "heroine's journey". The heroine's journey came about in 1990 when Maureen Murdock, a Jungianpsychotherapist and a student of Joseph Campbell, published a self-help book called The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness.

Star has been studying the heroine's journey through characters such as Jo March from Little Women and Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables.
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45min
February 23, 2023 S4 E9 The Heroine's Journey With Jo March and Anne Shirley (With Star)
My guest Star is here to talk to us about Heroine's Journey and we are discussing the heroine's journey in Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables and Jo's heroine's journey in Little Women. I was told that Gilbert's proposal to Anne in the 80s AOGG is almost exactly the same as Laurie's proposal to Jo in 1933 Little Women. Of course, I had to check if this was true and I have recorded these two proposals and mine and Star's reactions. It is an interesting detail and I think it might be one of the reasons why so many people somehow link Anne and Gil and Jo and Laurie together. Oh Hollywood what do you do to us?

What an amazing episode! My guest Star is here to talk to us about the "heroine's journey". The heroine's journey came about in 1990 when Maureen Murdock, a Jungianpsychotherapist and a student of Joseph Campbell, published a self-help book called The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness.

Star has been studying the heroine's journey through characters such as Jo March from Little Women and Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables.
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40min
February 09, 2023 S4 E8 Laurie Makes Mischief Part 2 With Kymberly East
Kymberly and I continue our analysis on the chapter "Laurie makes mischief and Jo makes peace". In this chapter Laurie sends love notes to Meg pretending to be his tutor John Brooke, and he thinks it is a harmless prank, which it is not. Kymberly and I are also discussing Laurie's development in the book series and his character arc and Marmee's influence on both him and the girls. Enjoy!
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58min

FAQs about Little Women Podcast:

How many episodes does Little Women Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 107 episodes available.