Pod and Prejudice

Molly Burdick
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Nov 2, 2021 • 60min

Sense and Sensibility Chapters 37-38

THE TRUTH COMES OUT! Edward and Lucy's engagement is revealed to the world at long last, and Elinor FINALLY speaks her mind to Marianne. Topics discussed include sisterhood, second love, gay Edward, a call for Shrek fan art, ladies night with Mrs. Jennings, it's not you it's me.Study Questions: Topics discussed include Edward being disowned, sisterhood and shifting dynamics, the Economics of Dating in Jane Austen, Lucy's endgameFunniest Quote: "She listened to her praise of Lucy with only moving from one chair to another, and when Mrs. Jennings talked of Edward's affection, it cost her only a spasm in her throat."Questions moving forward: What is Lucy doing? Does she love Edward? Will we leave London now? Will the Willoughbys come back?Who wins the chapters? ElinorGlossary of Terms and Phrases:red gum (n): teethingsolicitude (n): care or concern for someone or somethingGlossary of People, Places, and Things: Ella Enchanted, Enchanted, BoJack Horseman, Revenge of the Sith, Shrek, Shrek 2, Kathy Bates, The House in the Cerulean SeaNext Episode: Chapters 39-41 of Vol. III Chapters 3-5Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios, transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon!Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216
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Oct 19, 2021 • 51min

Sense and Sensibility Chapters 35-36

IT'S OUR SECOND BIRTHDAY! We released our first episode on October 19, 2019. Absolutely bonkers that we've been doing this for two years. Thank you to ALL of you for joining us on this wild journey. We love you.These are Elinor's most savage chapters. Edward, Lucy, Elinor, and Marianne all end up in a room together, the Dashwoods go to a party, and we meet Robert Ferrars. We debate if Eddie is garbage or compost, discuss sports games, a cappella boys, and finance bros.Study Questions: Topics discussed include Lucy in London society, her interaction with Edward and Elinor, Robert Ferrars, second sons, Edward's family, and predictions for Lucy staying with Fanny.Funniest Quote: "Would they only have laughed at her about the Doctor! But so little were they, any more than the others, inclined to oblige her, that if Sir John dined from home, she might spend a whole day without hearing any other raillery on the subject, than what she was kind enough to bestow on herself."Questions Moving Forward: What's going to happen with the Steeles and Fanny? Will Eddie grow a spine? Where's Brandon?Who wins the chapters: Lucy Steele :(Glossary of Terms and Phrases:douceur (n): bribeGlossary of People, Places, and Things: Bill Nighy, Community, The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and VirtueNext Episode: Chapters 37-38Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios, transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon!Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216
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Oct 5, 2021 • 56min

Sense and Sensibility Chapters 32-34

Welcome to our new podcast, the Jennings Apologists Podcast. Marianne finds out the truth about Willoughby and doesn't take it well, everyone starts shipping Elinor and Colonel Brandon, and we meet Mrs. Ferrars. A mysterious man at the jewelers, the unfortunate return of John and Fanny Dashwood, and Eddie's pickle.Study Questions: Topics discussed include class, Lucy meeting Eddie's family, the Elinor/Brandon ship, Marianne's marriageability, and John and Fanny's return.Funniest Quote: "Elinor could have given her immediate relief by suggesting the possibility of its being Miss Morton’s mother, rather than her own, whom they were about to behold; but instead of doing that, she assured her, and with great sincerity, that she did pity her—to the utter amazement of Lucy, who, though really uncomfortable herself, hoped at least to be an object of irrepressible envy to Elinor."Questions Moving Forward: Where is Eddie? Who is the fashionable young man?Who Wins the Chapters? MarianneGlossary of Terms and Phrases:compunction (n): a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad.philippic (n): a bitter attack or denunciation, especially a verbal one.Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Sex and the City, The Lion King, The Emperor's New Groove, the Unsinkable Molly BrownNext Episode: Chapters 35-36Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios, transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon!Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216
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Sep 21, 2021 • 1h 6min

Sense and Sensibility Chapter 31

It's time to find out WHOMST! In this single chapter episode, Colonel Brandon reveals all about his own past and Willoughby's villainy. Topics discussed include the Brandon-Elinor ship, Colonel Brandon's storytelling, dueling, and Hugh Grant as the cast of Sense and Sensibility.Study Questions: Topics discussed include Brandon's love story, the Economics of Dating for Men in Jane Austen, the stakes in the story, ranting about Willoughby and what his transgressions mean for Marianne.Favorite quote: "He could say no more, and rising hastily walked for a few minutes about the room. Elinor, affected by his relation, and still more by his distress, could not speak. He saw her concern, and coming to her, took her hand, pressed it, and kissed it with grateful respect. A few minutes more of silent exertion enabled him to proceed with composure."Questions moving forward: Will we confront Willoughby? What's up with Eddie and Lucy?Who wins the chapter? Brandon, obviously.Glossary of Terms and Phrases: sponging house (n): a house usually maintained by a bailiff for keeping debtors to afford opportunity to come to terms with their creditorsGlossary of People, Places, and Things: brutal, I Dreamed a Dream, Hamilton, BridgertonNext Episode: Chapters 32-34 (or Volume II Chapters 10-12)Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios, transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon!Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216
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Sep 7, 2021 • 51min

Sense and Sensibility Chapters 29-30

We've got NEW MERCH! Check out our Whomst? desgin, created by Jess of @heartdecobk.Try to count how many times we say b*tt cr*ck in this episode...we can't help it when we're talking about men whose names start with W. In today's episode, we finally find out the truth about Marianne and Willoughby's relationship status. Topics discussed include sisterhood, gaslighting, remedies for a broken heart, The Economics of Dating in Jane Austen, colicky gout, and Elinor's emo moment.Final buttcrack count: 17Final BPM (Buttcracks Per Minute): .34Study Questions: Topics discussed include money problems, what the situation with Willoughby means for Colonel Brandon, the rumor mill, a comparison between Edward and Willoughby, oral contracts, and Elinor and Marianne’s relationship.Funniest quote: "She then went away, walking on tiptoe out of the room, as if she supposed her young friend’s affliction could be increased by noise."Questions moving forward: Willoughby? Brandon’s daughter?Who wins the chapters? Mrs. Jennings AND ElinorGlossary of Terms and Phrases: colicky (adj.): experiencing or denoting severe pain in the abdomen (colic) due to gas or intestinal obstruction.gout (n): a disease in which defective metabolism of uric acid causes arthritis.Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Gaslighter, Aladdin, Cinderella, the Office, finger trapsNext Episode: Chapter 31 (or Volume II Chapter 9)Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios, transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon!Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216
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Aug 24, 2021 • 56min

Sense and Sensibility Chapters 26-28

MEN? The Ghosting of Marianne Dashwood, or Elinor Dashwood is a Goddamn Liar: a new play about chapters 26-28 of Sense and Sensibility, in which we see Willoughby again and he does NOT live up to Marianne's expectations. Topics discussed include the return of Colonel Brandon, stanning Mrs. Jennings and modern plumbing, late-term ghosting, the WEATHER, and the horror version of Sense and Sensibility.Study Questions: Topics discussed include the shift to London, Willoughby's behavior, a theory about Eddie, Brandon's behavior, and how our heroines are processing their heartbreak.Funniest Quote: 'Mr. Palmer sauntered towards the Miss Dashwoods to express his surprise on seeing them in town, though Colonel Brandon had been first informed of their arrival at his house, and he had himself said something very droll on hearing that they were to come.“I thought you were both in Devonshire,” said he.“Did you?” replied Elinor.“When do you go back again?”“I do not know.” And thus ended their discourse.'Questions Moving Forward: Men? WTF is up with Eddie and Lucy? Who is the fashionable young lady? Why did Brandon leave Barton?Who wins the chapters? Colonel Brandon, for: "That he may he endeavor to deserve her."Glossary of Terms and Phrases:hartshorn (n): smelling saltsGlossary of People, Places, and Things: Dump their ass, Samuel French, Eternal SunshineNext Episode: Chapters 29-30Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios, transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon!Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216
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Aug 10, 2021 • 56min

Sense and Sensibility Chapters 23-25

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 ShowNext Episode: Chapters 26-28Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios, transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon!Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216
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Jul 27, 2021 • 1h 17min

Bridget Jones's Diary with Sequoia Simone

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 DiarySoundtrack of Bridget Jones's DiaryNext Episode: Sense and Sensibility Chapters 23-25Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios, transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon!Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216
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Jul 13, 2021 • 1h 7min

Sense and Sensibility Chapters 20-22

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, hairFunniest 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 / ElinorGlossary of Terms and Phrases:beaux (n): boyfriends, hot guysrectitude (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 ActuallyNext episode: Bridget Jones's Diary (available on Hulu and Prime)Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios, transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon!Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216
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Jun 29, 2021 • 2h 2min

Why She Wrote with Bonnets at Dawn

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 PotterCheck out our MERCH on Teepublic! We've got t-shirts, hoodies, notebooks, mugs, and more.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!Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and Prejudice

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