Pod and Prejudice

Join us for the first half of the third episode of the 1995 BBC Pride and Prejudice starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle, with our guest, Mike Schubert (@schubes17)!Topics discussed include Marrying Mr. Darcy, Alan Tudyk, Lord of the Rings, Mr. Bennet as Bernie, Mary as Jerry in Parks and Rec, Mary DJing the high school dance, British pronunciations, and eyebrow acting.If you want to check out Mike's other podcasts, you can hear him on Potterless, Horse, and Meddling Adults. He's a member of Multitude Productions, whose work you can find at multitude.productions.Support for Pod and Prejudices comes from Well Read Company. Go to their website at www.wellreadcompany.com and use our code 10PODANDPREJUDICE21 for 10% off your order for the whole month of June.Support for Pod and Prejudice also comes from Snacklins. Go to their website at www.snacklins.com and use our code PODANDPREJUDICE20 for 20% off your first order.EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT! We have MERCH now! We're selling t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, phone cases, masks, and more over on teepublic.com. And we're having an opening SALE! Everything is 35% off through 6/18. So get your Pod and Prejudice merch today! The full link looks like this: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216Want to keep up with us between episodes?Website: podandprejudice.comTwitter: @podandprejudiceInstagram: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceTo support us, check out our Patreon, buy some STICKERS on our brand new merch page, or just leave us a rating and review wherever you listen to podcasts!

This week we're discussing the second half of Episode 2 of the 1995 BBC Pride and Prejudice with Evan Tess Murray (@evantessuraea)! Topics discussed include some barefoot guy that went to school with Becca and Molly, dancing as a metaphor for sex, the "Let's Embarrass Lizzy" party, the neg proposal, scheming Charlotte, and David Bamber.Cast and Crew of Pride and PrejudiceIf you want to hear more of Evan's work, check out their podcasts at @needsanamepod and @lightheartspod.Support for Pod and Prejudices comes from Well Read Company. Go to their website at www.wellreadcompany.com and use our code 10PODANDPREJUDICE21 for 10% off your order for the whole month of June.Support for Pod and Prejudice also comes from Snacklins. Go to their website at www.snacklins.com and use our code PODANDPREJUDICE20 for 20% off your first order.EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT! We have MERCH now! We're selling t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, phone cases, masks, and more over on teepublic.com. So get your Pod and Prejudice merch today! The full link looks like this: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216More info and transcripts are available on our website:podandprejudice.comWant to support us? Check out our Patreon:patreon.com/podandprejudiceTo keep up with us between episodes, follow us on social media:Twitter: @podandprejudiceInstagram: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and Prejudice

Today, we're discussing the first half of Episode 2 of the 1995 BBC version of Pride and Prejudice with Evan Tess Murray (@evantessuraea)! Highlights include Thirsty Mary, the invention of negging, quoits, Coraline by Neil Gaiman, Gay Wickham and Bisexual Denny, a Frozen moment, and Molly x2.Cast and crew of Pride and PrejudiceIf you want to hear more of Evan's work, check out their podcasts at @needsanamepod and @lightheartspod.Support for Pod and Prejudices comes from Well Read Company. Go to their website at www.wellreadcompany.com and use our code 10PODANDPREJUDICE21 for 10% off your order for the whole month of June.Support for Pod and Prejudice also comes from Snacklins. Go to their website at www.snacklins.com and use our code PODANDPREJUDICE20 for 20% off your first order.EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT! We have MERCH now! We're selling t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, phone cases, masks, and more over on teepublic.com. So get your Pod and Prejudice merch today! The full link looks like this: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216More info and transcripts are available on our website: podandprejudice.comWant to support us? Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/podandprejudiceTo keep up with us between episodes, follow us on social media:Twitter: @podandprejudiceInstagram: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and Prejudice

It's BBC Masterpiece time, y'all! In this episode, we're discussing Episode 1 of the 1995 BBC Masterpiece version of Pride and Prejudice with our very first guest, Caroline Mincks (@saucymincks). Highlights include Becca's great grandfather's bear adventures, the characters of P+P as potatoes, Austenland, our girl Duckface, Lizzy and Darcy's podcast, and the symbolism of playing pool alone.To hear more of Caroline's work, check out This Planet Needs a Name, Scary Stories for Modern Minds, Light Hearts, Hughes and Mincks, Empty the Queues, and Seen and Not Heard.Cast and Crew of Pride and PrejudiceSupport for Pod and Prejudices comes from Well Read Company. Go to their website at www.wellreadcompany.com and use our code 10PODANDPREJUDICE21 for 10% off your order for the whole month of June.Support for Pod and Prejudice also comes from Snacklins. Go to their website at www.snacklins.com and use our code PODANDPREJUDICE20 for 20% off your first order.EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT! We have MERCH now! We're selling t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, phone cases, masks, and more over on teepublic.com. So get your Pod and Prejudice merch today! The full link looks like this: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216Want to keep up with the show between episodes?Website: podandprejudice.comTwitter: @podandprejudiceInstagram: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceWant to support us? Check us out on Patreon!

Chapter 17: Lizzy and Darcy go public. Highlights include the difference between human and dog kisses, Darcy's landscaping, wingman Bingley, is Kitty sick?, and Darcy's height.Chapter 18: Lizzy and Darcy talk about their feelings some more. Lizzy writes a letter to Mrs. Gardiner. Highlights include Lady Catherine's lack of social awareness, Lizzy tearing Caroline apart, Daddy Bennet's reply to Collins, and Charlotte leaving bad vibes behind.Chapter 19: Where are they now? Highlights include a first person narrator, Litty Kitty, justice for Mary, Jane and Bingley trying to kick Lickham out, and Georgie and Darcy learning to be more fun.Study Questions: Topics discussed include why this is one of the most enduring love stories of all time, how Austen created the bond between Lizzy and Darcy, how elements of the book aged poorly, the fact that Jane Austen was a wealthy white woman, our favorite/least favorite parts of the book, our favorite/least favorite characters, and the title.Funniest Quote: "I admire all my three son-in-laws highly. Wickham, perhaps, is my favorite, but I think I shall like your husband quite as well as Jane's."Questions moving forward: Will Keira or Colin win? How will this translate on screen?Who wins the BOOK? Elizabeth Bennet!Glossary of Terms and Phrases:insipid (adj.): lacking vigor or interesteuphemism (n): a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Mean Girls, Fiddler on the Roof, Brooklyn 99, Tiger King, The OfficeSupport for Pod and Prejudices comes from Well Read Company. Go to their website at www.wellreadcompany.com and use our code 10PODANDPREJUDICE21 for 10% off your order for the whole month of June.Support for Pod and Prejudice also comes from Snacklins. Go to their website at www.snacklins.com and use our code PODANDPREJUDICE20 for 20% off your first order.EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT! We have MERCH now! We're selling t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, phone cases, masks, and more over on teepublic.com. So get your Pod and Prejudice merch today! The full link looks like this: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216Want to keep up with us between episodes?Website: podandprejudice.comInstagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudicePatreon: patreon.com/podandprejudice

Chapter 14: Lady Catherine de Bourgh tells Lizzy how she really feels. Highlights include Lizzy pleading the fifth, Molly and Becca's Austen personas, Molly forgetting who Caroline is, and Lizzy's one star Yelp review.Chapter 15: Daddy Bennet gets a letter from Collins. Highlights include the notion of forgiveness and our perceptions of others' emotions.Chapter 16: Molly spills her coffee all over her book. Darcy returns to Longbourn! Lizzy and Darcy have The Talk! Highlights include a scene in the rain, the satisfaction of hearing someone take ownership for being shitty, Darcy as the Beast, and Molly finding out nobody kisses in Jane Austen.Study Questions: Topics discussed include Catherine de Bourgh's classism, breaking etiquette, marriage as a financial act, Collins's letter, everyone's perspectives on the Dizzy relationship, these chapters as a proposal, a comparison between this and Proposalgeddon, Lizzy and Darcy as Lorelai and Luke, a Dizzy montage, the lack of kissingFunniest Quote: "That is what makes it amusing. Had they fixed on any other man, it would've been nothing, but his perfect indifference, and your pointed dislike make it so delightfully absurd. Much as I abominate writing, I would not give up Mr. Collins's correspondence for any consideration. Nay. When I read a letter of his, I cannot help giving him the preference even over Wickham, much as I value the impudence and hypocrisy of my son-in-law."Questions moving forward: Will they kiss? Will Lizzy's parents reject Darcy?Who wins the chapter? Dizzy!Glossary of Terms and Phrases:equipage (n): equipmentmissish (adj): affectedly demure, squeamish, or sentimentaltacit (adj): understood or implied without being statedGlossary of People, Places, and Things: Real Housewives, Beauty and the Beast, Gilmore Girls, I Will Always Love You, Gilmore Guys, Demi AdejuyigbeSupport for Pod and Prejudices comes from Well Read Company. Go to their website at www.wellreadcompany.com and use our code 10PODANDPREJUDICE21 for 10% off your order for the whole month of June.Support for Pod and Prejudice also comes from Snacklins. Go to their website at www.snacklins.com and use our code PODANDPREJUDICE20 for 20% off your first order.EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT! We have MERCH now! We're selling t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, phone cases, masks, and more over on teepublic.com. So get your Pod and Prejudice merch today! The full link looks like this: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216Patreon: patreon.com/podandprejudiceWebsite: podandprejudice.comTwitter: @podandprejudiceInstagram: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and Prejudice

Chapter 12: Everyone comes to brunch at Longbourn. Highlights include the least sporty boys, Lizzy and Darcy trying to flirt, and hardcore Jane denial.Chapter 13: Jane gets what she deserves!!! Highlights include meddling mothers, nobody having any chill, Lizzy and Bingley bro-ing out, our Jingley squeals, Daddy Bennet's predictions for Jane's future, and Jane finally allowing herself to swoon.Study Questions: Topics discussed include the shifting of Lizzy and Darcy's relationship, the proposal, the Economics of Dating in Jane Austen TM, Jingley vs. Lickham, Jane's growth, and Daddy Bennet's weird moment of Daddy Benneting.Funniest Quote: "Do you know what I heard Mrs. Long say? 'Ah! Mrs. Bennet! We shall have her at Netherfield at last!' She did indeed. I do think Mrs. Long is as good a creature as ever lived, and her nieces are very pretty behaved girls, and not at all handsome. I like them prodigiously." -Mrs. BennetQuestions Moving Forward: Will there be a wedding? Will Lickham stay together? Will we see Caroline's reaction?Who wins the chapters? Jingley!Glossary of Terms and Phrases:panegyric (n): a public speech or published text in praise of someone or somethingGlossary of People, Places, and Things: I Won't Say I'm in Love, "This is fine," Normal People, Midnight Sun, Greta Gerwig's Little Women, Insecure, MulanSupport for Pod and Prejudices comes from Well Read Company. Go to their website at www.wellreadcompany.com and use our code 10PODANDPREJUDICE21 for 10% off your order for the whole month of June.Support for Pod and Prejudice also comes from Snacklins. Go to their website at www.snacklins.com and use our code PODANDPREJUDICE20 for 20% off your first order.EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT! We have MERCH now! We're selling t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, phone cases, masks, and more over on teepublic.com. So get your Pod and Prejudice merch today! The full link looks like this: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216Looking for more? Check us out on the internet:Website: podandprejudice.comPatreon: patreon.com/podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceInstagram: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and Prejudice

Chapter 9: Lydia and Wickham visit the Bennets. We find out that Mr. Darcy was at the wedding, and Lizzy writes a letter to Mrs. Gardiner demanding answers. Highlights include Becca's dancing skills and Lydia's pear-shaped diamond.Chapter 10: Lizzy receives a letter back from Mrs. Gardiner. She tells her that it was DARCY who paid off Wickham's debts and got him to marry Lydia. Lizzy and Wickham get closure. Highlights include Darcy's ulterior motives, the return of Mrs. Younge, swooning on a chaise lounge, and Lizzy's saucy speech.Chapter 11: Lickham leaves, to be replaced by Bingley! Darcy comes with Bingley, and it's uncomfortable for everyone. Highlights include Daddy Bennet: King of Sarcasm, Darcy and Bingley on a single horse, Mr. What's-his-name, and awkward run-ins with your ex.Study Questions: Topics discussed include Lydia and Wickham's relationship, why Darcy did what he did, the evolution of Lizzy's feelings for Darcy, Lizzy's last conversation with Wickham, and the return of Jingley.Funniest Quote: "Well, any friend of Mr. Bingley's will always be welcome here, to be sure, but else I must say that I hate the very sight of him." -Mrs. BennetQuestions Moving Forward: Will Lickham survive? Will it be revealed that Darcy paid Wickham off? When will Jingley happen? What's gonna happen at dinner?Who wins the chapters? Baby boy Darcy!Glossary of Terms and Phrases:cogent (adj.): clear, logical, and convincingcurricle (n): a light, open, two-wheeled carriageimpudence (n): impertinentliberality (n): the ability to give and spend freelyphaeton (n): a light, open, four-wheeled carriagescruple (v): to hesitateGlossary of People, Places, and Things: The Lion King, Dancing at Lughnasa, Sex and the CitySupport for Pod and Prejudices comes from Well Read Company. Go to their website at www.wellreadcompany.com and use our code 10PODANDPREJUDICE21 for 10% off your order for the whole month of June.Support for Pod and Prejudice also comes from Snacklins. Go to their website at www.snacklins.com and use our code PODANDPREJUDICE20 for 20% off your first order.EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT! We have MERCH now! We're selling t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, phone cases, masks, and more over on teepublic.com. So get your Pod and Prejudice merch today! The full link looks like this: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216Want to keep up with us between episodes?Website: podandprejudice.comTwitter: @podandprejudiceInstagram: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudicePatreon: patreon.com/podandprejudice

Chapter 6: Mr. Gardiner goes to help Daddy Bennet find Lydia. A letter arrives from Collins. Daddy Bennet comes home and admits to having been wrong. Highlights include trouble in paradise with Daddy Bennet, Collins's Facebook profile, and Kitty being held captive.Chapter 7: Mr. Gardiner writes saying he's found Lickham and states the terms on which they will get married. It seems like Mr. Gardiner paid Wickham off to take Lydia. Highlights include Mrs. Bennet's Mushu moment and Mrs. Long's comeback.Chapter 8: Mr. Bennet is content to let Mr. Gardiner solve the Lydia problem, though we question the respectability of the transaction. Lizzy throws herself a pity party. Highlights include oppressively high spirits, the disowning of daughters, and the north of England vs. south.Study Questions: Topics discussed include mapping out the search for Lydia, our first Bennet marriage and its ramifications, Wickham's skills in bed, Molly's predictions for the future of Lickham and Lady Catherine De Bourgh's opinions on this, what happened with Wickham's debts and why Daddy Bennet is anxious to pay Gardiner back, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet's reactions to the marriage, and the future of Dizzy.Funniest Quote: "You, go to Brighton! I would not trust you so near it as Eastbourne for fifty pounds! No, Kitty. I have at last learned to be cautious, and you will feel the effects of it. No officer is ever to enter my house again, nor even to pass through the village. Balls will be absolutely prohibited unless you stand up with one of your sisters, and you are never to stir out of doors til you can prove that you have spent ten minutes of every day in a rational manner. Well, well. Do not make yourself unhappy. If you are a good girl for the next ten years, I will take you to a review at the end of them."Questions Moving Forward: Will Lickham stay together? How will they be received at Longbourn? Will Darcy come back? Will Bingley come back?Who wins the chapters? Mr. Gardiner!Glossary of Terms and Phrases:copse (n): a small group of treesdilatory (adj): slow to actlicentious (adj): promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual mattersGlossary of People, Places, and Things: MushuSupport for Pod and Prejudices comes from Well Read Company. Go to their website at www.wellreadcompany.com and use our code 10PODANDPREJUDICE21 for 10% off your order for the whole month of June.Support for Pod and Prejudice also comes from Snacklins. Go to their website at www.snacklins.com and use our code PODANDPREJUDICE20 for 20% off your first order.EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT! We have MERCH now! We're selling t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, phone cases, masks, and more over on teepublic.com. So get your Pod and Prejudice merch today! The full link looks like this: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216Want to keep up with us between shows?Website: https://podandprejudice.comPatreon: https://patreon.com/podandprejudiceInstagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and Prejudice

Chapter 4: Lizzy receives two letters from Jane, and they contain BAD NEWS, folks. Letter 1 tells us Lydia has run off to Scotland to elope with Wickham. Letter 2 tells us they have NOT gone to Scotland, and have simply disappeared to go bang. Lizzy confides in Darcy. Highlights include New Jersey, Kitty is Anger, sex in the time of Jane Austen, dating in quarantine, Lizzy finally realizing she's in love, and the original title of this novel.Chapter 5: Lizzy and the Gardiners go back to Longbourn. Mrs. Bennet is in a state, and Mary has a Puritan moment. We read Lydia's letter to Lady Forster. Highlights include the Bennet Parents and the patriarchy, the Daddy Bennet reckoning, an in depth comparison the Chekhov's plays, Mr. Colonel, and IS KITTY SICK?Study Questions: Topics discussed include what this says about Lydia's character, why this is a big turning point, Wickham's motives (revenge on Lizzy or Darcy? or a complete lack of impulse control?), sex in the Austen era, and Darcy's reaction to the news, and Darcy as a vampire stalker.Funniest Quote: "And now here's Mr. Bennet gone away, and I know he will fight Wickham wherever he meets him, and then he will be killed, and what is to become of us all! The Collinses will turn us out before he is cold in his grave. And if you are not kind to us brother, I do not know what we shall do!" -Mrs. BennetQuestions Moving Forward: Will Darcy overcome this and be with Lizzy? Will Lydia be found? Will Bingley come back?Who wins the chapters? DIZZY!Glossary of Terms: profligate (adj): recklessly extravagantsanguine (adj): optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situationinvectives (n): insulting, abusive, or highly critical languageGlossary of People, Places, and Things: Webcomic Name, Admiral Ackbar, Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard, Colonel SandersSupport for Pod and Prejudices comes from Well Read Company. Go to their website at www.wellreadcompany.com and use our code 10PODANDPREJUDICE21 for 10% off your order for the whole month of June.Support for Pod and Prejudice also comes from Snacklins. Go to their website at www.snacklins.com and use our code PODANDPREJUDICE20 for 20% off your first order.EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT! We have MERCH now! We're selling t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, phone cases, masks, and more over on teepublic.com. So get your Pod and Prejudice merch today! The full link looks like this: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216For more: find us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Patreon, and our website! Or shoot us an email at podandprejudice@gmail.com