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Chapter 2: The polite chapter! Darcy brings Georgie to meet Lizzy at long last. We learn that Wickham left many debts. Lizzy feels gratitude toward Darcy. Highlights include Darcy as a vampire, Wickham is not a snacc, a heated conversation about goatees, the enemies-to-lovers trope.Chapter 3: The petty chapter! Caroline Bingley? The bitch is back. Lizzy visits Pemberley, where the Bingley sisters unfortunately are staying. Highlights include an ineffective bitch, some strong opinions on vegemite and marmite, Molly's caviar experience, and Darcy the PROUD RUMP.Study Questions: Topics discussed include what we've learned about Georgie, how the Bingleys have shifted in the narrative, New Darcy TM: Reformed Proud Rump, Lizzy's love status, whether Lizzy is an unreliable narrator, and the timelessness of falling in love.Funniest Quote: "She expected every moment that some of the gentlemen would enter the room. She wished, she feared, that the master of the house might be among them, and whether she wished or feared it most, she could scarcely determine."Questions Moving Forward: What's going to happen at dinner? What's going to happen with Georgie? Will we see Wickham again?Who wins the chapters? Georgie!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=23216Glossary of Terms and Phrases:complaisance (n): affabilityimpute (v): to lay the responsibility or blame, often falsely or unjustly (NOTE: this is a different definition than what we use in the episode!)acrimony (n): bitterness, or ill-feelingGlossary of People, Places, and Things: Bridget Jones's Diary; 10 Things I Hate About You; Friends; Red, White, and Royal Blue; Carry On; Twilight; Lord of the Rings; Orlando Bloom; the "growth" meme; "I bet you thought you'd seen the last of me."

Our first ever one-chapter episode!Volume the Third, Chapter 1: Chekhov's Pemberley! Lizzy has the hots for a piece of LAND, and starts to have some regrets regarding her response to Darcy's proposal. We get the inside scoop on Darcy's personality from his servant. And then, a SURPRISE VISIT and an eventful walk in the woods! Highlights include: is Becca a murderer?, a selfie vs. a portrait, Darcy in Pottery Barn, where are the dogs?, Proposageddon vs. Proposalgeddon, Lizzy's CROOSH, the Bingleys still exist, flammable goo, and Darcy makes a good impression.Study Questions: Topics discussed include the shift in tone in Volume the Third, what Pemberley symbolizes, what kind of house Wickham would be, Darcy's classism, Darcy's new demeanor, the human capacity for change, and character development.Funniest Quote: "And of this place, thought she, I might have been the mistress? With these rooms I might now have been familiarly acquainted. Instead of viewing them as a stranger, I might've rejoiced in them as my own, and welcomed to them as visitors my uncle and aunt. But no, recollecting herself, that could never be. My uncle and aunt would have been lost to me. I should not have been allowed to invite them. This was a lucky recollection. It saved her from something like regret."Questions Moving Forward: Is Caroline still thirsty? Will we come back tomorrow for the party? Georgie?Who Wins the Chapter? Mrs. Reynolds!Glossary of Terms and Phrases:eminence (n): fame, respectabilitycrayons (n): pastelstrifling (adj): trivial, unimportantvindication (n): the action of clearing someone of blame or suspicionpecuniary (adj): relating to moneyGlossary of People, Places, and Things:Downton Abbey, Pottery Barn, Edward Cullen, MTV CribsSupport 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: www.podandprejudice.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/podandprejudiceInstagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and Prejudice

Chapter 17: Lizzy tells Jane everything about Darcy's proposal (except the truth about why Bingley left her hanging) and Wickham's true character. Highlights include "Wicked Wickham," "I happen to like nice men," the fluidity of sexuality in Jane Austen, bitch crackers, team defend Darcy vs. defame Wickham, and Lizzo for the Austen era.Chapter 18: Lydia gets an invitation to join the Forsters on their trip to Brighton with the regiment. Highlights include the splitting up of Kydia, Brighton spring break, and Wickham sending dick pics on Snapchat.Chapter 19: A deep-dive into the Bennet parents. Lizzy's plans for the summer change. Highlights include the younger, hotter versions of Mr. and Mrs. B, who's playing Daddy Bennet in Molly's mind NOW, an unfortunate critique of Daddy B, Derbyshire, and Versailles.Study Questions: Topics discussed include how Volume the Second changed the game, how Jane Janes, Lizzy going too far in her critique of Daddy B, predictions for Brighton, the de-Lydia-ing of Kitty, and predictions for Pemberley and Volume the Third.Funniest Quote: "Oh, well. It is just as he chooses. Nobody wants him to come. Though, I shall always say that he used my daughter extremely ill, and if I was her, I would not have put up with it. Well, my comfort is, I am sure Jane will die of a broken heart, and then he will be sorry for what he has done."Questions Moving Forward: Is Darcy going to be at Pemberley?Who Wins the Chapters? Kitty. #SpinoffForKittyGlossary of Terms and Phrases:Profusion (n): abundance, or large quantityVolubility (n): excessive talkativenessConjugal (adj.): having to do with marriageImpunity (n): exemption from punishment of freedom from the injurious consequences of an actionGlossary of People, Places, and Things:Princess Leia, Lizzo, Zachary Quinto, Colin Firth, Versailles, Twelfth Night, Love Actually, The Holiday, Fiddler on the RoofSupport 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, hit us up on the internet!Website: www.podandprejudice.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/podandprejudiceInstagram: www.instagram.com/podandprejudiceTwitter: www.twitter.com/podandprejudiceFacebook: www.facebook.com/podandprejudice

Chapter 14: The boys leave, and everyone's bored. Lady Catherine extends an invitation to Lizzy and Maria, and Lizzy reflects on Proposageddon. Highlights include: Lizzy eating ice cream and listening to Adele, Kitty's real name, how to properly pack a suitcase, and heavy-metal-Baby-de-Bourgh.Chapter 15: Collins and Lizzy have awkward breakfast talk time, and Charlotte enters to save her. Lizzy and Maria depart to go meet Jane. Lizzy ruminates on how much she'll have to conceal from Jane. Highlights include: CHICKENS.Chapter 16: Lydia's chapter. Lizzy, Jane, and Maria arrive at an inn where they meet Kydia. Kydia "treats" them to lunch, but they've spent all their money on. a bonnet for Lydia. The militia is leaving in two weeks, and Kydia and Mrs. Bennet want to follow them to Brighton. We find out that Miss King ditched Wickham. Lydia tears everyone apart in the car. Highlights include: Mary's love of lesbian poetry, vegan charcuterie, CHICKENS, "Wickham is a construct," 22 by Taylor Swift but about Jane, Jane Austen Drag Brunch, MARY, and Lydia with a K.Study Questions: Topics discussed include marriage for love vs. marriage for money and how Charlotte and Collins play into that, Catherine and Anne de Bourgh, Tilda Swinton as a halfway point between Gwenyth Paltrow and Judi Dench, Lizzy as an unreliable narrator, Kitty as a kitty, Darcy's evaluation of the Bennet family, flirting in the Austen times, Fiddler on the Roof (as always), and how long the sisters have to get married.Funniest quote: "Far be it from me, my dear sister, to depreciate such pleasures. They would doubtless be congenial with the generality of female minds. But I confess they would have no charms for me. I should infinitely prefer a book."Questions moving forward: Will the squad come back to Netherfield? Will we see Wickham again? Will we got to Brighton? Will Lizzy go hiking with a mountain man?Who wins the chapters? Lydia!Glossary of Terms and Phrases:Milliner (n): hatmaker.Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Electric Boogaloo, Adele, Frozen, Feeling 22, Tilda Swinton, Fiddler on the RoofSupport 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 in between episodes? Check out our website, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Want access to bonus features like Molly's notes, outtakes, and fun facts? Check out our Patreon to see how you can support us! Want to share your thoughts and theories? Shoot us an email at podandprejudice@gmail.com.

Chapter 12: Lizzy goes for a walk to distract herself from Proposageddon. Unfortunately, Darcy finds her and gives her a letter in an attempt to clear his name. We learn why Darcy really stopped Bingley from proposing to Jane, and the tea is SPILLED on Wickham. We no longer like George Wickham. Highlights include Becca's desirability, PIVOT, coming back to some early foreshadowing, and us calling Daddy Bennet Daddy Bingley (we know and we're sorry).Chapter 13: Lizzie's reaction, in real time, to the letter. She starts out prejudiced against Darcy, but as she continues to read, she starts to think maybe he's telling the truth. Lizzy thinks back on every conversation she's ever had with Wickham and how improper he always was, as well as her own family's behavior. Highlights include the seventh Harry Potter book, "Don't be a Wickham," scoundrels, a little seed becoming a tree of hate, and Becca's ice cream playlist.Study Questions: Topics discussed include Darcy's misunderstanding of Jane's feelings, Lizzy and Darcy's opinions on marrying for love, the Bennet family, the Economics of Dating in Jane Austen TM, Little Women (Graham and Torrence both thought Jane Austen wrote Little Women), class and gender and Wickham (the fuckboy to end all fuckboys), Wickham's motivations, elopement in this time period, and the UNRELIABLE NARRATOR.Funniest Quote: "'I have been walking in the grove some time in the hope of meeting you. Will you do me the honor of reading that letter?' And then, with a slight bow, turned again into the plantation, and was soon out of sight."Questions moving forward: We want to meet Georgie. Will we see Wickham again? Is Lizzy going to talk to Darcy? Did Fitzy hang out because he wanted to wingman?Who wins the chapters? Darcy!Glossary of Terms and Phrases:Verdure (n): lush green vegetation.Contrariety (n): contrary opposition. Profligacy (n): reckless extravagance or wastefulness in the use of resources. Prepossession (n): a preconceived opinion; a prejudice. Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Harrison Ford, Greta Gerwig, Little WomenSupport 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 more in between episodes? Check us out on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook!Check out our website at www.podandprejudice.com!Send us your thoughts at podandprejudice@gmail.com! We love hearing from you all!Want to support us? Hit us up on Patreon!Stay proper!

Our website is now live at www.podandprejudice.com. You can listen to the show, read about our team, send us an email, and subscribe to our Patreon all in one spot! Chapter 9: Darcy drops by ALONE, while Lizzy is also alone. Lizzy confronts him about he and the Bingleys leaving Netherfield. Charlotte decides Darcy is in love with Lizzy, and observes him fumbling at gatherings to figure out if it's real. Highlights include a pronunciation correction of Hertfordshire (shout out to friend of the pod Zach, as well as new listener Karin who wrote in post-recording-this-episode), an etymology of the phrase "of course" (available on our Patreon!), the sexiness of scooting a chair, and Darcy playing sports.Chapter 10: Lizzy's special secret walk isn't so secret. Darcy keeps "running into her" on her walk. She also goes for a very informative walk with Fitzy. Lizzy finds out that it wasn't Caroline who ruined Jane's happiness, but DARCY, and tries to figure out why. Highlights include a Darcy-getting-to-know-Lizzy montage, Fitzy SPILLING THE TEA on Darcy, and Lizzy giving herself a headache from crying.Chapter 11: HERE WE GO. Lizzy has a long think about all the reasons she hates Darcy. Then, Darcy arrives to check on her because he heard she has a headache. And then.........................PROPOSAGEDDON. Highlights include hardcore negging, Molly's unwitting spoiler, Lizzy listing every single reason why she has ever hated Darcy, just. just. just. so many zingers. Y'all. It's WILD. Some Shakespearean text analysis, and then Lizzy cries again. Jane Austen is brilliant. Study Questions: Topics include how this proposal is similar and different to her prior proposal experience, Nick Miller as Mr. Darcy, did Lizzy's words reach Darcy?, Darcy as the agent of Jane's misery, Georgie Darcy, the most famous scene in Jane Austen's works and why it's the best.Funniest quote: "She felt all the perverseness of the mischance that should bring him where no one else was brought, and, to prevent its ever happening again, took care to inform him at first that it was a favorite haunt of hers. How it could occur a second time, therefore, was very odd! Yet it did, and even a third."Questions moving forward: How does this affect the Bingley/Jane situation? What about Georgie?Who wins the chapter: Jane Austen! You wrote a heck of a scene.Glossary of Terms and Phrases:Penance (n): Voluntary self-punishment for having done wrong.Glossary of People: Matthew Lewis, Bonnie Wright, Evanna Lynch, D'arcy Carden, Webcomic Name, The Office, Nick MillerSupport 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=23216Hosted by Molly Burdick and Becca, audio produced by Graham Cook, show art by Torrence Browne. Bios for the whole team can be found on our shiny new website, www.podandprejudice.com. Like what you hear? Want to help us sound better? Consider supporting us on Patreon! To keep up with us between episodes, follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook!Stay proper, y'all! 

Chapter 5: Lizzy leaves London to visit Charlotte at Hunsford. Highlights include Collins on HGTV, his 15 trees, Baby de Bourgh, LA!, and Lizzy's Darcy obsession.Chapter 6: Dinner at the de Bourghs'. Highlights include Collins's mustard yellow robe, the reason Becca's family is always late, Molly's guess for who plays Lady Catherine (and mixing up Judi Dench and Gwenyth Paltrow), our Baby de Bourgh and Mrs. Jenkinson spinoff series, and a gentle reminder that Kitty and Lydia are different people.Chapter 7: A week goes by, and Sir William leaves. Now we're out of vacation mode. Highlights include Charlotte's menstrual cycle, Collins's kinks, new GUESTS (spoiler alert: Molly made a CORRECT prediction), last names as first names, and Brooklyn craft beer gardens vs. Philly craft beer gardens.Chapter 8: We would like to note we recorded this in December--we know it is no longer Hanukkah. Everyone is having a great time hanging out with Colonel Fitzwilliam. Highlights include some quality flirting, a reminder that Bingley exists, piano as a metaphor, and Pride and Prejudice from Darcy's perspective.Study Questions: Topics discussed include lasagna, the secluded nature of Rosings, new characters, our Baby de Bourgh and Mary fanfic, Charlotte and Collins, Lizzy's piano skills, Darcy getting off the metaphorical horse, the Lizzy and Darcy relationship, and Georgie Darcy.Funniest quote: "She soon saw that her friend had an excellent reason for what she did, for Mr. Collins would undoubtedly have been much less in his own apartment had they sat in one equally lively, and she gave Charlotte credit for the arrangement."Question moving forward: Is something growing in Lizzy and Fitzy's lasagna?Who wins the chapters? Darcy!Glossary of Terms and Phrases:Condescension: Patronizing superiority.La: An exclamation."Things are beginning to grow in the lasagna": Things are getting SPICY.Glossary of People, Places, and Things: The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Gwenyth Paltrow, Imelda Staunton, Judi Dench, Helena Bonham Carter, Shakespeare in Love, Shiny, Han Solo, Lando CalrissianSupport 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=23216Like what you hear? Want to keep up with us between episodes? Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Want access to exclusive content? Consider supporting us on Patreon! Have opinions? Want to tell us what you think? Shoot us an email at podandprejudice@gmail.com.

Chapter 1: Jane receives a letter from Caroline confirming all our fears. Highlights include friendzoning, furniture, foreshadowing, (gonna have to break this stream of F words) taking a compliment, being led on, Baby D, Molly's crush on Daddy B, and a suspicion about Wickham and Darcy.Chapter 2: Christmas time! Collins finally leaves and we get some aunt/niece gossip time. Highlights include sexist floof, Mrs. Gardiner, "violently in love," LEAVING LONGBOURN, Fitzwilliam Darcy (???), and what Molly's face looks like when she finishes this chapter.Chapter 3: A warning against Wickham. Jane leaves for London, Charlotte comes to say goodbye and Lizzy promises to come to Hunsford. Highlights include the Economics of Dating in Jane Austen TM, bitchcrackers, letters getting lost in the mail, Jane Austen in a rocking chair, Jane ALMOST sensing duplicity on Caroline's part, and a NEW LOVER for Wickham.Chapter 4: Two months fly by, and Lizzy goes to visit Jane. Lizzy and Mrs. Gardiner spill the tea to each other, and Lizzy gets invited on a summer hike. Highlights include an argument over a common saying, a big ol' dad joke, an unrealistic goodbye, April (???) , and Molly's Carrie Fisher impression.Please let us know if you say "distance makes the heart grow fonder," or "absence makes the heart grow fonder."Study questions: Topics include the transition into Volume the Second, the loss of Bingley and Wickham as suitors, Mrs. Gardiner, Wickham marrying up, gender expectations in this time period, traveling away from Longbourn, predictions about Hunsford (Baby de Bourgh, Charlotte, and DARCY??), and a RIP Jingley montage.Funniest quote: "There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well." -LizzyQuestions moving forward: Will we ever see Caroline again? Will we see Darcy at Hunsford?Who wills the chapter? Mrs. Gardiner!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=23216Glossary of people, places, and things: Ryan Gosling, Francis DavisonWant to keep up with us in between shows? Check out our Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, or shoot us an email at podandprejudice@gmail.com. Curious how you can help out the show? Hit us up on Patreon for exclusive content! 

Chapter 21: Collins is....still at Longbourn. Jane gets a foreboding letter from Netherfield. Topics include "warm peppermint liquid" ASMR, heartbreak, codependency, the introduction of Georgie Darcy (!?!?!?!?), multiple Luke Skywalkers, everyone marrying their cousins, and Bingliana.Chapter 22: Dinner with the Lucases. Charlotte occupies Collins' time with conversation, leading to the biggest plot twist of all time. PROPOSAL NUMBER TWO! Topics include the economics of dating in the Jane Austen universe (surprise), Santa daddy, entailment, Charlotte fucks, fanfic of Collins and Mary as beards, Charlotte as the heiress of Longbourn, Lizzy's suitors, and pouring one out on Becca's floor.Chapter 23: The formal announcement of Collins and Charlotte's marriage. Topics include Lady Lucas's comeback, self love, the business of lovemaking, Mrs. Bennet's rapid disintegration, and Molly's crush on Daddy Bennet (what else is new?).And that's the end of Volume the First! Note: not all copies of this book are broken into volumes, so don't worry if yours isn't! Study questions: Topics include Bingley's betrayal, Collins's approach to his second proposal, Charlotte's decision, the single men in possession of good fortunes who are in want of wives, too many characters, vanity vs. pride.What's next? Wickham meeting the parents? Will the story leave Longbourn? Do we get to see Baby DB and Darcy together? We try to lay out the web of love. Funniest quote: "Lady Lucas began directly to calculate with more interest than the matter had every excited before, how many years longer Mr. Bennet was likely to live.Questions moving forward? How, what, when, where, why?Who wins the chapters?: ....no...one? Mr. Bennet wins by process of elimination. Glossary of Terms and Phrases:Bewail (v): express great regret, disappointment, or bitterness over something, like your daughter's suitor leaving and never coming back.Pull a Jane (v): to catch a cold on a horse. Glossary of People and Things:You've Got Mail, Jameela Jamil, Broad City, GirlsSupport 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=23216 Want to keep up with us? Like our Facebook page and follow us on Instagram and Twitter! Like what you hear? Consider supporting us on Patreon!  Be sure to let us know which is creepier: marrying your cousin, or marrying your in-law?

Chapter 19: Collins's first proposal! Topics include Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson's divorce, this book as a murder mystery, no means no, "You're not like other girls," and Avatar: The Last Airbender.Chapter 20: The aftermath of Collins's proposal! Topics include the very first Mr. Bennet fangirl, Collins putting Lizzy on a pedestal, Mrs. B's nerves, Charlotte as a part of the family, and Collins's Tumblr shitposting. Study Questions:Topics include the first proposal, Fiddler on the Roof, Daddy B vs. Mrs. B, what we've learned about Collins, predictions for Collins' future (Does Mr. Bennet DIE? Does Collins marry Mary?), Lizzy's rejection, Lickham, Molly's Jingley predictions, and our dating lives.Funniest quote: "Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do."Questions moving forward: Is this the end of Collins?Who wins the chapter? Lizzy! Glossary of terms:Apophasis (n): the raising of an issue by claiming not to mention itDiffidence (n): modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence.Coquetry (n): flirtatious behavior.Dig that hole and try to fill it up (v): a self defense mechanism where one says something stupid and immediately says the opposite multiple times in one paragraph.Negging (v): an act of emotional manipulation whereby a person makes a deliberate backhanded compliment or otherwise flirtatious remark to another person to undermine their confidence and increase their need of the manipulator's approval.Of course (phrase): when events follow a path laid out for them by society or law, as in: "His words are just words of course." Glossary of people:Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Agatha Christie, Zachary Quinto, Ashley Tisdale, Donald Sutherland 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=23216Like what you hear? Want exclusive content like access to Molly's notes and bonus episodes? Consider throwing a few bucks our way on our Patreon page!Want to keep up with us between episodes? Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook; or drop us a line at podandprejudice@gmail.com!