Pod and Prejudice

There's a LOT going on in this episode. This is the humbling of Emma Woodhouse. Buckle up.Emma begins to realize she might be the problem, Jane finally accepts a governess position and promptly falls ill. Knightley almost kisses Emma's hand, Mrs. Churchill DIES, and Jane starts avoiding Emma. And FINALLY, it is revealed that Jane and Frank have been LONG ENGAGED?!?!? Study questions: Topics discussed include Emma's repentance, Jane's avoidance of Emma, a deep dive into the engagement, and whether Frank Churchill is the villain of this story.Funniest quote: "It was felt as such things must be felt. Every body had a degree of gravity and sorrow; tenderness towards the departed, solicitude for the surviving friends; and, in a reasonable time, curiosity to know where she would be buried. Goldsmith tells us, that when lovely woman stoops to folly, she has nothing to do but to die; and when she stoops to be disagreeable, it is equally to be recommended as a clearer of ill-fame. Mrs. Churchill, after being disliked at least twenty-five years, was now spoken of with compassionate allowances. In one point she was fully justified. She had never been admitted before to be seriously ill. The event acquitted her of all the fancifulness, and all the selfishness of imaginary complaints."Questions moving forward: Why was Frank flirting with Emma? Who wins the chapters? Emma!Glossary of Terms and Phrases:ostler (n): a man employed to look after the horses of people staying at an inn.Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Oliver Goldsmith, Bojack Horseman, Logan Huntzberger Next Episode: Vol. III Chapters 11-12 or Chapters 47 and 48Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and 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

Everyone goes to Donwell to pick strawberries, Jane is offered a job, and Emma and Jane have a moment. The next day, we endure Box Hill-gate, where Emma puts her foot FULLY in her mouth. Topics discussed include farmer cosplaying, NYC summers, Harriet's prospects, and Frank's MOOD.Study questions: Topics discussed include Jane's fatigue, Emma and Jane's talk, Frank's flirting, Box Hill-gate and Emma's reaction to being called out.Funniest quote: "You are sick of prosperity and indulgence. Cannot you invent a few hardships for yourself and be contented to stay?"Questions moving forward: Why did Jane leave? Will she take a job? Will the Campbells come? Will Knightley and Emma make up? Will Emma apologize to Miss Bates?Who wins the chapters? The Bates familyGlossary of Terms and Phrases:arrear (n): money that is owed and should have been paid earlier. cameo (n): a piece of jewelry, typically oval in shape, consisting of a portrait in profile.hautboy (n): an archaic form of oboe.pertinacity (n): the quality of being determined to achieve a particular aim despite difficulties or opposition.Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Roy Kent, The Last of Us, Luke Danes, Parks and RecNext Episode: Vol. III Chapters 8-10 or Chapters 44-46Check us out on the North Coast Podcast!Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and 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

Lots of shenanigans in this week's chapters! Frank rescues Harriet from a dramatic encounter, and Emma gets ideas. Harriet is FINALLY over Elton and she burns the band-aid to prove it! Knightley develops a theory about Frank Churchill's intentions. Topics discussed include shitty gifts from our exes, regency era dudebros, regency era Bananagrams, and being team Knighthouse.Study questions: Topics discussed include the purpose of the mugging, Harriet's decision to never marry, Knightley's POV, Jane and Frank, Frank's intentions with Emma.Funniest quote: "From that day to this, I never mentioned it to a soul that I know of. At the same time, I will not positively answer for my having never dropt a hint, because I know I do sometimes pop out a thing before I am aware. I am a talker, you know; I am rather a talker; and now and then I have let a thing escape me which I should not. I am not like Jane; I wish I were. I will answer for it she never betrayed the least thing in the world."Questions moving forward: Who does Knightley love? What is going on between Frank and Jane? What about Mr. Martin???Who wins the chapters? Mr. KnightleyGlossary of Terms and Phrases:court plaister (n): a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds.Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Paul Rudd, the Romani or Roma people, Friends, Harriet the Spy, Gilmore GirlsNext Episode: Volume III Chapters 6 and 7 or Chapters 42 and 43Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and 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

Diving into Volume the Third! Frank returns and we FINALLY get our ball at the Crown Inn. Knightley saves the day, and then he and Emma share a dance. Topics discussed include AFC Richmond as Austen characters, family dinner parties, puppies, and tallow candles.Study questions: Topics discussed include whether Emma is over Frank, why Frank is being weird, Emma's reaction to Frank's weirdness, the ball, Elton's cruelty, why Knightley admits he's wrong, and why the Knightley/Emma exchange is so sexy.Funniest quote: "Emma perceived that her taste was not the only taste on which Mr. Weston depended, and felt, that to be the favourite and intimate of a man who had so many intimates and confidantes, was not the very first distinction in the scale of vanity."Questions moving forward: How will this fadge with Emma and Knightley? Why is Frank being weird? What's going to happen between him and all the ladies? What about Robert Martin!??Who wins the chapters? Mr. Knightley, obviously!Glossary of Terms and Phrases:puppyism (n): youthful folly; extreme meanness, affectation, conceit, or impudence.Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Ted Lasso, The PowerNext Episode: Chapters 39-41 OR Volume III Chapters 3-5Tune in to Likewise on May 17th at 7PM EST to hear us chat with Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding about their new book, Emma of 83rd Street.Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and 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

Finishing out Volume the Second strong! Frank is coming home and Emma is having feelings about it. Plus, Mr. Weston spills the tea on Mrs. Churchill. Topics discussed include the post-college job market, wax candles, the source of Augusta's wealth, the pick me girl, upstarts, and the mystery of the Tupmans.Study questions: Topics discussed include why Jane doesn't want to be a governess yet, Emma's reaction to Frank's return, what we've learned about Mrs. Churchill, Emma's lifestyle changes, and a Volume the Second retrospective. Plus, predictions for Volume the Third!Funniest quote: "John Knightley only was in mute astonishment.—That a man who might have spent his evening quietly at home after a day of business in London, should set off again, and walk half a mile to another man’s house, for the sake of being in mixed company till bed-time, of finishing his day in the efforts of civility and the noise of numbers, was a circumstance to strike him deeply. A man who had been in motion since eight o’clock in the morning, and might now have been still, who had been long talking, and might have been silent, who had been in more than one crowd, and might have been alone!—Such a man, to quit the tranquillity and independence of his own fireside, and on the evening of a cold sleety April day rush out again into the world!—Could he by a touch of his finger have instantly taken back his wife, there would have been a motive; but his coming would probably prolong rather than break up the party. John Knightley looked at him with amazement, then shrugged his shoulders, and said, “I could not have believed it even of him."Who wins the chapters? Mr. Weston!Glossary of Terms and Phrases:physic (v): treat with medicine.Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Joanna Newsom, Andy Samberg, Taylor Swift, Hymen (God), The Last of UsNext Episode: Volume III Chapters 1-2 OR Chapters 37-38Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and 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

Outtakes: Bingo night, The Last of Us, the Bubonic Plague, Shakespeare's birthday, and Becca's internet troubles.What We're Reading/Watching/Listening To: Becca recommends Brandi Carlile, Molly recommends One of Us is Lying, and BOTH Becca and Molly recommend The Last of Us.Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and 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

Just popping by to let you know that Tuesday's episode will NOT be an Emma episode. Instead, we'll give you a sneak preview of what we have on our Patreon!

Mrs. Elton LOVES Jane, and Knightley claims he doesn't. Emma throws a dinner party for Mrs. Elton, John Knightley shows up, and we hear that Jane got caught in the rain while retrieving a mysterious letter. Topics discussed include brunch, how couples gossip, big city friendships, and the postal service.Study questions: Topics discussed include Augusta's relationship with Jane, why Jane is still in Highbury, whether Knightley will marry, and Jane's secret letters.Funniest quote: “I never saw any gentleman’s handwriting”—Emma began, looking also at Mrs. Weston; but stopped, on perceiving that Mrs. Weston was attending to some one else—and the pause gave her time to reflect, “Now, how am I going to introduce him?—Am I unequal to speaking his name at once before all these people? Is it necessary for me to use any roundabout phrase?—Your Yorkshire friend—your correspondent in Yorkshire;—that would be the way, I suppose, if I were very bad.—No, I can pronounce his name without the smallest distress. I certainly get better and better.—Now for it.”Questions moving forward: Who does Jane love? Why is she friends with Mrs. Elton?Who wins the chapters? George AND John KnightleyGlossary of Terms and Phrases:aspersion (n): an attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something.knight-errant (n): a medieval knight wandering in search of chivalrous adventures.licentious (adj.): disregarding accepted rules or conventions, especially in grammar or literary style.rout-cakesGlossary of People, Places, and Things: Sharpay Evans, The Princess Diaries, New Girl, Bridesmaids, Emily GilmoreNext Episode: Vol. II Chapters 17-18, or Chapters 35-36Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and 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

Meet the Eltons! Emma develops a new matchmaking scheme and we get introduced to Mr. Elton's new (terrible) wife. Topics discussed include who pays on the first date, who's the hypochondriac in the relationship, and who Knightley's best friend is.Study questions: Topics discussed include how Frank has changed Emma's perceptions of love, how the nature of her crush has changed, team Frankiet, the Eltons' relationship, and Augusta Hawkins and her purpose in the story.Funniest quote: "They say everybody is in love once in their lives, and I shall have been let off easily." AND, "She would not be in a hurry to find fault, but..."Questions moving forward: Will they form a musical club? Where's Mr. Martin? What does Knightley think of Mrs. Elton? Will Frank come back?Who wins the chapters? 1 point for Mrs. Elton, 1 point for EmmaGlossary of Terms and Phrases:barouche-landau (n): a convertible carriagecaro sposo (n): dear husbanddouble-dyed (adj.): backhandedglibly (adv.): confident but simple and lacking careful thoughtGlossary of People, Places, and Things: Hamilton, Friends, @notengagedNext Episode: Vol. II Chapters 15-16, or Chapters 33-34Pod and Prejudice is sponsored by Zocdoc. Zocdoc is the only FREE app that lets you find AND book doctors who are patient-reviewed, take your insurance, are available when you need them and treat almost every condition under the sun. Go to zocdoc.com/WHOMST and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Then find and book a top-rated doctor today.Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and 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

Frank and Emma want to throw a ball at the Crown Inn, but it doesn't happen. Instead, they say goodbye. Topics discussed include parent bait, soggy sandwiches, and Perry the Apothecary.Study questions: Topics discussed include what a ball would mean for Highbury, whether we believe Frank/the Churchills about his reason for leaving, Frank and Emma's relationship, and summer camp romance.Funniest quote: The party did not break up without Emma’s being positively secured for the two first dances by the hero of the evening, nor without her overhearing Mr. Weston whisper to his wife, “He has asked her, my dear. That’s right. I knew he would!”Questions moving forward: Does Emma love Frank? Does Frank love Emma? Will Frank come back? Will they have the ball? Does Knightley love Jane? Who does Jane love? Is Harriet okay?Who wins the chapters? Mr. WoodhouseGlossary of People, Places, and Things: Maya Leinenbach, The Last of Us, Romeo and Juliet, Billy Elliot, Gilmore Girls, Perry the PlatypusNext Episode: Vol. II Chapters 13-14 OR Chapters 31-32Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and 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