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Ep 75: Barbie and Jane from 2023-12-03T21:37:46
Greta Gerwig's 2023 Barbie movie incorporated several seconds of the 1995 Firth/Ehle Pride and Prejudice miniseries, which officially makes this movie part of Austen's extended cinematic univers...
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Ep 74: Jane Austen Hot Takes with Lexi from 2023-09-24T19:23:31
Time for some hot and SPICY Austen takes fresh from friend of the podcast Lexi, also known as @fourwhitetrees on X (Twitter), Bluesky, and other social networks! Lexi's funky fresh and sometimes...
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Ep 73: Movie Review: Mansfield Park 1999 from 2023-06-23T16:54:02
Gentle listeners, join us as we finally review this 1999 movie adaptation of Mansfield Park, written and directed by Patricia Rozema. We delve into the artistic choices made by the director and ...
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Ep 72: Fire Island from 2023-03-20T21:58:05
Gentle listeners, we're so excited to have Maya and Christian of Manners and Madness join us again, this time for a movie review of Fire Island, one of the finest modern Austen adaptations of ou...
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Ep 71: A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, Featuring The Muppets! from 2022-12-11T19:38:10
We are overjoyed to bring you a special holiday episode discussing A Christmas Carol, the novel by Charles Dickens, and A Muppet Christmas Carol, the finest adaptation of Dickens' work ever to g...
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Ep 70: Movie Commentary: Pride and Prejudice 1995, Part 6 from 2022-11-27T18:35:18
Everyone, thank you, we're so excited to finally present the conclusion of our movie commentary series for Pride and Prejudice 1995! Join us as we swoon over this beautiful movie's final chapter...
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Ep 69: Gothic Literature and Northanger Abbey, Featuring the Return of Tash! from 2022-10-30T13:45:37
Just in time for Halloween, we're back with our guest Natasha Junor (who you may remember from our Clueless episode!) to discuss Gothic literature and the ways it intersects with Austen's world ...
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Bonus: The Oopsie Spoopy Episode from 2022-10-03T21:36:56
Gentle listeners, Maggie and I recently found ourselves ready to chat, but completely unprepared to discuss any Austen-related topic! We instead had a delightful cozy catch up about Halloween fu...
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Ep 68: Netflix Persuasion 2022 Movie Review from 2022-09-18T22:59:01
Gentle listeners, join us as we review the storm-tossed 2022 Netflix adaptation of Persuasion starring Dakota Johnson and Cosmo Jarvis and directed by Carrie Cracknell. Described as "Bridget Jon...
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Minipod: Rational Creatures Season 2 from 2022-08-20T16:58:19
Join us to learn more about the web series Rational Creatures to prepare for the release of Season 2! Rational Creatures is a modern interpretation of Persuasion, available in a web series forma...
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Minipod: ”Open to Persuasion” Virtual Conference this Aug 13-14 with Sarah Rose Kearns from 2022-08-06T18:38:04
Alert! There is an excellent virtual conference on Persuasion happening August 13th-14th 2022 (this coming weekend!) Our guest Sarah Rose Kearns joins us to tell us about the event's Listen
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Ep 66: Being Mr. Wickham - Streaming Theater Performance Review from 2022-04-10T12:52:10
Check out our review of Being Mr. Wickham, a one man show co-written by Adrian Lukis (who played Mr. Wickham in the 1995 Pride and Prejudice miniseries) and Catherine Curzon for the Original The...
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Ep 65: North and South with Special Guest Adrienne from 2021-12-25T18:14:52
This time we welcome our friend and special guest Adrienne, known as @barelytolerabIe on Twitter and Listen
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Ep 63: Bridgerton from 2021-09-06T16:19:32
[Episode recorded July 2021]. In this episode, we welcome our friend and special guest Priya (who you may recognize as Constantia from our Regency Daze series!) to discuss the Netflix TV sensati...
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Ep 62: Modern Persuasion with Manners and Madness from 2021-07-21T20:44
We're delighted to welcome our guests Maya and Christian of Manners and Madness, a Jane Austen and David Lynch podcast, to join us for this movi...
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Ep 61: Movie Review: Sense and Sensibility 2008 from 2021-05-23T16:12:38
[Episode recorded 5/15/21] Welcome, gentle listeners, to our review of the 2008 miniseries Sense & Sensibility, written by Andrew Davies and starring Hattie Moran as Elinor and Charity Wakefield...
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Ep 60: Diversity and Inclusion in Austen Fandom with Bianca Hernandez-Knight from 2021-04-22T20:59:34
In this episode we welcome special guest Bianca Hernandez-Knight to talk about current affairs in the Jane Austen fandom, including the push that dedicated Janeites are making to foster inclusio...
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Ep 59: Adapting Persuasion with Sarah Rose Kearns from 2021-04-11T15:49:40
In this episode, we're thrilled to welcome special guest Sarah Rose Kearns, actor, playwright, and consummate Janeite! We chat with Sarah Rose about her new adaptation of Persuasion, which will ...
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Ep 58: Reclaiming Jane Guest Episode from 2021-02-27T17:48:03
In this episode we're thrilled to have guests Lauren and Emily of the Reclaiming Jane podcast! Reclaiming Jane was started as a podcast for fans on the margins, and creates a welcoming space for...
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Ep 57: Movie Review: Austenland from 2021-01-09T20:15:32
Gentle listeners, we present a review of Austenland (2013), a movie that skewers Austen-addict Jane (Keri Russell) as she goes on a Regency roleplaying retreat and meets a real life Mr. Darcy (J...
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Ep 56: Movie Review: Bridget Jones's Diary from 2020-12-13T21:03:33
[Note: File updated 12/20 with a small fix to the movie clip used in the intro - it was cut off in the first version of this episode!]. Time for the perfect Christmas movie review! We're taking ...
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Ep 55: Movie Review: Bride and Prejudice from 2020-11-08T15:38:58
(Note: This episode was recorded on November 1st 2020, so there is no discussion of the US presidential election or its outcome.) Join us, gentle listeners, for our movie review of the effervesc...
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Ep 54: Wuthering Heights from 2020-09-17T19:59:06
IT'S HERE. Thanks to all our amazing listeners who contributed to our fundraiser! We hit our goal, and as promised, we're bringing you a review of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, the 1992 movi...
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Ep 53: Movie Review: Pride&Prejudice 1940 with Garson/Olivier from 2020-07-10T18:49:57
Another movie review! Maggie and Kristin tackle the delightful 1940 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice starring Greer Garson and Sir Laurence Olivier. We adored this absolute gem of a movie for i...
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Ep 52: The Jane Austen Society: Author Interview with Natalie Jenner from 2020-06-01T17:56:57
Please join us for an interview with debut author Natalie Jenner, whose delightful book THE JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY was released in May 2020 from St. Martin's Press (NA) and Orion (UK). The book fol...
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Minipod 3: The Mandalorian from 2020-05-25T19:56:44
And now for something completely different! Once again we have another just *slightly* off-topic minipod for a little extra fun in these crazy days. In this episode, Maggie, Kristin, and Special...
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Ep 51: Exploring Jane Austen Fan Fiction with Sarah Pesce from Lopt&Cropt from 2020-05-18T08:44:10
Maggie and Kristin welcome Sarah Pesce of Lopt & Cropt to continue our exploration of the wonderful world of Jane Austen Fan Fiction, this time from a...
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Ep 50: Movie Review: Pride and Prejudice 2005 from 2020-05-10T19:57:20
Big news! Maggie and Kristin are back to review the 2005 movie version of Pride and Prejudice, starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen and directed by Joe Wright. Knowing that this adapta...
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Minipod 2: Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn from 2020-04-18T18:41:57
Hi y'all! We're back with another fluffy minipod for those of you who need extra podcasty-goodness during this time while we're all staying home. In this mini-episode, Kristin and Maggie talk ab...
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Ep 49: EMMA Part 2: It Was With the Gloves from 2020-04-09T21:35:17
Okay, we know, it's been out for months. But we asked ourselves, did we REALLY understand the new Emma movie on our 3rd, 5th, or even 8th viewing? Of course not! It darted through us with the sp...
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Minipod 1: Emma and Harriet in "Three Loves," a Duologue by Rosina Fillipi from 2020-04-01T21:07
Maggie and Kristin bespeak your indulgence as young performers, because they've decided to amuse themselves with a mini-podcast format during this time of social distance! Today, they're tacklin...
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Ep 48: EMMA. from 2020-03-08T23:21:56
The wait is over! At long last, we're back to talk about the new movie EMMA. directed by Autumn de Wilde, screenplay by Eleanor Catton, and starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Johnny Flynn. This totall...
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Ep 47: Sanditon, Or, a Once-in-a Lifetime Investment Opportunity! from 2020-01-30T20:05:43
[UPDATED 11/29/2020: This episode was updated to remove an extended discussion of medical and pharmaceutical research practices which we feel is no longer appropriate in the context of the COVID...
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Ep 46: Movie Review - Northanger Abbey 1987 from 2019-12-30T19:21:05
We're ringing in a new decade with a very special movie review episode! Hardcore Austen fans out there may be aware of the delightfully weird 1987 BBC adaptation of Northanger Abbey, starring Pe...
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Ep 45: Northanger Revisited from 2019-11-28T21:54:55
Gentle listeners, after having been schooled at this year's JASNA conference, we're re-reading Austen's fantastic first novel with new appreciation for its extreme genius. Join us as we revisit ...
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EP 44: JASNA Recap from 2019-10-24T19:14:05
If you hadn't heard, Maggie and Kristin recently attended the Jane Austen Society of North America's Annual Meeting! Are you ready to hear about all the fun we had at JASNA 2019 in Williamsburg?...
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Ep 43: Among the Janeites Part 2 and JASNA Pre-game from 2019-09-12T22:08:03
Hello dear First Impressions fans! We're back with the second part of our discussion of Among the Janeites by Deborah Yaffe. This time, our discussion focuses on the founders of JASNA and the fa...
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Ep 42: Among the Janeites - Part 1 from 2019-09-02T21:40:16
Join us, listeners, for part one of our discussion of Among the Janeites: A Journey Through the World of Jane Austen Fandom, authored by journalist Deborah Yaffe. As a "a warm and witty look at ...
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Ep 41: Regency Daze Part 3 from 2019-08-25T19:36:57
Gentle listeners, we present the third and final installment of our Regency Daze roleplay game! Join us as Kristin, Maggie, and Priya bring our characters' stories to an end with the help of gam...
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Ep 40: Movie Review: Emma with Kate Beckinsale from 2019-07-14T19:16:57
Gentle listeners, we bring you yet another review of an Emma movie adaptation! This one was released in 1996, and stars Kate Beckinsale and Mark Strong, with a screenplay by the ever-productive ...
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Ep 39: Regency Daze Part 2 from 2019-06-22T17:17:01
Gentle listeners, we're back! Kristin and Maggie welcome guests Priya and Selvi for the second installment of our Regency Daze game. In this ongoing series, our game master Selvi has crafted a R...
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Ep 38: Movie Review: Emma Starring Romola Garai from 2019-06-05T21:30:10
Gentle listeners, at long last we bring you a review of the 2009 adaptation of the novel Emma, starring Romola Garai and Jonny Lee Miller! In this episode, Maggie and Kristin talk about how they...
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Ep 37: Regency Daze Part 1 from 2019-05-15T19:49:20
Gentle listeners, we are thrilled to bring you a very special podcast event! In this episode, your faithful First Impressions podcasters, joined by some good friends, are players in a Regency Era t...
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Ep 36: Writing Jane Austen Fan Fiction with Lona Manning from 2019-03-31T05:41
Dear First Impressioners, have you ever been curious about the wide world of Jane Austen Fan Fiction (JAFF), and the writers that publish it? In this special episode, our friend Lona Manning joi...
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Ep 35: The Making of Jane Austen Book Review from 2019-02-24T17:59:02
Hello First Impressions fans! We're excited to present our book review of The Making of Jane Austen by Devoney Looser! In her highly entertaining, amazingly informative and exhaustively research...
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Ep 34: Clueless (and A Lot of Other Stuff) with Special Guest Ellie from 2019-01-15T21:24:24
Hello gentle listeners! We're excited to welcome our second FI fan and Clueless aficianado, Ellie, onto the podcast! Join us for a freewheeling discussion about Clueless and its impact on pop cu...
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Ep 33: Clueless with Special Guest Tash from 2018-12-16T19:23:47
Listeners, we're so excited to put out our first of two Clueless episodes! This episode stars longtime listener Tash from Sydney, an Austen scholar who helps to illuminate the brilliance of Clue...
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Ep 32: Movie Review: Mansfield Park 2007 (Billie Piper) from 2018-10-20T23:01:12
Gentle listeners, rejoice! We're reviewing another Austen movie adaptation, this one the 2007 ITV adaptation of Mansfield Park, starring Billie Piper as Fanny Price. Listen as we discuss Fanny's...
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Ep 31: Part 2 of What Matters in Jane Austen - Book Review from 2018-08-19T17:57:24
We're back with our second (and final) episode on John Mullan's book, What Matters in Jane Austen: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved! This time, Maggie and Kristin tackle the subjects "Did Sisters S...
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Ep 30: Book Discussion: What Matters in Jane Austen by John Mullan from 2018-07-16T22:37:15
First Impressions fans! We're SO EXCITED to release our discussion of the brilliant book, What Matters in Jane Austen? Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved by John Mullan. This book is full of surprisi...
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Ep 29: Part 4 of Movie Commentary for the 1995 Pride and Prejudice Miniseries from 2018-07-07T20:52:05
Hi First Impressions fans! We know you're all waiting with bated breath for our next major episode, but in the meantime, here's the fourth installment of our movie commentary series for the 1995...
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Ep 28: Movie Commentary Part 3 1995 Pride and Prejudice Miniseries from 2018-05-03T21:49:02
Gentle listeners, rejoice! Maggie and Kristin are reunited once more, this time broadcasting from beautiful Boise, ID, where we tackle the thrilling third episode of the 1995 miniseries adaptati...
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Ep 27: Movie Commentary Part 2 1995 Pride and Prejudice Miniseries from 2018-03-25T16:46:24
Hello First Impressioners! We're continuing our commentary track series of that oh-so-perfect adaptation, the 1995 Pride and Prejudice starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. The track was recor...
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Ep 26: Movie Commentary: 1995 Pride and Prejudice Miniseries from 2018-02-18T20:01:55
Hello First Impressioners! As promised, we're releasing the first of our commentary tracks on the 1995 classic Pride and Prejudice miniseries. The track was recorded while watching the first epi...
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Ep 25: P&P Part 2 Part Deux from 2017-12-17T15:54:15
Dear First Impressions listeners, thank you for being so patient with us. After many technical difficulties, we're so glad to present the second installment of our re-visitation of Pride and Pre...
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Ep 24: Bonus Ep! The Jane Game from 2017-10-30T17:19:04
Hi First Impressions fans! We apologize for the wait for the next podcast we promised, P&P The Remix, Part 2. Due to technical difficulties we have not been able to complete that podcast yet (sa...
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Ep 23: More Pride, More Prejudice from 2017-08-27T21:59:01
[UPDATED FILE AVAILABLE: There seems to have been a glitch around minutes 3-5 of the first version of this podcast; we've uploaded a fixed version of the file for anyone who wishes to re-downloa...
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Ep 22: The Movie: The Jane Austen Book Club from 2017-06-30T23:35:08
We're back, gentle listeners, with a spirited discussion of the 2007 movie The Jane Austen Book Club (which is based on the book of the same name). Jocelyn, Sylvia, Prudie, Grigg and the gang ar...
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Ep 21: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Kevin and Bay from 2017-06-18T20:06:30
Something a little different, listeners! BOYS! As you wait for us First Impressions gals to come out with our brilliant analysis of the Jane Austen Book Club movie, please enjoy this podcast we ...
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Ep 20 The Jane Austen Book Club, The Book from 2017-05-08T19:57:22
In this episode, the girls discuss the Jane Austen Book Club, a novel by Karen Joy Fowler. The book is a clever take on a group of friends who read Austen together as their lives begin to parall...
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Episode 19: Persuasion Adaptations, the Cage Match from 2017-04-16T21:04:34
Ok, I'm just kidding. Episode 19 of First Impressions does not include an MMA-style cage match between two Persuasion movie adaptations, although I do wish we had thought of that before recordin...
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Ep 18: She Pierced Our Souls (Ow!) from 2017-02-26T19:07:52
Maggie and Kristin present the second installment of their discussion of Jane Austen's Persuasion, a novel that is Austen-brand catnip for the romantic in all of us (yes, including a reluctant K...
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Ep 17: Persuading Kristin to Like Persuasion from 2017-01-22T20:16:03
Hello First Impressioners! We bring you part 1 of our discussion on Jane Austen's Persuasion. Kristin attempts to enlighten Maggie to the fact that (1) Fredrick Wentworth is a dick, and (2) the ...
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Ep 16: Regency Fashions with Bethany C! from 2016-12-05T00:27:31
Welcome back, First Impressions listeners! In honor of our one-year anniversary, we've got a special episode for you! Special guest (and longtime fan) Bethany C. is joining us to tell us fascina...
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Ep 15: Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility (1995) Movie Review from 2016-10-21T12:09:13
Hello First Impressioners! In this episode Kristin and Maggie review their most beloved of all Austen adaptations, the triumphant 1995 movie directed by Ang Lee and written by Emma Thompson. From t...
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Ep 14: Sense and Sensibilitier from 2016-09-18T14:29:48
Welcome back, First Impressions fans, to our discussion of Austen's triumphant novel, Sense and Sensibility! In this episode, after excoriating Willoughby just as much as he deserves, Kristin and M...
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Ep 13: Toward a Sensible Sensibility from 2016-08-04T22:12:36
Welcome to episode 13, gentle listeners! In this episode, Kristin and Magg...
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Ep 12: Whit Stillman's Love& Friendship from 2016-07-07T20:21:39
In Episode 12, Kristin and Maggie review Love & Friendship, a newly released movie adaptation of Austen's comic novella, Lady Susan. Kristin relates an encounter with director Whit Stillman which r...
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Ep 11: Lady Susan Would Totally Win the Hunger Games from 2016-06-05T19:54:55
In this episode, Kristin and Maggie discuss one of Austen's minor works, Lady Susan, which stars a delightfully charming, possibly-sociopathic main character built in the Crawford mold. Austen's fe...
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Ep 10: Experimenting with Movie Commentary - Douglas McGrath's Emma from 2016-05-09T23:05:31
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Ep 9: Special Guest Arnie Perlstein Discusses Shadow Stories in Emma from 2016-04-24T13:30:32
Have you ever wondered about coincidences, apparent allusions, and other mysterious elements that appear in the plots of Jane Austen's novels? In this special episode of First Impressions, we welco...
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Ep 8: Emma Part 2: Practising Vigorously for an Hour and a Half from 2016-03-28T19:28:44
In Part 2 of their discussion of Jane Austen's Emma, Kristin and Maggie delve deep into the fraught and controversial relationship between Emma and Mr. Knightley, dodging the looming specters of "d...
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Ep 7: Emma Part 1 (Starring Ewan McGregor's Wig) from 2016-03-02T06:47:36
Kristin and Maggie tackle the novel Emma and wrestle with its challenging heroine, the disgustingly handsome, clever and rich Emma Woodhouse herself. The girls discuss how their ambivalent relation...
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Ep 6: Northanger Abbey from 2016-02-07T23:00
Bonus episode! Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's delightful parody of gothic romance, is full of surprises and humor. Kristin and Maggie highlight the hilarity of this adorable novel as it skewers of...
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Ep 5: Mansfield Park Part 3: The Lists of Hymen from 2016-01-19T13:22:50
NOTE - NEW FILE AVAILABLE: If you are a subscriber and this episode auto-downloaded, we recommend deleting your file and re-downloading it. The new file has better audio quality. We apologize for t...
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Ep 4: Mansfield Park Part 2: Seduced by the Theater from 2016-01-07T07:54:02
In part 2 of the Mansfield Park series, Kristin indulges herself with an entire episode centered around the novel's famous set piece, in which the gang gets up a production of the scandalous play L...
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Ep 3: Mansfield Park, Part 1: The Best Novel Ever Published from 2015-12-29T18:41:23
In their third episode, Kristin and Maggie uncover the secret genius of Austen's complex and oft-misunderstood novel Mansfield Park. The girls discuss how the much-hated heroine of the novel, Fanny...
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Ep 2: Pride in Prejudice Part 2: Perhaps a Little Less Formally Attired from 2015-12-11T22:07:05
Welcome back to First Impressions, the podcast for Austen lovers to stand up to their haters. In their second episode, podcasters Kristin and Maggie illuminate the brilliance of Austen's work by di...
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Ep 1: Pride in Prejudice from 2015-12-09T20:29:19
Welcome Jane Austen lovers and haters alike! In their first podcast, Kristin and Maggie discuss Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice. Kristin explains how Austen's portrayal of Mr. Da...
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