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While fashions change and technology evolves, there are just some things about being human that transcend time. And the persistence of those human experiences is why anyone can find themselves in the timeless, romantic, and funny novels of Jane Austen. The Jane Austen Podcast with Alison Larkin brings a fresh voice to these classic stories. Hosted by writer and comedian Alison Larkin, each season will present an Austen novel with her award-winning narration and feature chats with actors, wri ...
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Ellen and Harriet are a mother and daughter who have been talking about Jane Austen together since Harriet was first old enough to read her. In this podcast, we will be doing a close reading of the books.In each episode, we will look at a few chapters. As well as talking about anything that strikes us in the chapters, we will also pick a favourite sentence, have a discussion about one of the characters, and then Ellen will give a social historian perspective about some element of the ninetee ...
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The Thing About Austen is a podcast about Jane Austen's world — the people, objects, and culture that shape Austen's fiction. Come for the historical context and stay for the literary shenanigans. Think of us as your somewhat cheeky tour guides to the life and times of Jane Austen.
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An enthusiastic amateur discusses Jane Austen's novels chapter by chapter. All are welcome whether you have a fancy degree or not.
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Explore over a thousand great books by authors from the ancient world through to the twentieth century. From Jane Austen to Herman Melville to Sun Tzu, from the ancient Greeks to American modernists: If a book changed the world, it's here. Share these full-length audiobooks with friends and start an audiobook club!
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A slightly tipsy exploration of Outlander, Jane Austen, and whatever else we feel like. Currently: Austen adaptations.
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If you’ve ever felt like you’re not “allowed” to like Jane Austen – whether because her work is too white, too academic, or too straight – we’ve been there. And this podcast is for you. Each episode, we use a different theme to guide our reading through the Austen canon to give you the historical context of each work, draw connections to pop culture, and discover new ways of interpreting old texts. There’s something in Jane Austen’s novels for everyone. Whether you’re a long-time Austen devo ...
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What the Austen? is a Jane Austen podcast hosted by Izzy Meakin, a passionate life long Janeite. Every other week Izzy is joined by a fellow Austen enthusiast as they take a deep dive into Jane Austen's novels and characters. This podcast is for the fans who love to oscillate between the thought provoking conversations and simply having a good laugh. In each episode we engage in lively discussions about everything Jane Austen, from the dreamy romantic moments to the slightly quirky and unusu ...
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Five friends use the role-playing game, Good Society, to tell improvised, regency era comedy dramas inspired by the books of Jane Austen. New episodes released every other Friday!
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Exemplary Vegetables: A Jane Austen Podcast
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Exemplary Vegetables: A Jane Austen Podcast
Rachael And Elizabeth
Die-hard fans of Pride And Prejudice (2005), former educators, and exemplary vegetables, Rachael and Elizabeth vow to read a section of the Jane Austen novel, watch only the corresponding scenes of the movie, and share their reactions. Join them for hilarity and fun as they attempt to identify the good sister, the eligible bachelor, and the tolerable dance partner.
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by Jane Austen, audiobook read by Karen Savage
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Becca has read all of Jane Austen's work. Molly literally does not know who Mrs. Bennet is. Together, they venture into Austen's world of romance, biting satire, and class struggles. Like Austen? Interested in a modern take? This is the podcast for you! Produced by Molly Burdick Audio production by Graham Cook Show art by Torrence Browne Transcriptions provided by SpeechDocs www.podandprejudice.com contact: podandprejudice@gmail.com
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This is a podcast for Jane Austen fans who love bold, witty women, awkward handsome men, and dragons.
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Sanditon is the last novel Jane Austen began before she died. Sadly, she was never able to finish it. Lucky for us, Andrew Davies, beloved Jane Austen friend/aficionado and friend to all those with a regency soft spot, picked up the project and created an eight episode run for Sanditon. It was originally aired on ITV in Britain, and moved to the US on PBS Masterpiece. 8 episodes was not enough and now we wait, beg and pray for more. This podcast is all things Sanditon, referencing Sanditon a ...
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This podcast is the ramblings of a fanatic. Discussing the Fandom I love. Jane Austen, Doctor Who, Disney and more! This is my little corner to talk about all the things I love. Join me in fanning out on the things I love! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/imolc/support
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My Cousin Jane is a podcast produced by Jane Austen's cousin—well, her 8th cousin, 6 times removed—Lee Falin, about the life and works of Jane Austen. Rather than explore the "literary themes and ethos of Jane Austen", or something else you might hear about in a graduate level English Lit class, My Cousin Jane presents a light hearted, chapter-by-chapter collection of segments that one could think of as the "Deleted Scenes" or "Bonus Features" of Austen's works. With any luck, you'll come aw ...
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Julia Golding, author and a Jane Austen fan, is joined by guests to discuss early nineteenth perspectives on issues in modern life through the lens of the wit and wisdom of Jane Austen. Perfect for fans of Jane Austen or anyone wanting to take a little break from the twenty-first century.
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Read With Me: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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Read With Me: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Lisa VanDamme
Join Lisa VanDamme as she guides you through Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Recommended Book Url: https://readwithme.app.link/qUI6QGdLEjb To learn more about Read With Me visit https://readwithmesalon.com
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The HistoryExtra podcast brings you interviews with the world's best historians, on everything from the ancient world and the Middle Ages to the Second World War and the history behind current events. Produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed, it offers fresh takes on history's most famous figures and events. Subscribe for the real stories behind your favourite historical films and TV shows, and compelling insights into lesser-known aspects of the past.
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A weekly podcast which explores pop culture, the humanities, and how they matter for our daily lives. Each week, your hosts (Hannah and Suzanne) share three (ish) things as we engage with all that delights, intrigues, and sometimes repels us; both in our areas of shared interest (ex: football, makeup, Jane Austen, Schitt’s Creek, and wine) as well as our individual specialties (ex: art history, museum studies, film, and theology). Join for the topics, stay for the conversation, and enjoy our ...
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Welcome to The Chawton House Podcast. This series will keep you informed of what goes on at the Great House, based in the Hampshire village of Chawton, that was once home to the brother of Jane Austen, Edward Austen Knight. It will also share stories, old and new, of life in the House. Presented and Produced by Lizzie Frisby Image art: Natalie Wilkins (Instagram: @ tilly.scribbles) Music: Guitalele's Happy Place by Kara Square (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ...
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Hosts Anna Colwill and Bethany Mosettig have set themselves the task of reviewing every Jane Austen adaptation ever. Come along on their journey. To get in contact you can email us at Austentranslationpod@gmail.com or on Instagram @Austen_translation_pod. Please rate and subscribe!
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We're talking about the stories of Jane Austen - how they connect to us today, and connect us to each other. austenconnection.substack.com
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Persuasion (version 2) by Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)
Eight years ago, Anne Elliot fell in love with a poor but ambitious young naval officer, Frederick Wentworth. The Elliots were dissatisfied with Anne's choice, feeling he was not distinguished enough for their family, and her older friend and mentor, Lady Russell, acting in place of Anne's deceased mother, persuaded her to break off the match. Now 27 and considered a spinster, Anne re-encounters her former fiance, now a captain, as he courts her spirited young neighbour, Louisa Musgrove. The ...
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Kid Friendly History for Kids and parents.
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Moviez 4 Babiez & The Puffin Publishing Podcast
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The podcast most capable of ruining bookstores for you forever. TV's Kevin Lanigan, Vern Tooley, Joe Konroy, & Justin Germeroth are veteran improvisers, taking their singular gifts for bringing silly characters to life directly to you. What if all the great writers you learned about in school were alive and well? What if they were unstable morons? What if Jane Austen swung from the chandelier on weekends and Mark Twain was a weird racist? These are the kinds of questions we answer here. You ...
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learn-english-podcast – Learn English with Jane Austen
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learn-english-podcast – Learn English with Jane Austen
Learn English with Jane Austen
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Watching and reviewing every Jane Austen adaptation ever filmed. Hosted by Sasha Sienna and Jessica Law. Episodes released monthly. Contact us @austentations or email janeaustentations@gmail.com
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This fragment of a novel was written by Jane Austen in 1804 and remained untitled and unpublished until her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh printed it in his A Memoir of Jane Austen in 1871. The title is from him. Mr Watson is a widowed clergyman with two sons and four daughters. The youngest daughter, Emma, has been brought up by a wealthy aunt and is consequently better educated and more refined than her sisters. But when her aunt contracts a foolish second marriage, Emma is obliged to re ...
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A Pride and Prejudice audiobook performed by 27 actors with gorgeous ambient sounds and music to bring the story to life. Presented over 30 beautiful episodes.This dramatised audiobook is produced by the Australian not-for-profit community theatre company, Ballarat National Theatre. 2021 Webby Award Honoree in the 25th Annual Webby Awards (Limited Series Podcast - Scripted Fiction).
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Austen vs. Brontë is a literary thunderdome! Listen each week as Lauren and Hannah compare and contrast the lives, work and fandoms of the Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters.
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Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
Why did kings and queens have spectators on their wedding night? Who had the very first boob job? And did our ancestors have their unmentionables pierced? Join historian, Kate Lister, Betwixt the Sheets as she unashamedly roots around the topics which seem to have been skipped in history class. Everything from landmark LGBTQ+ court cases, to political scandal, to downright bizarre medieval cures for impotence. The etymology of swear words, gender bias in medicine, and satanic panic and cults ...
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Allworld Online: A LitRPG Classics Adventure
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Allworld Online: A LitRPG Classics Adventure
Lindsey Sparks
Allworld Online is a reader-driven web serial created and read by science fiction and fantasy author Lindsey Sparks. ALLWORLD ONLINE is an endless and abundant virtual world, programmed with playable and interactive versions of almost every video game, movie, TV show, and book ever created. SEASON 1 (Pride & Prejudice) The virtual world of Austentopia is every Jane Austen fan’s dream...until it becomes a nightmare.
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Two friends talking tv, movies, books, etc.
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Sips & Sensibility is a Jane Austen adaptation podcast hosted by longtime best friends Beth, Julia, and Lori. Join us every other week for a new adaptation breakdown and review filled with insightful thoughts, wacky antics, and, of course, Jane Austen. If you love to chat with friends over a good beverage, you’ll love this podcast. Strap in, grab a drink, and join us as we dive in each episode. Who knows maybe you will find a new favorite adaptation along the way. Oh and Mr. Darcy? Call me! ...
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What is the life worth living? What are our obligations to ourselves and to others? What does love mean, and how might we embody virtue? These questions are as ancient as humanity’s primordial pursuit for self-understanding, and our podcast will examine them and others by looking at the surprising intersections of two figures: Jesus Christ and Jane Austen. Our host, Karen Swallow Prior will closely read a different one of Austen’s novels each season, and by examining her characters in light ...
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Podcasts in easy English to improve your listening and speaking
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a reader in possession of Austen novels must be in want of a podcast. Hosts Catrina and Elle are lit majors who love reading these books through a modern and historic lens.
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Jane Austen is one of my all-time favourite authors and I love the Georgian Period in British History, so I've decided to share my passion with you all and talk to you about different subjects surrounding Jane Austen. The episodes will be weekly (hopefully, I have a health issue so it might not always be exact) and they will break down into a few different categories:A History of England by a Partial, Prejudiced and Ignorant Historian. (General Georgian\Regency history)A. Lady (Jane's Life)T ...
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Charlotte Easter Earl brings you historical crime as Jane Austen might have told it. (Original musical score composed and performed by Israel David Groveman.) http://charlotteeasterearl.wix.com/charlotteeasterearl
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Tired of Christian pat answers about marriage? The podcast that goes in-depth into marriage, parenting, and even sex--to see how we can live the passionate life we were meant for. Paired with To Love, Honor and Vacuum--the blog!
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When Elizabeth Bennet met Miss Darcy, it was loathing at first sight - unless, of course, it wasn't? {Queer} Pride and Prejudice is the story you know and love, only significantly gayer than most other adaptations. Using Austen's words and setting, {Queer} Pride and Prejudice retells the classic romance with a reminder that we have always been here.
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A Jane Austen podcast discussing film, TV, and book adaptations, hosted by Jillian Davis and Yolanda Rodriguez. Tune in to hear our discussions of regency & modern adaptations, as well as hear interviews with the cast and writers behind the projects. We have covered The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Emma Approved, PBS Masterpiece’s Sanditon, Recipe for Persuasion and The Emma Project by Sonali Dev. Our goal is to cover an adaptation of each Austen novel. We also love the romance genre and also disc ...
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Let's smoke weed and talk about books, movies, aliens. With your hosts Bram Toker, Mary Jane Austen and JK Rollingpapers
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Queer history podcast covering content from around the world and throughout time.
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This week, we would like to introduce you to Strong Sense of Place, a show distributed by Realm. This episode is "London: The Tower, Tudors, and a Nice Cuppa Tea" There's been a bridge over the Thames in London for about 2000 years. In the time since its founding during the Roman Empire, London has become one of the world's most diverse cities. Tod…
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Part Six
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This week Greicy and Heather continue to discuss Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. This is the sixth in a multi-part discussion. Chapters 29-34 are discussed. Pride and Prejudice: Set in a small English village during 1812, this classic novel is one of the greatest love stories ever told! A poor country squire is trying to find husbands for his f…
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Jane Austen fashion, poet Daljit Nagra, musician Alice Phoebe Lou performs live
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From the enduring legacy of Colin Firth’s wet shirt to the colourful extravagance of Bridgerton, costumes have always been central in period dramas. But how much does adaptation match up to reality when it comes to regency fashion? To discuss this - and what’s revealed by the closet of the real-life Austen - Samira is joined by Hilary Davidson, aut…
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From ribbons, bonnets and ballgowns to Mr Darcy’s see-through shirt, the works of Jane Austen have long sparked the imaginations of fashion-minded readers and audiences. But what did the author herself wear? Austen has often been accused of dowdiness, but as Hilary Davidson reveals, this was in fact far from the truth. She takes Lauren Good on a to…
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In this episode, we read chapters 27 to 31 of Emma. We talk about the entwined group of people who visit one another, how so many scenes read differently the second time through, Miss Bates’s monologues, Jane and the piano, reactions to the plan of having a ball, and Emma encouraging Harriet to stop thinking about Mr Elton. The character we discuss…
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Cleopatra to Jane Austen: Perfumes of Powerful Women
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Why did Cleopatra soak the sails of her ship in jasmine? How did Queen Elizabeth smell? And why was perfume an essential tool of power for women across history? Whilst it’s hard to research the history of something that leaves no physical trace, we actually know a great deal about how some of the most iconic women in history would have smelt. Joini…
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Classic Audiobook Collection
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The Women of the American Revolution Volume 1 by Elizabeth F. Ellet ~ Full Audiobook
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The Women of the American Revolution Volume 1 by Elizabeth F. Ellet audiobook. Excerpt from Preface: Their patriotic sacrifices were made with an enthusiasm that showed the earnest spirit ready on every occasion to appear in generous acts. Some gave their own property, and went from house to house to solicit contributions for the army. Colors were …
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His Grace The Duke Aleister receives updates from each of his daughters in his private study. The Twins forgo their lessons in favor of political schemes. Agatha attempts to gain control of her husband’s proclivity for infidelity before leaving the manor and returning home. NEW EPISODES EVERY FRIDAY Due to the number of characters in this season we…
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Classic Audiobook Collection
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The Adventures of an Ugly Girl by Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett ~ Full Audiobook
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The Adventures of an Ugly Girl by Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Classic Literature
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Perkins, the Fakeer - A Travesty on Reincarnation by Edward S. Van Zile ~ Full Audiobook
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Perkins, the Fakeer - A Travesty on Reincarnation by Edward S. Van Zile audiobook. As the title suggests we are treated to three humourous and curious psychical transpositions in the cases of 'When Reginald was Caroline,' 'How Chopin came to Remsen,' and 'Clarissa's troublesome baby' . If you're looking for a break from more serious fare you can co…
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Letter 0.17 Discussion 2.05 Emma joins me and we discuss Mr Johnson following the gentlemen's code and how to be a true friend. Season 6 is now available for purchase if you'd like to listen early - we'll be discussing Rational Creatures (a webseries based on Persuasion) with the creators, cast and a film professional. The season goes public from 1…
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The Thing About Austen
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Episode 76: The Thing About Harriet's Sore Throat with guest Dr. Rena Jones
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Poor Harriet is stuck at home with a bad sore throat, and Mr. Elton is VERY concerned. For Emma. This week we're joined again by Dr. Rena Jones to talk about illness and medical knowledge in Austen's time. If you have ever been in an extremely lopsided love triangle, this episode is for you. Thank you so much to Rena for joining us for this episode…
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"I came. I saw. I conquered". Perhaps the most famous Julius Caesar quote of all time. But after hearing all about his bedroom antics, it takes on a slightly...different meaning. From Cleopatra, to his three wives, to male lovers, to mistresses - Julius Caesar definitely slept his way round Rome. Today Kate is Betwixt the Ancient Roman Sheets with …
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On 29 September 1923, the British empire was at its territorial height. But even as British power stretched across the globe, were the seeds of the empire’s destruction already sown? Speaking to Ellie Cawthorne, Matthew Parker charts what was happening across diverse territories in September 1923, through the testimonies of those on the ground, fro…
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Víkingur Ólafsson on Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Ken Loach’s The Old Oak
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Víkingur Ólafsson on Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Ken Loach’s The Old OakBy BBC Radio 4
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The Girl From Hollywood by Edgar Rice Burroughs ~ Full Audiobook
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The Girl From Hollywood by Edgar Rice Burroughs audiobook. The countryside outside of Los Angeles is a paradise on Earth: nature gives bounty on the land, the animals are majestic, the oaks breathe and the natural pools and ponds are all you would want on a summer's day. And if you are a Pennington or an Evans, life is simple and complete. However,…
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The Raven and The Philosophy Of Composition by Edgar Allan Poe ~ Full Audiobook
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The Raven and The Philosophy Of Composition by Edgar Allan Poe audiobook. Poe’s famous narrative poem and the author’s reflections on its composition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Classic Literature
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Bare Marriage
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Episode 207: The Ultimate Anti 'Obligation Sex' Episode
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Herbert Hoover
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In the latest in our series charting the reputations of key historical figures, June Purvis and Lyndsey Jenkins discuss the life and contested legacy of Emmeline Pankhurst – from whether her story obscures that of the wider suffragette movement to whether her political activism really means she can be labelled a ‘terrorist’ The HistoryExtra podcast…
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James Graham on Boys from the Blackstuff, and are maestros behaving badly?
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Alan Bleasdale’s Boys From The Blackstuff is widely regarded as television drama at its best with a cultural footprint that led to the phrase “Gi’s a job” being heard up and down the country. Forty years on from the first broadcast, James Graham, known for plays such as This House, about the UK’s hung parliament of the 1970s, and Dear England about…
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A Thief in the Night by E. W. Hornung ~ Full Audiobook
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A Thief in the Night by E. W. Hornung audiobook. Gentleman thief A.J. Raffles burgles his way through a series of homes in late Victorian England. A Thief in the Night is a short story collection and Hornung's third book in the Raffles series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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The Suffragette - The History of the Women's Militant Suffrage Movement by E. Sylvia Pankhurst ~ Full Audiobook
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The Suffragette - The History of the Women's Militant Suffrage Movement by E. Sylvia Pankhurst audiobook. This history of the Women's Suffrage agitation is written at a time when the question is in the very forefront of British politics. What the immediate future holds for those women who are most actively engaged in fighting for their political fr…
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Reclaiming Jane
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Northanger Abbey 10-12: "Emotions Run High"
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Red flags abound as we follow Catherine deeper into the ever-more-Gothic novel of her life in Bath! An episode featuring some of our favorite subjects: friendship, fashion, and... a little light kidnapping? For show notes and a full transcript of this episode, visit our website: reclaimingjanepod.com Connect with us: Twitter: @reclaimingjane Facebo…
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Megan Rapinoe
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Learn about an iconic movie star from the 1950sBy EnglishClub.com
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History Extra podcast
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Radio Times: a century of British broadcasting
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In 1923, a new periodical was launched to guide listeners through the BBC’s nascent radio offerings. Its name? The Radio Times. Across the coming decades, it not only featured radio and TV listings, but also offered a window into the nation’s changing media and social landscape. As Radio Times magazine marks its centenary, Matt Elton assembles a pa…
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Front Row hosts the BBC National Short Story Award Ceremony
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The announcement of the winners of the BBC National Short Story Award and the BBC Young Writers’ Award with Cambridge University, live from the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House in London. Joining presenter Tom Sutcliffe to celebrate and interrogate the short story form are the broadcaster and NSSA chair of judges Reeta Chakrabarti, alongside fel…
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The Evil Shepherd by E. Phillips Oppenheim ~ Full Audiobook
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The Evil Shepherd by E. Phillips Oppenheim audiobook. A businessman is found stabbed through the heart, the obvious suspect his partner: Oliver Hilditch. Hilditch seems destined for the gallows, but he is saved by brilliant defense attorney Francis Ledsam. It is a defense to be proud of, but Ledsam’s joy vanishes when Hilditch’s wife informs hi…
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The Black Box by E. Phillips Oppenheim ~ Full Audiobook
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The Black Box by E. Phillips Oppenheim audiobook. Sanford Quest, the master criminologist of the world, attempts to bring to justice the murderer of Lord Ashleigh's daughter. But he soon discovers that he has just entered a life-and-death struggle with a mysterious master criminal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Calvin Coolidge
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It's a credit to the resilience of the gay community that when society tried to outlaw and silence them, they just created a language of their own to keep conversation (and gossip) alive. The language, polari, was born out of prejudice, and while it's now classified as endangered, many of its words are still used by us today. What were its many ori…
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What did Roman emperors actually do all day? Were they really as bloodthirsty as legend would suggest? And why was food so important? Speaking to Matt Elton, popular historian, author and broadcaster Mary Beard tackles some of the big questions about life as a Roman emperor, profiling some extraordinary figures along the way. (Ad) Mary Beard is the…
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Philip Barantini on Boiling Point, The Archers cast on Lark Rise to Ambridge
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As the cast of the Archers star in a new adaptation of Flora Thompson's Lark Rise to Candleford, Samira is joined by actors Louiza Patikas, who plays Helen in the Archers, and Susie Riddell, who plays Tracy, to discuss the two-part Radio 4 drama, now called Lark Rise to Ambridge. Actor and chef turned director Philip Barantini joins Samira to discu…
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Storm Cloud on Deka by E. E. Smith ~ Full Audiobook
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Storm Cloud on Deka by E. E. Smith audiobook. Another pulp Science Fiction saga by E.E.'Doc' Smith. The Galactic Civilization is established, lensmen are on every world. But those horrible Atomic Vorteces still rage on many worlds. The only man who can extinguish them, the human computer 'Storm' Cloud, is embroiled in a tangled affair in this story…
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The Airship Boys in the Great War by De Lysle Ferree Cass ~ Full Audiobook
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The Airship Boys in the Great War by De Lysle Ferree Cass audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Classic Literature
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Daughters of Liberty
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With the climate crisis, war in Ukraine, a recent pandemic and the rise of AI, it can feel like there is more to be fearful of today than ever before. But according to historian Robert Peckham, human society has always been shaped by fear – and not always in the ways you might expect. Speaking to Ellie Cawthorne, Robert reveals how fear has been a …
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Episode 48: Discussing A Most Agreeable Murder with Author Julia Seales
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What if you could join a tea party with Jane Austen, Agatha Christie, and Arthur Conan Doyle? Tune in to this riveting episode where author and screenwriter Julia Seals reveals the inspiration behind her latest work, A Most Agreeable Murder. We chat about how her novel masterfully intertwines Austen's elegant narrative style with an enigmatic murde…
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History Extra podcast
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The Battle of Britain: everything you wanted to know
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The Battle of Britain has gone down in history as an epic dogfight between the RAF and the Luftwaffe – one where Britain faced overwhelming odds and the threat of an almost inevitable invasion. However, according to Dr Victoria Taylor, this wasn’t exactly the case. In conversation with Emily Briffett, Victoria answers listener questions on the batt…
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In this episode listen to an author interview with Julia Seales about her new Regency mystery novel which came out this summer! Edward Ferrars finally visits the Dashwoods, but he doesn't seem particularly thrilled to be there. Is it just that he's reserved or is he hiding something? Marianne extolls on her love of fall leaves and Margaret wishes t…
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Classic Audiobook Collection
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Astronomy - The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by David Todd ~ Full Audiobook
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Astronomy - The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by David Todd audiobook. The progress of astronomy from age to age has been far from uniform—rather by leaps and bounds: from the earliest epoch when man's planet earth was the center about which the stupendous cosmos wheeled, for whom it was created, and for whose edification it was maintained—dow…
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Melmoth The Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin ~ Full Audiobook
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Melmoth The Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin audiobook. One of the first horror novels, it tells the story of Melmoth, who sells his soul so he could have an extended life. Throughout the novel, he wanders around the world in search of someone who would replace him and lift his curse. It is known for its many sub-plots, the true horror it makes o…
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American Myths and Legends, Volume 1 by Charles M. Skinner ~ Full Audiobook
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American Myths and Legends, Volume 1 by Charles M. Skinner audiobook. American Myths and Legends is another collection of folklore from author Charles M. Skinner, whose exhaustive and expansive work in the field popularized many of these stories in the public imagination. It is intended as a follow-up work to his multivolume magnum opus, Myths and …
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Well, Here We Are
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Hansplaining: But Did Michelangelo Ever See a Human Woman?
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Please note: This podcast episode was originally recorded in July. And then the audio files proceeded to live on one of the hosts computers for several weeks, unperturbed. A long long time ago, Suzanne asked Hannah what she thought was a rhetorical question: Had Michelangelo ever seen a human woman? The joy of having a friend who is an expert in ar…
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Letter 0.17 Discussion 1.39 Amme joins me to discuss proper etiquette breakup, Mrs Manwaring's history and Lady Susan's timeline. The book mentioned is A Revolution Almost Beyond Expression: Jane Austen's Persuasion by Jocelyn Harris Season 6 is now available for purchase if you'd like to listen early - we'll be discussing Rational Creatures (a web…
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Warren Gamaliel Harding
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From Catherine Howard’s affairs whilst she was with Henry VIII, to Charles II’s mistress staging a lesbian wedding as part of a threesome… Hampton Court has seen it all. Today’s guest is Gareth Russell, historian and author of The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court, to explore a selection of the sex and s…
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Rocket women: America’s first female astronauts
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In the late 1970s, NASA admitted women onto their space programme for the first time. Six women were chosen as the first cohort, and would endure unprecedented media attention alongside the agency’s rigorous training. Speaking to Elinor Evans, Loren Grush shares more about these pioneering women who forged a new chapter for America’s space programm…
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