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Stefanie & Melinda

Join your hosts Stefanie and Melinda as they dive deep into the world of adaptations of Jane Austen's beloved novel Pride & Prejudice, where some are fabulous, some aren’t their cup of tea, and some are delightfully unhinged. It's Austen, but not as you know it.

(Please note that while Apple has given the pod an "explicit" rating, the very few swears are bleeped and the hosts do not discuss any spicy scenes outside of noting their presence in the storyline. To get to know what the pod is and isn't about, give the Welcome episode a listen!)

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S2 · E11
Yesterday · 1 hr 9 min
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: Part Two
What if Pride & Prejudice was set in the 2010s, where Lizzie Bennet was on a media internship? What if she captures the wild and wonderful plot from Pride & Prejudice on camera? What if Lydia Bennet becomes a fan favourite – and pod favourite – character? Melinda and Stefanie discuss the arrival of Darcy, and Lydia breaking our hearts in a well-executed Wickham scandal in our second episode on the huge adaptation that is The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. Links & Mentions We can actually link you to the adaptation in the show notes which is a first: you can watch The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. If you would like to catch up with some of the actors from The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, you can see Ashley Clements's YouTube channel here, and the specific link to her Look Back Diaries project. Mary Kate Wiles has her YouTube channel and is part of a group called Shipwrecked Comedy who produces literary and historical comedy. And Daniel Vincent Gordh has a YouTube channel as well. We encourage you to watch Austen Therapy's Instagram reel analysing Episode 94 and the resolution to the Wickham scandal in this adaptation. Huge thank you to them for their insight! If you'd like to explore some of the transmedia storytelling you can see Lizzie Bennet's Twitter, William Darcy's Twitter, and Gigi Darcy's Twitter. If you need subtitles or a transcript, these are available through Apple Podcasts. Please note, they are auto generated so we apologise in advance for it not correctly understanding our accents on certain words. As always, you can find us (and our memes) on Instagram @janeaustenremixed and you can contact us via janeaustenremixed@gmail.com. Join us every second Monday to hear all about a new adaptation of our favourite classic novel. Next episode we will be discussing the stage production Pride & Prejudice* (*Sort Of) by Isobel McArthur.
S2 · E10
September 6 · 1 hr
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: Part One
What if Pride and Prejudice was set in the 2010s, where Lizzie Bennet studied communications and vlogged her daily life? What if she reenacted her life with props and costumes? What if it is one of the best depictions of the Bennet sister relationships on screen? Melinda and Stefanie discuss how iconic YouTube was in 2012, the birth of social media and transmedia storytelling and amazing character writing in the first episode on The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. Links & Mentions You can watch The Lizzie Bennet Diaries here. The book that Stefanie mentions about internet history is called Extremely Online by Taylor Lorenz. If you would like to catch up with some of the actors from The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, you can see Ashley Clements's YouTube channel here, and the specific link to her Look Back Diaries project. Mary Kate Wiles has her YouTube channel and is part of a group called Shipwrecked Comedy who produces literary and historical comedy. And Daniel Vincent Gordh has a YouTube channel as well. You can also see Hank Green talk about the project on a vlog for the first time in this video (from the 37 second mark). If you need a Crash Course (lol another Green brothers reference) in the state of the Internet in 2012, relive the fever dream that is Psy's Gangham Style; learn the Dumb Ways to Die around trains in Melbourne; dance the Harlem Shake; meet the cat, the myth, the legend Grumpy Cat; ask What Does the Fox Say with Ylvis and ponder if Taylor Swift sounds like a man screaming like a goat. You can also learn more about the history of YouTube thanks to this BBC podcast released to celebrate the 20th anniversary of YouTube in 2025. Learn more about the history of VidCon; and watch an ad for home goods store Bing Lee that explains why some Australians found Bing's name very funny. And if you want a deep dive into transmedia storytelling and LBD, you can check out Jay Bushman's website. If you need subtitles or a transcript, these are available through Apple Podcasts. Please note, they are auto generated so we apologise in advance for it not correctly understanding our accents on certain words. As always, you can find us (and our memes) on Instagram @janeaustenremixed and you can contact us via janeaustenremixed@gmail.com. Join us every second Monday to hear all about a new adaptation of our favourite classic novel. Next episode we will be continuing with The Lizzie Bennet Diaries in Part Two. If you're reading along, we encourage you to buy secondhand or support your local independent bookshop, where possible.
S2 · E9
August 23 · 1 hr 2 min
The Bennet Women by Eden Appiah-Kubi
What if Pride & Prejudice was set in an American College (again)? What if Elizabeth and her sisters were actually friends who live in the same dorm building? What if Darcy is a famous TV star who has come to their college to hide out after a hugely public and embarrassing breakup with a much more famous star? Stefanie and Melinda discuss niche cultural references, gender-flipped Wickhams, and masterful modern updates on niche character traits in The Bennet Women by Eden Appiah-Kubi. Links & Mentions If you need subtitles or a transcript, these are available through Apple Podcasts. Please note, they are auto generated so we apologise in advance for it not correctly understanding our accents on certain words. As always you can find us (and our memes) on Instagram @janeaustenremixed and you can contact us via janeaustenremixed@gmail.com. Join us every second Monday to hear all about a new adaptation of our favourite classic novel. Next episode we will be examining the iconic web series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. If you're reading along, we encourage you to buy secondhand or support your local independent bookshop, where possible.
S2 · E8
August 9 · 56 min
Bride & Prejudice directed by Gurinda Chadha
What if Pride & Prejudice was set in India? What if it was an all-out musical extravaganza? What if Darcy was a snobbish, fish-out-of-water American businessman who thinks that chinos are appropriate poolside attire? Stefanie and Melinda discuss vibrant musical numbers, the joy of an adaptation that truly understands its character's motivations, and the second-best fight scene in Pride & Prejudice adaptation history, in Bride & Prejudice directed by Gurinda Chadha. Links & Mentions If you need subtitles or a transcript, these are available through Apple Podcasts. Please note, they are auto generated so we apologise in advance for it not correctly understanding our accents on certain words. As always, you can find us (and our memes) on Instagram @janeaustenremixed and you can contact us via janeaustenremixed@gmail.com. Join us every second Monday to hear all about a new adaptation of our favourite classic novel. Next episode we will be reading The Bennet Women by Eden Appiah-Kubi. If you're reading along, we encourage you to buy secondhand or support your local independent bookshop, where possible.
S2 · E7
July 27 · 53 min
Potions & Prejudice by Tee Harlowe
What if Pride & Prejudice was a full-blown romantasy novel? What if the Bennet sisters had to marry to access their magic? What if Mr Bingley was part werewolf and Mr Darcy has the most romantasy name of all time? Melinda and Stefanie discuss witches without magic, fantasy tropes and men with zero communication skills in Potions & Prejudice by Tee Harlowe. Links & Mentions Here is the Instagram carousel that Stefanie mentions in this episode about how some modern enemies to lovers storylines are not earned. If you need subtitles or a transcript, these are available through Apple Podcasts. Please note, they are auto generated so we apologise in advance for it not correctly understanding our accents on certain words. As always you can find us (and our memes) on Instagram @janeaustenremixed and you can contact us via janeaustenremixed@gmail.com. Join us every second Monday to hear all about a new adaptation of our favourite classic novel. Next episode we will be watching Bride & Prejudice directed by Gurinder Chadha.
S2 · E6
July 12 · 57 min
Shadow of Anubis by Adele Dixon
What if Pride & Prejudice took place in the wave of Egyptomania that followed Napoleon's surrender in Egypt? What if Darcy was a treasure-hunting adventurer who craved more than just being really, really ridiculously rich? What if Lizzy inherited her father's love of Ancient Egypt and was a very talented translator of hieroglyphics? Stefanie and Melinda discuss this adaptation being set at the birth of Egyptology (which happens to perfectly align to when Austen was penning her novels), some downright horrifying facts about ancient mummies, and what it feels like to finally get a Mr Bennet who isn't vying for the role of "Worst Father in the Austenverse", in Shadow of Anubis by Adele Dixon. Links & Mentions You can find an excellent article on Mummy Mania, the mass export of corpses, and that Mark Twain anecdote here. More on the history of Medical Cannibalism can be found here. And if you still need to read more about the history of eating mummies, you can do that here. Giovanni Belzoni’s full British Museum Biography is here. And more in-depth biography is also here. If you’re interested in how Belzoni managed to move (and steal) monuments that no one else could, check out this article. And you can read more on the Parliamentary Act that forbids the removal of the Rosetta Stone here. If you need subtitles or a transcript, these are available through Apple Podcasts. Please note, they are auto generated so we apologise in advance for it not correctly understanding our accents on certain words. As always you can find us (and our memes) on Instagram @janeaustenremixed and you can contact us via janeaustenremixed@gmail.com. Join us every second Monday to hear all about a new adaptation of our favourite classic novel. Next episode we will be reading Potions & Prejudice by Tee Harlowe. If you're reading along, we encourage you to buy secondhand or support your local independent bookshop, where possible.
S2 · E5
June 28 · 51 min
The Cuffing Game by Lyla Lee
What if Pride & Prejudice was set at an American film school? What if our Elizabeth Bennet is a student who recruits her Darcy to star in her reality TV show where students confront their crushes on camera? What could possibly go wrong? Melinda and Stefanie discuss the dramatic twists and turns of reality TV, men dancing shirtless on social media, and the definition of ‘cuffing’ in The Cuffing Game by Lyla Lee. Links & Mentions If you're still confused about the definition of 'cuffing' you can read more. If the world of K dramas is new for you, read up on the tropes in this helpful summary. And if you were as confused as Melinda was by the meme 'oh my god they were roommates' you can read more here. If you need subtitles or a transcript, these are available through Apple Podcasts. Please note, they are auto generated so we apologise in advance for it not correctly understanding our accents on certain words. As always, you can find us (and our memes) on Instagram @janeaustenremixed and you can contact us via janeaustenremixed@gmail.com. Join us every second Monday to hear all about a new adaptation of our favourite classic novel. Next episode we will be reading The Shadow of Anubis by Adele Dixon. If you're reading along, we encourage you to buy secondhand or support your local independent bookshop, where possible.
S2 · E4
June 14 · 1 hr 1 min
Austenland by Jerusha Hess
What if Pride & Prejudice was about a hopelessly romantic American named Jane who dropped her life savings on a trip to England to take part in a personalised fantasy romance at a Regency themed live-in experience? What if the woman who owns the venue it is inexplicably horrible to her the whole time? What if she accidentally falls in love with her own Mr Darcy for real? Stefanie and Melinda discuss the absolutely stacked cast of Jane Austen adaptation alumni who feature in the film, the obsession in early aughts films with depicting single women in their 30s as desperate losers, and the intense flashbacks this movie gave them to particular (and particularly unhinged) adaptation that featured in Season 1, in Austenland directed by Jerusha Hess. Links & Mentions Want to get lost in a rabbit hole that Stefanie cut from the episode? Read up on Regency House Party, the insane reality dataing show that forced signle people to live an incredibly accurate Regency lifestyle while trying to find love... think insanly accurate, like washing your hair with egg whites, and being forced to sleep in a broom closet-sized room off the side of your chaperone's rooms because the producers designated you a lowly "lady's companion", level of accurate. The Indiewire faux pas is linked here. The Guardian review can be found in full here. MaryAnn Johanson's review can be found here. If you need subtitles or a transcript, these are available through Apple Podcasts. Please note, they are auto generated so we apologise in advance for it not correctly understanding our accents on certain words. As always you can find us (and our memes) on Instagram @janeaustenremixed and you can contact us via janeaustenremixed@gmail.com. Join us every second Monday to hear all about a new adaptation of our favourite classic novel. Next episode we will be watching The Cuffing Game by Lyla Lee. If you're reading along, we encourage you to buy secondhand or support your local independent bookshop, where possible.
S2 · E3
May 31 · 55 min
Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective by Kelly Gardiner & Sharmini Kumar
What if Caroline Bingley was the main character and we learn what happens to her after Pride & Prejudice? What if she ends up embroiled in a murder case alongside Georgiana Darcy in London? What if she discovers she is pretty good at solving crimes? Melinda and Stefanie discuss murder mysteries, characters changing for sequels and flying wombs in Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective by Kelly Gardiner and Sharmini Kumar. Links & Mentions You can read more about the East India Company at Britannica.com. This Guardian article from 2015 also explains the company's unpleasant history. And if you want to learn more about the White Saviour trope as it appears in literature and film, you can do so here. You can also read more about Devoney Looser's book Wild for Austen and where to buy it here. If you need subtitles or a transcript, these are available through Apple Podcasts. Please note, they are auto generated so we apologise in advance for it not correctly understanding our accents on certain words. As always you can find us (and our memes) on Instagram @janeaustenremixed and you can contact us via janeaustenremixed@gmail.com. Join us every second Monday to hear all about a new adaptation of our favourite classic novel. Next episode we will be reading The Bennet Women by Eden Appiah-Kubi. If you're reading along, we encourage you to buy secondhand or support your local independent bookshop, where possible.
S2 · E2
May 17 · 1 hr 15 min
Pride & Prejudice & Zombies by Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith
What if the England of Pride & Prejudice was beset by a strange plague that brought the dead back to life to slaughter the living? What if young ladies were taught proficiency in sword play rather than playing the piano? And what if Elizabeth was a heartless, revenge driven, borderline sociopath? Stefanie and Melinda discuss what happens when revisiting one of your favourite adaptations goes awry, and the painful hilarity of watching Hollywood go completely rogue on the film adaptation of a (sort of) classic novel in Pride & Prejudice & Zombies by Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith and its companion film, directed by Burr Steers. Links & Mentions The author’s interview in The Times can be read in full here. Additional interviews used as sources can be found here on TIme.com, here on Entertainment Weekly, and the author discusses reading everything Austen ever wrote here. More information on Isolationist Japan can be found here . A brief history of ninja can be found here - NB Stefanie uses the modern prefecture names only in this episode. Emma Coffin’s fantastic look at Orientalism ("Ninjas – Invisible in More Ways than One: Orientalism in Grahame-Smith’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies") can be found here. The more in-depth examination of costuming in PPZ that Stefanie references is here. While you can access the interview with the 2005 film costume designer Jacqueline Durran here on The Wayback Machine, where she mentions that Joe Wright was desperate for any excuse to shift the temporal setting of the novel to avoid "unflattering empire waistlines". You can read more about the religious piety aspect of PPZ, that we didn't have time to get into in the episode, here in the fabulously named “Piety and Pigs Brains” essay on the JASNA website. If you need subtitles or a transcript, these are available through Apple Podcasts. Please note, they are auto generated so we apologise in advance for it not correctly understanding our accents on certain words. As always, you can find us (and our memes) on Instagram @janeaustenremixed and you can contact us via janeaustenremixed@gmail.com. Join us every second Monday to hear all about a new adaptation of our favourite classic novel. Next episode we will be reading Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective by Kelly Gardiner and Sharmini Kumar. If you're reading along, we encourage you to buy secondhand or support your local independent bookshop, where possible.
S2 · E1
May 3 · 47 min
Accomplished: A Georgie Darcy Story by Amanda Quain
What if the main character of Pride & Prejudice was Georgiana Darcy? What if she attends a boarding school in upstate New York? What if she’s trying to rebuild her reputation and live up to the standard of her perfect older brother? Melinda and Stefanie discuss our beloved story from a different perspective, realistic mental health journeys and Hollywood teen movies tropes in Accomplished: A Georgie Darcy Story by Amanda Quain. Links & Mentions Need some help with the marching band terms in this episode? Here's a helpful list of the most common terms. If you need subtitles or a transcript, these are available through Apple Podcasts. Please note, they are auto generated so we apologise in advance for it not correctly understanding our accents on certain words. As always you can find us (and our memes) on Instagram @janeaustenremixed and you can contact us via janeaustenremixed@gmail.com. Join us every second Monday to hear all about a new adaptation of our favourite classic novel. Next episode we will be reading Pride & Prejudice & Zombies by Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith and watching the companion movie of the same name, directed by Burr Steers. If you're reading along, we encourage you to buy secondhand or support your local independent bookshop, where possible.
S1 · E14
April 5 · 36 min
BONUS: The Marvel Minisode
What if your hosts were also Marvel Cinematic Universe nerds? What if they got a reader question in the mailbox episode asking them to cast MCU characters as Pride & Prejudice characters? What if what was meant to be a five-minute segment turned into a 50-minute tangent and they decided to turn it into a bonus episode? Stefanie and Melinda spend way too much time discussing the nuances of MCU characters and how they fit into the beloved world of Pride & Prejudice. Links & Mentions If you need subtitles or a transcript, these are available through Apple Podcasts. Please note, they are auto generated so we apologise in advance for it not correctly understanding our accents on certain words. As always, you can find us (and our memes) on Instagram @janeaustenremixed and you can contact us via janeaustenremixed@gmail.com. We'll be back with Season Two's premiere episode on 4 May 2026, with Accomplished: A Georgie Darcy Novel by Amanda Quain. If you're reading along, we encourage you to buy secondhand or support your local independent bookshop, where possible.
S1 · E13
March 1 · 55 min
The Listener Mailbox Episode (& Season 1 Reflections)
What if two friends started a podcast about Pride & Prejudice adaptations? What if Season 1 is finished and they have more things to say? What if they have your questions to answer? Melinda and Stefanie reflect on the first 12 adaptations discussed on Jane Austen Remixed and share their favourite moments, behind the scenes thoughts, and answer your questions. Links & Mentions If you would like to learn more about Napeleon's role in Persuasion, read this helpful article from Jane Austen's House about war in all her works. The adaptation set in historical Korea is called Behind Five Willows written by June Hur. You can follow the author on Instagram to stay up-to-date about the release. If you need subtitles or a transcript, these are available through Apple Podcasts. Please note, they are auto generated so we apologise in advance for it not correctly understanding our accents on certain words. As always you can find us (and our memes) on Instagram @janeaustenremixed and you can contact us via janeaustenremixed@gmail.com. We'll be on break for a little while, but we'll let you know when we'll be back. Keep an eye out for a bonus episode - where we cast members of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as characters in Pride & Prejudice - while we're on hiatus. Happy reading!
S1 · E12
February 15 · 1 hr
Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding
What if Pride & Prejudice was a story about the "confused ramblings of a pissed 30-something"? What if there were two Mr Wickhams and Mr Darcy was a renowned human rights lawyer? Stefanie and Melinda discuss the cultural fixation on women's bodies from a time when society was obsessed with women dying alone and being found half eaten by an Alsatian through the lens of Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding and the companion movie of the same name, directed by Sharon Maguire. Links & Mentions The original meaning of the term "slut" can be found here. If the Bridget Jones musical has been added to your mental list of Roman Empires as well, here is the 2014 update on why Lily Allen left the project, and here is a 2024 (!) update on the musical that we found after we recorded. Learn about the "real" Mark Darcy, human rights lawyer, here. You can read Sophie Vershbow's article Did Bridget Jones Make Us Hate Our Bodies? here on Vogue. While Alex Light's article Growing Up On Bridget Jones Damaged My Body Confidence is here on Grazia UK. If you want to listen to a very entertaining if a little demoralising podcast episode on why the BMI is garbage, you can find it over on pod fave Maintenance Phase's feed here. If you want to watch Bridget interview Colin Firth, you'll find it here. If you need subtitles or a transcript, these are available through Apple Podcasts. Please note, they are auto generated so we apologise in advance for it not correctly understanding our accents on certain words. As always you can find us (and our memes) on Instagram @janeaustenremixed and you can contact us via janeaustenremixed@gmail.com. Join us every second Monday to hear all about a new adaptation of our favourite classic novel. Next episode we will be openign our DMs and answering listener questions, as well as reflecting on the good, the great and the unhinged moments of season one.
S1 · E11
February 1 · 59 min
Elizabeth of East Hampton by Audrey Bellezza & Emily Harding
What if Pride and Prejudice was set in modern day America? What if Will Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet surf and fall in love in the Hamptons? What if Jane Bennet reads romantasy novels and Kitty went to business school? Melinda and Stefanie discuss a romance novel version of Pride & Prejudice that includes all five Bennet sisters and doesn’t turn Fitzwilliam Darcy into a walking red flag in Elizabeth of East Hampton by Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding. Links & Mentions You can follow the authors on Instagram @audrey.and.emily. And if you want spoilers, you can click here to find out the title of Book 3 in for the Love of Austen and where to buy it. We've read it: it's fabulous. If you need subtitles or a transcript, these are available through Apple Podcasts. Please note, they are auto generated so we apologise in advance for it not correctly understanding our accents on certain words. As always you can find us (and our memes) on Instagram @janeaustenremixed and you can contact us via janeaustenremixed@gmail.com. Join us every second Monday to hear all about a new adaptation of our favourite classic novel. Next episode we will be reading and watching is Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding and watching the companion movie of the same name, directed by Sharon Maguire. If you're reading along, we encourage you to buy secondhand or support your local independent bookshop, where possible.
S1 · E11
January 18 · 1 hr
Love, Lovecraft & Mr Darcy by Violet King
What if Pride & Prejudice wasn't a bucolic tale of classic romance? What if Netherfield Park hid a dark and menacing secret? And what if Caroline Bingley had a sinister motive for inviting Jane to visit? Stefanie and Melinda discuss Lovecraftian horror as a genre, the prospect of Pride & Prejudice being a much, much shorter novel, and why on earth Elizabeth Bennet would ever have called on the Bingleys without a formal introduction, in Love, Lovecraft & Mr Darcy by Violet King. Links & Mentions Read more about H.P. Lovecraft here. Learn more about what exactly an Eldritch Being is here Aja Romano's excellent article How HBO’s Lovecraft Country illuminates H.P. Lovecraft’s history of literary racism for Vox is linked here Read the Reuters investigation into the tidal wave of AI books on Amazon is here and a fuller investigation of how fake books have always been a scam is here on Robert Evans' substack, Shatterzone. If you need subtitles or a transcript, these are available through Apple Podcasts. Please note, they are auto generated so we apologise in advance for it not correctly understanding our accents on certain words. As always you can find us (and our memes) on Instagram @janeaustenremixed and you can contact us via janeaustenremixed@gmail.com. Join us every second Monday to hear all about a new adaptation of our favourite classic novel. Next episode we will be reading and watching is Elizabeth of East Hampton by Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding. If you're reading along, we encourage you to buy secondhand or support your local independent bookshop, where possible.
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January 4 · 1 hr 7 min
Stuck Up & Stupid by Angourie Rice and Kate Rice
What if Pride & Prejudice was a young adult novel set in Australia and Los Angeles? What if Darcy and Bingley were famous actors visiting Sydney for the summer? And Elizabeth isn’t falling for their celebrity mystique like the rest of her family? Melinda and Stefanie discuss the art of performance, reboots, and striving for authenticity in a world obsessed with image and social media, in Stuck Up & Stupid by Angourie Rice and Kate Rice. Links & Mentions You can listen to Angourie's podcast The Community Library. If you're curious which bookstore Dorian didn't want to visit to get swamped by tourists, Stefanie thinks they're referring to The Last Bookstore in LA. If you need subtitles or a transcript, these are available through Apple Podcasts. Please note, they are auto generated so we apologise in advance for it not correctly understanding our accents on certain words. As always you can find us (and our memes) on Instagram @janeaustenremixed and you can contact us via janeaustenremixed@gmail.com. Join us every second Monday to hear all about a new adaptation of our favourite classic novel. Next episode we will be reading Love, Lovecraft & Mr Darcy by Violet King. If you're reading along, we encourage you to buy secondhand or support your local independent bookshop, where possible.
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Dec 7, 2025 · 55 min
Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe by Melissa de la Cruz & Hallmark
What if Pride & Prejudice was set at Christmas in small town Ohio? What if the main characters are gender flipped so Darcy Fitzwilliam is a proud woman instead? But what if…..she just isn’t? Melinda and Stefanie discuss inconsistent character adaptations, a mind-melting amount of drama for one family, and what is up with a tradition forcing people to kiss under mistletoe, in Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe by Melissa De La Cruz and its companion Hallmark movie. Links & Mentions Get into the festive spirit and watch the trailer for Pride, Prejudice & Mistletoe. If you'd like to learn more about the freaky festive parasite mistletoe, listen to this episode of Branch Out. The Smithonsian magazine has this article on the history of mistletoe. You can also see photos of Australia's Christmas tree mistletoe on the ABC. If you need subtitles or a transcript, these are available through Apple Podcasts. Please note, they are auto generated so we apologise in advance for it not correctly understanding our accents on certain words. As always you can find us (and our memes) on Instagram @janeaustenremixed and you can contact us via janeaustenremixed@gmail.com. Join us every second Monday to hear all about a new adaptation of our favourite classic novel. We're taking a break for Christmas and will be back on January 5. Next episode we will be reading Stuck Up & Stupid by Angourie Rice and Kate Rice. If you're reading along, we encourage you to buy second hand or support your local independent bookshop, where possible.
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Nov 23, 2025 · 53 min
The Darcy Governess by April Karber
What if Pride & Prejudice began with the death of Mr Bennet? What if Elizabeth set out to forge her own path as a governess to avoid marrying Mr Collins? What if she wound up as Georgiana Darcy's governess? Make sure you've brushed up on your Charlotte Bronte to join Stefanie and Melinda as they discuss literary mash-ups, if the fortune teller dress up is the worst part of Jane Eyre, and how Melinda managed to avoid spoilers for nearly 200 year old book, in The Darcy Governess by April Karber. Links & Mentions You can find April Karber and her excellent memes @msjaneauten. If you need subtitles or a transcript, these are available through Apple Podcasts. Please note, they are auto generated so we apologise in advance for it not correctly understanding our accents on certain words. As always you can find us (and our memes) on Instagram @janeaustenremixed and you can contact us via janeaustenremixed@gmail.com. Join us every second Monday to hear all about a new adaptation of our favourite classic novel. Next episode we will be reading Pride & Prejudice & Mistletoe by Melissa De La Cruz and watching its companion Hallmark movie, directed by Don McBrearty.
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Nov 9, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min
The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch by Melinda Taub
What if Pride & Prejudice's Lydia Bennet wasn't just the selfish and shameless youngest Bennet daughter? What if she was a powerful witch who made a deal with a demon to save her beloved Kitty? And what if she was now on a mission to save another pod fave character from a cursed fate? Stefanie and Melinda discuss the redemption of the youngest Bennet, how well that arc works within a supernatural context, and just what could have been if Mr and Mrs Bennet had cared about Lydia at any point in her childhood, in The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch by Melinda Taub. Links & Mentions A week before this episode was due to air Stefanie and Melinda went to a talk by the iconic Austen scholar, Devony Looser, who is name checked in this episode. Looser's newest work Wild for Austen is incredible and she revealed in it that she has uncovered new evidence that Austen's family was heavily anti-slavery and that three of her brothers were publically pro-abolition and, indeed one of them was a delegate at an anti-slavery conference. It's an incredible discovery, though Looser is at pains to point out that "anti-slavery" does not mean "anti-racist". We highly reccomend you get a copy of the book and jump on any chance you get to hear Devoney speak. If you are a fan of pithily scathing takedowns, you can find Melinda Taub’s letter on behalf of Baroness Von Schrader here. Melinda Taub’s new book, The Shocking Experiments of Miss Mary Bennet, can be found on the publisher’s website here. A note from the hosts: we personally would have called it The Shocking Experiments of Mary Bennet, Scientist but that is because our hobby is being weird about books on the internet… and we love symmetry. Stefanie used two excerpts as references for the mythology of Seventh Children, the first is from an Occult World article about the seventh child of a seventh child and the second is the Seventh Son, Daughter entry from the Dictionary of English Folklore. Discover the Shell Grotto for yourself here. You can find Lona Manning’s research into Lydia as feminist icon here, and you can read Heidi S. Bond’s research into Wickham as a serial sexual offender in the her aptly named article, Pride and Predators, here - do yourself a favour and read Footnote 2, for one of the best mini plot synopses of Pride & Prejudice we have ever seen. If you need subtitles or a transcript, these are available through Apple Podcasts. Please note, they are auto generated so we apologise in advance for it not correctly understanding our accents on certain words. As always you can find us (and our memes) on Instagram @janeaustenremixed and you can contact us via janeaustenremixed@gmail.com. Join us every second Monday to hear all about a new adaptation of our favourite classic novel. Next episode we will be reading The Darcy Governess by April Karber. If you're reading along, we encourage you to buy second hand or support your local independent bookshop, where possible.

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