OMG, Dawn’s got a big date, some homemade sweat skirts, a repertoire of PUA techniques, and a new personality! Also there’s some terrible stuff about fat-shaming. Meanwhile, we sample authentic Californian cuisine, learn about amino acids, and make some travel plans we may come to regret. Simpering wistfully into the void; a black hole of dysfuncti…

Emma's in her Mean Era, and we're halfway through the ONLY way to enjoy what film critics are calling the "scintillating" "Emma Squadrilogy." That's right, this week it's Part 1 and 2 of Romola Garai's 2009 Emma miniseries, featuring Crash Override and Dumbledore. Hack the planet! Special thanks to Baby Bee Carys for the theme music! Subscribe to o…

In this "scentillating" adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel, Marianne and Elinor "Smellinor" Dashwood have invented a magical lotion that cures arthritis so their patent lawyer boyfriends can make them rich again, just like Jane would have wanted if she'd thought of it! Anyway, be sure to hug somebody you love and hold them close today, becau…

Dive into the Boneiverse with us as we explore the deep, mind-expanding lore and vast secrets contained in the lost "Wishbone 'Northanger Abbey,'" aka, "Pup Fiction," aka, "Woofanger Waggy." This is certainly the most doggedly wag-nificent adaptation of Jane Austen's penultimate novel, but is it also the best? The answer to that pressing question —…

OMG, we’re back! After a lengthy hiatus involving international travel, LARPing toddlers and multiple cases of Covid, it’s finally time for part 2 of Snowbound! On today’s agenda: we finally hold Belgium accountable; Get Ready With Kristy; southern boys be skiing; how to know when it’s true love, Ann-style; the haunting of Bart Taylor; Chewy’s doub…

This week, the boys are joined by '90s Tanner and Jack Shepherd Ska Explainer to try and figure out which of the characters from "Clueless" are actually from a completely different movie starring Goop from Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop. Turns out, it's a lot of them! As if! Special thanks to Baby Bee Carys for the theme music! Subscribe to our Patreon at …

The boys are joined by the great Vanessa Zoltan to discuss one of the most important Pride and Prejudice adaptations, "Actual Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen. She did this one as a book, which is longer than a movie, but still has some funny bits in it as well as some quite strong writing. Discussion topics include: Hand Stuff; Fred Mary Will, …

Welcome to the Sir James Martin Fancast, where we're sharing our favorite James Jams from "Love & Friendship," the 2016 adaptation of Jane Austen's epistolary novel "Lady Susan." Also, we're trying to get into the desperately exclusive east coast chapter of the Jane Austen Appreciation Society, so if you know anyone on the inside, please put in a g…

Wouldn't you know it –"Sanditon" episodes 3 and 4 are even hotter and hornier than the first two episodes?! Maybe it's because Jane's been drinking too much cider. Or maybe it's because Tanner's been drinking too much beer. Either way, the boys are going to need an ice-cold showerbath after this one. Special thanks to Baby Bee Carys for the theme m…

That's right, it's the very hot and very horny first two episodes of "Sanditon," by Andrew Davies (the Jane Austen of our time) and Jane Austen (the Jane Austen of Jane Austen's time). We're going to be getting to the bottom of who's nice and who's not nice, as well as other scintillating questions like what on Earth is everybody doing with their h…

Billie Piper is a more or less silent Fanny Price in the 2007 Mansfield Park created by Britain's Interesting Television, but is it better than the controversial 1999 adaptation? The answer might very well tear this entire operation apart. Special thanks to Baby Bee Carys for the theme music! Subscribe to our Patreon at Patreon.com/BSCCPodcast and …

OMG, the babysitters are snowbound! And they’re very very surprised by this, despite extensive weather forecasts warning them about this exact situation! We had so much to say about this one that we couldn’t fit it all in one episode, so this is part 1 of 2. Will the babysitters die of hypothermia and/or embarrassment? Stay tuned! On today’s agenda…

Darcy's a congressman, Lizzie's trying to save the town square, and this whole thing is making us just a little bit horse crazy. This week, it's Pride & Prejudice: Atlanta, a terrifying parallel universe where nothing is quite as it seems. Or possibly just an extremely wholesome Lifetime movie. It's difficult to tell. Special thanks to Baby Bee Car…

Have these boys met a real live Mr. Darcy, in the flesh, without realizing it? Will the Seal of Danzalthar stay closed long enough for the Bakshi girls to find some rich and mostly shirtless husbands? And what even is Tanner's middle name? These are difficult questions to answer even in the sober light of day, and this is ... not that. This week: 2…

Mrs. Bennet was right. There, we said it. Anyway, we watched the 2005 Keira Knightley Pride and Prejudice this week and some of us have to grudgingly admit that it's quite good. Top tier Darcy. And, well, there's a LOT of hand stuff in this one. Wowza. Special thanks to Baby Bee Carys for the theme music! Subscribe to our Patreon at Patreon.com/BSC…

We're finally getting around to tackling Jane's only nonfiction novel, "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," which covers the zombie apocalypse of 1813, as well as the marriage — officiated by Doctor Who himself — of Elizabeth Bennet to handsome actor Sam Riley, who everyone agrees is the best Mr. Darcy. Also, it's a movie, not a book, so I guess it's…

It's our wettest episode yet, with Anne Elliot from the Fishman movie making a big splash in Bath, while Captain Benwick stands on a big scary wall to let the waves wash over him. Positively soaking! P.S., we loved this one (it's the 2007 ITV "Persuasion"). Music credits: "Big Action Sports Rock," by Alexander Rufire "Tournament," by Crypt of Insom…

Take a trip with us into the crazy Westworld-style "Kissing Brothel" known as "Austenland," where there's no robots but there's plenty of kissing, a very tall gardener, an actual Mr. Darcy, and (somewhat unfortunately) a pair of Hole Detectives. You heard us. Hole Detectives. (Sorry I said it again!) Music credits: "Baroque Harpsichord," by Cinemed…

OMG, Dawn’s gotta beware! There’s a snake boy loose in San Francisco! Also, the local kids are manipulating the hell out of the babysitters, and we’re here for it. Meanwhile, Stacey is having glamorous adventures and nobody cares. On today’s agenda: Bruce Stringbean; Kristy’s intervention consultancy; a frankly unreasonable amount of babysitting; e…

Just as the predator claimed King Willie's skull as a trophy in 1990's Predator 2, so Willoughby (aka Rodrigo Fuentes) mercilessly crushes the hopes of Mary Dominguez (aka Marianne Dashwood) in this modern retelling of Sense (aka Prada) and Sensibility (aka nada). All stories are the same, when you think about it. Music credits: "Thrash Metal," by …

It looks like we're all in one big Jane Austen Book Club together now, which means that we're going to have to start carrying around all our Jane Austen texts in one giant volume, making our bro-ey basketball boyfriends read "Persuasion," and being astonishingly slow to notice when somebody has an obvious crush on us. Honestly, sounds like a blast.…

Don't blink, because it's the 2007 Andrew Davies adaptation of Northanger Abbey, and Jyn Erso is about to make her biggest mistake since she tried to steal the plans to the Death Star: Standing up Mr. Tilney to take a horsey ride to Blaise Castle. And it only gets cringier from there! Fortunately, we have a pair of Fashion Geniuses and a time-trave…

Crash Override and Deadpool Fanny Price go head to head in a white-knuckle thrill ride that one out of two hosts of this podcast has described as "an abomination." Get your Sexy Mansfield Park name, meet the Swinging Siblings of Northamptonshire, and prepare yourself for the most shocking EMMALIMINATION yet. Music credits: "Big Action Sports Rock,"…

The scintillating ALL-AUSTEN content block comes screeching into Andrew Davies' 2008 "Sense and Sensibility" like a bat out of hell. This week, we've got all-new Dashwood girls, a completely illegal round of the hot new game "Fred, Mary, Will," and enough sexy horse names to start a sexy ranch. Music credits: "Big Action Sports Rock," by Alexander …

That's right, folks — it's time to strap in, rev up your engines, and get ready for a raw, rugged, 100% premium grade "ALL AUSTEN" content block, starting with Gwyneth Paltrow's in-your-face, no-holds barred 1996 juggernaut, "Goop's Emma." In this breathtaking, death-defying tournament of champions, two Emmas enter, but only one Emma will leave ali…

The Death March is over, but we still have to do our Plot Line Power Rankings, play a bracing game of Ned, Kitty, El, and slide, gracefully, into Dodo's DMs. Our scintillating Middlemarch content block comes to a scintillating end with the 1994 BBC miniseries! Music credits: “Typewriter Blues,” by AllenGrey "Slow Dance for Classical Strings," by Or…

This is a very short announcement to say that we are moving our release date to Tuesdays. I'm realizing this announcement is timed with April Fools Day, so I'll just pause to say that this is not a trick. We'll be back with the final installment of Death March Through Middlemarch, "Death March Through Middlemarch, Leg Five: The March Home" tomorrow…

OMG, there’s a genius in Stoneybrook and it’s not Janine! Janine WISHES she was as talented as this kid. Meanwhile, we experimet with a pivot to audio drama. On today’s agenda: mandatory Disneyworld representation; unspeakable crimes against God and nature; Chekhov’s Toupee; Karen’s son makes Esther insecure; leave Mckenzie Clarke alone; Alan Gray …

Our brutal march comes to an end in the forsaken lands where George's murderous schemes make targets of us all. But before we few survivors can rest our broken bodies on the unforgiving ground, we must spin the dread roulette of "Fred, Mary, Will" one last time. And also make a very steamy kissing scene a good deal more family friendly. Music credi…

And now we march through the most dangerous territory yet: The fevered swamps where Emo Will Ladislaw lurks and the weary survivors must play "Fred, Mary, Will" ... or die. Music credits: "Neoclassica Baroque," by Synthezx "Prince of Darkness," by Allen Grey “Sadness,” by Allen Grey "Baroque Harpsichord," by Cinemedia "Classical Baroque," by Cineme…

The grueling death march through Middlemarch continues at a breakneck pace, and even King George himself has racked up a body count. Music credits: "Baroque Harpsichord," by Cinemedia "Classical Baroque," by Cinemedia "Inspiring Baroque," by Orchestralis "Baroque," by Gold Tiger "Neoclassica Baroque," by Synthezx "Marching Military Drums," by Orche…

Dodo Brooke just rizzed up Casaubon, and that's only the first book. The blistering death march through Middlemarch begins in earnest. Music credits: "Prince of Darkness," by Allen Grey "Baroque," by Gold Tiger "Neoclassica Baroque," by Synthezx "Classical Baroque," by Cinemedia "Baroque Harpsichord," by Cinemedia "Inspiring Baroque," by Orchestral…

It begins. Music credits: "Heroic Ancient Adventure," by R-Production "Prince of Darkness," by Allen Grey Special thanks to Baby Bee Carys for the theme music! Subscribe to our Patreon at Patreon.com/BSCCPodcast and support the show at Bit.ly/RattlesnakeJake! Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm Learn more about your ad choices. V…

OMG, Jessi’s got a wish! Because this is an Ann book, everyone’s wishes are heavily Disneyworld-focused. Ann also bravely raises some tough questions about tragic childhood illnesses, and then less bravely proceeds to answer exactly none of them. Meanwhile, we brainstorm activities for Aoife’s funeral and raise much-needed awareness of Simian Foamy…

The iconic Circle of Friends known as Tanner, Jack, and Lewis get to the bottom of some deeply concerning facts about bachelor and bachelorette parties, bread-adjacent characters in movies, and some of the different things that friends can do in a circle. This week's Chris is O'Donnell, and he does not acquit himself particularly well in this film.…

Welcome to the Winter of our Cris(tin Milioti)-Content. This episode took almost 400 years to make. We'd like to thank Andy Samberg. And Your Mother. Music credits: “Typewriter Blues,” by AllenGrey Special thanks to Baby Bee Carys for the theme music! Subscribe to our Patreon at Patreon.com/BSCCPodcast and support the show at Bit.ly/RattlesnakeJake…

One of the juiciest Chris-es this side of "Puffin Rock" AND a fellow podcaster in one movie means that the boys will have to muster the performance of a lifetime to do this delightful film justice. And boy, do they deliver. Prepare to meet Sir Edwin Chastity, an incredible new character who will doubtless be an enduring legacy of this year in podca…

OMG, Mallory’s on strike! We were very excited at the title of this one but it turned out to be less about labour activism and more about time management skills. And the value of airing your familial grievances in a thinly-veiled tell-all memoir. On today’s agenda: lawnmower-based punishments; grief counselling for mass extinction events; feels abo…

This week's Chris-es are Messina and (ever-so-briefly) Pine. Blink and you miss 'em, but we really do need to catch them all. We also need to check for Hobbits, rant, self-righteously, about how content was better in the aughts, and dramatically improve a wedding poem. Lots of work to do, so hop in! (Also, we're mustard bros this week. Probably bes…

Remember when we did Swiftmas, and the time when Jack was at Grandma’s so we did one about Puffin Rock too? WELL F**KING FORGET ABOUT ALL OF THAT BECAUSE WE NEED TO FIND THAT ENERGY WE HAD WHEN ARBITER TANNER WENT MISSING AND ARBITER JACK CAME BACK RIDING THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS FUTURE TO WHISK US AWAY TO SAVE HIM. Remember how pulse-pounding that w…

Here’s wishing that you thrive and find happiness in the new year. And even though we’ve all made it to 2024 together, it’s important to remember how we got here and why we’re still doing this. Our passion and our drive is only part of the equation. It’s you, our loyal audience, that keeps us going week in and week out. Thank you for everything. A …

Merry Swiftmas, y'all! As is traditional during Swiftmas, we will be celebrating Taylor by enjoying her hit 2010 film, "Valentine's Day." Any and all holidays that conflict with this fun, festive, family tradition will be summarily canceled. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Now is (continues) the winter of our "Chris" content, made funner by the "Chris" from "Civil War." Y'all are going to need your "Ghosted" names for this one, so start thinking about that now! But before you get too excited — there's no easy way to say this, but, well ... the number of ghosts in this movie is probably not the number of ghosts that y…