Into The Austenverse

DC and Lisa are back with listener correspondence, noting Florence Pugh’s Audible Persuasion, Zoe Kazan’s family link to Elia Kazan, and a stage production The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley in regional New South Wales, plus a request to cover the 2008 Sense and Sensibility miniseries in the new year. They preview upcoming episodes, including a bonus interview tied to a new Ti West/Johnny Depp Ebenezer adaptation and December specials for Pride and Prejudice and The Other Bennet Sister, alongside discussion of BBC's "TOBS/“TOES” news. The episode then features an interview with Australian intimacy coordinator Chloe Dallimore, who explains her path from performer and Actors Equity president into intimacy work, discusses on-set processes and resistance, and describes her pre-production and episode-one work on Netflix’s East of Eden, including stories about why Florence Pugh is the ultimate professional.
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DC and Lisa continue their East of Eden Netflix series coverage with episodes 4 and 5. Kicking off with Bond updates (this started as a thing because our new Mr Darcy, Jack Lowden was in the running and now they feel genuinely invested in who is going to get this role). They recap episode 4 as Cathy/Kate, after shooting Adam, changes her name, joins Faye’s brothel (run by Martha Plimpton), shows rare kindness and ultimately sees to it that she will take over. Episode 5 jumps eleven years ahead: the twins are grown, Abra is introduced, Samuel reveals to Adam that Kate runs a depraved Salinas brothel before dying, and Adam confronts Kate and returns seemingly freed from her influence. They praise Hoon Lee’s performance as Lee, discuss whether to tell the boys the truth, explain “timshel” as choice and free will, and note Charles’s death and inheritance letter.
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David and Lisa Campbell begin a Steinbeck-focused series with an episode on Netflix’s East of Eden (episodes 1–3) alongside the novel. They discuss adaptation decisions, including shifting narrative perspective via Cathy (Florence Pugh)’s narration and focusing heavily on the Trask storyline, and praise the New Zealand-shot production, casting (Pugh, Mike Faist, Christopher Abbott, Tracy Letts, Ciarán Hinds, Hoon Lee), and Zoe Kazan’s involvement. They outline early plot beats—Cathy’s brutal backstory, manipulation, sex scenes as power dynamics, and key events through episode three (twins’ birth, Cathy biting Samuel, sleeping with Charles, drugging Adam, and deaths). They debate whether giving Cathy added abuse backstory is necessary, note Lee’s code-switching is faithful to Steinbeck, and mention Cathy may be inspired by Steinbeck’s second wife.
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DC and Lisa introduce a Mini Mini Drop Drop episode to share first reactions to Netflix’s newly released Pride and Prejudice trailer, praising its color palette, modern aesthetic, supporting cast, and glimpses of characters including Mr. Collins, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Darcy, and Bingley, while counting down to the 3rd December release. They read listener feedback celebrating the 1995 adaptation and discuss George MacKay as an Austen-hero type, plus Bond speculation involving Dev Patel and Aaron Pierre. One host recounts spotting Rachel Weisz and maybe? Daniel Craig at London’s Wallace Collection. For Hallowe’en weekend, they debate what qualifies as horror versus thriller and share top book-to-film picks!
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Lisa and David Campbell return to the Austenverse to discuss the 1995 Academy Award–winning Sense and Sensibility, sharing their history with it, why they find it faithful, richly detailed, and timeless, and how its stacked cast elevates the adaptation. They open with Austen-adjacent news about rumoured James Bond contenders with Austenverse ties (Jack Lowden, Callum Turner, Josh O’Connor, plus speculation about Jacob Elordi) and react to the large response to their Alexander Skarsgård-as-Wentworth debate. Using Emma Thompson’s published script and diary, they cover Ang Lee’s directing approach and on-set challenges, Emma Thompson’s career run and writing process, changes made to expand Edward Ferrars, JASNA’s initial objections to Hugh Grant, and the impact—and handling—of Grant’s 1995 scandal, alongside notes from Alan Rickman’s diaries and a discussion of age-related casting choices.
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