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Welcome aboard our brand new Sanditon Podcast! Each week we recap and discuss a new episode of the show.    First up, was 2x01. We discussed the handling of Sydney's death,  Charlotte's shifting characterisation, Redcoats and of course HATS! Sanditon Fancast is available on spotify, itunes, google podcasts. stitcher , castbox    Please Subscribe and rate and review!

We are back with a wrap up podcast for season two. We talk about the aspects of the show we loved,  what themes we thought it tackled and and speculate on what could be coming our way in the upcoming seasons. graphs mentioned in the podcast: figure one, figure two, figure three, figure four

Join us for a very special podcast! This weeks podcast is a long format discussion on our reading of The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn. We discussed our favourite moments from the novel, moments we felt didnt work  as well as how it was adapted for season two. 

This week we did a very special, all inbox edition of the podcast where we read out our listeners thoughts on season two and speculate about season three Podcasts mentioned in the show: Pride and Prejudice Podcast   Sanditon Season One Part One  Sanditon Season One Part Two

This week we round up our post-episode discussions of season two with the finale! We talked about the emotional unburdening of Kanthony, the peneloise conflict and our complete bafflement as to where the show will take us in season three.

Michele and Rita are back for season two! This week we analyse and discuss the seventh episode of the season: Harmony.  We have a Spoiler Free discussion about The Sex! The Sisters and the Soap. Content Warning: we discuss the sexual content in the show in a frank manner. 

Michele and Rita are back for season two! This week we analyse and discuss the sixth episode of the season: The Choice.  We have a Spoiler Free discussion about the none event of the century, the joey delayed reaction and Edwina and Kate's relationship. contact : on tumblr or email us at inthebooksnetwork@gmail.com

Michele and Rita are back for season two! This week we analyse and discuss the fifth episode of the season: An Unthinkable Fate.  We have a Spoiler Free discussion about the horny elephant in the room, the way Mary's choice has impacted her daughters, Kate's low self esteem and of course; GILES!!!!!  contact : on tumblr or email us at inthebooksnetwork@gmail.com link to the video discussed in the podcast 

Michele and Rita are back for season two! This week we analyse and discuss the fourth episode of the season: Victory.  We have a Spoiler Free discussion about what we feel were some of the themes of season two, the pit falls of a love triangle and the way that marina manages to suck any fun out of the room she enters.  contact : on tumblr or email us at inthebooksnetwork@gmail.com

Michele and Rita are back for season two! This week we analyse and discuss the third episode of the season: A Bee In Your Bonnet.  We have a Spoiler Free discussion about THE BEE SCENES!!! The reintroduction of Daphne, The Kanthony Cuteness and the complexity of the mother/son relationship between Violet and Anthony. contact : on tumblr or email us at inthebooksnetwork@gmail.com

Michele and Rita are back for season two! This week we analyse and discuss the second episode of the season: Off To The Races. Our Spoiler Free podcast involved much squeeing over the bourgeoning Kate and Anthony dynamic, the complicated relationship between the Sharma sisters, the thing on Colin's face and of course, the massive plot hole in the Lady Whistledown storyline. contact : on tumblr or email us at inthebooksnetwork@gmail.com

Michele and Rita are back for season two! This week we analyse and discuss the first episode of the season: Capital R Rake. Our Spoiler Free podcast covered everything from the introduction of The Sharma Sisters, Penelope's insane Whistledown plot and just how much we love Simone Ashely.  As discussed in the podcast here is the link to the discord And a list of resources discussing Indian diaspora living in regency London:   Lecture 27 in “A History of India” Great Courses Plus Ayahs, Lascars and Princes: The Story of Indians in Britain 1700-1947 By Rozina Visram Asians In Britain: 400 Years of  Rozina Visram Wikipedia:  British Indians  Britains Blue Blood has been mixed for centuries  Suleman Noor in Shakespeare’s times Counterflows to Colonialism: Indian Travelers and Settlers in Britain 1600-1857by M. H. Fisher Joseph Emin Sake Deen Mahomed

Join us for a very special podcast!  This weeks podcast is a long format discussion on our reading of The Duke and I by Julia Quinn. We discussed our different relationships with the work, and our feelings on how the show adapted some of the storylines from it. Trigger Warning for frank discussions about Rape and consent, especially within the context of the Romance Genre.  If you are able to please make a donation to the With Ukraine:  Global Support Fund

Michele and Rita are prepping for the return of Bridgerton in March with a rewatch of the first season. Join us this week for our final commentary track - this week we begged Daphne and Simon to just communicate already and weeped at the length and seeming pointlessness of the siena and anthony nonesense. If you are able to please make a donation to the With Ukraine:  Global Support Fund contact : here on tumblr or email us at inthebooksnetwork@gmail.com

Michele and Rita are prepping for the return of Bridgerton in March with a rewatch of the first season. Join us this week as make fun of everyone's terrible choices! With bonus discussion of how periods don't work like that and stone stairs are an awful place to have sex.  If you are able to please make a donation to the With Ukraine:  Global Support Fund  contact : anonymously on our tumblr or email us at inthebooksnetwork@gmail.com

Michele and Rita are prepping for the return of Bridgerton in March with a rewatch of the first season. Join us this week as we discuss the weather during a sex montage and rita proposes a compelling comparison with the The Amityville Horror. Press play on the podcast as the episode starts to following along. contact : anonymously on our tumblr or email us at inthebooksnetwork@gmail.com

Michele and Rita are prepping for the return of Bridgerton in March with a rewatch of the first season. Join us this week as we uncomfortably talk over a never ending sex scene. This is a commentary track, best watched in tandem with the episode. Press play on the podcast as the episode starts to following along. contact : anonymously on our tumblr or email us at inthebooksnetwork@gmail.com

Michele and Rita are prepping for the return of Bridgerton in March with a rewatch of the first season. Join us this week as we got to laugh cry at an amazing Portia moment, Cheese man's entrance into our lives and of course THE DUEL!!!!!This is a commentary track, best watched in tandem with the episode. Press play on the podcast as the episode starts to following along. contact : anonymously on our tumblr or email us at inthebooksnetwork@gmail.com

Michele and Rita are prepping for the return of Bridgerton in March with a rewatch of the first season. Join us this week as we got profoundly uncomfortable talking over Daphne's *ahem* self discovery. This is a commentary track, best watched in tandem with the episode. Press play on the podcast as the episode starts to following along. contact : anonymously on our tumblr or email us at inthebooksnetwork@gmail.com