The Austen Connection
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Giving, gratitude, goodness, Jane Austen
24 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello friends,Enjoy this special podcast episode from a fun and meaningful conversation broadcast from our live taping at a one-day conference, “Eve...
Jane Austen's happy endings have strings attached
21 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, friends!So: Does Jane Austen even do happy endings?It’s a very fair question! And one we’ve explored at the Austen Connection - and now div...
Second chances and Muslim romances
29 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Mis-Arrangement of Sana Saeed just like Jane Austen’s 'Persuasion' is all about family pressures, class pressures, societal pressures - all the ...
We need romance, sparkle, joy, and Jane Austen
12 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Just in time for that much-anticipated and dreaded day - Valentine’s Day - we are celebrating, or commiserating, by dropping a brand new podcast e...
Live from Austen Con!
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hello friends,Welcome to a special Austen Connection podcast episode - taped earlier this month, for a live-streamed event at the wonderful Austen Con...
Reading Jane Austen in Nigeria
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hello friends,Stephanie Shonekan is an author and musicologist who has worked with the BBC, public radio and written and taught extensively on music, ...
Persuadable
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hello friends,We’re so happy to be able to share this conversation with the co-creators of the Rational Creatures YouTube series that retells the st...
Jane Austen hits the runway with NYFW designer Jennyvi Dizon
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, listeners! Designer Jennyvi Dizon is a fashion designer whose latest collection - debuting this weekend at NYFW - is inspired by the characters...
Author Nikki Payne is taking her shots. As did Jane Austen.
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hello friends,Welcome to a new weekend, a new month and a brand new season of the Austen Connection podcast, back right now with this episode! Kickin...
The Podcast - S2, Ep6: The Math, the Money, the Marriage, in Jane Austen
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hello friends,It’s a new Monday of a new year. Hope yours is fantastic. And however it is, and wherever you are, here’s some Jane Austen podcastin...
The Podcast - S2, Ep5: Regency women of color finding romance, making history
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for being here at the Austen Connection. You can see all of the Austen Connection conversations including the podcast here. If you are not sign...
The Podcast - S2 Ep4: Muslim romance right out of Jane Austen
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hello dear friends,We’re heading into the holidays - and next week our topic is Bad Families from Jane Austen, just in time for our family gathering...
The Podcast - S2 Ep3: Jane Austen for the People
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hello friends,Today we bring a new podcast episode and conversation that I think you will love. It’s with Damianne Scott, an educator, writer and sp...
The Podcast S2, Ep2: Finding your path through story, romance, witchery, and Jane Austen
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hello my friends,You’ve been through a lot this with us this October - our month of horrors has explored the haunted halls of Mansfield Park, the mo...
The Podcast S2: Comedy, Romance, Pleasure, Pain - Adapting Jane Austen’s ‘Persuasion’
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dear Jane friends,It’s Tuesday, and not our usual Thursday, because we have something special for you: Today, we are kicking off a second season of ...
The Podcast - Episode 7: Jane Austen will teach you, challenge you, and rescue you
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hello friends,Today, a podcast episode!It would not have been possible to have our Everything Emma month here at the Austen Connection without consult...
The Podcast - Episode 6: Devoney Looser on Living, Loving and Arguing About Jane Austen
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hello dear friends,Welcome to another week of The Austen Connection and our sixth podcast episode, which you can stream from right here, or from Apple...
The Podcast - Episode 5: Danielle Christmas on Being Intentional about Race and the Regency
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Danielle Christmas is a scholar in English and Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In her day-job, sh...
The Podcast - Episode 4: Black British Life in the Regency and Beyond
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hello dear friends,If you’ve watched the wildly-popular Netflix series Bridgerton or the wonderful film The Personal History of David Copperfield st...
The Podcast - Episode 3: Romance, the Regency, and Jane Austen
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hello friends,Today we continue the conversation with fabulous sisters Leah and Bea Koch, co-owners and founders of The Ripped Bodice, the romance-onl...
The Podcast - Episode 2: The Sisters of The Ripped Bodice
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dear friends,Our second podcast episode is out! And it’s a treat. In this conversation with superb sisters Leah and Bea Koch, co-owners and founder...
The Podcast - Episode 1: Author Soniah Kamal on how Jane Austen is Pakistani
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, dear friends!It’s here! Episode One/Season One of the Austen Connection podcast. You can press play and listen or stream from any device, and...