Best PJulia Golding Podcasts (2025)

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Season 5 Ep 10 What would Jane do...about murder mysteries in fact and fiction? Special guest Vanessa Kelly 53:15

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. There's trend for involving Jane Austen in murder. What would she make of that? In this episode we are joined by Vanessa Kelly, author of Murder at Donwell Abbey, the second book in a series that imagines Emma after her marriage as a sleuth in her local community. We discuss law and or…

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Season 5 Ep 9 What would Jane do...at the Bath Jane Austen Festival? 8:43

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. An unusual episode - a visit to the Holburne Museum, Bath, where Katy Macfarlane and Julia Golding visit the Illustrating Austen exhibition. Find out where you've seen the museum before!By Julia Golding

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Season 5 Ep 8 What Would Jane Do...about Six Weeks by the Sea? 50:10

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. Paula Byrne, author of Six Weeks by the Sea, and adviser on Sanditon TV series, talks to us (Julia Golding and Katy Macfarlane) about her new book. Prepare to be informed and entertained as we discuss abolition, leeches, and seaside adventures - as well as much more. You can find Paula…

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Season 5 Ep 7 What Would Jane Do...about casting Pride and Prejudice? 19:25

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. Waking up to news of the casting of Netflix Pride and Prejudice? We've done a breakdown on our podcast What would Jane Do? of the new cast and what we might expect. We think it could be a great addition if they take the opportunity to explore fresh areas, particularly on the Bingleys. …

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Season 5 Ep. 6 What would Jane do about Romanticism? 53:40

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. Have you ever wondered why Jane Austen isn't counted among the Romantics of her era when she is now known now as the most romantic of writers? Julia and Katy take a deep dive into what Romantism was (poets such as Wordsworth and Byron) and discuss how Jane connected or criticised the l…

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Season 5 Ep 5: What would Jane do...about duels? 51:02

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. Pistols at dawn? What would (and did) Jane Austen do about the practice of settling disputes with duels? Julia Golding and Kate Macfarlane romp through the history and laws of duelling, examine the famous cases in the period, including duels fought by women, and then turn to Jane's nov…

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Season 5 Ep 4: What would Jane do about Crime and Punishment? 52:02

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. What would Jane do about crime and punishment? In this episode we delve into the history of crime and punishment in Jane Austen's era, discussing topics such as duelling, the lack of centralised law enforcement, and the discipline and punishment systems in the military, navy and elsewh…

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Season 5 Ep. 3 WWJD...about Lady Whistledown? (inc. Bridgerton Season 3 review) 49:13

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. What did you think of Bridgerton Season 3? Julia Golding and Kate Macfarlane review the latest season but also put Lady Whistledown through her paces. They look at the real Lady Whistledown and the place for public scandalmongering. What was the role of gossip in Jane's world and where…

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Season 5 Ep. 2 - What would Jane do...about the Hell Fire Club and other Secret Societies? 41:25

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. Julia Golding has been delving into the scandalous world of the Hell Fire Club for her new novel. This was a secret society that emerged out of the 18th century and had new admirers such as Jane's contemporary, Lord Byron. But what would Jane Austen make of this world of clubs and soci…

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Season 5 Ep. 1 - What would Jane do...about Mr Darcy's Wet Shirt? 40:27

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. In a world exclusive the What would Jane do? team interview the person who bought that shirt - yes, you can meet the person who won the auction and find out the plans for it going forward. In the same auction was the yellow pelisse worn in the 2020 Emma - find out where that is going a…

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Season3 Ep. 13 What would Jane Do...about AI? 53:26

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. In our seasonal round up of the year we take Jane Austen to confront that theme of the year - artificial intelligence. What are the parallels in her era? Would she embrace change or hate it? Learn about frame breaking and factory reform. Has technology always been coming for our jobs? …

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Season 3 Ep. 12 Jane Austen 'Who do you think you are?' - meet her fifth great-niece, Caroline Knight 54:14

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. What would Jane do about 'Who do you think you are?' Today we have a very special guest, Caroline Jane Knight, descendent of Jane Austen's brother Edward. Caroline devotes much of her time to the legacy of her famous fifth great aunt, running the Jane Austen Literary Foundation and sup…

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Season 3 Ep.10 Jane Austen and First Impressions 1:09:16

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. On the 210th anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice, Julia and Kate discuss first impressions (also the first title of P&P). We run through how first impressions were created in Regency England so if you wanted a quick guide to the society of Jane's era - here it is! We …

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Season 3 Ep. 9 Jane Austen and Christmas Presents 40:05

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. Recorded on Jane Austen's birthday Julia and Kate turn our attention to the giving and receiving of presents! First we stop by Georgian Christmas traditions and then think about how Jane's presents are like bombs going off in the narrative. Stay tuned for the news and the Darcy and Wic…

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Season 3 Ep 8 Jane and the Darcy Effect (leadership matters) 52:56

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. We've just come through a period of changing leaders, from the passing of Queen Elizabeth and the changing of Prime Ministers in the UK, to American midterm elections. What would Jane do when it comes to leaders? We look at the range of leaders in her time from royals to military, and …

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Season 3 Ep. 7 Jane Austen and Adaptations (Persuasion episode!) 1:02:06

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. Were you delighted or outraged by the recent Netflix adaptation of Persuasion? Well then, this is the podcast for you to vent your views! Julia Golding and Kate Macfarlane take a look at the 18th century tradition of adaptations that Jane Austen herself would have known and in fact use…

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Season 3 Ep. 6 Jane Austen and War 49:56

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. Recent events have brought war back to the forefront of our minds. Jane Austen lived during a period of almost constant war. It was the background to her life with a huge proportion of the population, including two of her brothers, in the armed services. What was war like in her day? K…

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Season 3 Ep. 5 Jane Austen and bookclubs 45:31

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. Who would you like to come to your bookclub? We are guessing many of us would pick Jane Austen. In this episode Julia Golding (Jane Austen Investigates) and Kate MacFarlane, Jane Austen super fan, discuss what were the equivalent in Jane's day, where she got her reading material from, …

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Season 3 Ep. 4 Jane Austen and Masculinity 59:25

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. Julia Golding and Kate Macfarlane take a light-hearted look at the questions of what kind of man you should aspire to be! Reviewing the models available in Jane Austen's era, from the 1770s fop to the Byronic heroes of the 1810, they discuss what qualities were expected of men. They th…

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Season 3 Ep. 3 Jane Austen and What to Wear to the Christmas Party? 59:27

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. In this episode, Julia Golding is joined by Katherine MacFarlane, expert on Regency fashions thanks to her participation in the re-enactment world of the 33rd Foot. (There is also a version of this on YouTube if you want to see the visuals referred to during the discussion.) Where woul…

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Season 3 Ep. 2 Jane Austen and Oversharing 29:18

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. It's a modern day epidemic on social media. Suggested by an audience member at the Jane Austen Festival in Bath, Julia Golding takes a look at oversharing in the era of Jane Austen, from letters, to memoirs, to roman à clef, to cartoons, her time was not without its places to spill the…

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Season 3 Ep. 1 Jane Austen on location in Bath 15:56

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. Julia Golding and Zoe Wheddon take the podcast to that most Jane Austen of cities: Bath! On the occasion of the Jane Austen Festival, they visit the main sights from Pump Room to Royal Crescent, reflecting on what Jane would make of the city as it is today and what it would have been l…

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Season 2 Ep. 8 Jane Austen and Sport 51:00

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. Hang on, there's no sport in Jane Austen surely? Can't remember that tennis match between Mr Bingley and Mr Darcy or Ann Elliott running laps with the Musgroves? True - but once you start looking, there is much more than you think! Zoe and Julia take a quick look at sport at the turn o…

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Season 2 Episode 7 Jane Austen and Love Island 50:30

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. Have you ever thought about casting Jane away on an island - Love Island to be exact? In this episode, we have a look at the dating culture in Jane's day and compare it to our own version in Love Island and The Bachelor/Bachelorette. Which heroine would not find herself in a thong biki…

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Season 2 Episode 6 Jane Austen and #MeToo 50:12

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. How would Jane Austen fit in with our modern #MeToo movement? It's an interesting question which led us, in this episode, to look at Jane Austen and the #MeToo, breaking it down into terms which make sense in her era: the context of feminist thought and sexual harassment in the late 18…

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Season 2 Episode 5 Jane Austen and Childhood 54:04

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. In this episode Julia Golding and Zoe Wheddon look at Jane Austen and childhood. We investigate how her era invented our modern idea of childhood as a time of innocence. But how was she raised? Did new ideas of Rousseau and natural education make it to the parsonage at Steventon? There…

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Season 2 Episode 4 Jane Austen and Friendship 38:34

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. This week Zoe Wheddon and Julia Golding discuss what would Jane do about modern friendship, look back at Jane's friendships in real life and in her fiction, as well as swap Jane Austen news and award this episode's Lizzy and Lady Catherine. Would Jane fit in with Taylor Swift's pack or…

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Season 2 Episode 3 Jane Austen and Sex (the Bridgerton episode!) 50:54

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. *Contains mature content* In this episode, inspired by the Netflix series, Bridgerton, we discuss Jane Austen and sex. What did Jane know about it? What role does it play in her novels? Then we widen the discussion to look at the Georgian world on such matters as contraception, pornogr…

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Season 2 Episode 2 Jane Austen and Christmas 29:13

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. Julia Golding and Zoe Wheddon discuss what would Jane do at Christmas. Find out about Regency traditions, turkeys, snapdragons and much more. We also award our Lizzie and Lady Catherine of the week and catch up on Jane Austen news in an episode recorded on her birthday. For details of …

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Season 2 Episode 1 Jane Austen and the pandemic 39:25

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. For the second season of What would Jane do? The author and original host, Julia Golding, is joined by Zoe Wheddon, teacher, researcher and writer. They discuss how Jane and her characters would respond to a pandemic, the nature of illness in the early nineteenth century and what treat…

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Ep 7 - Jane Austen and the Theatre (with Dr David Taylor) 22:04

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. Ever wanted to time travel back to the theatre in Jane Austen's time? Find out in this podcast with world expert, Dr David Taylor of St Hugh's College, Oxford, what Jane Austen would have seen when she entered a theatre in the 1790s. Who was there and what did it look like? What plays …

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Ep 6 - Caricature and Political Satire with Dr David Taylor 19:36

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. What surprising room might Mr Darcy and guests retire to after dinner? What exactly was Admiral Croft looking at in the shop window in Bath? Where did Jane and Cassandra get their ideas from for their youthful collaboration on The History of England? You can find out the answers to the…

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Ep 5 - On location at Chawton 20:34

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. A very special episode recorded on location at the Jane Austen House Museum in Chawton. Listen to Julia Golding in conversation with the museum director, Mary Guyatt and find out how Jane's last home became a museum open to the public. What was daily life like in this home for Jane, he…

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Ep 4 - Super Heroes 26:58

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. Marvel or DC universe? Iron Man or Batman? Wonder Woman or Black Panther? Our cinema culture has for over a decade been dominated by our love of super heroes. Julia Golding explores how each era makes the heroes suited for its own day. She goes back to the novelists writing before Jane…

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Ep 3 - Gender Identity 18:48

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. Questions about gender identity may seem to be characteristic of our time, but others have gone before us in challenging societal roles. From Harriet Freke in Maria Edgeworth's Belinda (1801) to the real life Chevalier d'Eon, men and women have been pushing the boundaries of what it me…

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Ep 2 - Jane Austen v Game of Thrones 19:52

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. Are you a GoT fan and/or a Jane Austen one? Can you describe GoT and Jane Austen in 3 little words? Take the challenge and find out what would Jane Austen have made of the cult TV hit. Going back in time for an early nineteenth century perspective, Julia Golding takes a tour of the got…

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Ep 1 - Social Media 19:04

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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. Julia Golding turns to Jane Austen for help with understanding how to handle social media. She first takes a look at the world of eighteenth century society, the networking via letters, and the public disasters that can fall in such a gossipy world. What can we learn today about keepin…