Into The Austenverse
Into The Austenverse
Into The Austenverse is a brand-new podcast celebrating Jane Austen’s works and subsequent adaptations. 2025 marks 250 years since the birth of Austen, whose groundbreaking novels not only transformed literature but continue to shape and inspire modern culture. Hosts David and Lisa Campbell bring depth & devotion, hot-takes & humour as they lead us through the books, the films, the TV series and a…Social links:
Into the Franklinverse - My Brilliant Career - Episodes 3 & 4 - Carry On Caddagat
David and Lisa Campbell recap episodes 3 and 4 of Netflix’s My Brilliant Career, celebrating Alexander England’s Uncle J.J., unpacking Everard’s role in Sybylla’s theatre opportunity and Harry’s shaky finances, and discussing Harry’s farm-mortgage scheme and the pressure to marry Blanche. They touc…
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Bonus Episode - Interview with Dean Bryant - Co-creator of the hit musical adaptation of My Brilliant Career
DC and Lisa return with a long-promised bonus episode featuring an interview with award-winning theatre maker and director Dean Bryant. They discuss their ongoing “Franklin-verse” coverage prompted by Netflix’s My Brilliant Career, plus upcoming episodes and delayed timing for Sense and Sensibility…
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Into the Franklinverse: My Brilliant Career - Episodes 1&2
DC and Lisa introduce their podcast’s pivot from Austen to Franklin with My Brilliant Career. First there is some Austen News (whoosh) Then they are deep into the Franklinverse to celebrate My Brilliant Career’s Netflix success (No. 2 globally, 8 million views across 190 countries) and discuss how…
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Into the Ingallsverse: Little House on the Prairie - Episodes 7 & 8 - The Colonel’s Lady
David and Lisa Campbell wrap their Netflix Little House on the Prairie watch-along with episodes 7 and 8. DC and Lisa talk about the merits of the show, its handling of the most complex of subjects and some off piste discussions about Colonel Sanders’ involvement in a murder. Tiktok @in2theaust…
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Into the Ingallsverse: Little House on the Prairie - Episodes 5 & 6 - Nipper and Nimble
David and Lisa Campbell recap Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie episodes 5 and 6 in the podcast temporarily known as Into The Ingallsverse. Episode 5 centres on multiple characters avoiding the truth. We venture to the Women’s Society as Ma and the girls encounter exclusion and racism, includ…
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Into the Ingallsverse: Little House on the Prairie - Episodes 3 & 4 - Postal Service Fever Dream
David and Lisa Campbell recap episodes 3 and 4 of Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie on where “Into the Austenverse” becomes “Into the Ingallsverse”. They talk about Episode 3 and 4 - a journey of postal service, fever dreams, literal drug mules and the real story of Laura Ingalls. They'll be …
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Into The Ingallsverse - Little House On The Prairie - Eps 1 & 2 - From Prairie to Presley
David and Lisa Campbell go “Austen-adjacent” on Into the Austenverse by discussing Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie. Lisa introduces her new favourite Susan. They outline Laura Ingalls Wilder’s real life and the autobiographical children’s books, her late start as a writer in the 1930s, and h…
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Into The Homerverse - The Odyssey (2026) and TROY (2004)
Lisa returns to join DC on “Into the Austenverse” whilst detouring into the “Homeverse,” discussing the Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, their differing familiarity with Greek mythology, and how David’s long affection for The Odyssey contrasts with Lisa’s newer crash course via Stephen Fry and inte…
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Back in the Austenverse: Madrid, Sense & Sensibility, and Two Interviews You May Have Missed!
David and Lisa Campbell reunite on Into the Austenverse after Lisa’s work trip to Madrid, where she visited the Prado to see Velázquez’s Las Meninas having listened to The Rest Is History episode about it - link below! They discuss the new Sense and Sensibility trailer and Daisy Edgar-Jones’s Brit…
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REWIND EPISODE - Interviews with Susannah Harker and Adrian Lukis from Pride & Prejudice 1995
With Lisa in transit on her way back from Madrid, DC have gone back into the archives to some of the best interviews that they have had on the podcast. Two classics from the inimitable 1995 Pride and Prejudice - Susannah Harker (Jane) and Adrian Lukis (Wickham). Learn more about Jane Bennet’s …
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