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What Would Danbury Do?

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What Would Danbury Do? (aka Bridgerton Pod) is a podcast centred on the Julia Quinn series, and the 2020 adaptation on Netflix.

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43. A Love No One Could Deny

August 05, 2023 12:45 - 1 hour - 37.6 MB

As Bridgerton Season Two races towards the finish line, there are still some surprises and scandals left in store for the families Bridgerton, Sharma, and Featherington. But there is also an absolute avalanche of insights, self-awareness, and good old fashioned personal growth. It’s episode 8, and our HEA is at hand. Featuring: - Bestie vs bestie - Classism - Purpose - Gamblers and wastrels - A mother’s love - Head bumps (metaphoric and otherwise) - The mother apology tour of 2022 - Scorched...

42. No Inhibition, No Sin

July 10, 2023 06:36 - 1 hour - 30.1 MB

After the drama and literal fireworks of episode 6, this episode follows our two still-separate families through the aftermath. Lady Bridgerton and Lady Danbury work to move through the scandal with soft diplomacy, public appearances, and a surprise ball… But it turns out that this brief period of peace is but the eye of the storm and another Bridgerton is about to face the consequences of her own decision. Oh…and there’s fireworks in this episode too - wink, wink, nudge, nudge. Featurin...

41. We’ve Got To Get Away From Here

June 28, 2023 02:07 - 1 hour - 35 MB

With Special Guest Host: Jenna Guillaume Fireworks, peacocks, flowers, and food - every detail is in place for the wedding of the season…and a trap for Lady Whistledown. But Anthony and Edwina are approaching their nuptials from VERY different places and they aren’t the only ones for whom this wedding will be transformative. This episode is called the choice and friends, choices WILL be made. *please note: this was recorded before the Queen Charlotte miniseries was released, so the time...

40. Sorrows, Prayers, and Enduring Love - Queen Charlotte (Special Episode)

June 09, 2023 01:38 - 1 hour - 35.7 MB

In this very special episode, Adele, Kate and special guest host Maxine Beneba Clarke take on the whole Queen Charlotte mini-series in one wide-ranging conversation. There are arrivals and arguments, families and fortunes, a great experiment, dual timelines, blooming gardens, and the all-consuming important task of begetting an heir. The most ambitious Bridgerton-verse series yet, Queen Charlotte dives headfirst into intersectional storytelling.  Books and other media we discuss: - Queen C...

39.5 Birth Order, Gender Roles, and Unresolved Emotions – An Interview about Feelings with the Novel Feelings Podcast

May 21, 2023 08:10 - 56 minutes - 26 MB

Please note: this episode was recorded in 2022, and some details have since changed and/or been confirmed. For example, we now know that Bridgerton S3 is about Colin and Penelope. In this bonus episode Adele interviews Elise and Priscilla, two psychologists who look at mental health representation in fiction on their podcast Novel Feelings. The discussion covers realism, escapism, the cycle of hero/anti-hero, charisma, women as consumers, grief, loss, personal growth, and Jonathan Bayley’s f...

39. You Outta Know

May 06, 2023 01:26 - 1 hour - 36.2 MB

‘You are the bane of my existence and the object of all my desires’ We all get a little fluttery this episode, but really…can you blame us? Featuring: - Substitute nudity - Women in context - Privilege just all over the place - Slumming it in Bloomsbury - Jealousy, Ambition, and Class - Lady Featherington fan club - Bee gate, gun gate, library gate - Don’t try on the ring. - White shirts; wet shirts - Family mode activated Here are is the media we talk about in this episode: - Why Write, ...

38.5 Hey, We Got Put Into Pretty Dresses (An Interview on Bollywood)

April 22, 2023 03:37 - 49 minutes - 22.9 MB

In this bonus episode Kate interviews Sunny Singh, novelist, Professor of Creative Writing and Inclusion in the Arts at London Metropolitan University, co-creator of the Jhalak Prize, and expert on Hindi Cinema. Sunny is a lively, knowledgeable, and generous guest, and our interview moves through the long and vibrant history of commercial film in South Asia, the political history and geography of Hindi cinema, and contemporary representation within the Global North. We also discuss Kate, Edwi...

38. Highway of Regret

April 08, 2023 07:53 - 1 hour - 32.8 MB

Tensions at Aubrey Hall are HIGH, friends, and this episode is not going to make things any easier. After a few days of getting to know each other in quieter surrounds, the Bridgertons and Sharmas are about to be joined by the rest of the ton, as everyone takes to the country for Lady Bridgerton’s Heart and Flowers ball. There are certainly flowers and hearts, though the latter aren’t always beating in the right direction. We have not one but two surprise proposals leading to what will sure...

37.5 Very Nice People Playing a Very Vicious Game (An Interview about Croquet)

March 25, 2023 10:20 - 55 seconds - 15.1 MB

In this bonus episode Adele interviews Sarina Cevaal-Hewitt, the NEDCA Regional Director of Croquet Victoria. Sarina believes that croquet is a game for life, and is as interested in promoting the social benefits as the competitive ones. She shares her thoughts on the history of the game, the Bridgerton game play, and how croquet is ‘very nice people playing a very vicious game’. Books and other media we discuss: - Bridgerton, the TV show - Croquet Victoria - The Viscount who Loved Me, a bo...

37. I Want Your Honey

March 10, 2023 11:45 - 34 MB

First, some housekeeping: we’re so very sorry that it’s taken us so long to get back to these episodes. We missed you, and we are so grateful that you’ve stayed with us. We will have a much more regular release schedule from this point forward. Thank you. Second, unfortunately Rudi has to step back for the minute due to work commitments. For the remainder of this season we will be inviting special guest hosts, but no one can ever replace her, and we look forward to when she is able to join u...

36.5 Class, Courtship, & Colonialism in Bridgerton (An Interview about British Imperialism)

July 17, 2022 04:40 - 28 minutes - 32.7 MB

In this bonus episode Kate interviews Dr Javaria Farooqui, an assistant professor at COMSATS University, Lahore. She recently wrote an article about the nuanced reception of the television series Bridgerton. In this episode, we talk about what British Imperialism is, and how the history of Britain in South Asia affects the second season of Bridgerton. Please note: this discussion contains discussions of colonisation practices, racism, and colonial violence. Features: - The East India Compan...

36. Too Late For You and Your White Horse

July 02, 2022 12:37 - 57 minutes - 67.1 MB

The Queen names her diamond, and your hosts are mostly just confused as to the whats, hows, and whys of diamond status. Meanwhile, Kate and Anthony continue to clash and it’s honestly the best foreplay we’ve seen on screen in a long time. It’s Bridgerton Season 2, episode 2 and listeners, we are off to the races! This episode is brought to you by Kensington Books author Kat Martin and her new series of high-octane romantic thrillers, pairing bone-chilling adventure with pulse-raising romance...

35.5 Season One is Dead, Long Live Season Two (An Interview about Romance Serialisation)

June 12, 2022 14:32 - 26 minutes - 29.8 MB

In this bonus episode we welcome back friend of the pod Dr Jodi McAlister, who sits down with Kate to discuss how romance novel serialisation works, and what that means for this and future seasons of Bridgerton on Netflix. Features: - Vampires and werewolves and sports teams, oh my! - Genre as defined by ‘vibes’ - HEA…and post-HEA - The benefits of time travel - The benefits of sex scenes - Peneloise & Bi-nedict - Books and other Media We Discuss: - Bridgerton, the TV show - The Bridgerton...

35. Don’t Hate the Player

May 29, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 84.3 MB

Kate [f26] and Edwina [f21] Sharma are freshly arrived from India to launch Edwina into society and land her a wealthy and doting husband. Just so happens that Anthony [m30ish] is both wealthy and wanting - though the ‘doting’ will have to take a backseat to the practical, pleasant marriage that he has planned. Still, no reason why he and Edwina can’t make a real go of it…if only Kate will offer her approval. It’s Bridgerton S2, and Anthony is about to be handed his ass… This episode of Wh...

34. The Impoverished Nobleman’s Pale Wallflower

March 21, 2022 05:04 - 47 minutes - 54.5 MB

Our quartet is coming to a close with the straight-talking, pale-looking, wallflower-being, cello-playing Iris [f21] who is sceptical but pleased to be focus of the attention of Sir Richard Kensworthy [m??]. However, after a whirlwind courtship, a little planned compromising, and a quick marriage, Iris arrives at Sir Richard’s estate to find that things are not all that they seem, and love at first sight may actually have been ‘unlikely to say no’ at first sight. It’s all about the secrets ...

33. The Silent and Stoic Hero’s Attraction to His Opposite

February 24, 2022 21:01 - 66.5 MB

Sarah [21] and Hugh [29ish] are not what one might call sympatico, but when they are thrown together in close contact at two weddings in a row (oh hello fan service!), things get a little confusing. Sure Hugh ruined Sarah’s cousin’s life for awhile there, and sure Hugh prefers his dramatics in the theatre and not in the drawing room, but they have people they love and loyalties to uphold and fine, they can make it work for the next fortnight, but they don’t have to like it. Until they kiss....

32. Prodigal Son’s Love at First Sight

December 24, 2021 02:44 - 65.1 MB

Anne [24] made some bad choices when she was 16 (whomst among us?) but as this is the Regency period, the consequences for her bad choices are exile and a lifetime of service as a governess. But she is content in her position for the Smythe-Smiths and her quiet life, even if it wasn’t what she was raised to expect for herself. Then the oldest Smythe-Smith son, Daniel [29ish], returns from his own exile and turns her quiet life on its head. We’re reading A Night Like This and there are an un...

31. Brother’s Best Friend’s Sick Bed

November 25, 2021 13:13 - 69.4 MB

Honoria [21ish] is a very bad violinist but a very good cousin and member of the Smythe-Smith family. Every year, she and her unmarried cousins play in a musicale that corrupts Mozart to a spectacular degree, but it’s tradition and tradition is nice and Honoria loves her family and their traditions. But that doesn’t mean she wants to play in the musicale again. Enter Marcus [29ish], a very reticent Earl for whom the Smythe-Smiths represent the only family he’s ever known. But when he runs int...

30. We'll Tell You No Lies

July 31, 2021 01:08 - 53 minutes - 24.6 MB

Welcome to the final episode of What Would Danbury Do? Season Three. In this very special episode, we delve into that most delightful of rabbit holes: your questions! Thanks so much to everyone who reached out during the season and shared your thoughts, feelings, and comments with us. We had such a good time revisiting Bridgerton on Netflix, Season One, and hearing from all of you. Shout outs for this episode go to Robin E, Amalie, Kirsten, Liz, Bea, Mia, Justice for Benedict, E, and Lulu. ...

29.5 The Noble Art (Bonus Ep)

July 04, 2021 08:03 - 52 minutes - 47.1 MB

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but how much is it worth if it hangs in Bridgerton House? Kate spoke with Art Historian, writer and youtuber Nancy Langham-Hooper about portraits, statuary, and a surprising amount of subtext - if you know how to read a room. Featuring: - Hierarchies of art - 18th Century Instagram filters - Decorating tips - Exhibitions and exhibitionism - Wild, wild horses - Wet portraits in the rain Books and other media we discuss: - Sir Joshua Reynolds - Thoma...

29. We’ll Shine Together

June 09, 2021 06:32 - 1 hour - 93.9 MB

Like a debutante in her first corset, direct us to the nearest fainting couch, because we have made it to the end. The last episode of Bridgerton ties up loose ends in some very pretty bows, starts off some new threads, and leaves others dangling tantalisingly into season two. And then there’s THE reveal… This is a super-sized episode as we dissect the last episode, all the things that were and the things to come, and do a retrospective of Lady Whistledown’s development in the light of her...

28. It’s Far, Beyond the Stars

May 21, 2021 12:49 - 1 hour - 74.1 MB

It’s the morning after the night before, and Colin and Marina’s scandal brings everyone back to London and together for the first time since Daphne and Simon’s wedding. But this is not an episode for happy families - everyone is tense AF. At least there’s always ladies’ night... This episode is brought to you by Vanessa Riley’s new novel An Earl, The Girl, and a Toddler, a sweeping, soapy, and utterly romantic read perfect for fans of historical romance with powerful characters of colour, mu...

27. So Bad, But He Does it So Well

April 24, 2021 02:41 - 1 hour - 99.7 MB

Welcome to Season Three of What Would Danbury Do... All Bridgerton. All the time. This episode of What Would Danbury Do is brought to you by Ella Quinn’s latest novel The Most Eligible Viscount in London, a regency romance about what happens when you think too much with your head...and not enough with your heart. With a whole host of quirky secondary characters, The Most Eligible Viscount in London is a slow-burn, character-driven, humour-filled novel and it’s available now wherever you buy ...

26.5 Losing it: An Interview about Virginity (Bonus Ep)

April 16, 2021 13:49 - 27 minutes - 31.4 MB

In this bonus episode Dr Jodi McAlister joins Adele to talk power, purity, and (un)punctured hymens -- that’s right it’s time to talk virginity and virginity loss. Jodi is an author and academic whose work focuses on the history of love, sex, women and girls, popular culture and fiction. Is it any wonder we love her? Features: - A (brief) history of female virginity - The dangers of virginity - Consummate virgins - Absurdly readable bodies - The rise? (and rakish potential) of male virgins ...

26. Like A Virgin

April 14, 2021 13:33 - 70.6 MB

After the intensity of An Affair of Honour, this episode (1x05) has a lot of feelings: Simon feels guilty, the Queen feels annoyed, Violet feels flustered, Marina feels triumphant, and by the end, Daphne is left feeling the burn. Do we? Find out.  This episode of What Would Danbury Do is brought to you by Love at First, the new novel from Kate Clayborn. Our Kate read this novel and has this to say: “This was such a lovely, sweet, slow-burn, low-stakes enemies-to-lovers story with wonderful t...

25.5. An Interview on Honour (Bonus Ep)

April 02, 2021 12:44 - 34 minutes - 39.4 MB

If you’re anything like us, watching that duelling scene had you mentally checking off the Ten Duel Commandments from Hamilton but how accurate is it?  And when it comes to affairs of honour what’s really at stake? Writer and philosopher Damon Young met Kate at dawn to talk about pistols, swords, honour and the patriarchy.  Features: - Family matters - A very bad hand - class and gender  - Paid fisty-cuffs - First blood (not the monthly kind) - Cut and thrust sword-stylez - Aim true...if y...

25. Summon All The Courage You Require

March 26, 2021 13:02 - 74.4 MB

Welcome to Season Three of What Would Danbury Do... All Bridgerton. All the time. Our characters spring into action in this episode, with boxing, running, horseback riding, kissing, yelling, and duelling. We get to hang out with Alice and Will (the best couple), dissect a very expensive piece of jewellery, and find out who is #TeamSimon - and who is not. Poor Prince Friedrich is really going about courting in the best way possible, but he’s no match for Simon’s eyebrow raising, and Daphne ...

24.5 The Costumes of Bridgerton (Bonus Ep)

March 21, 2021 01:50 - 39.2 MB

From gowns and gloves to tiaras and tailcoats - the first season of Bridgerton reportedly featured 7,500 costume pieces. In this bonus episode we welcome Hilary Davidson -- dress, textiles and fashion historian and curator and the author of Dress in the Age of Jane Austen. Features: - The corset myth - A really bosommy time - Tasteful bad taste - Traffic cones, but make it fashion - The logistics of public sex in regency-wear - #NipplesAndJunk Books and other Media We Discuss: - Bridgerton...

24. They Dote and Swoon and Fawn...

March 12, 2021 20:46 - 58 minutes - 26.8 MB

Welcome to Season Three of What Would Danbury Do... All Bridgerton. All the time. This episode, (1x03 The Art of the Swoon) we find out just how many masturbation jokes the writers can squeeze into one script as Daphne learns important things about her body, courtesy of a very informative conversation with Simon. Also everyone ends up heartbroken at the end. It’s The Art of the Swoon, and we’re all in need of a fainting couch.  This episode of What Would Danbury Do is brought to you by Love...

23.5 Gossip in the time of Bridgerton (Bonus Episode)

March 05, 2021 13:00 - 33 minutes - 39.3 MB

In this bonus episode we welcome Aotearoa (New Zealand) academic Rebecca Trelease to the podcast to gossip about gossip, and the role it plays in our societies and our lives. Features: - All the judgement - Complicated power dynamics - Complicated power structures - Keeping Up with the Featheringtons - (who lives who dies) Who tells your story? - Celebration gossip versus negative gossip Books and other Media We Discuss: - Bridgerton, the TV show - Gossip Girl, the TV show - Framing Britn...

23. Ain’t It Shocking What Love Can Do

February 26, 2021 21:47 - 58 minutes - 66.7 MB

In Episode Two: Shock and Delight, we are both shocked and delighted by the antics of our favourite alphabetically named siblings and their aristocratic co-hort. There are balls, picnics, drawing rooms, and bedrooms. There are punches, threats, ultimatums, and desperate plans. There are big life questions and small moments of pleasure. All in all, just another day in the Season in Regency London.  Featuring: - Uncharacteristic sentimentality from Adele - Eloise’s potential lacrosse career - ...

22.5. The Music of Bridgerton (Bonus Ep)

February 20, 2021 02:18 - 28 minutes - 33 MB

We welcome expert choir nerd Vanessa Hughes to WWDDpod to discuss classical music and help to demystify the genre. Features: - An unwarranted attack on The Knight’s Tale - What exactly is a string quartet? - Smythe-Smiths, please? - Searching for Maroon 5 lyrical value - Flipping the bird to ‘the rules’ - Simon and Daphne’s theme - Popular songs of the 19th century We’ve put together a recommendation list (and playlist) of Vanessa's recommendations over at our website. If you would like to...

22.5 Bonus Ep: The Music of Bridgerton with Vanessa Hughes

February 20, 2021 02:18 - 28 minutes - 33 MB

We welcome expert choir nerd Vanessa Hughes to WWDDpod to discuss classical music and help to demystify the genre. Features: - An unwarranted attack on The Knight’s Tale - What exactly is a string quartet? - Smythe-Smiths, please? - Searching for Maroon 5 lyrical value - Flipping the bird to ‘the rules’ - Simon and Daphne’s theme - Popular songs of the 19th century We’ve put together a recommendation list (and playlist) of Vanessa's recommendations over at our website. If you would like to...

22. Shine Bright Like A Diamond

February 13, 2021 12:43 - 59 minutes - 65.5 MB

Welcome to Season Three of What Would Danbury Do... All Bridgerton. All the time. Bridgerton: The Show hits the ground running with a requisite corset tightening scene, introductions to all the expected major players, and some new faces bringing their own plotlines, conflicts, and romantic entanglements. It’s a bonnet-free zone, and we are 100% here for it.  Featuring: - The Bridgerton/Featherington dichotomy - Duty - Debutantes - Disreputable men - A refreshing lack of female feuds - An im...

21. Boomerang

January 31, 2021 02:16 - 22 minutes - 10.3 MB

Welcome to Season Three of What Would Danbury Do... All Bridgerton. All the time. In Season One, Rudi, Adele, and Kate took you through the original eight, the O.G. alphabetically named siblings, the Bridgertons from Anthony to Hyacinth. In Season Two, we worked through the Happily Ever After Second Epilogues. Originally, these second epilogues were published separately, but it turns out that these epilogues are now included in the original novels, so if you’ve come to the Bridgertons later, ...

20. Violet in Bloom: The Bride of Bridgerton

January 14, 2021 21:39 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MB

In this, the final episode of Season Two, we get some back story to everyone’s favourite matriarch as we follow her from a young girl through a whirlwind courtship all the way to the beloved grandmother of an indeterminate number of grandchildren. More a montage than a full story, it’s nonetheless an insight into who Violet is outside of her role as a mother.  Featuring:  A rather heartless math error A dissection of what constitutes a successful romance Many mentions of strapping footme...

19. On The Way to the Wedding: A Very Bridgerton Sequel

January 03, 2021 04:07 - 43 minutes - 50 MB

Gregory’s second epilogue doesn’t have any running, but it treads some very emotional ground nonetheless. And once again, we have to ask, what do the Bridgertons have against baby-name books? Featuring: - Hyacinth being more Hyacinth than she was in her own epilogue - Inexplicable genetics - A midwife who is not having it - Threats of bodily harm - Actual bodily harm - Seriously, just find new names already! In this episode’s What Would Danbury Do we hear from Benjamin, the hero of Reese R...

18. WWDD2 Supplemental: A Bridgerton Primer from A to V

December 23, 2020 22:30 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

It’s a very special supplemental episode in the lead-up to the release of Bridgerton on Netflix! We are joined by our very first special guest, Sarah Wendell, co-creator of Smart Bitches, Trashy Books and writer of Everything I Need to Know, I Learned from Romance Novels as we delve into everything that you need to know about the Bridgertons before you hit ‘play’. Featuring: - Our first guest! - Alphabetical adjectives - Manix lubricant - A very Bridgerton quiz - (Some) Math - A close fin...

18. A Bridgerton Primer from A to V

December 23, 2020 22:30 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

It’s a very special supplemental episode in the lead-up to the release of Bridgerton on Netflix! We are joined by our very first special guest, Sarah Wendell, co-creator of Smart Bitches, Trashy Books and writer of Everything I Need to Know, I Learned from Romance Novels as we delve into everything that you need to know about the Bridgertons before you hit ‘play’. Featuring: - Our first guest! - Alphabetical adjectives - Manix lubricant - A very Bridgerton quiz - (Some) Math - A close fin...

17. It’s in His Kiss: Back in the Habit

December 18, 2020 05:24 - 46 minutes - 53.9 MB

In this second epilogue, we revisit Hyacinth and Gareth some 22 years into their marriage, but the real story is about Hyacinth’s daughter, Isabella. Poor Hyacinth is facing every parent’s worst nightmare: a child just like themselves. Featuring: - A decades-old scavenger hunt - A strawberry-blonde goth? - A *lot* of time in the spare bathroom - A *lot* of hidden drawers and false bottoms - Everyone eventually becomes Violet - A personal attack In What Would Danbury Do this episode, Jonat...

16. When He Was Wicked: Magic Michael XXL

December 03, 2020 10:54 - 37.8 MB

Three years into their marriage, Francesca [f35] and Michael [m38] are still childless. But Francesca is slowly moving away from her all-consuming obsession with having children and moving into recognising that not being a mother doesn’t mean she won’t have children in her life. As her niblings grow, she finds herself spending more time at the Bridgerton family homes in Kent and London, visiting her family and engaging in their lives. Featuring: - Period math - Family fecundity - An unfort...

To Sir Philip With Love: The Squeakquel

November 19, 2020 20:00 - 44 minutes - 50.4 MB

Normally, we’d be revisiting the relationship between Eloise, Lady Crane (nee Bridgerton) [f39] and her husband Sir Phillip Crane [m41], but this second epilogue takes a couple of unexpected turns: first, it’s told in the first-person, and second, it’s told from the point-of-view of Eloise and Phillip’s eldest daughter, Amanda [f19]. We’re not entirely sure if it’s a narration, a diary entry, or a letter, but it’s a little taste of Julia Quinn, new adult-style. Featuring: - Our youngest he...

15. To Sir Philip With Love: The Squeakquel

November 19, 2020 20:00 - 44 minutes - 50.4 MB

Normally, we’d be revisiting the relationship between Eloise, Lady Crane (nee Bridgerton) [f39] and her husband Sir Phillip Crane [m41], but this second epilogue takes a couple of unexpected turns: first, it’s told in the first-person, and second, it’s told from the point-of-view of Eloise and Phillip’s eldest daughter, Amanda [f19]. We’re not entirely sure if it’s a narration, a diary entry, or a letter, but it’s a little taste of Julia Quinn, new adult-style. Featuring: - Our youngest he...

15. To Sir Phillip With Love: The Squeakquel

November 19, 2020 20:00 - 44 minutes - 50.4 MB

Normally, we’d be revisiting the relationship between Eloise, Lady Crane (nee Bridgerton) [f39] and her husband Sir Phillip Crane [m41], but this second epilogue takes a couple of unexpected turns: first, it’s told in the first-person, and second, it’s told from the point-of-view of Eloise and Phillip’s eldest daughter, Amanda [f19]. We’re not entirely sure if it’s a narration, a diary entry, or a letter, but it’s a little taste of Julia Quinn, new adult-style. Featuring: - Our youngest he...

Romancing Mister Bridgerton 2: The Streets

November 08, 2020 09:41 - 37 minutes - 42.8 MB

Colin Bridgerton [m33] and Penelope Bridgerton [f28] have been married for a very short time when they have to head off to Gloucestershire for Eloise’s wedding. Both Penelope and Eloise kept Very Big Secrets from each other: now they have to face each other for the first time since those secrets were revealed. Will their friendship survive not only the big changes they’ve gone through, but also the deceptions that live between them? WWDD? Featuring: - A secret finally revealed - A wedding -...

14. Romancing Mister Bridgerton 2: The Streets

November 08, 2020 09:41 - 37 minutes - 42.8 MB

Colin Bridgerton [m33] and Penelope Bridgerton [f28] have been married for a very short time when they have to head off to Gloucestershire for Eloise’s wedding. Both Penelope and Eloise kept Very Big Secrets from each other: now they have to face each other for the first time since those secrets were revealed. Will their friendship survive not only the big changes they’ve gone through, but also the deceptions that live between them? WWDD? Featuring: - A secret finally revealed - A wedding -...

13. Benedict and Sophie’s Bogus Adventure

October 21, 2020 11:47 - 44 minutes - 50.8 MB

Sophie [f25] is now happily married to Benedict [m33], living in the country and apparently bored, because she keeps playing matchmaker for her half-sister Posy [f25]. This time, Sophie has set her sights on the new vicar, Hugh [m, age unknown but in possession of all his hair], and invited him for tea. However, tea is not drunk, sandwiches are not tasted, and roses are very scandalised.  Please note: this episode comes with a content warning for fat-phobia and discussions of unhealthy relat...

12. 2 Viscount 2 Furious

October 01, 2020 22:56 - 33 minutes - 38.9 MB

Viscount Anthony Bridgerton [m44] and his wife Kate [f36] met some number of years ago when Anthony was pursuing Kate’s sister, Edwina [f32]. During the course of their courtship, Anthony, both sisters, and several of his siblings played an infamous game of Pall Mall. For reasons that are unclear but are probably related to some sort of foreplay, Anthony extends a yearly invite to the original players for a rematch. For reasons that are unclear but probably have to do with Anthony being Visco...

11. The Duke and I 2: Electric Boogaloo

September 18, 2020 01:36 - 39.2 MB

Daphne Bridgerton [f41] is very happily married to a duke [m49] when she finds herself in a position that Kate described as her very worst nightmare. Rather than sharing this blessed news with her husband, Daphne instead prolongs the not-telling long enough that pretty much every other person in London knows before he does. What is marriage if not for keeping little secrets? It’s Season Two: The Second Epilogues, and we’re all left asking ourselves, ‘but why?’ Featuring: - Daphne Brid...

10. Wombat Danbury Do?

September 04, 2020 01:18 - 8 minutes - 9.83 MB

Welcome to Season Two of What Would Danbury Do... a podcast about Julia Quinn’s iconic family, the Bridgertons. In Season One, Rudi, Adele, and Kate took you through the original eight, the O.G. alphabetically named siblings, the Bridgertons from Anthony to Hyacinth. These episodes are available via our website, www.bridgertonpod.com or wherever you get your podcasts. We recommend you go and check them out! The plan for Season Two was to focus on the Netflix series, but not even the formidab...

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