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First Impressions: Why All the Austen Haters Are Wrong

First Impressions Podcasters

Welcome Jane Austen lovers and haters alike! Kristin and Maggie discuss how Austen's classic novels have influenced their lives and challenged them to be better people.

Episodes

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Ep 80: Bridgerton Season 4 with Priya

Season 4 of Bridgerton is out, and it is a delight! Friend of the pod Priya (and reader of the books) is here to explain it all to Kristin a...

81:13Mar 21, 2026

Ep 79: P&P 2005 Movie Review with Adrienne

Gentle listeners, this year marks the 20th anniversary of Joe Wright's film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, which released in 2005 and st...

112:32Aug 23, 2025

Ep 78: Bridgerton Season 3

In our latest episode, friend of the podcast Priya joins us again, this time to talk about Season 3 of Bridgerton! The third season of this...

79:25Aug 4, 2024

Ep 77: Hallmark's Loveuary Review with Priya!

Gentle listeners, for those of you who were entranced by Hallmark's Loveuary series this past February, we finally have an episode about it!...

91:38Jun 30, 2024

Ep 76:Review of Mansfield Park Radio Drama from BBC Radio 4

Gentle listeners, join us for our review of the delightful radio drama from BBC Radio 4, which features a star-studded cast including Felici...

70:56Mar 4, 2024

Ep 75: Barbie and Jane

Greta Gerwig's 2023 Barbie movie incorporated several seconds of the 1995 Firth/Ehle Pride and Prejudice miniseries, which officially makes...

65:28Dec 4, 2023

Ep 74: Jane Austen Hot Takes with Lexi

Time for some hot and SPICY Austen takes fresh from friend of the podcast Lexi, also known as @fourwhitetrees on X (Twitter), Bluesky, and o...

82:07Sep 25, 2023

Ep 73: Movie Review: Mansfield Park 1999

Gentle listeners, join us as we finally review this 1999 movie adaptation of Mansfield Park, written and directed by Patricia Rozema. We del...

73:57Jun 23, 2023

Ep 72: Fire Island

Gentle listeners, we're so excited to have Maya and Christian of Manners and Madness join us again, this time for a movie review of Fire Isl...

92:28Mar 21, 2023

Ep 71: A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, Featuring The Muppets!

We are overjoyed to bring you a special holiday episode discussing A Christmas Carol, the novel by Charles Dickens, and A Muppet Christmas C...

77:25Dec 12, 2022

Ep 70: Movie Commentary: Pride and Prejudice 1995, Part 6

Everyone, thank you, we're so excited to finally present the conclusion of our movie commentary series for Pride and Prejudice 1995! Join us...

66:26Nov 28, 2022

Ep 69: Gothic Literature and Northanger Abbey, Featuring the Return of Tash!

Just in time for Halloween, we're back with our guest Natasha Junor (who you may remember from our Clueless episode!) to discuss Gothic lite...

78:52Oct 30, 2022

Bonus: The Oopsie Spoopy Episode

Gentle listeners, Maggie and I recently found ourselves ready to chat, but completely unprepared to discuss any Austen-related topic! We ins...

68:54Oct 4, 2022

Ep 68: Netflix Persuasion 2022 Movie Review

Gentle listeners, join us as we review the storm-tossed 2022 Netflix adaptation of Persuasion starring Dakota Johnson and Cosmo Jarvis and d...

83:41Sep 19, 2022

Minipod: Rational Creatures Season 2

Join us to learn more about the web series Rational Creatures to prepare for the release of Season 2! Rational Creatures is a modern interpr...

15:54Aug 20, 2022

Minipod: ”Open to Persuasion” Virtual Conference this Aug 13-14 with Sarah Rose Kearns

Alert! There is an excellent virtual conference on Persuasion happening August 13th-14th 2022 (this coming weekend!) Our guest Sarah Rose Ke...

20:23Aug 7, 2022

Ep 67: Bridgerton Season 2 with Priya

[New file because Podbean sucks!] We're thrilled to welcome our friend and Bridgerton expert Priya back to the podcast to discuss season 2 o...

91:49Jul 4, 2022

Ep 66: Being Mr. Wickham - Streaming Theater Performance Review

Check out our review of Being Mr. Wickham, a one man show co-written by Adrian Lukis (who played Mr. Wickham in the 1995 Pride and Prejudice...

62:35Apr 10, 2022

Ep 65: North and South with Special Guest Adrienne

This time we welcome our friend and special guest Adrienne, known as @barelytolerabIe on Twitter and ElizaG1 on AO3, to talk about eternal p...

83:53Dec 26, 2021

Ep 64: Part 5 of the Movie Commentary for Pride and Prejudice 1995

THREE AND A HALF YEARS AFTER PART 4, we present installment 5 of our commentary on the Pride and Prejudice 1995 miniseries starring Jennifer...

70:15Nov 15, 2021