The Knight Before Christmas

S10E3 - Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley

EPISODE NOTES Katherine and Juliet unpack Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, the 2017 play by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon. This light and festive romance centered on Mary Bennet, the differences between her and her sisters, and the possibility of the life of the mind, takes place two years after Pride & Prejudice and was one of the most produced plays in America in 2018. Topics include: The importance of Lamarck's Zoological Philosophy, the surprise of Grey's Anatomy's Season One finale, the psychology of Ritsuko Akagi, the past and present of Twilight Mirage, whether all men are fundamentally Mr. Collins, whether Hamlet is a woman, and whether Elizabeth Darcy (née Bennet) counts as a Villainess. Art for I'll Be Pod for Castmas is done by Ryan Jensen. Theme by Joey Rose Rysen. I'll Be Pod for Castmas is brought to you by the Moonshot Podcast Network.

S10E2 - You've Got Mail

EPISODE NOTES Juliet and Katherine think deeply about You've Got Mail (1998), its consideration of class and relations, and the many things it is an adaptation of – including Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice! Topics include: neverending talk about Frank Navasky, property management, The End of History, the circumstances under which a couple should break up, the Downfall of Western Civilization, singing in a round, and how acute illness is cast methodically as a romantic beat. Art for I'll Be Pod for Castmas is done by Ryan Jensen. Theme by Joey Rose Rysen. I'll Be Pod for Castmas is brought to you by the Moonshot Podcast Network.

S10E1 - Pride & Prejudice

EPISODE NOTES Juliet and Katherine lay the groundwork of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice (1813), its consideration of class and relations, and the promise of its many adaptations. Along the way they ask how to laugh instead of cry at Mr. Collins, what you would give up for the love of one man, and which of those men might just be Santa Claus. Art for I'll Be Pod for Castmas is done by Ryan Jensen. Theme by Joey Rose Rysen. I'll Be Pod for Castmas is brought to you by the Moonshot Podcast Network.

This Is How You Lose the Time War

EPISODE NOTES Juliet and Katherine break down their problems with the time travel romance spy novella This Is How You Lose the Time War (2020), with the help of the time travel romance christmas movie The Knight Before Christmas (2019) and Borges' time-themed spy short story The Garden of Forking Paths. Art for I'll Be Pod for Castmas is done by Ryan Jensen. Theme by Joey Rose Rysen. I'll Be Pod for Castmas is brought to you by the Moonshot Podcast Network.

The Knight Before Christmas

EPISODE NOTES Juliet and Katherine perform a very festive ritual breaking down the Ohio of imagination and the Ohio of history in The Knight Before Christmas (2019), the time-travel Netflix original romantic comedy. Which gender would you prefer — a himbo knight, or a christmas crone? Art for I'll Be Pod for Castmas is done by Ryan Jensen. Theme by Joey Rose Rysen. I'll Be Pod for Castmas is brought to you by the Moonshot Podcast Network.