Episodes

  • Trailer: Austen after Dark

    Trailer: Austen after Dark
    Apr 28 2025
    Here's a taste of this limited-series that explores the erotic side of the Regency era. Open your mind and let your quills quiver at what could have gone down behind closed doors between the middle and upper classes. Join Dr. Alice Nagle and a host of celebrity guests to uncover more. Get up close with Austen after Dark! Follow us on Instagram www.instagram.com/austenafterdark

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    1 min
  • Sex in Jane Austen's World with Dr. Robyn Atcheson

    Sex in Jane Austen's World with Dr. Robyn Atcheson
    Jun 10 2025
    To set us up for our horny close reading of Jane Austen we’re getting some historical context, and welcoming historian Dr Robyn Atcheson as our first guest to Sploosham Abbey. How were people doing sex in Georgian Britain? What would Jane Austen have known about it? And what rules should we set when thinking about her characters getting it on?

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Sense and Sensibility with Jake Phillips

    Sense and Sensibility with Jake Phillips
    Jun 17 2025

    Y'all, Jake Philips, AKA The Cultured Bumpkin, has flown all the way from Mississippi to join us at Sploosham Abbey for a chat about SENSE & SENSIBILITY.

    Is Colonel Brandon Austen's most skilled lover?

    What happens when Lucy Steele finally snares her man?

    What's really going down at an evening party with the Middletons?

    Find Jake at @theculturedbumpkin and the Jane Austen, Y'all podcast!

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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Pride and Prejudice with Amy Greaves and Christian Brighty

    Pride and Prejudice with Amy Greaves and Christian Brighty
    Jun 24 2025

    It’s PRIDE & PREJUDICE day and Sploosham Abbey has been graced with a visit from comedy duo Amy Greaves and Christian Brighty.


    How generous is Mr Bingley?


    Is Charlotte satisfied as Mrs Collins?


    Does Mrs Bennet ever get to sooth her poor nerves?

    If you enjoy this podcast, link arms with us for a stroll around the gardens of cinema, as Alice & Kim review period dramas from every era in Fetch the Smelling Salts. Listen to all episodes now.

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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • Mansfield Park with Eleanor Morton

    Mansfield Park with Eleanor Morton
    Jun 30 2025

    It’s time for some scandal and sensible walks at Mansfield Park! Author and comedian Eleanor Morton is here at Sploosham Abbey to help us sort through the amorous chaos.


    Is it possible Edmund is hot?


    Did Mr Yates have ulterior motives for flirting with Julia?


    Will Fanny ever truly get to enjoy hers?

    If you enjoy this podcast, link arms with us for a stroll around the gardens of cinema, as Alice & Kim review period dramas from every era in Fetch the Smelling Salts. Listen to all episodes now.

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Emma with Becca and Molly from Pod and Prejudice

    Emma with Becca and Molly from Pod and Prejudice
    Jul 8 2025

    She’s witty, she’s handsome, she’s rich, and she wants everyone around her to get it on: it’s EMMA!


    Did Mr Woodhouse used to have a wild side?


    Is Emma a chaotic bisexual?


    Who holds the riding crop in the Knightley household?

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Off to the Garden Parties

    Off to the Garden Parties
    Jul 15 2025
    If you enjoy this podcast, link arms with us for a stroll around the gardens of cinema, as Alice & Kim review period dramas from every era in Fetch the Smelling Salts. Listen to all episodes now.

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    2 mins
  • Northanger Abbey with Kim from Fetch the Smelling Salts

    Northanger Abbey with Kim from Fetch the Smelling Salts
    Jul 29 2025

    Hang onto the reins of your gig! We’re taking a ride to the sexy side of Northanger Abbey with Kimberly Marsh — cohost of the podcast Fetch the Smelling Salts, and Sploosham Abbey’s resident tartlet.


    Is Henry Tilney bi? (Yeah of course he’s bi.)


    What made Isabella think she was as good as engaged to Captain Tilney?


    How will Catherine grow into her goth girl power as Mrs Tilney?

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    1 hr and 13 mins