The Ents and Sensibility Podcast

In this episode listen to an author interview with Julia Seales about her new Regency mystery novel which came out this summer! Edward Ferrars finally visits the Dashwoods, but he doesn't seem particularly thrilled to be there. Is it just that he's reserved or is he hiding something? Marianne extolls on her love of fall leaves and Margaret wishes that all three sisters each had a

After proclaiming his adoration of all things Dashwood, Willoughby announces this is the End. He is going. He is leaving Now. Good-bye. How do the Dashwood women react to Willoughby's sudden departure? And what does it mean for poor Marianne? We discuss it all in Episode 15 of Ents and Sensibility, the Jane Austen podcast for everyone who loves bold, witty women, awkward handsome

Willoughby loves everything about Barton Cottage and everyone in Barton Cottage, and he never wants anything or anyone in it to change. What does that mean for Marianne and Elinor? We find out about Jane Austen's favorite brother, who also happened to be her publicist and literary agent, Henry Austen. Show Notes Virtual Jane Con is coming this July! Learn how you can submit progr

It's an extra large episode of Ents and Sensibility! As host Casey Meserve interviews the production crew of Rational Creatures, the hit YouTube show based on Jane Austen's Persuasion. The show completed Season 2 in the autumn of 2022, and we talk about casting, filing the show and the crew's first Austen-influenced show The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. Then we dive into Chapter 13 of S

Marianne has big news to share with Elinor, and the sensible sister has to talk Marianne down off her high horse. The entire family, and neighborhood, think Marianne and Willoughby are engaged, and Marianne isn't saying they aren't. We also learn why Austen may have chosen the name Queen Mab for a horse. Ents and Sensibility is a podcast for everyone who loves bold, witty women, a

In Episode 11 we read Chapter 11 of "Sense and Sensibility," Marianne and Willoughby continue liking all the same things while sister Elinor pines for home while being polite to two insipid women. Her only respite is with the proto-Emo Colonel Brandon. We discuss Jane's possible inspirations for Brandon's character and meet another member of the Austen family: Jane's beloved sister

Willoughby and Marianne get closer as she recovers from her fall and they realize how many things they have in common, such as making fun of Colonel Brandon. We're reading Chapter 10 of Sense and Sensibility on the Ents and Sensibility Podcast, the podcast for bold witty women, awkward handsome men, and dragons.

One WIlloughby is not enough. Episode 9 brings you three!

In Episode 8 writer Amanda-Rae Prescott and I talk about Sanditon and the sisterhood. and we take a hard look at racism in the Jane Austen fandom. In Chapter 8, Marianne can't understand how Colonel Brandon could possibly be in love with her considering his advanced age of 35. But she's far more worried about Elinor's lack of concern over Edward's nonappearance.

In Chapter 7 of Sense and Sensibility, the Dashwoods have dinner with the Middletons, who always play the hosts, but definitely aren't the life of the party. The ladies meet the Middletons' visitors, an old lady and a middle aged man. Marianne piano playing earns attention from an unlikely source. We read one of Jane's letters to Cassandra about early spring, hot weather and Jane'