What Would Danbury Do‪?‬ Rudi Bremer, Kate Cuthbert & Adele Walsh

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 What Would Danbury Do? is brought to you by Unstable, the latest romantic suspense from Alexandra Ivy, from Kensington Books. You can find out more about Unstable and the rest of the series on Alexandra’s website here: alexandraivy.com

Featuring:
- A somewhat disastrous debut
- Anthony making plans
- *The* diamond
- A tiny, little, very miniscule, basically token nod to class consciousness
- The growth and evolution of Penelope Featherington
- The growth and evolution of Anthony Bridgerton
Lady Danbury making plans
- Kate making plans
- We’re making art, we’re getting high, and we’re fucking

Here are is the media we talk about in this episode:
- Bridgerton, Season One
- Bridgerton Prequel show
- Stay Away, by Nirvana
- A Vindication of the Rights of Women, by Mary Wollstonecraft
- Ever After, a film
- Pride & Prejudice, 1995 television mini-series
- Pride & Prejudice, 2005 film
- Material Girl, by Madonna
- Debrett’s many publications, including Debrett’s Peerage and Baronetage
- The Viscount Who Loved Me, by Julia Quinn
- An Offer from a Gentleman, by Julia Quinn
Diamonds, by Rihanna
- Twilight, a film
- A Spark of White Fire, by Sangu Mandanna
- Clueless, a film

This episode in What Would Danbury Do, Lady Danbury receives a missive from Esmae, the protagonist of A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna. You can find out more about A Spark of White Fire here.

If you would like to send us a What Would Danbury Do, simply record a voice memo on your phone with the letter and send it to us at bridgertonpod@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you and can’t wait to offer up some Danbury advice to help other romance characters on their rocky road to true love.

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This episode was recorded on the traditional and unceded land of the Gadigal, Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people and edited by Rudi Bremer on Gadigal country.

What Would Danbury Do is a proud member of Frolic Media. You can find great romance content and other fantastic podcasts by visiting the Frolic site.

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. The first book The Last Goodnight moves from Colorado’s cattle country to the high rises of Denver as Kade, a rancher with secrets in his past, and Eleanor, a talented private investigator track down a murderer with close ties to Kade. The second book, The Last Mile, just released, adds a little Indiana Jones energy to the romantic thriller genre, as Abigail, an ordinary woman with an extraordinary family heirloom, must pair up with rogueish treasure hunter Gage Logan. You can find out more about Kat and her tense, steamy stories on her website, katmartin.com

Featuring:
- Meddlesome siblings
- Sisters before Misters, Edwina!
- Sequel baiting (?)
- Cassowaries - they’re irritable
- Rudi, snacking
- Poetry, the pros and cons
- The politics of beauty (but not of race)
- Mysterious typography
- Phillipa & CheeseBoy 4 EVA

Here are is the media we talk about in this episode:
- Bridgerton, Season One, a TV series
- Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen
- My Fair Lady, a film
- Ten Things I Hate About You, a film
- The Viscount Who Loved Me, by Julia Quinn
- The Poetry of Lord Byron
- The Iliad, an epic poem by Homer
- The Odyssey, an epic poem by Homer
- Smythe-Smith novels, by Julia Quinn
- An Offer from a Gentleman, by Julia Quinn
- Romancing Mr Bridgerton, by Julia Quinn
- To Sir Phillip, with Love, by Julia Quinn
- Pride and Prejudice, the 2005 film
- RuPaul’s Drag Race
- The Melbourne Cup
- The Wedding Crasher, by Mia Sosa
- My Best Friend’s Wedding, a film

This episode in What Would Danbury Do, we hear from Solange in Mia Sosa’s The Wedding Crasher, when one secret leads to a crashed wedding leads to an opposites-attract romance between a joyless suit and a free spirit.

If you would like to send us a What Would Danbury Do, simply record a voice memo on your phone with the letter and send it to us at bridgertonpod@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you!

Don’t forget you can find us on twitter and facebook @bridgertonpod and instagram @wwddpod and join the conversation using the hashtag #WWDDpod. You can also leave us a rating or review on your favourite podcast provider. People who leave reviews smell of sandalwood and man.

This episode was recorded on the traditional and unceded land of the Gadigal, Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people and edited by Rudi Bremer on Gadigal country.

What Would Danbury Do is a proud member of Frolic Media. You can find great romance content and other fantastic podcasts by visiting the Frolic site.

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 us again!

On with the show!

It’s all about family this episode, as the Sharmas join the Bridgertons at Aubrey Hall for a little get-to-know-you session before the rest of the ton arrive. And there is ripe opportunity to get to know each other. Who ever it was who said, an hour of play reveals more than a year’s conversation *must* have been talking about playing Pall Mall with the Bridgertons.

Please note: this episode contains mention of traumatic birth, surgical intervention, and maternal death

Featuring:
- Really good dad advice
- Foreshadowing
- The bee
- Marrying for cheese
- Who is a Bridgerton?
- Narrative edging
- Like Anthony, but with a vagina
- Things you can and cannot say to eldest children
- Edwina = divisive
- Spare anxiety
- Breathing

Here are is the media we talk about in this episode:
Pride and Prejudice, a novel by Jane Austen
The Bridgerton books, a series by Julia Quinn
The Viscount Who Loved Me, a novel by Julia Quinn
Romancing Mr Bridgerton, a novel by Julia Quinn

This episode’s What Would Danbury Do letter comes from Neha, from Suleikha Snyder’s Big Bad Wolf. You can find out more about Suleikha’s books, and about Neha and Joe here.

If you would like to send us a What Would Danbury Do, simply record a voice memo on your phone with the letter and send it to us at bridgertonpod@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you!

Don’t forget you can find us on twitter and facebook @bridgertonpod and instagram @wwddpod and join the conversation using the hashtag #WWDDpod. You can also leave us a rating or review on your favourite podcast provider. People who leave reviews receive 23% more sunshine than people who do not.

This episode was recorded on the traditional and unceded land of the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people.

Our editor is Ben McKenzie of Splendid Chaps Productions. You can find them splendidchaps.com

What Would Danbury Do is a proud member of Frolic Media. You can find great romance content and other fantastic podcasts by visiting the Frolic site.

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 surely be bright futures - and one relationship that hasn’t quite been left in the past…

Featuring:
- Edwina’s really very questionable, quite unhinged, super nonsensical plan
- Main character energy: who wants it, who has it
- Practicalities: who wants them, who has them
- Privilege: who wants it, who has it
- Forgiveness: who wants it, who has it, who really doesn’t need it
- Attention: who wants it, who has it
- Money: who wants it, who has it
- Ethics: who wants them, who has them
- Control: who wants it, who has it
- Good advice: who gives it, who ignores it

Here are is the media we talk about in this episode:
- The Viscount Who Loved Me, a novel by Julia Quinn
- Bridgerton S1 & 2
- To Sir Phillip, With Love, a novel by Julia Quinn
- Miss Scarlet and the Duke, the TV series

This episode’s What Would Danbury Do letter comes from Ava, from Ana Huang’s Twisted Love. You can find more of Ana’s books here.

If you would like to send us a What Would Danbury Do, simply record a voice memo on your phone with the letter and send it to us at bridgertonpod@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you!

Our guest host this episode is the very lovely, very charming, very funny Patrick Lenton. You can hear more from Patrick by following him on Twitter @PatrickLenton or subscribe to his fabulous newsletter here.

Don’t forget you can find us on twitter and facebook @bridgertonpod and instagram @wwddpod and join the conversation using the hashtag #WWDDpod. You can also leave us a rating or review on your favourite podcast provider. People who leave reviews never sing off-key.

This episode was recorded on the traditional and unceded land of the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people.

Our editor is Ben McKenzie of Splendid Chaps Productions. If you need production work completed, you can find them here: splendidchaps.com

What Would Danbury Do is a proud member of Frolic Media. You can find great romance content and other fantastic podcasts by visiting the Frolic site.

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, Edwina, and Mary, and how Bridgerton has been received by both Indian and South-Asian diaspora viewers.

Books and other media we discuss:
- Bridgerton S1 & S2, the TV show
- Raja Harishchandra, the 1913 film
- Vie et Passion du Christ (The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ), the 1903 film
- Lor Girl, the first sound film in the Persian language
- Bride and Prejudice, the 2004 film
- Orientalism, the 1978 book by Edward W. Said
- ‘In the time of plastic representation’, 2017 article by Kristen J. Warner
- Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, the title song to the film of the same name
- Ghalib, a poet
- Bridgerton, the book series by Julia Quinn
- 100 Essential Indian Films, the 2018 book by - Sangeeta Datta and Rohit K Dasgupta
- 100 Bollywood Films, the 2006 book by Rachel Dwyer

You can find Sunny on twitter @profsunnysingh.

Don’t forget you can find us on twitter and facebook @bridgertonpod and instagram @wwddpod and join the conversation using the hashtag #WWDDpod. You can also leave us a rating or review on your preferred podcast provider.
This episode was recorded on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people and edited by Ben McKenzie at Splendid Chaps Productions. You can find Ben here: www.splendidchaps.com

What Would Danbury Do is a proud member of Frolic Media. You can find great romance content and other fantastic podcasts by visiting the Frolic site.

‘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, Noè’s podcast with writers
- Like Us, Noè’s podcast about living as a person of colour in Australia
- The Bridgertons, a book series by Julia Quinn
- Downton Abbey, the tv series
- Pride and Prejudice, a novel by Jane Austen
- Pride and Prejudice, the 2005 film
- My Best Friend’s Wedding, the 1997 film
- The Family Stone, the 2005 film
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the tv series
- Ted Lasso, the tv series

This episode’s What Would Danbury Do letter comes from Crystal Chen in Amy Lea’s Set On You. You can find more of Amy’s books here.

If you would like to send us a What Would Danbury Do, simply record a voice memo on your phone with the letter and send it to us at bridgertonpod@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you!

Our guest host this episode is the wonderful, warm, witty Noè Harsel. You can hear more from Noè by following her on twitter or instagram @noeharsel, on her website www.noeharsel.com where you can read her writing and subscribe to her podcast.

Don’t forget you can find us on twitter and facebook @bridgertonpod and instagram @wwddpod and join the conversation using the hashtag #WWDDpod. You can also leave us a rating or review on your favourite podcast provider. People who leave reviews get a solid 8 hours of sleep every night.

This episode was recorded on the traditional and unceded land of the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people.

Our editor is Ben McKenzie of Splendid Chaps Productions. If you need production work completed, you can find them here: splendidchaps.com

What Would Danbury Do is a proud member of Frolic Media. You can find great romance content and other fantastic podcasts by visiting the Frolic site.