Manners & Madness: A Jane Austen & David Lynch Podcast

Manners & Madness: A Jane Austen & David Lynch Podcast

Two friends, one who loves both Jane Austen and David Lynch, one who is only passingly familiar with both, explore their bodies of work and the adaptations of that work.

Episodes

December 9, 2025 52 mins

This week we are starting our countdown to Christmas with a classic, Home Alone. Does it still hold up? Is it secretly a horror movie? Is it the best Christmas movie? Come laugh along with us as we discuss it.

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This week we are talking Turkey and holidays and what’s left on our master list. We would love to hear from you about your traditions and anything we are missing from our future plans.

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This week we finish our commentary of Over the Garden Wall with episode 5 - 10. It was a delight!

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November 18, 2025 60 mins

This week we are doing a commentary on the exceptionally cute animated show Over the Garden Wall. We get through the first five episodes in this episode and will finish up next week with the second half. Fire up your Hulu or what have you and watch along with us!

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November 11, 2025 62 mins

Due to life and many technical kerfuffles, this week are re-releasing our episode on the 1940’s Pride and Prejudice.

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November 4, 2025 48 mins

This week we talk all things Halloween, we catch up on the things we’ve covered so far this fall, and take a fun quiz to see which creature of the night we are.

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October 28, 2025 56 mins

This week we are celebrating Halloween and encoring musical summer with the 1986 classic Little Shop of Horrors. Is it a perfect musical? Should we add all movies with muppets to our list? Who sang it better Audrey or Ariel? All questions we ponder as we sing our way through this week’s episode.

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October 21, 2025 55 mins

This week we are headed back to 1960 with a cult classic B movie, The Little Shop of Horrors. Is it silly or is it scary and how will it compare with the musical?

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October 14, 2025 59 mins

This week we close out the emotional mini-series Miss Austen. Rude relatives, and difficult love stories abound, just like in any Jane Austen novel.

Re-uploaded due to technical difficulties.

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October 7, 2025 51 mins

This week we are starting the Masterpiece/BBC mini series about some of Jane Austen’s nearest and dearest. We cover the first two episodes this week.

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September 30, 2025 55 mins

This week we are watching The Art Life, a documentary about David Lynch, his childhood and his approach to art.

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September 23, 2025 50 mins

This week we are enjoying the recent film Jane Austen Wrecked My Life. It’s quiet, french, and introspective and also a bit funny.

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September 16, 2025 45 mins

This week we are making lists and ranking things. Who will come out on top of our list, of worst villains in Jane Austen and David Lynch?

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September 2, 2025 40 mins

This week we wrap-up musical summer and talk about what’s coming in the fall. We also find out which Rocky Horror Picture Show character we are.

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August 26, 2025 50 mins

This week we wrap musical summer with a bang as we cover Rocky Horror Picture Show. We came into the summer with Tim Curry so it’s only appropriate that we leave with him in a performance for the ages.

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August 19, 2025 53 mins

This week we scoured YouTube for every Jane Austen musical adaptation we could find and we found quite a few.

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This week we are covering David Lynch’s musical, Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted. It was only performed once and it is as David Lynch a musical as it could possibly be. mannersandmadness.com

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August 5, 2025 51 mins

This week we are headed to Bollywood, via England, to watch the musical extravaganza, Bride and Prejudice. Colorful and charming this 2004 modern adaptation is a ton of fun.

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July 29, 2025 46 mins

We needed to take a break here at the height of summer, cool our brains with some listener feedback and a summer treat quiz.

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July 22, 2025 55 mins

This week we are covering two David Lynch Albums, Polish Night Music and Blue Bob. Maybe it’s the music or maybe it’s just the summer heat but it’s possible we may lose our minds while listening.

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