As discussed in this episode, here is the full size image of the announcement of England’s first lottery.
To see it in context on the British Library site, visit https://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item102765.html
Season 1, Episode 2, Addendum
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S1 E1 - Pious Ejaculations - Chapters 1 - 3
Jul 24, 2020 • 00:58:36
In Miss Charlotte's Finishing School for Wayward Readers, four readers choose a piece of Victorian-era literature and read it together, guided by our schoolmarm Charlotte Sampson. As we discuss the book in a deep but irreverent manner, we compete for points to see who will be the Teacher's Pet and…
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S1 E2 - Double Framed - Chapters 4 - 6
Jul 30, 2020 • 01:00:26
This week, we discuss Chapters 4 - 6 of Wuthering Heights. We cover dogs, and Nelly Dean, and a little bit about Patrick Brontë, Emily's father. Juri presents this week's reader report (a diorama! see photos below!). As always, we do the Cathartic Pop Quiz, and a new Teacher's Pet…
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S1 E3 - Code Shifting or Feathered Beaver - Chapters 7 - 9
Aug 7, 2020 • 01:12:09
This week, we discuss Chapters 7 to 9 of Wuthering Heights. We cover Catherine's feathered beaver, her efforts at code shifting, and we dig a little into late 18th century fashion. For this week's reader report, Emi has prepared a rap. Daniel sings the hook. As always, we do the…
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S1 E4 - I Would Do Anything for Love But I Won't Do That - Chapters 10 - 12
Aug 21, 2020 • 01:21:48
This week, we discuss Chapters 10 to 12 of Wuthering Heights. Daniel gives his report in the form of a laugh-tracked sitcom, we find out what "elf-bolts" are, and we talk about how Emily Brontë was the kinkiest Brontë (a non-scholarly opinion)
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S1 E5 - What? No Room Service?
Aug 30, 2020 • 01:02:52
In this week's episode, we discuss Chapters 12 - 15 of Wuthering Heights. Andrew gives his report in the form of a religious sermon (delivered by an idiot), Andrew threatens to burn Daniel's house down during a disagreement on Heathcliff's relative culpability in the mess that is his relationship with Cathy,…
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S1 E6 - The Faerie Cave and 20 Other Queer Places
Oct 3, 2020 • 01:17:14
In this week’s episode, we discuss Chapters 16 – 19 of Wuthering Heights. Juri gives the report this week, Andrew forgets to raise his hand, Daniel makes more references to 80s newspaper comic strips, and Emi falls asleep.
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S1 E7 - Kissin' Cousins - Chapters 20 - 23
Oct 9, 2020 • 01:20:28
In this week’s episode, we discuss Chapters 20 - 23 of Wuthering Heights. Miss Charlotte makes a case for maybe Heathcliff not being quite as evil as we're led to believe, Emi tells a campfire ghost story, and Andrew gets John Bunyon mixed up with Paul Bunyon (should be a…
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S1 E8 – Steppin' Out – Chapters 24 – 26
Oct 22, 2020 • 01:07:19
In this week’s episode, we discuss Chapters 24 – 26 of Wuthering Heights. We learn about Emily's time in Brussels; Daniel presents us with some celebrity impressions-- although his definition of "celebrity" is different than ours; and Andrew presents the Wuthering Heights version of the "Jar Jar Binks was a Sith lord"…
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S1 E9 - Decomposition - Chapters 27 to 29
Nov 6, 2020 • 01:07:34
In this week’s episode, we discuss Chapters 27 – 29 of Wuthering Heights. Emi does her very best to do an infomercial, and we don't know how it went because we're all focused on her weird accent work; the readers argue over how long it takes a body to decompose…
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S1 E10 - Shoot Off Your Mouth, Not Your Arm - Chapters 30 to 32
Nov 20, 2020 • 01:17:18
In this week’s episode, we discuss Chapters 30 – 32 of Wuthering Heights. Emi calls in from a hostel in Toyama, after cycling around 400 kilometers in two days to get there, so you may notice a perceptible drop in her audio quality. In this episode, we talk about beauty…
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