Hello, I'm Alison Larkin, writer, comedian and narrator and host of the Jane Austen

podcast with Alison Larkin. Whether you're a diehard Austin fan or you have yet to be

introduced, I'm here to bring her stories into the 21st century and offer you some new

perspectives along with other Jane Austen lovers. I couldn't start this show with anything

other than pride and prejudice, her most famous novel and a truly timeless love story.

Elizabeth Bennett is a young woman who has no interest in letting her mother marry her

off to someone she doesn't love and Mr. Darcy is a proud, rich aristocrat with strong

opinions on the sort of woman he may one day tolerate enough to marry. Though seemingly

at odds due to their you guessed it, pride and prejudice, their complicated slow burn romance

is sure to make even the cynics swoon. Be sure to listen and subscribe to the Jane Austen

podcast with Alison Larkin, wherever you get your podcasts.

Hey, Brian. Hey, well, how are you doing? I'm good. I'm curious. I'm very curious. What

do these dwarves of the Lords of Dwarves do? Well, they're mostly dead. And how do they

act? I mean, they acted valiantly. Oh, until he didn't. We'll get into. We're going

to get into. Okay. Did I miss a joke? Yeah, because it's ax sounds a lot like act to act.

Oh, my yeah. It's like, oh, okay, I'll go with that. Yeah. I didn't. You know, for those

of you that are new to the show, I like to do an improv comedy bit with the start of with

the title of the episode of somehow and we'll ask me how you got it. Yeah, half the time

I miss it. I'm just here. I'll just here doing what I do. Brian, yes, dwarves. Yes, they

have a reputation of making things. They do high quality things. Yeah, digging holes.

Is that as well? Very complex. Highly magical things. I would even say dare I say artifacts.

Oh, shit. What year is it? This episode is going to be all about dwarves, dwarves and the

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