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. William, are they round? Yes, they are orbular. I guess spherical. They

are three or more accurate. Or is orbular orbular orbular is a word or may

are orbular orbular. Brian, tell me the name of this god damn year. It's the year of

the artifact. That's right. We make things. It's the year of the artifact. We make shows.

We do make shows are our our shows are artifacts. Perhaps some of them definitely are now because

they've been sitting in the feed for a long time. Yes, it's got old episodes. They're

cool. And you know what? It's been looking pretty scarce of artifacts around here lately

if you ask me. Do you think so? Yeah, a lot of stuff's been going on this year and messing

with our artifact production line. That's true. That's bro. Not my bro. Well, I don't

I bro. I don't know if this helps make up for that. But the fact is we are today technically

talking about five different artifacts. Not just one. Okay. That's right. There are five

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