Wuthering Heights x The Promise of Happiness with Zoe Mix
Material Girls
Rehak Hannah
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
If you've been following the *discourse,* you know that Emerald Fennell's "Wuthering Heights" is a divisive film! So of course, we had to watch it and try to make sense of its turbulent place in the zeitgeist. Rather than ask if the film is a "good" or "bad" adaptation, Marcelle leads us in an episode about marriage as a marker and maker of happiness, our collective imagination around Emily Brontë's source material, Heathcliff as romantic hero, and the lure of the abject. This episode is for the lovers, the haters and the die-hard Sara Ahmed heads!
Related Episodes
The Last of Us x Adaptation Theory
Comics & Memes x Culture Text with Neale Barnholden
Works Cited
“Adaptations of Wuthering Heights” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. February 11, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptations_of_Wuthering_Heights.
Ahmed, Sara. 2010. The Promise of Happiness. Duke University Press.
Anderson, Hephzibah. 2018. “Heathcliff and Literature’s Greatest Love Story Are Toxic.” BBC. July 30, 2018. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180725-heathcliff-and-literatures-greatest-love-story-are-toxic.
“Emerald Fennell defends ‘depraved’ Wuthering Heights film adaptation: ‘I’m just a goth girl.’” The Australian, YouTube video, 3:37, https://youtu.be/QeooWeEEDJg?si=JMf2hQUoASutoKK1.
Support Material Girls
To learn more about the show, head to our Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease! Or check out our website ohwitchplease.ca (you can also find transcripts here!). Want to support the podcast and our tiny, hard-working team? Check out all the content we have on our Patreon at Patreon.com/ohwitchplease. Bonus episodes, bloopers, merch, watch-alongs, and more! Need a last minute gift for a friend or family member? You can gift a Patreon subscription at this link: https://www.patreon.com/ohwitchplease/gift!
Music Credits:
“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020
Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Oh |
| 0:02.0 | Oh |
| 0:03.0 | Oh |
| 0:04.0 | Oh |
| 0:06.0 | Oh |
| 0:10.0 | Oh |
| 0:11.0 | Oh |
| 0:12.0 | Oh |
| 0:13.0 | I need a |
| 0:16.0 | mind |
| 0:17.0 | I need a new |
| 0:18.0 | brain |
| 0:19.0 | I want to take a ride |
| 0:20.0 | on a mini train You can have it all at the |
| 0:25.5 | show me. Hello and welcome to Material Girls, a pop culture podcast that uses critical theory |
| 0:35.3 | to understand the zeitgeist. |
| 0:38.6 | I'm Hannah McGregor. |
| 0:40.8 | And I'm Marcel Cosman. |
| 0:42.5 | And I'm Zoe Mix. |
| 0:43.5 | Ah, Zoe! |
| 0:44.5 | Hi! |
| 0:46.3 | It's so great to see you here. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Rehak Hannah, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Rehak Hannah and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.