From Edith Wharton to Blair Waldorf and everything in between, beyond and before, explore fictional homes and living spaces with English literature graduate Talia Ulrich. There's no place like home and no home like an imagined place.
Revisiting: Lofts, Penthouses and Suites of Gossip Girl
The tour of murder mystery locations had to be postponed so this week we're heading back to early 2000s New York to revisit the homes of Gossip Girl. It's all the same information as our last tour but this time there are a couple new things to learn about Blair Waldorf's penthouse!
12 Nov 2023
Fairy Tales: Cottage and Castle
What do the Little Mermaid's and the Sleeping Beauty's castles have in common? What's the deal with the Sea Witch's house? We discuss this and more in the latest episode of No Place Like It! Talia also shares what she thinks is the moral of some fairy tales, and there's a tangent on Gothic windows.
28 Oct 2023
Witches' Worlds: The All Souls Trilogy and Practical Magic
Stories about witches nearly always involve their unique houses and the magic within. Explore the Bishop house in the All Souls Trilogy and the Owens' place in the Practical Magic series. We'll learn about the importance of family history and of having magical spaces for witchcraft.
29 Jul 2023
Seasonal Living: the Summer Camps of the Movies
It’s summertime: children are running wild and staff are falling in and out of love. Summer camps may not be permanent homes but they sure have a lot going on during the short time they’re occupied.
2 Jul 2023
Separate Halves: the Two Staircases of the 90s
Remember in The Nanny, Boy Meets World and Full House when all the set layouts had a set of stairs in the front and one in the back? We’re exploring the staircases and how the scenes for each represent the differences between the two halves of the house.
10 Jun 2023
“As soon I saw it I knew it was home” - Anne of Green Gables
Today we’re in 19th century Canada, close to the White Way of Delight, and exploring the relationship between a lovable red-headed little girl and her adopted home in Avonlea.
13 May 2023
Dynamics and Boundaries: Apartment 4D in New Girl
Let’s go to LA and hand out with Jess, Nick, Schmidt and Winston in their oddly shaped apartment with 1 strange bathroom! It’s all about the group dynamic and how weird other people’s families are.
3 May 2023
Leaving the Hobbit-hole: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
Although The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are about people leaving their homes, the home remains an important part of both stories, anchoring the characters amidst the dangers of their journeys.
8 Apr 2023
Homes of Highbury: Village Community in Jane Austen’s Emma
In which we wander through the village of Highbury and take note of the community's interactions.
25 Mar 2023
Controlling Powerhouse: spaces in Succession
Secrets, power and disrespect! Ahead of the 4th season of Succession, we're looking at why Logan only talks to his kids one at a time, the importance of the balcony and dissecting the DISRESPECTFUL treatment of other people's spaces.
11 Mar 2023
French Beaches and Swiss Clinics: Tender is the Night
We're going to the 1920s, first stopping by the French Riviera and then on to Switzerland - and along the way we'll observe Dick and Nicole Diver in their strange and dysfunctional relationship.
25 Feb 2023
House Arrest in a Hotel: visiting A Gentleman in Moscow
11 Feb 2023
Lofts, Penthouses and Suites: Homes of Gossip Girl
Rise and shine, listeners! We're in early 2000s New York and we're looking at the homes of the original Gossip Girl TV series.
28 Jan 2023
Gilded Mansions: Houses in The Age of Innocence
We're going through some of the houses featured in Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence, from the fashionably wealthy to the not-so-wealthy and the not-so fashionable. We'll wander along the streets of 1870s New York and see the elaborate accessories that created the Gilded Age.
14 Jan 2023
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