
What the Austen? Podcast
Hosted by Izzy Meakin · Izzy Meakin
4.9from 136 ratings
- 102
- Episodes
- 7
- Transcribed
- 136
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About What the Austen? Podcast
What the Austen? is a cosy podcast hosted by Izzy Meakin, exploring the wit, charm, and quirks of Jane Austen’s novels through lively conversations with fellow enthusiasts. We embrace the full spectrum of the Austen fandom and hope this podcast will help deepen your love for her timeless tales. On YouTube and all podcasting platforms. @whattheausten
- Publisher
- Izzy Meakin
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Apr 2021
- Latest episode
- 5 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
7 of 102 episodes have a transcript.

5 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 92: Kitty & Mary by Julia Gray and Imogen Russell Williams 🤍📖

8 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 91: Miss Bates | Poverty, Fearing 'old maids' and neurodivergence wit author Catherine Cliff

12 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Episode 92: Kitty & Mary by Julia Gray and Imogen Russell Williams 🤍📖
Published 5 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And Bingley, Darcy and Elizabeth have that conversation about what's an accomplished lady in like I did a video essay on this about Caroline Bingley doing that and how she doesn't realize that in having all these standards that she. suggests other women should have, she's actually policing herself as well. She doesn't actually realise she's placing those high standards on herself. But I think that's also true. I think often women are the worst for policing each other in these high standards. I feel like Mary has a slightly different attitude to self-improvement and it can be a slightly sanctimonious one. and her reading and her obsession with reading sermons and quite moral texts and so on. […]
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- Julia Gray
- Imogen Russell Williams
- Catherine Cliff
- Caily
- Paul Bavill
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 47 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 89 ratings
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- 52
- Social presence
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- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 93
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