Michael and Ethan, with special guests Erin and Risha, inaugurate their discussion of their (somewhat slimmer than usual) Mondo Book for the year: Persuasion, by Jane Austen.

In this episode:

What an excellent rule (sorry, Risha)

An unpopular opinion that captures several important things

Austen as a writer who maybe should be listened to at least as much as read?

Reading novels was basically the 19th-century version of Gameboy

JANE DID A CLIFFHANGER

Is Persuasion unfilmable?

VERY EXCITING DICTION DISCUSSION

Jane Austen: all sarcasm all the time maybe?

The Keira Knightley one, the one with the Dashwood Sisters, the one with the name we can’t say…

One very simple blockage: the miscommunication trope

The blockage is always the title of the book

Next time Michael and Ethan will continue the discussion of their Mondo Book for the year: Persuasion, by Jane Austen! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page.

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MUSIC & SFX:

"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission.

"The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

"Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.