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Unclassical
The classic novel, the playground of literary greats such as Austen, Dickens, the Brontë sisters... but have you actually READ these books? Sisters Katy and Marsha take a closer look at classical texts, expect feminist rants, funny anecdotes, coarse language and general silliness! Needless to say, this isn’t a podcast you want to reference in your coursework!
Right, wow, I mean, I think we can all kind of predict what's going to happen, but wow, there are some real surprises in this final instalment.
Jude goes weird, we discover some new napping positions, and can anyone tell me what an idiot shape is? Don't say us!
Gage is dead. Yep. Dead. Will Lewis be able to accept it? Will he ever get to Disneyland? Will Jude do anything remotely useful? It's all happening this week in part 4 of Stephen King's Pet Sematary.
Join us as we find out we have more similarities with thecharacters in Pet Sematary than we previously thought. We see Louis and hisfamily for their last great day… discuss how we should all have more lassos tohand, and also unpack what the f3ck was going on with those horses runningaround London?!
Things are getting sinister, sinisterer than a student dying on the first day of term, and that... relaxing bath we bore witness to last time. Get you're hiking boots o, we're going for a climb!
We're back guys! Sorry it's a bit late, lots of life changes at the moment! But we're stoked to be bringing you a new season looking at the the crazy world of Stephen King. Just, take a deep breath, and get ready to meet some very questionable protagonists...
Will Phileas win his bet? Will Aouda grow a personality? Will Passepartout punch Fix? Will they even make it out of America??!! Join us for the final part - it gets wild! Vote now, who would punch Fix? I know Katy would! We will be back after Easter with Pet Samatary, spooOOOooOoky! Have a great Easter guys! We hope you enjoyed this season! Thank you for every listen!
Full blown TW on this episode, we explain it in the episode before we get to the horrid bit and tell you what you need to know for the last episode if you'd rather skip it.
But apart from that! Tune in to learn the power of 'no' from Passepartout, relive one of the best internet moments, and marvel at how much dates and times confuse Katy and Marsha.
I mean, I know the characters are on a literal journey but damn! What a journey this episode is! Betrayal, confusion, twists, turns and tumbles! Takeaways:Can you pronounce orangery like a civilised human?How many more ways can Marsha get 'Passepartout' wrong?And, how the f0(k do you say Yokohama?!
We're back! And Fix is in hot pursuit of Passepartout and Fogg! What obstacles will they tackle his week?We have a hymn singalong, and there are some high dramas! And we find out that rail travel has largely stayed the same!
Welcome back one and all! We hope you are all well and ready for our holibobs - because we are embarking on the most futile trip in literature! Get ready to burn those fossil fuels as we splash the cash and infuriate Consuls. Get in b1tches we're going racing!
Welcome to the concluding part of The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe! And wow, what a ride, shut up Susan, shut up Aslan, and damn! Narnian battles are next level! Put the rabbits and squirrels down!
Sorry for the radio silence, but Marsha has been actually silent, the 100 day cough is a real bitch. But we're back and we've got big news and an Aslan as you've never heard him!
Merry Christmas to one and all! - unless we don't like you, then you can fork off. But we like everyone here so whayyyy! Welcome to our Christmas episode, I'm just going to list some key quotes from this episode:
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Egg grog (genius)
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Tongue twister of the week; "To say which way the witch's sledge went"
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Very glad and also, very solemn
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Fire fires of the sun
Enjoy!!
Get ready for perhaps the best life advice ever from our eccentric, dear professor. Find out the lengths we'll go to to avoid going on boring tours. And really question how trusting these children are - as if they're from war time London with "Mum's the word!" plastered all over the streets - Ed is the only one with his head half screwed on and he's a c**t addicted to crack Turkish delight!
Join us for an unseasonably hot Christmas. Apologies, for munching sounds, we're only human! But welcome, to the winter wonderland, that is Narnia, and... is Mr Tumnus alright? Shall we kick Edmund? And... does 'foreword' confuse anyone as much as it does Katy?
Is anyone else as gross as us? And back to the story, just saying Jekyll, well, he's not that good is he? And get cosy, because this gets sppoooooooky! We've really enjoyed this read by the way and hope you have too, and we can't wait for our Christmas series!
Part 2 of our spooky Halloween read! Are you feeling romantic? Is Jekyll? Is there more to the mysterious Hyde character? And who's working late in the lab one night?
It's spooky season, so perfect timing to check out this Scottish classic - who is the monster and who is the man??!!! (Seriously, the Hunchback of Notre Damn is very quotable in this). Expect extreme ableism (tw) and terrible Scottish accents, and of course dastardly deeds! It's about to get dark...
Last episode of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, we were happy to see the back of this book, and gave it a send off we've never done before. We also have a long tangent about how to kill lots of different types of animals...sorry... do you know how to kill any animals? Hey, just making conversation! (But no, only stroke animals, they're nice!)
But Ratchet is, well, ratching up the heat? That's definitely not a saying, sorry, it's nearly 1am, enjoy the carnage, and a carnival is a terrible idea right?
Part two is here. There's raging, there's bold departures from logic. And oh my god, someone give us a dictionary, because the English language is hard!Serious trigger warnings for rpe, rcism, s*xism, basically, this book is a steaming pile of offence.
This episode is a lot of set up, as this book needs a lot of trigger warning and context, and we're nattery noos of course! We hope the comforting words of our father "We all die alone" help you at this tumultuous time, and that you're not too traumatised after this episode. Remember, don't chat out of open windows and check what your bra looks like before being filmed. But in all seriousness, TW for racism and R*pe.
Oh my god, this episode, we all need a minute. Jesus HAlso, trying to improve our sound quality without hiring a studio, it's a work in progress guys, sorry but bear with, hope it's not too jarring. And let us know if there's anything you'd like us to discuss in our debrief! (And are two types of potato on a roast excessive?)
Are these little piggies in over their heads? Do you know what a cloaca is? And is duckling just a shltIing after all? It's all falling apart (literally) in this week's return to Animal Farm.
Well the humans are gone, but is Animal Farm the eutopia that Old Major envisioned? And who will lead now that Jones is gone?
Apart from tuning in for this gripping tale, tune in for 'Katy - The Eighth Wonder of the World - The Most Pointless Psychic You'll Ever Hear!' No but, seriously, it's a little creepy!
Also, what do we think of Mollie? We've been discussing her ever since we recorded this episode, Katy's obsessed!
We'rrreeeeee back! Guys, we're buzzing to get back to recording us cackling for you to hear in your ears! As you know, it's been nuts, so what better way to start a new chapter (hehe - pun!) than diving into an Orwellian nightmare - but don't tell Katy! She's still hoping for a wholesome cottagecore tale... let's see how long that lasts!
:( it's our last episode with little Sarah! Will Sarah remain a servant at Miss Minchin's school forever? Will Ramdas carry on staring through her window? Will Becky finally be recognised as a vulnerable child?
And most importantly, is Sarah's attic on the left or right?
We'll be having a short break while we work on the next season, but also we have a new project up our sleeves... more on that soon!
This week - how about we set fire to it all? Set fire to your enemies houses? Set fire to the schools? Burn the lot! (Can you tell Marsha is a little antsy this week?)
And! We cool with grown men sneaking into little girl's rooms? Why does Santa get a free pass? No. Doesn't sit well with us at ALL!
But most importantly, the fact we must put ahead of everything else -Sarah, was hungry.
Sorry it's late - but here it is! Part 3 of A Little Princess! Find out how servant life is treating Sarah, why are we all Oliver Twist? And does the new revelation about Sarah's dad really bum you out?
TW: Turns out Becky and Lottie are hella racist, I wouldn't have predicted it from those characters, but there you are.
So if you didn't complete last week's homework of watching the 1995 film version of A Little Princess - what are you doing here? Shoo, shoo! Go watch it!
We're back with Sarah and her whimsical fancies and it's party time! Sarah is turning 11 years old (does that mean she hasn't seen her dad for 4 years? Savage), all the girls are excited for what is going to be the birthday party of the century, but some news awaits Sarah that she hasn't bargained for...
We'rrrrrreeeeee back!! And what a book to kick off 2023 with! Get ready from some 18th century 90s vibes - you read that right! We're reading A Little Princess! We're hoping you've seen the 1995 film (if not, go do your assigned homework of watching that now) and come along on this enchanting (sometimes disturbing) adventure. Meet Sarah, dear Papa and the Minchin sisters as Sarah starts at her new school in London after leaving her beloved home in India because... well there isn't really a reason, just coz!
Here it is!
The final part of Nutcracker is here just in time for Christmas, so cosy up by the fireside, dim those Christmas lights and listen to the tale of a grown nutcracker grooming a child by showing her a lot of sweeties.
Nutcracker? More like cradle snatcher.
Cradle Snatcher Nutcracker.
Want to hear more inappropriate rhymes? Well you came to the right place! Why does everyone speak in rhyme?
Also, you can find out why you should never ask an Astronomer for directions.
Why do old books have so much beef about green eyes? And how many breaks is too many breaks in a bedtime story?
Further, there is an important message in here about catching up with family (they might have something you need) but not if they're toxic and bad for your mental health, take care of yourselves out there and don't spread yourselves too thinly just because it's Christmas.
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I'm not even going to address the title of this episode, you'll just have to listen and be horrified like we were.
I will ask though, if anyone else's mums cut corners off tables? Just us? Probably just us.
And also, MERRY CHRISTMAS! Come join us for some fantastic festive vibes, and very lax safeguarding of minors!
The final part of Dracula is here! Will the boys get their act together and forget about bloody breakfast, or will Dracula out wit them yet again? What will become of dear Mina? And we meet the new characters of Bowie and Kukri, what mischief will befall them?
Lots of fun this week, who wants to hear more about Cladinbac? Dracula's Scottish cousin, and who would like to invest in The Boys - The Board-game, and oh yeah, Mina doesn't look great and Dracula gets real cranky!
What a roller-coaster! We pick up where we left of, looking at the general audacity of men, but things are kicking off in the asylum, and maybe there's more to this bro eating flies.
That is straight up grim though, don't eat flies, of course people will judge you if you eat flies, come on man...
TW! Massive trigger warning for suicide this week. If you're struggling, please reach out, and if you do listen to this episode but want to skip the suicide chat, I say skip 10 seconds, make it two minutes to be on the safe side. <3
Also - decided to split this week's episode in half as it was a bit on the long side, second half will be out in a couple of days!
Well, it's ramping up, the boys are planning, Mina is tying all the threads together, and who knew Katy had been saying Bram Stoker wrong all this time?!
This is what happens when you eat copious amounts of macaroni cheese, followed by lots of Halloween chocolate, no regrets though.
Find out what a round wheat is - courtesy of Papa Bevan, get the latest hot tips on how to keep draughts and Vampires out, and learn some skills in tenderness and tact from Van Helsing as he guides Arthur through his bereavement after losing his darling fiance Lucy... but how dead is she really?
Professor Van Helsing is trying his best to make sure Lucy doesn't succumb to Dracula's dark desires, but will he succeed or is Dracula just too dastardly for this fast travelling Dutch (or German?) man?
It's part 2 of Dracula! And what a ride! Time to hear from someone else's perspective, perhaps a woman, oh wait, it's a woman written by a man, that could only be a good idea right?
Get cosy and settle in to see what befalls poor Jonathan after he decides he must escape from Dracula's lair, and perhaps things at home aren't going so well either...
We are back!!!! And what a way to kick off Spooky Season! This book is fucking tense! And who would have thought it would be so easily linkable to Friends!
Join us for a very early morning edition of Unclassical and The Doctor Squee Show! This was at this years Squeefest which is always so much fun, tune in to hear us natter on about some mythical sea creatures and some complications around the myths...
Final part of Emma! And I think I hear wedding bells! Lovely vague wedding bells, and if you can bear someone's difficult moods, and general mistreatment, maybe one day, you could get married too <3
And sorry this is late! Work got busy, blame the kids!
We had lots of fun recording this one! Scottish angst, and everyone being sassy bitches, and who knew strawberry picking could be so eventful? And please! Has anyone kicked someone in the shins? Asking for a friend...
We are back!! Thank you so much for being patient, you guys are the best! So Emma is continuing flitting between groups, but there's a lot being unsaid and who the fuck gifts a piano forte???
I feel there are a lot of introductions in this episode, but here are the main takeaways, never leave your mates alone to travel with strange men, keep an eye on Jane (seems like a wrongun) and fetch Mr Woodhouse a cozy cup of tea!
Maybe Emma isn't as good at matchmaking as she thought! But at least her dad is a hedgehog, and it's no time to be grumpy - there's a Christmas party to get to! We are aware of the irony of a Christmas theme, but Katy is fucking obsessed, take it up with her and her cottagecore pursuits.
We're back! And what a book to kick off with! The queen of gossip and manipulation is here to cause a ruckus - Emma is in the building! We're loving the gentle cottage core vibe of a quintessential Jane Austen book, and of course the sassy drama. So kick back, relax and see if you can recognise our random niche reference at the end!
Double length episode to wrap up this twisty turny murder mystery! Are you from Kent?
Hope you enjoyed this season! We've loved the different characters (especially Caroline, what a fucking vibe)! Did you guess who it was?
And are you ready for our next season? We'll be reading Emma! Get your matching mini skirt suits ready! It's time to pay homage to the Queen of Gossip!
Right, I mean I know we know men can be condescending arseholes, but why do they have to be so brazen about it?!
Jesuis! Get your hot choc and get ready for people to talk entirely through their inflated egos, plus there seems to be something up with one of those parlourhousemaids...
Finally we got Poirot back in the story!! And it's time to do some damn detecting! But are Poirot's detective skills strange or just shit? Again, sorry for the wind noises, last time we record in a storm!
I fear Roger may not be long for this world, but the plot doth thicken! Not all is as it appears in the Ackroyd household, who might have a motive for wanting Roger out of the way?
And lol, are we nuts or are 'Mitchell Butlers' the best idea ever?? And is our family trauma spin-off podcast too niche for even us? :')
We are back! And we are delving into our first Agatha Christie! Are we meant to find Poirot so adorable? Is it just us? Do you have any theories of whodunnit? No spoilers! Katy genuinely doesn't know!
The final part of Turn of the Screw! And what a turn indeed! Join us and spot all the cock metaphors you can, maybe it could be a drinking game! And who else wants to be Miles for Halloween?! Plus who knew hats were such good paranormal indicators? It's all in this week's episode!
We'll be taking a two week break to prep for our next season where we'll be reading... drum roll... Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - with the infamous Hercule Poirot! Moustaches and dodgy french accents at the ready!
Just wow, the safe guarding! Serious TW for child abu$e and why is Miles suddenly becoming the voice of reason??
So.
Massive trigger warning for child abu$e and s£xual abu$e. All the adults in this are scum.
Henry James. Just wow.
Get ready for major victim blaming. And just, well, it does indeed worse. Enjoy what you can, and scream in horror at the rest with us.
Part 2 of this convoluted and mysterious tale, and we're sorry because this is one long tangent with a creepy ending! Hats at the ready, there's serious lack of gentlemen to be found, here, in the place, the podcast, a setting, here, there, everywhere.
Wow, Henry James can meander a sentence hey? One of those situations where the show is better than the book? At least we have owls on dicks, scant toes and flaming dicks flying around space to keep us entertained!
What a journey! I feel we've traumatised Katy with this one.
Sorry it's a long one but what an end to the story! What did you guys make of this one?
We're gonna take a two week break while Katy preps our next ready and it's a spooOOoooky one!! Take care! And we'll be back soon!
I don't even know how to describe this episode, I feel if you don't know the story I want to leave it all as a surprise, a horrid, traumatising surprise. So enjoy!
Ok, things are unraveling on the island, the group is breaking up and Simon is just being weird. What do you think the "one syllable word" is? And have they finally found the beast?
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Oh my god, the sh1t be hitting the proverbial fan! And the sass of these kids is too much! We are loving this book, watch out for beasties and get ready to hate on Jack! Piggy for leader!
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Welcome back! We are well and ready to traumatise our dear listeners with this harrowing tale of survival and human (hmmm, male) nature! Please be warned there's lots of fatphobia in this book and lots of kids having a terrible time, but also some "whizzo" times too, so swings and roundabouts!
Thank you for bearing with and a very belated - Happy New Year!
Marsha is on the mend and we can finally find out what followed Pemberley's dramatic Christmas Day! And how this book (rather abruptly) ends!
Thank you so much for all your support this year and we'll be back in a couple of weeks with our new read! xx
Happy Christmas everyone! It's Christmas time at Pemberley, we have ice skating, we have feuds and... well some snogging I think, oh my god, it's Christmas Day and I don't think anyone banged?! They're all too busy going to church! ...well, that's disappointing... sorry about that, we'll make up for it by revealing a new phrase we want to print on merch, it's a cracker (hehehehe!)
Have an awesome Christmas and we'll be back on New Year's Eve!
Part 2! It's a Christmas miracle - Lizzie and Darcy at the lodge are having a wild old time! Mary and Joseph's baby is on the way, will Lizzie be able to help?! And there's romance brewing in their absence at Pemberely!
These really are precendented times, no, unprecedented times, unpresidented?
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening, in the lane, Darcy's fisting!
Let's get ready to welcome in the festive season with some good old Georgian smut! Expect tightening groins, problematic power dynamics and some lovely Christmas imagery!
Back to Pemberley we go guys!
The second part of Franz Kafka's 'Metamorphosis', wow, a mental breakdown, a public appeal and sickening apples, the concluding part of Metamorphosis has all the emotions!
We really enjoyed this surreal short story, perfect pit stop before we start getting festive! Hope you enjoy it too!
Female comedians take a new look at classical literature.
This is disgusting guys. Like, so grim. There's a gross giant bug, the capitalist arseholes are out to get us and Marsha keeps farting!!!
Kinda loving revisiting Kafka, the surrealism is just chef's kiss!
To be fair!!! I did not see this coming!! Am I slow or is Daphne one hell of a sneaky author?!?! No spoilers here! But what a story - and of course lots of problematic misogyny is in there too! We will be taking a short break before coming back with our new season, but will let you know release dates soon! Have a spooOOOooooky halloween!
Jesus, we need to get Mary out of Jamaica Inn, she's in danger and she's getting more attracted to Joss/Jem by the minute! And she just needs to get out! But at least she gets to see some lovely water colours, and what a cliffhanger for our penultimate episode!
It's Christmas Day and shit is going down! Jos, stop fucking killing people??!?!! Guys, this a rollercoaster! so much drama! Strap in, and then, please tell us, in your opinion, what is the function of a lighthouse?
Part 4 and it's time to get in the Christmas spirit early! Will it be cozy or will everything be terrible? Terrible, come on, we know, it's going to be terrible isn't it? Plus - let's give it our 5lutty twts across the land some love! 5lutty Twts 4 lyf!
That Joss Merlyn is not a nice man! This week we meet a new mysterious character, I wonder if he will be of help to Mary Ellen Yellen, and we find out a bit more about the dodgy dealings going on at Jamaica Inn, dun dunn dunnnnn!
Part 2 and it's getting sinister! Jos is not a good man! Who knew... and we meet some new characters! Hold tight (hehe) as this creepy and violent tail unfurls.
And, what do horses drink?!
Series 11 and it's getting into spooky season! We are so pumped for some atmospheric and creepy tales, and the sinister backdrop of Daphne du Maurier's Jamaica Inn seems the perfect place to kick-start pumpkin season!
Hope you enjoy!
Final part! Thank you for joining us on probably one of the most challenging reads we've tried to tackle. We hope we did an OK job. I've said it before and I'll say it again, that two extremely enlightening books to read in succession about racism are "The Narrative of William W. Brown. A Fugitive Slave" by William W. Brown and "Why I'm no longer talking to white people about race" by Reni Eddo-Lodge; they're written 170 years apart, but it's particularly apparent in the foreword of Brown's text how similar these books are and how much more work we have to do. We are not the voices you need or should be coming to for an education on racism, but in a world where we need to be actively anti-racist we want to do our part to shine a light on problematic thought patterns (i.e. white saviourism and people of colour's stories being told by white people) which have previously been accepted as shining examples of the war on racism.
Thank you again, and we can't wait to start our next read and start getting spooky!
The penultimate episode! We look at the second part of the trial today, we thought we might finish to kill a mockingbird this time, but there's too much bullshit to fit into one episode!
TW, this is a r@pe trial and although we know Mayella is lying, this is an example of how all rape victims were (and are) treated at trial, and it's not f8cking ok! It is also not ok to be r@cist or to frame people for crimes they didn't do, nothing is ok, burn it all.
It's all kicking off guys! We find out what was under Scout's bed, there are angry mobs of white men going around being aggressive, because their scared of angry mobs of black people causing trouble, even though they're the only one causing trouble... I never said this book had much logic, and the trial begins!
Atticus is a real great father huh? Jesus, someone take these kids away from him! The voices of racist white people being given the spotlight over people of colour in a text that is supposed to anti racist, is beyond frustrating! At least we have children having full blown punch ups with southern drawls...
TW as always for rape, sexual assault and discussion on racism
No, you have a patchy southern accent, and no, that's not a frog at about 50 minutes in, that's Katy burping. This episode takes a long hard look at the weird adults in this book, why is everyone picking fights with kids and punting them? The good old days eh? No, don't abuse kids, I mean, do we have to say don't abuse kids? Jesus, what a book!
Wow, we covered a fair bit in this episode! We have dogs with rabies, lost trousers, house fires and a we talk about why is this book considered to be such an important base for conversations about race... and why we think that's bollocks.
Apologies for Katy's coughs, she's a diseased child.
Are you ready to go back to 1930s Southern America? We're jumping into 'To Kill A Mockingbird', get ready for weirdly adult children, misogyny, compromised hygiene and of course to say this book reflects a problematic view on race would be the understatement of the century.
Aaannnddd we've officially hit series 10! It was far too hot to celebrate this week, but next week we'll try and crack out the cake!
Last part of Alice in Wonderland! We've decided not to look at Alice Through The Looking Glass this time round, because, well, it's just descending into full delirium and will be impossible to follow, and we get weird enough while recording and are worried about getting irretrievably lost in the pits of chaos.
You'll get a hint in this haha! From haunted steps to crying turtles, sh1t got weird guys!
And we will be back with our next season on 22nd July, thank you!
Part 2! And we're all not invited to the Mad Hatters Tea Party, but we're all going anyway! We speak a lot about colonial racism in this episode, seriously, everything is so racist, how history is so bad! I know we know this, but f0ck, we need to do so much better not just because of the inequality we still have today, but to atone for all the horrors of the past! And on a lighter note, listen to the end to hear a little tidbit of Marsha's school days!
NEW SERIES and we're taking a look at a classic I'm sure we all know, but how well do we actually know it?
Alice is eloquent as fuck for a 6 year old, no? Why would a fully grown man depict a child as being more mature than they really - oh ok, right, yeah I see what he's doing there. F*ck sake. Yeah, TW for pedophilia.
Enjoy! And Don't yeet lizards!
Is Hymen Scream the best name for a feminist thrash metal band or what? I'm making an album cover, it's going to be a thing.
Anyway - trigger warning! This contains all the suicide references (spoiler? It's a Greek tragedy, what did we think was going to happen?) AND! The erasure of women in this is ridiculous!!! They forget Antigone!!! IT'S F0CKING NAMED AFTER HER!!!
Thank you for joining us on our journey through The Theban Plays, we hope they've left you entertained and suitably grossed out!
We'll be back here on the 24th June with Alice in Wonderland!
Why is Antigone sorting out everyone else's shit? Antigone might have had things she wanted to do with her life, but no, she's busy sorting all the men out, making sure they all feel listened to and respected and Ismene, shit, has anyone seen Ismene?!?!
Greek plays are a bit weird, only one character is blind but they all have blind faith! And again - how is this not a comedy?! Who would you cast in our stage version of Oedipus?
Welcome back! We have missed cackling at ridiculous stories so much! What the fuck are Greek plays? This had us cracking up! Join us as we find out what Oedipus has been up to since he got banished for being gross.
Well, that was... surreal... how is this not comedy?? Well, it all just goes to shit tbh, but in the most weird way, just listen, I think this is one of the most bizarre texts we've looked at.
Also! We are going to be taking a short break, but will be resuming the Theban Plays here on 19th May! But don't worry, we will be around before then! Tonight we are doing a livestream on Twitch with N'Calma and we will be doing Instagram lives too! Make sure to keep an eye on our Instagram for those
So I (Marsha) read The Theban Plays at school, but fuck, I did not remember how batshit they are! Descend into the surreal with us as we take a look at the festering faeces pile that is Oedipus' life!
Suicide TW for this episode!
Sorry, but how awful are these main characters?! I mean Rebecca is problematic for sure, but DW - you savage!!!! And obviously Maxim is 100% trashy trash, bin, now!
That being said, how fun was this book! Thank you so much for listening along with us! We've had so much fun and cant wait to start The Theban Plays!
The world of comedy took a hard hit this week, thank you for all the laughs Paul Ritter, you will be so missed.
In the world of Rebecca, Jaysus! It's all kicking off! Danny has properly lost it, what's the deal with the boat in the bay? And also lol, sorry for some reason we spoke about The Amber Spyglass for ages, skip that bit if you don't want spoilers!
Slipper hands! Why the fuck are there slipper hands!???
Shit goes down in this episode AND oh my, racism trigger warning! Lots of rants in this one, but also, so much fucking drama!! Strap in guys, put your slippers on your hands - you're in for one hell of a ride!
Uggggghhhhh my insides crunch at this episode! DW 2.0, stahhhpppppp!!! Everyone stop, and Maxim jump in the sea, and why do families still need to identify their loved ones bodies when photos are a thing???????
Well DW 2.0 is the house! Manderley to be specific, and it's not smooth sailing at all. Join us as we see what cringe and horrors are awaiting!
As we all know, it has been a ridiculous couple of weeks for women, our thoughts are with Sarah Everard's loved ones, she should have been safe and gotten home. And due to that, a lot of this episode is us discussing the police brutality we've seen, the attitudes of men and anything else we needed to get off our chests. Thank you for giving us this platform to discuss these important issues.
Ok, I'm a little too proud of that title...
Katy is taking us through Rebecca, in this first part we meet the Narrator, aka DW 2.0 (it'll make sense), and the mysterious Maxim, plus the missed opportunity for a book about female empowerment that is Mrs Vanhopper! Hope you enjoy! Sorry if it's a few days late! Let us know what the sound quality is like, however, if it's shit, not sure Marsha knows how to fix it!
What a rollercoaster this episode is! Death, "romance", a bear, more death! Marsha literally cried and then nearly wet herself laughing during this episode. So if you ever wondered what the official voice of bear sounds like, or want to see how to truly bring the mood down when ending a book - tune in!
You now Amy was kinda a dick before? Well lol, I guess karma is a thing because it came for her. But seriously, the way Meg's marriage (ooh spoiler) is dealt with with John is f*d! Like, I know it's old but it's hard to believe anyone would put up with this shit! And Laurie is a dick and it's bullshit his character gets all the best lines, but he is hilllllaaarrrrioussss in this, furthering the stereotype that white men can do what they want if they're having a good time.....eye rolllllllllllll
Oh gaddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd!
It's all happening guys! They're dropping like flies and Jo's got it worst, not really, she just talks more than anyone else.
Join us as we see the unravelling of the Marchs' (Marches?), will Marmee save the day? Will Katy drop more spoilers about the whole plot? Time will tell...
Part 4! This week is a real mix! We see what awaits Meg when emerges into society, we meet Laurie's tutor Mr Brooke, why taking a break is a bad thing and uncover some childhood trauma for Marsha.
It's a blast!
This episode is all things Amy, who is Katy, Amty? Kamy? Anyway, if you were vibing Amy before, get ready to do a swift 180! And that's not just because her questionable taste in snacks!
You know what, with a few lighting and music changes Little Women would make an excellent horror. Join the debate of who is the creepiest March girl, cringe at Jo in general and decide what games you'd play with a rat friend! Oh it's all going on in Unclassical this week!
Little Women part one is here!!
Well 2021, it's... horrific, escape the traumas of today by reliving the traumas of the past! We had so much fun recording this one, how nice is the March family really? Is Katy the family favourite? (obvs). And how charitable are you with your christmas food?
Marsha and Katy get festive by taking a look at A Christmas Carol! What didn't make it into the TV adaptations and what do we really think of Pandora bracelets? Get festive and give it a listen now!
Wow, this has been quite the journey guys! Remember how in episode one Marsha was feeling sorry for Heathcliff? What a simpler time! What is wrong with all the men in this book??? (The women aren't great either, but the men really take the biscuit this week). Trigger warnings all round, physical and sexual abuse.
Without sounding too psychotic, we have had fun with Wuthering Heights, amidst all the horror we've had a lot of laughs. We hope you've enjoyed it as much as us!
Well, are the kids alright? No. They're not. It's the next generation, and they're just as fucked up as their parents. Find out what Cathy 2.0 is up to now! And someone give poor Nellie a much needed bitch break!
We ummed and ahhed over calling part 4 "the one with all the domestic abuse", so yeah, trigger warning, men are trash, especially Heathcliff. Fuck Heathcliff, seriously, you're going to HATE Heathcliff.
Enjoy!
In part 3 Marsha and Katy take a look at Heathcliff as adults, and well, lol, make sure you don't miss the showdown at the end of this episode, it's quite something!
Well if we've got to sit at home, might as well do it with an episode of Unclassical! This week everyone is having a shit Christmas and we get a deeper insight into the kinks of Miss Cathy and Master Linton!
Ooh! Halloween may be over, but this shit show of horror is far from over for the UK. So we're kicking off second lockdown with Katy taking us through Wuthering Heights! It's actually legit chilling! Get Mr Lockwood a wine and listen here first before public release tomorrow!
Uploaded raw with no editing, can definitely tell the prosecco was hitting at the end! Enjoy!
Marsha and Katy are guesting at Squeefest's 24 hour podcast-a-thon with Dr Squee talking all things Victorian childhood. At this point Dr Squee has been awake for about 18 hours, things are starting to get surreal!
That's right! It's the last episode of David Copperfield! What's everyone going to do? Where's everyone going to go? Will Dora throttle David and finally tell him to stop grooming her? Will anyone stop Mr Murdstone extorting and killing women?
Any what is in the recording room with Marsha?!
We are going to put Davy in the fucking sea! Also, you can play a fun game with this one, how many times can you hear Katy scratching her crotch? #weneedastudio #doeskatyneedacream
Also, Marsha and Katy reveal some worrying truths at the end...
This story gets crazier and crazier, is everyone alright? This week Davey is all grown up but meets people again from his past and his passions are awakened in a new romantic pursuit.
Let's see if Davey is attracted to intellect (unlikely) and appreciate Marsha and Katy's lusty shouts!
We're loving recording again, and so grateful to everyone tuning in! This week Davey is off to school, which brings up some repressed memories for Marsha... enjoy!
We're changing the way we do things, we're going to be releasing new episodes weekly but taking slightly longer breaks between books so we can keep bringing hilarious content! Lockdown and isolation hit us hard, and we've struggled with accessing our recording and editing equipment, but now we're back!
We're kicking things off by diving into David Copperfield! Join Katy and Marsha as they look into Davey's disturbing childhood, and find out who snotted on a horse!
Give her the H!
We always have so much fun chatting on Knackers in the Breeze! Check it out to hear if we'd rather be smart or stupid and how we'd stop speeding!
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It's here! The final part of Dorian Gray! While we hope you enjoy this episode, we would like to say that all our content is recorded a few weeks ahead of airing. Therefore, this was scheduled for release before the horrific murder of George Floyd. We are making a conscious effort to include more BAME authors in future episodes and educating ourselves further on racism. Below are some of the podcasts we've been finding helpful. And in the meantime, don't a be a racist prick.
About Race
Diversity Gap
1619
Code Switch
POD Save the People
What Matters
BLACKLIVESMATTER
Uncomfortable Conversations
You're pretty for a...
The Intelligence
Full thanks and credit for this compilation goes to @betsyfaulkner on Instagram, and obviously everyone who helped create the podcasts.
Thanks and keep safe.
Oh Dorian, Dorian, Dorian... you absolute dick. Join Katy and Marsha in their penultimate episode of Dorian Gray as they see Dorian fall into further skirmishes!
Here it is! Part three of Dorian Gray and it's high time that Dorian introduces his fiance to his besties, what could possibly go wrong...
Listen to Marsha and Katy answer "would you rather" questions, with Knackers in the Breeze host, Ryan! What has he let himself in for!
Why are women plants? Why does everyone love incest? And! Don't steal people's sewing!!!!!
Join Marsha and Katy as they carry on with their journey through Dorian Gray, we meet truly ridiculous characters in this week's episode, who names a child Sybil?
Us being locked up to record this episode seems to be some ridiculously apt plot foreshadowing. Anyhoo, join us as Katy delves into the world of Dorian Gray and we try not to have an aneurysm over the perfect bitch that is Henry-Harry.
For a special sport themed episode, Marsha and Katy take a look at the Ancient Olympic Games, victorian swimwear and other sporting oddities throughout history.
Katy and Marsha are back! This time with a mini episode before their Season 2 launch this spring! Join us on our journey through Charles Dickens’ Bleak House. Can people resist incest? Can people make basic family connections? And will men ever understand the word no?!
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TW: references to mental health, domestic abuse, murder, imprisonment, sexual assault, incest
Happy New Year! Prepare for 2020 by learning from our cautionary tales! We will be taking a break now but will be back in the spring with new content!
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It’s the final instalment of Jane’s story, this week Jane meets a new man, find out what an absolute catch this dreamboat is! Or will she pack it all in and flee back to Mr Rochester?
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TW: references to mental health, domestic abuse, murder, imprisonment, sexual assault
The wedding day approaches! But not all is as it seems! Find out what bullshit is instore for poor Jane and will she ever snack again?!
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TW: references to mental health, domestic abuse, murder, imprisonment, sexual assault
So we've met the main characters now it's time to get this pot bubbling, there are no spoilers here, this is batshit, just listen guys!
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TW: references to domestic abuse, rape, violence, sex
Katy and Marsha take their first look at Jane Eyre, in part one we see how apparently child abuse is chill, not having ambitions is even more chill and abrupt bluntness is the chillest of all!
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TW: child abuse, rape ref, death ref, murder ref
It is the final instalment of our journey through Pride and Prejudice, will the Bennet women be left without a penny to their name? Will Mr Bennet ever leave his fucking study?!!
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This week we look at part 4 of Pride and Prejudice, is there more to Mr Darcy then his lack of conversation and personality? Should people share their knowledge of known paedophiles? Should Katy and Marsha refrain from singing on future episodes? A solid yes all round there guys!
TW: Grooming, generally problematic men
We are gathered here today to learn about the significance of Ultimate G. Open your hearts, your minds and your shot glasses, Ultimate G hath cometh.
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TW: Most of these come from us getting tongue tied and saying the wrong thing! Domestic abuse, rape, murder
Katy continues to take us through Pride and Prejudice. Cringe and recoil at Mr Collins with us as we find out more about what "society" has in store for the Bennet sisters. And please let us know if we should pack in podcasting and start our own honey business!
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TW: rape mention
Katy takes us back to Pride and Prejudice, where we meet the Bennet sisters as we've never seen them before and we take our own walk down memory lane too.
TW: Generally men not being ale to understand the word no, but on the whole a more light hearted episode :)
Join us as we conclude Tess's sorry tale. There are milkmaids, problematic family dynamics and girls that are nice to each other... which is a big deal apparently.
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TW and SPOILER ALERT:
We discuss sexual abuse, the death of a baby, murder and execution
Join Katy and Marsha as they delve into part one of Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Is Thomas Hardy ok? Is Tess ok? Are men really ok? Who knows! Well, hopefully Katy and Marsha know... fun listening!