PhDrunk Podcast
1) Episode 14: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Finally, the much anticipated second episode of Modern Month. Since it's basically still March 2020, we can just pretend it hasn't been over five calendar months since our last episode went live. In t...Show More
2) Episode 13: Affinity by Sarah Waters
You know what gets the PhDrunks fired up? #lesbianlonging It works every time. In this episode, Brynn, Cris, and Ellis wax poetic about Affinity by Sarah Waters, the first book of Modern Month. This e...Show More
3) Episode 12: Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
The PhDrunks are back and ready for the revolution after a pandemic fortnight (that's however long it's been since the last episode). In this episode, Brynn, Cris, and Ellis get real fired about class...Show More
4) Episode 1A for Adaptation: Emma (1996), Clueless, and Emma (2020)
Brynn and Ellis step in for a special unscheduled episode in our totally unplanned A for Adaptation miniseries while Cris attempts to adult. They dissect (i.e. drunkenly ramble about) three different ...Show More
5) Episode 11: Fantomina by Eliza Haywood
Scandalous! Sexy! Hilarious! We could go on about all of our favorite things about Eliza Haywood's classic novela, Fantomina but we do enough of that in this episode. Our raucous energy is stron...Show More
6) Episode 10: The Odd Women by George Gissing
In classic PhDrunkard style, we drink too many of Ellis's latest Totally Made-Up Cocktail and wonder why someone always has to die in New Women novels. This episode is brought to you by secret gin sta...Show More
7) Episode 9: Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Dear Readers, in today's episode we spend most of our time fawning over our new queer hero, #sweetbabybobby. Sure, this novel has a sexy scheming blonde, doppelgangers, murders most foul, and more, bu...Show More
8) Episode 8: The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
This week Brynn, Cris, and Ellis take a stab at the Gothic classic, The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole. Ellis rages. Brynn makes sex puns. Cris gets wasted. Basically, it's business as usual but ...Show More
9) Episode 7: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Ellis is back from her sabbatical (finally) and we all three go down the rabbit hole and chat about this morsel of literary nonsense. We discuss why Carroll was a massive creep and what U.S. president...Show More
10) Episode 6: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
If you are determined to read this book as a love story we are so about to kill that vibe. Cris and Brynn rant about who is the most Byronic hero, discuss whether this book is racist (Spoiler: yes), a...Show More