Jane Austen Remixed

What if Pride & Prejudice was set in the 2010s, where Lizzie Bennet was on a media internship? What if she captures the wild and wonderful plot from Pride & Prejudice on camera? What if Lydia Bennet becomes a fan favourite – and pod favourite – character?  Melinda and Stefanie discuss the arrival of Darcy, and Lydia breaking our hearts in a well-executed Wickham scandal in our second...

What if Pride and Prejudice was set in the 2010s, where Lizzie Bennet studied communications and vlogged her daily life? What if she reenacted her life with props and costumes? What if it is one of the best depictions of the Bennet sister relationships on screen? Melinda and Stefanie discuss how iconic YouTube was in 2012, the birth of social media and transmedia storytelling and amazing character...

What if Pride & Prejudice was set in an American College (again)? What if Elizabeth and her sisters were actually friends who live in the same dorm building? What if Darcy is a famous TV star who has come to their college to hide out after a hugely public and embarrassing breakup with a much more famous star? Stefanie and Melinda discuss niche cultural references, gender-flipped Wickhams, and...

What if Pride & Prejudice was set in India? What if it was an all-out musical extravaganza? What if Darcy was a snobbish, fish-out-of-water American businessman who thinks that chinos are appropriate poolside attire? Stefanie and Melinda discuss vibrant musical numbers, the joy of an adaptation that truly understands its character's motivations, and the second-best fight scene in Pride & P...

What if Pride & Prejudice was a full-blown romantasy novel? What if the Bennet sisters had to marry to access their magic? What if Mr Bingley was part werewolf and Mr Darcy has the most romantasy name of all time? Melinda and Stefanie discuss witches without magic, fantasy tropes and men with zero communication skills in Potions & Prejudice by Tee Harlowe . Links & Mentions Here is the...

What if Pride & Prejudice took place in the wave of Egyptomania that followed Napoleon's surrender in Egypt? What if Darcy was a treasure-hunting adventurer who craved more than just being really, really ridiculously rich? What if Lizzy inherited her father's love of Ancient Egypt and was a very talented translator of hieroglyphics? Stefanie and Melinda discuss this adaptation being set at the...

What if Pride & Prejudice was set at an American film school? What if our Elizabeth Bennet is a student who recruits her Darcy to star in her reality TV show where students confront their crushes on camera? What could possibly go wrong? Melinda and Stefanie discuss the dramatic twists and turns of reality TV, men dancing shirtless on social media, and the definition of ‘cuffing’ in The Cuffing...

What if Pride & Prejudice was about a hopelessly romantic American named Jane who dropped her life savings on a trip to England to take part in a personalised fantasy romance at a Regency themed live-in experience? What if the woman who owns the venue it is inexplicably horrible to her the whole time? What if she accidentally falls in love with her own Mr Darcy for real? Stefanie and Melinda d...

What if Caroline Bingley was the main character and we learn what happens to her after Pride & Prejudice? What if she ends up embroiled in a murder case alongside Georgiana Darcy in London? What if she discovers she is pretty good at solving crimes? Melinda and Stefanie discuss murder mysteries, characters changing for sequels and flying wombs in Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective by Kel...

What if the England of Pride & Prejudice was beset by a strange plague that brought the dead back to life to slaughter the living? What if young ladies were taught proficiency in sword play rather than playing the piano? And what if Elizabeth was a heartless, revenge driven, borderline sociopath? Stefanie and Melinda discuss what happens when revisiting one of your favourite adaptations goes a...

What if the main character of Pride & Prejudice was Georgiana Darcy? What if she attends a boarding school in upstate New York? What if she’s trying to rebuild her reputation and live up to the standard of her perfect older brother? Melinda and Stefanie discuss our beloved story from a different perspective, realistic mental health journeys and Hollywood teen movies tropes in Accomplished: A G...

What if your hosts were also Marvel Cinematic Universe nerds? What if they got a reader question in the mailbox episode asking them to cast MCU characters as Pride & Prejudice characters? What if what was meant to be a five-minute segment turned into a 50-minute tangent and they decided to turn it into a bonus episode?  Stefanie and Melinda spend way too much time discussing the nuances o...

What if two friends started a podcast about Pride & Prejudice adaptations? What if Season 1 is finished and they have more things to say? What if they have your questions to answer? Melinda and Stefanie reflect on the first 12 adaptations discussed on Jane Austen Remixed and share their favourite moments, behind the scenes thoughts, and answer your questions. Links & Mentions If you would...

What if Pride & Prejudice was a story about the "confused ramblings of a pissed 30-something"? What if there were two Mr Wickhams and Mr Darcy was a renowned human rights lawyer? Stefanie and Melinda discuss the cultural fixation on women's bodies from a time when society was obsessed with women dying alone and being found half eaten by an Alsatian through the lens of Bridget Jones' Diary by H...

What if Pride and Prejudice was set in modern day America? What if Will Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet surf and fall in love in the Hamptons? What if Jane Bennet reads romantasy novels and Kitty went to business school? Melinda and Stefanie discuss a romance novel version of Pride & Prejudice that includes all five Bennet sisters and doesn’t turn Fitzwilliam Darcy into a walking red flag in Elizab...

What if Pride & Prejudice wasn't a bucolic tale of classic romance? What if Netherfield Park hid a dark and menacing secret? And what if Caroline Bingley had a sinister motive for inviting Jane to visit? Stefanie and Melinda discuss Lovecraftian horror as a genre, the prospect of Pride & Prejudice being a much, much shorter novel, and why on earth Elizabeth Bennet would ever have called on...

What if Pride & Prejudice was a young adult novel set in Australia and Los Angeles? What if Darcy and Bingley were famous actors visiting Sydney for the summer? And Elizabeth isn’t falling for their celebrity mystique like the rest of her family? Melinda and Stefanie discuss the art of performance, reboots, and striving for authenticity in a world obsessed with image and social media, in Stuck...

What if Pride & Prejudice was set at Christmas in small town Ohio? What if the main characters are gender flipped so Darcy Fitzwilliam is a proud woman instead? But what if…..she just isn’t? Melinda and Stefanie discuss inconsistent character adaptations, a mind-melting amount of drama for one family, and what is up with a tradition forcing people to kiss under mistletoe, in Pride and Prejudic...

What if Pride & Prejudice began with the death of Mr Bennet? What if Elizabeth set out to forge her own path as a governess to avoid marrying Mr Collins? What if she wound up as Georgiana Darcy's governess? Make sure you've brushed up on your Charlotte Bronte to join Stefanie and Melinda as they discuss literary mash-ups, if the fortune teller dress up is the worst part of Jane Eyre, and how M...

What if Pride & Prejudice 's Lydia Bennet wasn't just the selfish and shameless youngest Bennet daughter? What if she was a powerful witch who made a deal with a demon to save her beloved Kitty? And what if she was now on a mission to save another pod fave character from a cursed fate? Stefanie and Melinda discuss the redemption of the youngest Bennet, how well that arc works within a supernat...

What if Pride & Prejudice was set on the dog show circuit? What if Mr Darcy was a judge and renowned dog breeder and England’s most eligible bachelor? What has this got to do with UK tabloid newspaper Daily Mail? Melinda and Stefanie discuss romance books, Hallmark movies and why you shouldn’t leave rambling declarations of love on voicemail, in Unleashing Mr Darcy by Teri Wilson and its compa...

What if Pride & Prejudice was told from Darcy's point of view? What if the real heroine of the story was Georgiana Darcy who pushed her brother to chase his true love? What if we had a front row seat to Darcy pretending to himself that he wasn't pining for Elizabeth? Stefanie and Melinda discuss why this adaptation was written because of the 1995 TV show, and why Mr Darcy's character might jus...

What if Pride & Prejudice was set in Pakistan? What if characters other than Elizabeth and Darcy get back stories and character arcs? What if the author explores the tension between loving Jane Austen, and the impact of English colonisation on her country? Melinda and Stefanie discuss the importance of all voices and stories, character development and how discussing books is the way to your he...

What if Pride & Prejudice was set in the modern day? What if Mr Darcy was an interdimensional time-traveller? What if Elizabeth was a lovelorn American who was confounded by English ducks? Join Stefanie and Melinda as they discuss falling in love in a week, why you need to pack clothes as well as books for a holiday, and why Mr Darcy would not be caught dead at night with a woman dressed only...

What if Pride & Prejudice was set during the 1980s in Cold War Europe? What if Elizabeth Bennet and William Darcy were American spies in the CIA? How is a Walkman used to advance the plot? Join Melinda and Stefanie as they infiltrate a world of clouded allegiances and international intrigue with the book that inspired the podcast: Undeceived: Pride & Prejudice in the Spy Game by Karen M Co...