Bridgerton: Love, Friendship, and Gossip featuring Nicole Avakian Pop DNA

This week we are joined by longtime friend of the show Nicole to discuss her favorite moments on the Bridgerton show, insights into the books, and give her best Regency Romance recs!



We also dip into the real-life gossip and scandal of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, find out who may have been the historical inspiration for Lady Whistledown, and even work in references to the TV show Friends, the movie Moulin Rouge, and of course Pride and Prejudice.



What Bridgerton gets right about gossip in Regency London. Who was the "real" Lady Whisteldown? Scandal and the English opera.



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