50 episodes
What a Barb! A Polin Podcast What a Barb!
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4.9 • 92 Ratings
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A fan podcast celebrating all things Penelope and Colin from the Netflix show Bridgerton and Julia Quinn book series, complete with episode deep dives, theories and speculation, and plenty of spiralling from a group of friends anxiously awaiting Season 3.
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Episode 43 - Rereading Mister Bridgerton: What a Gluey State of Mind [Ch 18 - Epilogue]
Pritt Sticks at the ready, dear listeners. It's the morning after the night before and we've got a lot on our breakfast plates.
In the last of our book reread episodes, we'll be sneaking an extremely dishevelled Penelope back to Mayfair, hastily moving up the dates of a small but magical wedding and taking a quick trip to some oddly brown Highlands.
And as our beloved newly-weds find themselves in a rather sticky situation, we'll be stopping by The National Archives to enquire just how many cows one tiny blackmail plot can get you.
Worry not, dear listeners. Because just when it seems all has come unstuck, we have a feeling one assuredly, fervently, loudly tack-tic might just swoop in to save the day.
Did somebody say My Wife?
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SPOILER DISCUSSION: 10:05 - 30:16 [S3E1 and S3E4 spoilers]
SPOILER FREE DISCUSSION: 30:17 onwards
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SPOILER WARNING - Reddit: Interview with Nicola Coughlan [SPOILERS for Episode 4]
Reddit: New playlist confirmations
Instagram: New Season 3 banner
Instagram: New Season 3 poster
Instagram: Cities announced for Season 3 world tour
The National Archives Currency Converter
Available Internationally: Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (Pikatus, ISBN: 978-0349429458)
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Episode 42 - Rereading Mister Bridgerton: What a Long Way Home [Chapters 12-17]
Get up, dear listeners. We're taking you to church.
In our third reread episode, we'll be chasing hired hacks down Fleet Street, contemplating the logistics of carriage-based activities and indelicately faceplanting onto the streets of Mayfair.
We'll also be turning up bright and early to the Tuesday Featherington family meeting, fetching watercolours with Felicity and staring out of rainy windows with a plate of smoked salmon sandwiches.
And as a triumphant engagement ball turns sour, we'll be rummaging in the drawers for candles and moments of realisation.
Because, dear listeners, this was Penelope and this was love. But be warned: this kitten has claws and she's not afraid to use them.
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Show Notes
Change.org: Petition to change the S3 poster and tie in cover of Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Time Out: Bridgerton in Bowral
Vanity Fair: Interview with Jess Brownell
YouTube: Cast reading The Duke and I [Source of Luke Newton's "don't" clip]
Twitter: Nana_Banana_Art fanart of church scene
Available Internationally: Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (Pikatus, ISBN: 978-0349429458)
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Episode 41 – Rereading Mister Bridgerton: What a Better Part of Five Minutes [Chapters 6-11]
Pack your bandages and earplugs – curtain’s up on the most melodious event of the season. Mozart, stand down. Lou Bega’s got this one under control.
In the second of our read-along episodes, we’ll be making puddles with Colin, taking First Aid lessons from Penelope and dipping our thermometers in half-hour old bath water.
Ahead of the weekend, we’ll be spending an unremarkable day sampling lemonade, squinting at inkstains and getting a little too excited on Mount Street.
She kissed him on a Friday, dear listeners. And it was glorious. (And probably tasted like cheese.)
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Show Notes
Available Internationally: Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (Pikatus, ISBN: 978-0349429458)
YouTube: Bridgerton Season 3 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4JYAx5rNRA
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Episode 40 - What a Way to Get Carried Away! [Bridgerton Season 3 Trailer Reaction and Discussion]
Up, up, up and away, dearest listeners! It’s time to soar into the S3 trailer heavens at long last.
As our ship docks back in London, we’re trading sea for air as we float above Mayfair alongside an extraordinary balloon, a winged god and a sleepy-but-sturdy Bridgerton.
We’ll be enjoying splendid weather with Lord Wilding, laughing in the library with Blue Pen and attempting a little archaeological excavation of a broken Grecian column.
And as our leading man pulls the Uno Reverse card from the chaotic deck of romance tropes, we’ll be keeping our lanterns close-by as a tiny flame finally takes flight.
Rejoice, dear Polin fans. The lights are on and Colin Bridgerton’s home.
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Show Notes
YouTube: Bridgerton Season 3 trailer
Vanity Fair: Article about Cressida and Eloise
Shondaland: Season 3 trailer article + 7 new stills
History of Balloons: Montgolfier Brothers - The Montgolfière-style Hot Air Balloon
WikiArt: Le ravissement de Psyche, William-Adolphe Bouguerau (1895)
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Episode 39 - What a Hands-On Courtship! [Penelope & Debling Promo Reaction]
Hold onto your hats, dance cards and wallflowers, dearest listeners.
It's time to discuss the Season 3 promo that has wrought such chaos into our lives that even Book Colin would blush.
We'll be taking a trip to Hyde Park for a startling encounter on a blanket, having our dance cards filled by a hands-on Vegetarian and swooning over the long-awaited appearance of Enchanted Pen.
And if you're missing our dear thirdborn Bridgerton, then worry not. It seems a Wallflower's shoulder has finally defrosted thanks to the trailing hand of a much-loved pirate.
Hold on tight, Polinators. The Social Season is almost upon us and a splendid plan is underway.
Show Notes
Instagram: Bridgerton promo with Penelope and Debling (ft. cast reactions)
Instagram: New Season 3 Penelope and Debling stills
TikTok: @WhatABarbPod What will be Colin’s “hobby” in Season 3? [Boating Cartoon]
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Episode 38 - Rereading Mister Bridgerton: What a Puddle of Mud [Prologue - Chapter 5]
She fell in love first. He fell into a mud puddle harder.
Join us for the first of our read-along episodes as we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Book Polin’s love story!
We’ll be taking a fatefully muddy ride through Hyde Park, uniting in the glee of matchmaking mamas everywhere and putting up the wet floor signs to mop up a rather concerning blob of Chantilly cream.
And as those April showers sprinkle their way across London, we’ll be taking our black parasols for a bittersweet trip across Berkeley Square as we head for afternoon tea with a very special Lilac Pen.
Orange Trees of Mayfair, watch your pots: Colin Bridgerton is back in town.
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Show Notes
Available Internationally: Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (Pikatus, ISBN: 978-0349429458)
Instagram: Nicola Coughlan on CBS Mornings (ft. Lilac Pen and Colin): https://www.instagram.com/p/C5Y-eSeO2Fw/
Available Internationally: Inside Bridgerton by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers (Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 978-1668001073)
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Customer Reviews
Amazing Deep Dive into the Polin World 💛
This is the third Bridgerton podcast I have listened to, and I absolutely love the hosts of this show. They are well informed and Polin fans through and through. It’s so fun to listen to the theories, rewatches, and crumb explorations in anticipation of season 3!