Manners & Madness
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Manners & Madness
@mannersandmadness.bsky.social
A podcast dedicated to Jane Austen & David Lynch
This week we follow up Home Alone with Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. We question if adults in this universe are all dumb and ask which Home Alone is best?

Also today is Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday!
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December 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This week we are starting our countdown to Christmas with a classic, Home Alone. Does it still hold up? Is it secretly a horror movie? Is it the best Christmas movie? Come laugh along with us as we discuss it. mannersandmadness.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This week we are talking Turkey and holidays and what’s left on our master list. We would love to hear from you about your traditions and anything we are missing from our future plans. mannersandmadness.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This week we are celebrating Halloween with the 1986 classic Little Shop of Horrors. Is it a perfect musical? Should we add all movies with muppets to our list? Who sang it better Audrey or Ariel? All questions we ponder as we sing our way through this week’s episode. mannersandmadness.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This week we are headed back to 1960 with a cult classic B movie, The Little Shop of Horrors. Is it silly or is it scary and how will it compare with the musical? mannersandmadness.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Episode was re-uploaded due to technical difficulties* This week we close out the emotional mini-series Miss Austen. Rude relatives, and difficult love stories abound, just like in any Jane Austen novel. mannersandmadness.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This week we are starting the Masterpiece/BBC mini series about some of Jane Austen’s nearest and dearest. We cover the first two episodes this week. mannersandmadness.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This week we are watching The Art Life, a documentary about David Lynch, his childhood and his approach to art. mannersandmadness.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This week we are enjoying the recent film Jane Austen Wrecked My Life. It’s quiet, french, and introspective and also a bit funny. mannersandmadness.com
#janeausten #janeaustenwreckedmylife
September 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This week we are making lists and ranking things. Who will come out on top of our list, of worst villains in Jane Austen and David Lynch? mannersandmadness.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This week we wrap-up musical summer and talk about what’s coming in the fall. We also find out which Rocky Horror Picture Show character we are. mannersandmadness.com
September 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This week we wrap musical summer with a bang as we cover Rocky Horror Picture Show. We came into the summer with Tim Curry so it’s only appropriate that we leave with him in a performance for the ages. mannersandmadness.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This week we scoured YouTube for every Jane Austen musical adaptation we could find and we found quite a few. mannersandmadness.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This week we are covering David Lynch’s musical, Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted. It was only performed once and it is as David Lynch a musical as it could possibly be. mannersandmadness.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This week we are headed to Bollywood, via England, to watch the musical extravaganza, Bride and Prejudice. Colorful and charming this 2004 modern adaptation is a ton of fun. mannersandmadness.com

*We had some technical issues this morning. If your episode sounds weird delete and redownload it.
August 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We needed to take a break here at the height of summer, cool our brains with some listener feedback and a summer treat quiz. mannersandmadness.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This week we are covering two David Lynch Albums, Polish Night Music and Blue Bob. Maybe it’s the music or maybe it’s just the summer heat but it’s possible we may lose our minds while listening.
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July 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This week we are covering a filmed theatrical musical of Emma. We had a lot to say about it and were inspired to start writing our own version of an Emma musical. mannersandmadness.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This week we kick off Musical Summer with a Tim Curry classic, the 1982 movie musical, Annie. Leapin’ Lizards! mannersandmadness.com
#annie #musicals #musicalsummer #timcurry #carolburnett #bernadettepeters #albertfinney #annreinking #aileenquinn
July 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This week we finish the mysterious Mulholland Drive, and ask ourselves where do the dreams of this movie begin and end. mannersandmadness.com
#davidlynch #mulhollanddrive #davidlynchfilms
June 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is the week we finally get to Mulholland Dr., one of David Lynch’s seminal movies. We are only covering the first half this mysterious movie. Next week is part two so please remember to tune in to that episodas well. mannersandmadness.com
#davidlynch #mulhollanddrive
June 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This week we are resetting after Mansfield Park and getting in the summer spirit with the wacky 80’s movie, One Crazy Summer. With young John Cusack, Demi Moore, Bobcat Goldthwait and a plethora of other memorable characters, it is quintessentialy 80’s in a very fun way. mannersandmadness.com
#80s
June 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This week we wrap our thoughts on Mansfield Park, talk about what we are planning through the summer, and discover what city in England we should move to. mannersandmadness.com
#janeausten #mansfieldpark #classicliterature #podcast
June 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
We’ve reached the end of Mansfield Park and quite a bit happens in these last few chapters. How will all the pieces land and is the final chapter wrap-up as delightful as usual? Find out if this book maintained its spot as Maya’s favorite. mannersandmadness.com
#janeausten #mansfieldpark #classics
May 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This week is our penultimate episode. Three months pass in Portsmouth and Fanny receives a significant visitor and several very consequential letters. mannersandmadness.com
#janeausten #mansfieldpark
May 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM