I'll Be Dashed: A Wodehouse Podcast

I'll Be Dashed: A Wodehouse Podcast

I'll Be Dashed

Episodes 31
Avg. Duration 2h 19m
Activity Active
Apple Rating 4.6 (5)
Since Jan 2023
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Schedule
Monthly
Format
Episodic
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About This Podcast

A podcast about the works of PG Wodehouse by a father, who has read most of the Wodehouse bibliography, and a daughter who had read none of it before the two decided to do a podcast together. We will go through all the novels and short story collections, including Jeeves, Blandings Castle, Psmith, and all the Mulliners, Bodkins, and Ukridges that you can throw a stick at, not that you should be throwing sticks. We'll discuss the stories and how they read 50-100 years later, as well as keep track of all the saving from drowning attempts, stealing a police officer's helmets, breaches of promise, and awful aunts, as well as doing some meandering of our own that would make Wooster proud. Right ho!

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Recent Episodes

Luck of the Bodkins

Apr 28, 2026 2h 50m

After a long break of posting episodes, Scott and Robyn are back with a book that makes them both very angry. This books us ask very pertinent questions, such as who can change a person's state room…

Blandings Castle and Elsewhere

Jan 08, 2026 3h 8m

After a hiatus that was entirely Scott's fault, Robyn and Scott are back with another episode, this time talking about the short story collection, Blandings Castle and Elsewhere. The collection has…

Right Ho, Jeeves

Jul 26, 2025 3h 11m

In this episode, Robyn and Scott discuss Right Ho, Jeeves, Wodehouse's second Jeeves and Wooster novel. This is also the first book discussed in the podcast for which Scott told Robyn she needed to…

Tales of St Austin's

Jul 12, 2025 2h 39m

This episode, Robyn and Scott talk about the Tales of St. Austin's, a collection of school stories published in 1903, only Wodehouse's second published books. It's about teenage boys who don't want…

The Girl in Blue

Jun 27, 2025 2h 12m

Robyn and Scott discuss The Girl in Blue, Wodehouse's 1970 novel, which, unlike most Wodehouse books, appears to be a book of its time. Although it's slightly shorter than most podcast episodes, we…

Piccadilly Jim

May 18, 2025 2h 9m

In this episode, Scott and Robyn talk about Piccadilly Jim, a novel in which Ogden Ford from The Little Nugget is once again the target of kidnapping plans, by people who should know better since…

The Gold Bat

Mar 31, 2025 1h 36m

The third novel published by PG Wodehouse is a short school story that nevertheless is able to fit 43 different speaking characters into it--most of who have a large part to play in it. Robyn and…

Heavy Weather

Mar 16, 2025 2h 54m

This episode Robyn and Scott talk about Heavy Weather, the sequel to Summer Lightning, in which everyone seems to show up at Blandings Castle, preventing Lord Emsworth from spending time in his…

Thank You, Jeeves

Jan 31, 2025 2h 44m

This episode, Robyn and Scott discuss Wodehouse's first Jeeves and Wooster novel, Thank You, Jeeves. We discuss what it means to use harsh language in the early 20th Century, how smart Bertie Wooster…

Meet Mr. Mulliner

Jan 21, 2025 2h 44m

Note: Sorry for the delay in episodes. We have been recording them. I've just been way behind on editing and posting them. I will be uploading more episodes in the next month or so to catch up and…

The Adventures of Sally

Oct 01, 2024 2h 46m

The Adventures of Sally is one of PG Wodehouse's few books with a female main character (several are mentioned in the podcast, but one that wasn't is Doctor Sally--who is an entirely different…

Psmith, Journalist

Sep 01, 2024 2h 33m

This month we speak about Psmith, Journalist, the third book in the Mike and Psmith series and the last one we are covering, much to Robyn's consternation. If you're a die-hard fan of the character…

The Prince and Betty

Aug 07, 2024 2h 37m

This episode Robyn and Scott discuss The Prince and Betty, which has the character Rupert Smith in it, but is not part of the Psmith series, although it does have essentially the same plot as Psmith,…

Summer Lightning

Jul 01, 2024 1h 41m

Summer Lightning is the third Blandings Castle novel, in which we are first introducted to both the prized pig Empress of Blandings (at least her novel debut) and Lord Emsworth's brother, Galahad…

Very Good, Jeeves

Jun 01, 2024 2h 5m

Very Good, Jeeves, is the last Jeeves and Wooster collection. Although individual Jeeves and Wooster stories would appear in collections, all Jeeves and Wooster books that appear after this one are…

A Prefect's Uncle

May 01, 2024 1h 44m

On this podcast, Scott and Robyn discuss A Prefect's Uncle, Wodehouse's second published novel, and another book that involves school boys and cricket. This is one of Wodehouse's shorter works, and…

A Damsel in Distress

Apr 01, 2024 2h 55m

In this episode Robyn and Scott discuss A Damsel in Distress, published in 1919. It reads much like a Blandings Castle novel, with an earl harried by his sister and employees trying to make him write…

Love Among the Chickens

Mar 01, 2024 2h 40m

Robyn and Scott discuss Love Among the Chickens, published in 1906 and having the first appearance of Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, possibly Wodehouse's longest-running character (by duration,…

The Little Nugget

Feb 01, 2024 2h 18m

Scott and Robyn read the 1913 novel The Little Nugget, one of the money Wodehouse novels that seems to concentrate inordinately on the kidnapping of an odious child. Robyn continues her woes about…

Leave It To Psmith

Jan 01, 2024 2h 3m

Scott and Robyn discuss Leave It to Psmith, the second Blandings Castle novel AND the final Mike and Psmith (now with almost no Mike) novel--but Robyn and Scott still have Psmith, Journalist to read.…

Frequently Asked Questions

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I'll Be Dashed: A Wodehouse Podcast has published 31 episodes since January 2023, covering topics in Arts, Books.

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I'll Be Dashed: A Wodehouse Podcast is currently active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 2h 19m.

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