I'll Be Dashed: A Wodehouse Podcast
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Luck of the Bodkins
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.…
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I'll Be Dashed: A Wodehouse Podcast has published 31 episodes since January 2023, covering topics in Arts, Books.
I'll Be Dashed: A Wodehouse Podcast is currently active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 2h 19m.
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