Into The Austenverse

Into The Austenverse is a brand-new podcast celebrating Jane Austen’s works and subsequent adaptations. 2025 marks 250 years since the birth of Austen, whose groundbreaking novels not only transformed literature but continue to shape and inspire modern culture. Hosts David and Lisa Campbell bring depth & devotion, hot-takes & humour as they lead us through the books, the films, the TV series and adaptations - Into The Austenverse.

Into The Austenverse is a arts podcast hosted by David & Lisa Campbell, with 93 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

David & Lisa Campbell hosts Into The Austenverse, a arts show with 93 episodes published.

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  Episode #54

  EAST OF EDEN - INTO THE STEINBECKVERSE - Fences, Fairgrounds and Fraternal Fury

  Sep 27, 202644 minS2

  Hosts Lisa Campbell and David Campbell kick off a “Steinbeckverse” detour ahead of their upcoming Sense and Sensibility coverage, prompted by Netflix’s new East of Eden series starring Florence Pugh (releasing October 1). They discuss Steinbeck’s 1952 novel as his magnum opus, its two-family saga (Trasks and Hamiltons), and how the 1955 Elia Kazan film adapts only the book’s final section. After watching the James Dean version, they discuss Dean’s naturalistic, method-influenced performance and strong work from Jo Van Fleet and discuss the filmmaking elements like the overture, loud score, obvious studio backdrops, and abrupt pacing. They unpack key themes (Cain and Abel, inherited “badness,” war profiteering) and touch on Kazan’s controversy over naming names during McCarthyism, linking it to Zoe Kazan leading the new adaptation. DIZZY AND JIMMY - The book DC references ORSON WELLES ON ELIA KAZAN INSTAGRAM @in2theaustenverse   TIKTOK  @in2theaustenverse YouTube @intotheaustenverse Or email us at info@intotheaustenverse.com   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Episode #53

  BUMPER 'MY BRILLIANT CAREER' EPISODE with Showrunner Liz Doran + Stars Philippa Northeast & Kate Mulvany

  Sep 20, 20261h 22mS1

  DC and Lisa celebrate the one-year anniversary of Into the Austenverse and reflect on global listenership and standout guests before welcoming award-winning writer/showrunner/executive producer Liz Doran to discuss Netflix’s My Brilliant Career. Doran shares how she came to the story via the film, pitched Netflix first, and developed a “dirty-hemmed, unbuttoned” Australian period drama with detailed realism, expanded First Nations storylines through First Nations writers and consultants, and a reimagined Harry with Chinese heritage, plus specific symbolic choices like native flowers and black cockatoo feathers. Actors Philippa Northeast (Sybylla) and Kate Mulvany (Augusta) join to discuss casting, building character through collaboration, working with Christopher Chung, filming key scenes like the New Year’s Eve party, and why the series’ themes of agency and ambition resonate worldwide, while hoping it inspires more Australian literary adaptations.  ***Warning - there is a spicy discussion about Sybylla’s sex life in the interview with Pip and Kate.*** INSTAGRAM @in2theaustenverse   TIKTOK  @in2theaustenverse YouTube @intotheaustenverse Or email us at info@intotheaustenverse.com .   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Episode #52

  Bonus Episode - Interview with Joanna Nadin - Author of ‘After Darcy’

  Sep 17, 202629 minS1

  Lisa hosts solo while David is at Channel 9, recommending Joanna Nadin’s “After Darcy,” a funny, risqué, joyful Pride and Prejudice modern day sequel and previewing Sunday’s final “Franklinverse” interviews with Liz Doran and stars Kate Mulvany and Philippa Northeast.   In the interview, Nadin explains she shifted from serious women’s fiction to more commercial comedy after publishing changes, drawing on her YA Austen-inspired series, and focusing on the Bennet sisters as older women dealing with kids, divorce, and difficult teens. She describes her process of “hanging out” with characters, casting actors in her head, and building plot needs into modern jobs and details (including Lydia’s reality TV fame and ADHD diagnosis). Nadin discusses her Austen exposure via adaptations, Press Gang’s influence, her career in journalism and UK political speechwriting.   INSTAGRAM @in2theaustenverse   TIKTOK  @in2theaustenverse YouTube @intotheaustenverse Or email us at info@intotheaustenverse.com You can find buy After Darcy here!   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Episode #52

  Into The Franklinverse - My Brilliant Career - Episodes 5 & 6 - A Bex and a Five Bob Down

  Sep 13, 202636 minS1

  David and Lisa Campbell discuss the final two episodes of the Netflix miniseries My Brilliant Career, opening with a Henry Lawson letter praising Miles Franklin.  They recap the post–New Year’s Eve fallout as Sybylla faces her grandmother reading her journal, tensions around Harry and Blanche, and escalating consequences for Frank and others on Federation Day. The conversation highlights themes of men constrained by patriarchy, women supporting and freeing each other (Nell, Betty, Helen, Gussie), and symbolism such as horses and harnesses, alongside vivid production design contrasts between Caddagat, Possum Gully, and the M’Swats. They praise performances—especially Philippa Northeast and Genevieve O’Reilly—compare Franklin’s ending to rom-com expectations, and note recent critical coverage, then announce upcoming interviews with showrunner Liz Doran and stars Philippa Northeast and Kate Mulvany plus a bonus Austenverse episode on After Darcy.   INSTAGRAM @in2theaustenverse   TIKTOK  @in2theaustenverse Or email us at info@intotheaustenverse.com   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Episode #51

  BONUS EPISODE - 'Kitty and Mary' authors Imogen Russell Williams and Julia Gray join Into The Austenverse

  Sep 10, 202623 minS1

  In this special bonus episode of Into The Austenverse, Lisa interviews Julia Gray and Imogen Russell Williams about their new book, Kitty and Mary. It was born from their long friendship, shared love of Jane Austen, and a desire to revisit Pride and Prejudice by following the two Bennet sisters left unmarried. They each wrote one sister’s voice in an epistolary format, creating a “conversation” between Kitty, Mary, and themselves, with letters and journals allowing readers to see what the sisters reveal and conceal, including strikethrough moments. Imogen describes researching Mary’s India storyline using British Library ship logs and the impact of months-long letter delays, while Julia researched early publishing (using John Murray as a framework), amateur theatricals, and medicine/childbirth for Kitty’s arc, including her growing relationship with words. They talk about writing for a YA publisher with broad adult appeal, the benefits of accountability in collaboration, and a London Bushwick Book Club night featuring songs responding to the book. Kitty and Mary is published by Andersen Press and is out NOW! More about the Bushwick Book Club's night of Kitty and Mary here.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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