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PODCAST

What a Barb! A Polin Podcast

A fan podcast celebrating all things Penelope, Colin, and Bridgerton, complete with episode deep dives, book rereads, theories and speculation, and plenty of spiraling from a group of friends who anxiously awaited Season 3 and now are braced once more for the Wilderness Weeks.

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00:33:28

The Weekly Crumb - Issue #8: What a Runaway Maid [S4...

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2024/09/21

Filming leaks falling down like pieces into place...The cameras are rolling. The churro truck has opened up. It's time to pack Gregory off to Eton and welcome the newest family to town as we celebrate the beginning of Season 4 production. While Portia and Colin battle it out over the Featherington ledgers, we pull up our silver gloves, borrow a few items out of Westley's wardrobe and steal away into the gardens for a late-night rendezvous, (not so) far away from prying eyes. And as we

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01:08:54

Episode 56 - What a Trunk Full of Seashells! [S3...

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2024/09/07

🎵Summer days drifting away but oh, those 15-billion-minute-long summer niiiights 🎵After a summer swimming in the Polin seas, we’re almost ready to pack up our seashells, buy Pen a stick of rock and head home for an Autumn of filming crumbs and rewatches. But before we lock up our trunks and board the boat back to Mayfair, we have one last task on our hands: ardently, fervently and loudly declaring our Season 3 episode rankings. Which episode left our Polin hearts soaring inches above the ground

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01:21:02

Episode 55 - What a Rare Bavarian Text! [S3 Q&A Pt 2]

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2024/08/25

Sigh no more, listeners, sigh no more. The Lady in Silver has been found at last. But there’s no rest for the Wicked as Beans has found herself with a new mystery on her hands: we don’t even know which rare Bavarian text it is, but we’re looking for it. As we scour the shelves of Shakespeare & Co. for the elusive tome, we’ll also be searching for answers to burning Season 3 questions about bandaged flashbacks, Italian Contessas and babies named Ginger. Elsewhere, we try to recover from the

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01:27:16

Episode 54 - What a Positive Tone of Voice! [S3 Q&A...

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2024/08/11

The Ton’s out for summer. But over here, the Class of 1815 is still very much in session. In the first of our S3 Q&As, we’ll be turning on our Regency location settings, standing on Crumbs sentry and tackling the hard-hitting questions of the social season. Which Soft Colin line still has us swooning? Which moonlight bisoux stole our hearts? And why can’t we stop ourselves from laughing at the bleakest moment in Polin history? Elsewhere, we cool off from the heat by dipping our toes in the

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00:52:49

Episode 53 - What a Masquerade! [Season 4...

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2024/07/28

Masquerade! Sophie Beckett on parade! Masquerade! Hide your face, so the world will never find you!Paint brushes at the ready, dearest listeners. Just as we’re busy basking in the glow of our (finally) happily married Polin, it’s time to begin the next part of our journey. While we search high and low for an elusive Lady in Silver, we take a quick dip in a lake with Benedict, stop by a silent Scottish castle to check in on Eloise’s sanity, and reminisce over Tudums of days gone by with a

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00:58:47

Episode 52 - What a Conversation with Archer Marsh!...

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2024/07/13

Budge up, Mr Bridgerton. We’re hopping in the carriage and this time we’ve got company.Join us as we welcome the remarkable Archer Marsh to the podcast, composer of Season 3 covers “Give Me Everything”, “Confident” and “Lights.” We’ll be following the journey from the tracks’ creation and their inclusion on the Bridgerton soundtrack, to the astonishing viral reaction from fans across the world. And as we discuss an innocuous little carriage ride, we’ll be pondering over the power of music in

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00:23:57

Episode 51 - What a Return to the Wilderness!...

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2024/07/02

Willkommen back to the wilderness weeks, dearest listeners. As the promo sun begins to set across the plains of Polin, we set up camp amongst the tumbleweed and cacti to decide the future of the podcast in a post-Season 3 world. With the vast expanse of time ahead of us, we also chat about an edible Bridgerton House, a flying stack of Whistledowns and the greatest mystery of our time: where is Sophie Beckett? So grab your marshmallow, join us by the fire and settle yourself in: we’re giving it up

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02:26:32

Episode 50 - What a Way with Words! [Season 3 Part 2...

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2024/06/21

(The alliteration is a little overdone, we admit.)Dearest Gentle listener, you may think we have been enjoying a much-needed respite from discussing Season 3 Part 2. Alas, we have instead spent the week on the sofa, awake with thoughts of planned entrapments, secret dealings and sad rainbow fish. Not to worry, we are back. The tree of Tu-doom may still be shaking in the Polin winds but we are on hand to raise a toast to no-longer-nameless judgy mamas, the music licensing gods and the

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02:02:16

Episode 49 – Oh, Crumbs! What a Block 4 Part 2 [S3E7...

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2024/06/12

It's the final crumbdown. As we prepare to hang up our archaeology tools for the last time, we take one more walk down crumbs memory lane during the fabled, long-awaited, highly-unanticipated Block 4 Part 2. Yes, the Prodigal Block has returned at last as we sweep up the few remaining crumbs from Season 3 filming and lock in our final predictions for Episode 7 and 8 with mere hours to spare. We'll be scattering blue and yellow confetti in celebration of some very special nuptials,

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01:39:37

Episode 48 - What a Brie-gency Hero! [Season 3 Part 2...

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2024/06/06

Out, damned inkspot! out, we say! Fluff up those pillows and get comfy on the sofa. The Part 2 trailer has arrived and it looks like we're in for a rough night. But there's no time to dwell. With all eyes on the upcoming blurry nuptials, we're busy confessing our love in churches, hiding our secrets in drawing rooms and taking a late night carriage ride for an impromptu rendezvous. We'll also be helping Colin rearrange furniture and popping the kettle on for the most tragic cup of

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01:11:03

Episode 47 - What a Race Against Time! [S3 Pt 2...

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2024/05/30

Tick tock on the clock, but the bounty don't stop, no...As our carriage pulls up outside Bridgerton House, it's time to carefully adjust our dresses and head inside to face the music (3/4 is far sweeter) as we react to the Season 3 Part 2 teaser trailer. While we wait for Pen to hurry up and tell Colin a tiny piece of information, we decide to kill a little time by taking a trip across town to pull down dust sheets and corsets alike. And as the hunt for Lady Whistledown finally gets

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02:29:05

Episode 46 - What a Way to Gallop Along! [Season 3...

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2024/05/22

We have not been able to sleep. Not been able to eat. We can barely speak these days. Our entire thoughts consumed by Polin. Okay, so that speaking bit is a lie. Because, old friends (and very good acquaintances), it’s time to leave the drawing-room window, clear our bottle-weary heads and battle it out over Season 3 Part 1. We’ll be slipping into studies to caress a pirate’s coat, sprawling ourselves over the yellow sheets of a very Pensive man and following a redhead into *checks notes* tents,

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01:36:55

Episode 45 - What a Coming Week! [Season 3 Part 1 Q&A]

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2024/05/15

Looks like we made it, dear listeners. As Season 3 Eve falls upon us like a tiny redhead tumbling from the skies, we head back into the circus tent to partake in a little last minute Part 1 clowning. As we discuss oblivious double handholds and suspicious swoons, we tip our bonnets to all the weeks that never came in honour of the one that finally did. So fill up a plate of jammy dodgers and strawberry shortcake, lay yourself back on the chaise longue and rest your headless jolly pirates upon the

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01:30:55

Episode 44 - What a Conspicuous Ribbon! [Season 3...

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2024/05/13

‘Twas the night before Polin Week, when all through the ton The clowns were up spiralling over moon balls and Frohn In this special bonus episode brought to you from the cutting room floor, we dust off our evidence boards and attempt to piece together Season 3 Part 1 using only a folder of stills, a handful of crumbs and the ramblings of some very tired co-hosts. We’ll be debating the skills of a 14-year-old archer, measuring the circumference of ever-expanding sleeves and enquiring just how

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00:54:03

The Weekly Crumb - Issue #7: What an Eagerly Awaited...

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2024/05/09

The embargo has lifted. The promo floodgates have opened. Let's just say we've been awaiting this particular visit for a very long time. During our crumbs-about-crumbs, we'll be greeting Pen in the Bridgerton entrance hall, celebrating a cheese-loving brother-in-law and gulping down Colin's emotional support beverage. Thirsty times indeed. And though we’re fresh off the boat from Paris, we find ourselves packing our thermals and ear muffs ready for a little voyage to the...uh,

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00:45:16

The Weekly Crumb - Issue #6: What a Remarkable Shade...

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2024/05/03

"Sweet May hath come to love us, Pen, Colin, their carriage don; And through Netflix heavens above us, The very clowns clown on.”Welcome to May. Welcome to chaos. We'd tell you to get in the circus tent but this one's already occupied by Pen's finger lickin' good crumb and the final shred of Colin's sanity. In this emergency Weekly Crumb, we'll be sprinting outside palaces with Colin, wiping the tears away from a distressed Enchanted Pen and squinting very hard at

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02:07:00

Episode 43 - Rereading Mister Bridgerton: What a...

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2024/04/24

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

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01:54:07

Episode 42 - Rereading Mister Bridgerton: What a Long...

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2024/04/20

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

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01:31:36

Episode 41 – Rereading Mister Bridgerton: What a...

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2024/04/15

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

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01:53:27

Episode 40 - What a Way to Get Carried Away!...

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2024/04/13

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

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