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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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Episode 37 – What a Whey to Look in a Mirror! [Polin...

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2024/03/30

Just put your hand on the glass, dear listeners. It’s time to reflect on the latest Polin mirror-cle. We’re starting with the gentleman in the mirror as he finally gets around to crossing off his two-hundred-year-old to-do list, before catching up with his good friend Pen and a most hardworking pair of fingerless gloves. Meanwhile, Necklace Truthers arrive from across the fandom to ask the most important question of all: Mirror, Mirror in Pen’s room, is that her necklace from Tudum? And just as

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00:25:38

The Weekly Crumb - Issue #5: What a Cuppa Tea [New...

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2024/03/27

Pop the kettle on, the Brits are coming round for a cuppa. We’ll be nibbling on a plate of Season 3 crumbs, including the current whereabouts of Colin’s emotional support curl, Penelope’s secret garden and the passing of some very special torches. We’ll also be swinging by the drawing rooms of Grosvenor Square to squint at more blurry leaks and brew up a few loose leaf tea-ories about our favourite Regency nerds. But who’s that swirling amongst the Earl Grey? Have we been sipping on a certain

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00:31:19

Episode 36 - What a Sad Summer Child! [S3 Danbury...

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2024/03/21

Honk, honk. It’s clown time! But this time, let’s make it seasonal. Join us as we live react to Next on Netflix’s trailer-that-wasn’t and head to the Danbury Ball for a sneak peek of Season 3. We’ll be clinging to the corners of the ballroom with a very sad wallflower, throwing back cocktails with the Lord Squad and twirling around the dance floor with a loved-up Viscountess. And as we sip on our lemonades, we can’t help but wonder if It's Too Late for a certain Bridgerton to get to the ball

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00:36:16

The Weekly Crumb - Issue #4: What an Englishman (and...

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2024/03/13

Pasta lovers, pack you're bags. We're off to Milan. But forget the Duomo and gelato, we're here to visit the Number 1 tourist attraction: Loved Up Polin in an Italian department store. As the Necklace Truthers hold an emergency meeting over the joining of two very special hands, the rest of us attempt to become experts in graphology to decipher the mind of one charming, funny and sincere pirate. But rejoice, one and all. For Colin Bridgerton has finally taken his place at the side

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01:55:11

Episode 35 - Oh, Crumbs! What an Ext. Church Wall...

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2024/03/09

Splish splash, it’s time to take a Bath! Lather up the bars of soap and pack your excavation trowels because we’re travelling back to January and February 2023 for our penultimate Season 3 crumbs expedition. We’ll be throwing a welcome home party for a (temporarily) triumphant wallflower, chasing a hackney carriage through the frosty streets of Mayfair and carrying out a most sacred task: checking up on Colin’s emotional support curl. Elsewhere, we find ourselves enchanted by a British morning TV

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00:39:11

The Weekly Crumb - Issue #3: What a Sensitive Boy...

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2024/02/27

Still upset over how El took that Whistledown news, Pen? Well, fear not. The worst is yet to come.As a state of crisis befalls the fandom, we're joined by Byron, a former lovesick puppy and a particularly sensitive pirate as we hold an emergency council over the latest ever-so-slightly ominous Season 3 crumbs. We'll be offering unsolicited love advice to our dearest wallflower, popping to the shops to buy a new light for Colin and sticking our metaphorical forks into the toaster in

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02:09:55

Episode 34 - What a Vegetarian! [Season 3 Live Stream...

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2024/02/24

Crumbs, glorious crumbs! This week, the clowns are dining on a feast of promo morsels, munching on the latest interviews and chewing over our ever-spiralling Season 3 theories. We’ll be visiting Stowell House to check in on Chignon Pen and her herbivore suitor*, examining the panelled walls of the Bridgerton games room and dreaming up a Polin dance that might just save a pirate’s relationship. Uh, we mean friendship. Naturally. Meanwhile, Beans is busy in the kitchen whipping up a batch of doughy

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01:19:24

Episode 33 - What a Way to Say I Miss You! [Season 3...

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2024/02/15

Beloved Polinators, shall we compare thee to a promo day? Thou art more clowning and more chaotic. We'll scream until the Coming Weeks of May. Okay. Shakespeare, we are not. But delighted, we most certainly are. Join our still-fluttering Polin hearts as we share our first reactions to the Season 3 love stream and the sweet treats gifted to us by the Bridgerton cherubs. We'll be opening a conservation centre for broken-hearted wallflowers, lamenting with a cocky pirate over his postal woes

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00:14:46

The Weekly Crumb - Issue #2: What a T-Shirt [New S3...

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2024/02/13

Stop the press! We have a new Pen sighting on our hands. Well, on our t-shirts at least. In these special late night crumbs, we'll be reporting to you live from Mayfair Fashion Week 1815 where one former wallflower is making blurs on runways and ring-spun cotton fibres alike. Our Fashion Correspondents will also be on standby to catch up with the ton's next top models: Anthony Bridgerton, Double Daisy Pen and the breakthrough talent of the season, gossamer cobwebs. Has it really come to a

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01:14:22

Episode 32 - What Another Question! [Polin Q&A]

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2024/02/12

Well, Polinators. Seeing as though THAT little warm up game is out the way, it’s time to take our front row seats for the real Superbowl: the Season 3 virtual event. In this special Q&A episode, we’ll be stretching on the training grounds of Mayfair, fumbling around such important topics as waving executioners, epilogue births and blood libations to the promo gods. Out on the field, the pre-game festivities are in full swing as the cheerleaders rejoice over the power couple of the moment, the

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00:46:12

Episode 31 – What a Pointy Topiary! [S3 Clips...

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2024/02/08

Dearest listeners, grab your tickets and front row seats for our encore performance of ‘Four Clowns Lose Their Minds Over 32 Seconds of Footage.’ In this special bonus episode, we can’t see the forest for the trees, but we’ll be placing our newest theories under the spotlight as we tackle the ever-growing mystery of the Season 3 timeline. We’ll be reading Whistledown with a grumpy Unicolin, drinking lemonade with Anton Chekov and contemplating whether an innocent bit of blue fabric is in fact a

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00:50:47

Episode 30 - What a Remarkable Shade of Blue! [S3...

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2024/02/02

Oh my, dear Polin fans. Let’s down our glasses of lemonade in celebration of a most remarkable day. Join us for a fever dream of an episode as we finally make it to the long awaited Polin utopia: the first clips of Season 3. Pen and Colin actually moving and speaking? Together?! Astonishing. We’ll be gulping with Colin in the Bridgerton drawing room, pondering the meaning of a lilac neck tie and peering past Moonlight Polin’s shoulders to squint at topiary. Chaotic, we are. Rather direct, we are

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01:42:44

Episode 29 - Oh, Crumbs! What a Collection of...

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2024/01/27

Raise a prawn cocktail to the happy couple, it’s time for the wedding of the season! Uh, well…one of them. This week, we’re pitching up our excavation tent at the mystical sites & sights of November and December 2022 where we’ll be sipping tea with Fran at the market, preparing the pyre for a witch trial and handing out mysterious leaflets with the Queen’s footmen. We’ll also be mulling over rejected proposals, awaiting the delivery of a 200-year delayed mirror scene and investigating the dark

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00:25:12

The Weekly Crumb - Issue #1: What a Plate of Cupcakes...

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2024/01/14

Extra, extra! Read all about it! Join Obvs and Beans for the first ever issue of The Weekly Crumb, where we speculate and spiral over the breaking crumbs of the week. In the newsroom this week, we’ll be discussing a trailer door, a surprising plate of cupcakes and some very intriguing golden-yellow furnishings. We’ll also be pondering whether a cast photo can reveal the secrets of a Danbury-Bridgerton feud and whether Miss Cressida Cowper is a redemption-arc-in-waiting. Biscuit cushions are out

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00:58:54

Episode 28 - What a Polin New Year! [S3 Synopsis...

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2024/01/06

Pop the champagne and grab the streamers, dearest listeners. It is finally the Year of Polin! In our slightly belated festive episode (you can thank the Christmas Day shenanigans for that), we share our thoughts on recent Season 3 news including the mid-season split, the updated plot synopsis and Colin’s bravado. We’ll be fawning over Colin and his Pen, fretting over promises of betrayal and honour, and indulging in a little end-of year clowning. Elsewhere, we’ll be digging out the tinsel for one

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01:11:32

Episode 27 - What a Christmas Miracle! [S3 Stills &...

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2023/12/26

Deck the halls with boughs of Polin! What a very merry Christmas it’s turned out to be. In our latest emergency episode, we’ll be unwrapping the splendid pile of gifts left for us under the Season 3 tree by the Bridgerton elves themselves. We'll be munching our way through leftover turkey sandwiches, brooding with Unicolin in the Bridgerton drawing room and bringing out the measuring tape to figure out just exactly how close two friends can be without technically touching. With a magical

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00:56:16

Episode 26 - What a Reunion! [EW Article Reaction]

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2023/12/22

Put down the tinsel and mistletoe, Polin fans. We have urgent crumbs to attend to. Join us as we spiral over the latest Season 3 news including THAT Peneloise reunion, Colin and Penelope’s power and a promised upheaval for the Featheringtons. We’ll also be curling up by the cosy friends-to-lovers fire as we catch up with old, dear acquaintances such as Kanthony, Colin’s swagger and the much-loved ‘Marina hates tomatoes’ scene. Silent night? Not if Entertainment Weekly has anything to do with it

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01:35:26

Episode 25 - Oh, Crumbs! What a Giant Swan [S3E3 & E4...

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2023/12/16

Clown noses and trowels at the ready, Polin excavators! This week, we’re visiting the ancient sites of filming leaks past to try and uncover sacred crumbs for episodes 3 and 4 of Season 3. We’ll be venturing into the dusty tombs of September and October 2022, encountering such mysterious monuments as giant waterfowl, tiny carriages, and the most remarkable treasure of all: glowed-up Pen in Bridgerton blue. Elsewhere, we’ll be transforming into an art history podcast as we ask whether a Dutch

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00:14:54

Episode 24.5 - What a Release! [Release Date Reaction]

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2023/12/12

Gather round, dear clowns. This is not a drill. Join us for an emergency episode as we live react to the most coveted and mystical breaking crumb of all: the Season 3 release date. Or, should we say release dates. *Internal screaming* We'll be sharing our initial thoughts and general bewilderment as we desperately try to get our heads around another chaotic day in the Polin Nation. Bravery, my sweet... * Show Notes Reddit: Release Date Reaction Thread Official Bridgerton Instagram Official

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01:40:33

Episode 24 - Oh, Crumbs! What a Pirate [S3E1 & E2...

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2023/12/02

Our dear Polin Archaeologists, it’s time to retrieve your excavation tools from storage because we’re heading off on another crumbs expedition. Join us as we revisit the ancient wonders of July and August 2022, breaking open the Season 3 filming tombs and peering inside to see what Polin treasures we can find. We’ll be unearthing relics from an intriguingly decorated ball, dusting off the feathers of a Bridgerton debut and standing in awe before the Holy Grail of all filming leaks: Pirate

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