49. Confident

About this episode

The episode explores Penelope Featherington's struggle between her engagement and her secret identity as Lady Whistledown amidst high stakes.

It’s a high-stakes game of charades as Penelope Featherington’s double life teeters on the edge of disaster as her engagement to Colin clashes with her secret identity as Lady Whistledown. With Cressida standing in the wings, will Penelope choose safety at the expense of losing her legacy? It’s a scandal, but somehow Lady Whistledown doesn’t seem too eager to expose it… Don’t forget you can find us on facebook as @bridgertonpod and instagram as @wwddpod and we’d love for you to keep us in your online conversation using the hashtag WWDDpod. Featuring: - What’s in a title? - Coping mechanisms - Mean girls - Unaddressed emails - Gaslighting - Charisma - A GF guy - Power dynamics - A+ gaydar Here are is the media we talk about in this episode: - Bridgerton, Season One - Bridgerton, Season Two - The Bridgerton books, a series by Julia Quinn - Romancing Mr Bridgerton, a novel by Julia Quinn - Lord of the Rings, a trilogy of films by Peter Jackson - Star Wars: the sequel trilogy, a trilogy of films by JJ Abrams and Rian Johnson - ‘Thunder’, a song by Imagine Dragon - Dangerous Liaisons, a film by Stephen Frears - Pride and Prejudice, a novel by Jane Austen - Notting Hill, a film by…

People in this episode

Hosts: Rudi Bremer, Kate Cuthbert, Adele Walsh

Topics covered

• charades
• identity
• scandal
• power dynamics
• literature
• film
• television

Keywords

• Bridgerton
• Lady Whistledown
• Penelope Featherington
• Cressida
• scandal
• identity
• charades
• literature
• film

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Imagine Dragon

Books & works: Bridgerton, Romancing Mr Bridgerton, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Dangerous Liaisons, Pride and Prejudice, Notting Hill, Queen Charlotte, An Offer from a Gentleman, Dr Who

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