Manners & Madness: A Jane Austen & David Lynch Podcast

Maya Adkins & Christian Cabrera

Two friends, one who loves both Jane Austen and David Lynch, one who is only passingly familiar with both, explore their bodies of work and the adaptations of that work. Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mannersandmadness/support">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mannersandmadness/support</a>

  • 50 minutes 48 seconds
    Sense and Sensibility, 2008 - Pt. 3

    This week is the thrilling conclusion to our coverage of 2008’s Sense and Sensibility. Will anything be different in this adaptation? Whose story is more important? What are the rules of duels? These are some of the many questions we ask/answer this episode.

    24 March 2026, 4:00 am
  • 47 minutes 44 seconds
    Sense and Sensibility 2008, Pt. 2

    This week we are on to the second episode of the 2008 Sense and Sensibility miniseries, in which we observe the majority of the Marianne/Willoughby drama.

    17 March 2026, 5:00 am
  • 46 minutes 59 seconds
    Sense and Sensibility, 2008

    This week we are starting the 2008 BBC/Masterpiece adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. It is very atmospheric and has a great cast.

    10 March 2026, 4:00 am
  • 52 minutes 18 seconds
    Inland Empire Check-in (One)

    This week we finishing up our thoughts on Inland Empire, seeking wisdom from other Lynchians, and finding out what our dreams say about us.

    3 March 2026, 5:00 am
  • 1 hour 34 minutes
    Beetlejuice - commentary

    We couldn’t stop thinking of Catherine O’Hara so we decided to watch Beetlejuice and record a commentary track while we did it.

    24 February 2026, 5:00 am
  • 2 hours 5 minutes
    Pride and Prejudice 2005 - commentary

    Join us this week as we watch the 2005 Pride and Prejudice and commentate upon it.

    17 February 2026, 2:46 pm
  • 58 minutes 42 seconds
    Inland Empire Pt. 2

    This week we finish our recap of Inland Empire. A movie where the closer you get the further away it seems.

    10 February 2026, 5:00 am
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    Inland Empire Pt. 1

    This week we start our final David Lynch movie and it is a doozy. In part one of out Inland Empire coverage we try to make since of some of the disparate dream like elements and wonder is it the characters or us who are having memory problems.

    3 February 2026, 5:00 am
  • 53 minutes 10 seconds
    Top 10 Couples

    This week we are counting down our ten favorite couples and ranking them from least healthy to most healthy relationship.

    27 January 2026, 5:00 am
  • 56 minutes 25 seconds
    Topical Topics: Political Rambling II

    This week we are taking a break from our regularly scheduled fun break from reality, to actually talk about reality. Sometime you just need to talk about the moment and we decided to share that with you. We hope it doesn’t feel burdensome but helps us connect as humans going through troubling times.

    20 January 2026, 5:00 am
  • 1 hour 2 seconds
    Top 10 Locations

    This week we are having some fun with a Top Ten list. We are counting down our 10 favorite locations from David Lynch and Jane Austen.

    13 January 2026, 5:00 am
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