🎵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 like a slow-moving hot air balloon? Is that really the Grim Reaper toasting marshmallows with us at the Floral Ball? And why oh why is Lechi crying again on a Zoom call? We wish you the best of luck, S3 Episodes. To the field of combat we go. *Show Notes Next Best Picture Podcast: Interview with Cinematographer Alicia Robbins Dexerto: Netflix destroys House of the Dragon, The Boys with Bridgerton Spotify: Give Me Everything – Piano Version, Archer Marsh Bookstock Festival Origins with Cush Jumbo: Golda Rosheuvel NYLON: Interview with Nicola Coughlan about Kate Spade FW24 campaign Pink News: Jonathan Bailey announced for Emporio Armani FW24 campaign Variety: First look at Jurassic World: Rebirth YouTube: Wicked – Official Trailer 2 Warhammer TV: The Tithes: Sacrifice Radio Times: Channel 5 reveal ‘The Hardacres’ in Autumn line-up Lyric Theatre Belfast: The Tragedy of Richard III The Watermill Theatre: The King’s Speech BFI London Film Festival: PIGS Deadline: Phoeve Dynevor to star in ‘Famous’ Deadline: Charithra Chandran cast as Miss Wednesday in Netflix’s ‘One Piece’ * Follow Us Patreon Instagram⁠ ⁠ TikTok⁠ YouTube

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 shock of finding Kanthony inside their own home by sitting down to talk Regency mommy bloggers, Daddy issues and whether Mr Bridgerton said he’d buy the flowers himself for the Featherington estate. And as August(us Gloop) slips away into a moment of time, we’ll be reminiscing over summer love at the Polin wedding and the cryptic identity of a most important guest. Fife or not Fife: that is the question. * Join Us on Patreon Patreon: What a Barb! Pod * Show Notes Variety: ‘Bridgerton’ Season 4 Casts Yerin Ha as Benedict’s Love Interest Sophie Beckett National Television Awards: Vote for ‘Bridgerton’ and ‘The Traitors’ Reddit: r/TheTraitorsArchive Instagram: @bridgertonnetflix compilation of Claudia Jessie’s promo highlights Happy Sad Confused: Jonathan Bailey talks FELLOW TRAVELERS, BRIDGERTON, WICKED, JURASSIC PARK Backstage: Interview with Jonathan Bailey YouTube: Wicked | Fiyero promo clip Harper’s Bazaar: My Beauty Edit: Nicola Coughlan Deadline: First look at ‘Outrageous’ starring Bessie Carter VSQ: ‘Vitamin String Quartet: The Music of Taylor Swift, Bridgerton, and Beyond tour dates’ * Follow Us Instagram⁠ TikTok⁠⁠ YouTube Patreon

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 Season 4 waters, discussing a mysterious meeting at a masquerade and an urgent call for a tiny, unnamed redhead. And as Colin gets a taste of his own carriage-flavoured medicine, we’ll be revisiting old, oblivious friends, mourning the missed moments of the season and confronting the most important question of all: Who broke the heart of everyone’s favourite snake? * Spoiler Warning 13:55 – 16:55: Discussion of leaked Season 4 audition script * Show Notes – Crumbs Instagram: Sophie audition scene leakInstagram: Ryan Wheeler Twitter: Blooper Reel (via @bridgerton) TikTok: Mum, I'm in a Movie Instagram: Mum, I'm in a Movie Spotify: We Can’t Be Friends (originally by Ariana Grande) - Atwood Quartet Spotify: Waiting for Tonight (originally by Jennifer Lopez) - Archer Marsh Deadine: Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan Signs With CAA * Show Notes – Main Episode and Outro Shondaland: BTS featurette - A Dance Story ⁠⁠⁠Barnes and Noble: Exclusive S3 Soundtrack, Colin’s Blue Eyes Edition Etsy: Obvs’s Hot Air Balloon Necklace RedBubble: Flamedork Spotify: Chandelier (originally by Sia) - Vitamin String Quartet ⁠ Spotify: I, Carrion (Icarian) - Hozier ⁠ * Follow Us Instagram⁠ ⁠ TikTok⁠ YouTube

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 leprechaun and her pot of gold. Benedict Bridgerton, you may run and hide from settling down – but a face will still pursue you. But who can name the face? Certainly not us. But if anybody knows who she is, tell her we’re looking for her. * Spoiler Warning This episode contains discussion of the plot details of An Offer From a Gentleman (Benedict’s story), To Sir Phillip, With Love (Eloise’s story) and It’s In His Kiss (Hyacinth’s story) by Julia Quinn. Show Notes Tudum: Benedict Is Unmasked as Bridgerton Season 4’s Romantic Lead: https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/bridgerton-season-4-cast-release-date-news YouTube: Season 4 announcement video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGHJPpo2oeU Harper’s Bazaar: Interview with Luke Thompson (inc. reference to lake scene): https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a61086616/bridgerton-luke-thompson-benedict-queer-interview/ Twitter: Fan theory about Season 4 episode title (via @sophiepoets): https://x.com/sophiepoets/status/1815839858876899359 L.L. Bean: Vacationland dog canoe rug: https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/127969?page=indoor/outdoor-vacationland-dog-canoe * Follow Us Instagram⁠: https://www.instagram.com/whatabarbpod/ ⁠ ⁠ TikTok⁠: https://www.tiktok.com/@whatabarbpod⁠ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhataBarbPod

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 storytelling and why although Pen might not have got everything, she certainly got enough. Then when the carriage pulls up at Bridgerton House, Archer Marsh will also be sharing his perspective on hustling & hard work in the music industry, the need for bravery in creativity, and the essential art of letting go. For everyone except Colin, that is. You keep holding on tightly to that rope, old friend. * Show Notes – Interview with Archer Marsh Instagram: Archer Marsh (@archer_marsh) TikTok: Archer Marsh (@archer_marsh) YouTube: Archer Marsh Spotify: Archer Marsh artist profile Spotify: Sequēns, Archer Marsh YouTube: School’s Out, Archer Marsh Available Internationally: The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer (The New Harbinger, ISBN: 978-1572245372) Available Internationally: The Practice: Shipping creative work by Seth Godin (Penguin Business, ISBN: 978-0241470046) Spotify: Bridgerton Season 3 (Covers from the Netflix Series) Available Internationally: Bridgerton Season Three: Covers from the Netflix Series - Wedding Ring Gold Vinyl Barnes & Noble: Bridgerton Season Three: Covers from the Netflix Series – Colin’s Blue Eyes Vinyl [Exclusive] * Show Notes - Crumbs Forbes: Update on Season 4 production Shondaland: Behind Bridgerton – New Beginnings Magpie Toys: Nicola Coughlan private signing (prints & posters) Magpie Toys: Nicola Coughlan private signing (Funko Pop option) Magpie Toys: Nicola Coughlan private signing (send-in option) Metro Comic Con Shakespeare’s Globe: Antony & Cleopatra Variety: Simone Ashley joins the cast of ‘F1’ * Follow Us Instagram⁠ TikTok⁠ YouTube

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 to the toasts of Mayfair and we’re in it for the long haul. * Show Notes Collider: Bridgerton Season 4 Casting Details Los Angeles Times: S4 Set in Fall IMDb: Cabaret (1993) * Follow Us Instagram⁠ TikTok⁠ YouTube

(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 succubus of the first water. So grab the last chocolate macaron and lie down. This most anticipated love story is finally complete and we're skipping to the final chapter. * ad|invite With thanks to ApplauseStore for inviting us to the Bridgerton Season 3 Part 2 Premiere in London on Wednesday 12 June. ApplauseStore® is the award-winning, one-stop-shop for free, official television and radio audience tickets for thousands of the very best music, comedy, chat, sitcom and entertainment shows produced at many different studios and locations all around the world. * Follow Us Instagram YouTube TikTok

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, pondering the future with Eloise on the garden swings and stopping by the kitchens for a salaciously instructive installment of Baking with Legumes. So join us as we wave goodbye to the years of waiting, reminisce over fandom days gone by and strain our eyesights one final time on this hallowed Part 2 eve. Were they blurry? Yes, but they were our blurs. And they're about to get their happily ever after. * Show Notes Vogue: Interview with Nicola Coughlan Mirror: Queen Charlotte’s Pomeranians Daily Telegraph: Interview with Julia Quinn Cat Quinn: Interview with Production Designer Alison Gartshore InStyle: How Bridgerton Costumes Were Made Recipe: Mary Peaches’ Iced Lemon Pound Cake Crumbs Tribute Video * Follow Us Instagram⁠ TikTok YouTube

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 tea since...uh, Colin's previous most tragic cup of tea. The yellow sheets have officially been unpacked; Pen's made her bed and now she's gonna lie in it. * SPOILER TIMESTAMP We discuss everything seen in the trailer for part 2. Main spoiler not from the trailer is at 57:58 - 59:13 * Show Notes YouTube: Bridgerton Season 3 Part 2 Trailer L'Beaute Homme: Interview with Luke Newton@mgnbee28 on Twitter/X: Albion Finch Drabble * Follow Us ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠YouTube

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 underway, we’ll be dancing at a flowery ball, squinting at some dodgy printing and pulling out our cow-culators to figure out just how much the Monarchy has been impacted by the cost-of-living crisis. Time to make haste, Penelope. The clock on the mantlepiece is ticking and midnight is fast approaching. And if all else fails? Well, there’s nothing quite like the good old art of the swoon. * SPOILER INFORMATION This episode was compiled using the Season 3 Part 2 teaser trailer, behind-the-scenes footage from Shondaland and stills released by Netflix Latin America. No unverified rumours or spoilers are shared or discussed in this episode beyond the hosts' own speculation. Spoilers from the Netflix Latin America reel will be preceded by a short spoiler warning. Listeners can skip ahead 30 seconds if they wish to avoid these brief spoilers from Episodes 5 and 6. * Show Notes Coming Soon * Follow Us ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠⁠ ⁠YouTube

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, gardens, ballrooms, trees, carriages and uh, you get the idea. And as our oldest friends face crushing-by-slow-moving basket on a picnic blanket and crushing-by-fast-moving-friendzoning under a willow tree, we finally get the long-awaited answer as to which Mayfair family will have that carriage cleaning bill dropping on their doorstep. Thank God for Great Aunt Petunia, eh? * ad|invite With thanks to Priority from O2 for inviting us to an exclusive reward screening of Bridgerton Season 3 Episode 1 “Out of the Shadows” * Show Notes Coming soon * Follow Us Instagram⁠ ⁠ TikTok⁠ YouTube

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 biscuit cushion. The season of Polin is here at last. And it is glorious. * Show Notes CinemaBlend: Key Moments Adapted Available Internationally: Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (Pikatus, ISBN: 978-0349429458) YouTube: Bridgerton Season 3 Trailer * Follow Us Instagram TikTok⁠ YouTube

‘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 easy it is to transport full-length mirrors to country estates. (Asking for a friend-to-lover.) And as Lord Wilding’s betrayal continues to cut deep, we try to distract ourselves with a moderately lethal game of Kiss Marry Kill. Watch your backs, people of the ton. The Coming Week might be here at last but not everyone can make it to Thursday.* *No fictional characters were harmed in the making of this podcast. (Uh, Injured brothers, bandaged pirates and broken-hearted Marlboro Men notwithstanding.) * Spoiler Timestamps 45:17-46:20 – Episode 1 and 2 spoilers 52:05-52:18 – Episode 2 spoilers * Show Notes Vogue: Bridgerton’s Costume Designer Talks Season 3 Bustle: Interview with Luke Newton A Dime Saved: Complete collection of Bridgerton S3 Pt 1 stills Spotify: Rosa Hesmondhalgh interview with Starving Artists podcast * Follow Us Instagram⁠ ⁠ TikTok⁠ YouTube

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, Antarctic. We sure about that, Pen? Before we set sail, let's take a quick detour back to the Featherington gardens to ask one tiny little life-changing question. After all, dear listener: one kiss is all it takes. * Spoiler Information Full episode discusses recent promo with details of characters, storylines and scenes from both Part 1 and Part 2. We will flag anything we feel is a specific spoiler or are detailed descriptions of unreleased scenes. Spoiler Timestamps 03:38 - 04:00: Carriage scene spoilers 04:00 - 16:25: General discussion of released Shondaland video with new Part 1 clips (specific spoilers listed below) 11:45 - 12:50: Episode 1 spoilers 13:00 - 14:13: Discussion of released Episode 2 clip from Shondaland video 16:53 - 17:35: Discussion of Part 2 filming leaks 25:00 - 29:20: First kiss spoilers 29:20 - 29:50: Carriage scene spoilers 35:10 - 37:42: LW reveal timeline speculation 39:15 - 43:00: Major casting spoiler 43:00 - 44:30: Marcus Anderson character spoilers 51:00 - 52:45: Veg recapping spoilers * Show Notes Clips and additional links can be found in our 'May Promo' highlights on Instagram YouTube: Bonnie Laufer interview with Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton YouTube: DC Film Girl interview with cast YouTube: PayorWait interview with cast YouTube: Netflix New Looks of Season 3 video [ft. new clips from Part 1] YouTube: Malditos Nerds interview with cast YouTube: Blackfilmandtv interview with cast ABC News: Article with Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton interview Shondaland: Meet the (New) Men of the Ton article Cosmopolitan: Article with Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton interview Instagram: What a Barb! New footage breakdown Instagram: What a Barb! New promo links * Follow Us ⁠⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠YouTube

"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 blurry pieces of paper. The more things change, eh? Get the carriage cleaning crew at the ready, Footman John. Things are about to get rocky. * SPOILER WARNING: This episode is based entirely on newly released promo but involves discussion of fan theories and possible spoilers, including potential script excerpts. * Show Notes First For Women: Interview with Nicola Coughlan TV Line: Interview with Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton (Part 1, via Twitter) ⁠TV Line: Interview with Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton (Part 2, via Twitter)⁠ Reddit: Theories about Episode 4 script Reddit: Main new teaser Reddit: Hand injury clip Reddit: Tent and market clips Reddit: Osterley Colin at Full Moon Ball clip * Follow Us ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠⁠ ⁠YouTube

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 just how many cows one tiny blackmail plot can get you. Worry not, dear listeners. Because just when it seems all has come unstuck, we have a feeling one assuredly, fervently, loudly tack-tic might just swoop in to save the day. Did somebody say My Wife? * SPOILER DISCUSSION: 10:05 - 30:16 [S3E1 and S3E4 spoilers] SPOILER FREE DISCUSSION: 30:17 onwards * SPOILER WARNING - Reddit: Interview with Nicola Coughlan [SPOILERS for Episode 4] Reddit: New playlist confirmations Instagram: New Season 3 banner Instagram: New Season 3 poster Instagram: Cities announced for Season 3 world tour The National Archives Currency Converter Available Internationally: Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (Pikatus, ISBN: 978-0349429458) * Follow Us ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠⁠ ⁠YouTube

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 sour, we'll be rummaging in the drawers for candles and moments of realisation. Because, dear listeners, this was Penelope and this was love. But be warned: this kitten has claws and she's not afraid to use them. * Show Notes Change.org: Petition to change the S3 poster and tie in cover of Romancing Mister Bridgerton ⁠Time Out: Bridgerton in Bowral⁠ Vanity Fair: Interview with Jess Brownell YouTube: Cast reading The Duke and I [Source of Luke Newton's "don't" clip] Twitter: Nana_Banana_Art fanart of church scene Available Internationally: Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (Pikatus, ISBN: 978-0349429458) * Follow Us Instagram⁠ ⁠⁠ TikTok⁠ YouTube

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 Friday, dear listeners. And it was glorious. (And probably tasted like cheese.) * Show Notes Available Internationally: Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (Pikatus, ISBN: 978-0349429458) YouTube: Bridgerton Season 3 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4JYAx5rNRA * Follow Us Instagram⁠: https://www.instagram.com/whatabarbpod/ ⁠ ⁠ TikTok⁠: https://www.tiktok.com/@whatabarbpod⁠ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhataBarbPod

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 chaotic deck of romance tropes, we’ll be keeping our lanterns close-by as a tiny flame finally takes flight. Rejoice, dear Polin fans. The lights are on and Colin Bridgerton’s home. * Show Notes YouTube: Bridgerton Season 3 trailer Vanity Fair: Article about Cressida and Eloise Shondaland: Season 3 trailer article + 7 new stills History of Balloons: Montgolfier Brothers - The Montgolfière-style Hot Air Balloon WikiArt: Le ravissement de Psyche, William-Adolphe Bouguerau (1895) * Follow Us Instagram⁠ TikTok⁠ YouTube

Hold onto your hats, dance cards and wallflowers, dearest listeners. It's time to discuss the Season 3 promo that has wrought such chaos into our lives that even Book Colin would blush. We'll be taking a trip to Hyde Park for a startling encounter on a blanket, having our dance cards filled by a hands-on Vegetarian and swooning over the long-awaited appearance of Enchanted Pen. And if you're missing our dear thirdborn Bridgerton, then worry not. It seems a Wallflower's shoulder has finally defrosted thanks to the trailing hand of a much-loved pirate. Hold on tight, Polinators. The Social Season is almost upon us and a splendid plan is underway. Show Notes Instagram: Bridgerton promo with Penelope and Debling (ft. cast reactions) Instagram: New Season 3 Penelope and Debling stills TikTok: @WhatABarbPod What will be Colin’s “hobby” in Season 3? [Boating Cartoon] * Follow Us Instagram⁠ TikTok YouTube