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Emma
Emma by Jane Austen has been mentioned in 7 episodes across 6 podcasts (1 episode recommends it and 6 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Shilo Brooks (1 episode), Dennis Duncan (1 episode) and Dmitri Dolgov (1 episode) on The Book Review (2 episodes), Cheeky Pint (1 episode) and Freakonomics Radio (1 episode).
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I think you need to meditate especially as a young person on love. Whether you do that through Jane Austen and a book like Emma or Pride and Prejudice...
Questions about Emma by Jane Austen
Who recommends Emma by Jane Austen on podcasts?
Shilo Brooks (1 episode) has recommended Emma by Jane Austen on podcasts. In all, 8 people brought it up across 6 podcasts (1 person recommended it).
Which podcasts mention Emma the most?
The Book Review (2 episodes), Cheeky Pint (1 episode), Freakonomics Radio (1 episode), Honestly with Bari Weiss (1 episode) and On Purpose with Jay Shetty (1 episode), among 6 podcasts in all.
Is Emma recommended, or only discussed?
Emma by Jane Austen was recommended in 1 episode and discussed without a recommendation in 6 episodes, as of 2026-03-24.
What do people say about Emma?
Shilo Brooks on Honestly with Bari Weiss (2025-10-30): "I think you need to meditate especially as a young person on love. Whether you do that through Jane Austen and a book like Emma or Pride and Prejudice..."
When was Emma last mentioned on a podcast?
Emma by Jane Austen was last discussed on Cheeky Pint by Dmitri Dolgov on 2026-03-24.
What they say about it
- Mentioned alongside Pride and Prejudice“Pride and Prejudice and Emma”3
The best things said about it
There are probably Jane Austen novels that are you know Pride and Prejudice and Emma and then you get to Mansfield Park not as many people would read that.
A lot of people feel it's actually the best in terms of the spirit of the novel, the adaptation of Emma, which I kind of agree with.
Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio · Jul 2013 Austen's books are about many things, but really one of the major themes is the whole idea of meddling, manipulation, scheming.
Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio · Jul 2013 Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence.
Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio · Jul 2013 Where and when it comes up
Most episodes, by podcast
8 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Emma by Jane Austen is a classic novel about a young woman engaging in matchmaking and social maneuvering in Regency England. On Honestly with Bari Weiss, Shilo Brooks recommended reading Jane Austen's Emma as a meaningful way for young people to meditate on the theme of love. Joyce Carol Oates discussed the novel on The Tim Ferriss Show, citing Emma alongside Pride and Prejudice as examples of Jane Austen's most prominent works. Stephen Dubner and his guest on Freakonomics Radio talked about Emma as a major source for the film adaptation Clueless, exploring Austen's recurring literary themes of meddling, manipulation, and scheming. Other mentions of the novel on podcasts included Dmitri Dolgov on Cheeky Pint noting that his team published a research paper named EMMA, Gilbert Cruz and Eleanor Catton discussing Catton's adaptation of the novel on The Book Review, Dennis Duncan using the book on the same podcast as an example of an uber-classic that readers return to index, and Jay Shetty touching upon literature and dedication during an episode of On Purpose.
Every mention
Shilo Brooks I think you need to meditate especially as a young person on love. Whether you do that through Jane Austen… 1
“I think you need to meditate especially as a young person on love. Whether you do that through Jane Austen and a book like Emma or Pride and Prejudice, George Eliot's Middlemarch, Plato's Symposium books on love...”
Dennis Duncan I know that I'm going to want to look something up in Jane Austin's Emma or something like that 1
“I know that I'm going to want to look something up in Jane Austin's Emma or something like that”
Dmitri Dolgov In fact, a while ago, we published a paper called EMMA, that did exactly that. 1
“In fact, a while ago, we published a paper called EMMA, that did exactly that.”
Gilbert Cruz you also worked on an adaptation of the Jane Austin novel Emma 1
“you also worked on an adaptation of the Jane Austin novel Emma”
Jay Shetty Because I think people look at you, and even when I read your book, I was just thinking, you're working rea… 1
“Because I think people look at you, and even when I read your book, I was just thinking, you're working really hard at basketball, you're really working hard at your family, you're working hard at being a dad; I'm like this guy works hard on every area of his life like there's not… so you try to, you're trying to.”
Joyce Carol Oates there are probably jane austen novels that are you know pride and prejudice and emma and then you get to ma… 1
“there are probably jane austen novels that are you know pride and prejudice and emma and then you get to mansfield park not as many people would read that”
Michael Chwe So this is an interesting little economics concept. It comes from thinking about choice. In other words, yo… 1
“So this is an interesting little economics concept. It comes from thinking about choice. In other words, you always choose between not just A and nothing but A and some other alternative which is a real alternative B. Okay, so one little thing in the novels is in Emma, Emma and her friend Ms. Weston are talking about Jane Fairfax.”
Stephen Dubner A lot of people feel it's actually the best in terms of the spirit of the novel, the adaptation of Emma, wh… 1
“A lot of people feel it's actually the best in terms of the spirit of the novel, the adaptation of Emma, which I kind of agree with. Now, remember, Emma is the one Jane Austen book that Steve Levitt could name.”
“Austen's books are about many things, but really one of the major themes is the whole idea of meddling, manipulation, scheming. But Michael Che's point isn't just that Jane Austen is doing all this in her novels, Emma and Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park and Sense and Sensibility.”
“By reading an author like, hell, I don't know, Jane Austen. Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence, and had lived nearly 21 years in the world”
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“if I were to go to a desert island I would probably take persuasion with me but I would spend much of my time on the island lamenting the I had not also been able to bring Pride and Prejudice in Emma”
“yes it's the fourth installment the previous ones have included Emma by Alexander McCall Smith and North anger Abby by Val mcder”
“Oh, man, I didn't she write a book called Emma? I wasn't so surprised that the conversation kind of stalled out.”