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Sophia's Purse: A Golden Girls Scholarly Blog

It's all here in a handbag for you: podcast episode transcripts, scholarly takes on all of the heady themes throughout the Golden Girls episodes, and pontifications on the connections between your brain and wallpaper paste.

I mean, it's not Rose's diary or anything, but it's just as entertaining.

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Feb 28, 2021
22 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 29: RIP Pfreida Claxton (episode 29, s2/e4)

There is nothing like civic participation. In this episode, we see all four ladies rally together to save an old Oak tree on Richmond Street

Feb 27, 2021
19 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 28: Feeling Magenta? Eat a BLP! (episode 28, s2/e3)

Stanley, king of the yutzes, shows up and needs a friend. Since Dorothy is busy with her new naval officer boyfriend, she calls in a favor.

Feb 26, 2021
16 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 27: Burt, Butter, and Payback (episode 27, s2/e2)

In what can only be described as a classic, the girls win three tickets to see Mr. Burt Reynolds.

Feb 25, 2021
21 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 26: Minks, Menopause, and Stuff in a Garage (episode 26, s2/e1)

In the first episode of the second season, Dorothy and Rose are doing something completely out of character--breeding minks in their garage!

Feb 24, 2021
18 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 25: Golden Origins (episode 25, s1/e25)

The girls revisit how they met. Mr. Peepers, Madame Zelda, and Rose’s tactic for finding the perfect melon all emerge as unsung heroes.

Feb 23, 2021
15 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 24: Get Out the Boots, He's Back! (episode 24, s1/e24)

Big Daddy Hollingsworth is in town with his antebellum lexicon and a gee-tar, as he informs Blanche that he sold the entire estate.

Feb 22, 2021
15 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 23: Flying Blind (episode 23, s1/e23)

Turn on Channel 5, Lily burned the house down! Well, almost. Rose’s sister Lily, who recently lost her sight, comes for a visit.

Oct 23, 2020
16 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 22: Pretty Jumpy About Rose's Career Prospects (episode 22, s1/e22)

When Rose is laid off from her job as a grief counselor, she does what anyone would -- starts a pro bono 24-hour home counseling service.

Oct 22, 2020
15 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 21: The Girls Get the Flu & We Get Our First Vibrator Joke (Episode 21, s1/e21)

The flu knocks out Blanche, Dorothy, and Rose just in time for the charity event of the season.

Sep 25, 2020
16 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 20: Bim, Bam, Boom, Sexual Harassment is Still a Problem (Episode 20, s1/e20)

Blanche is pursuing a [deleted by authority of the Governor] degree at a local community college, and is sexually harassed.

Aug 19, 2020
15 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 19: Plumbers, Private Jets & Misogyny (Episode 19, s1/e19)

Uh, Lou, Dorothy and Rose attempt to re-do their bathroom in the name of feminism, and Blanche contemplates marrying an old dude.

Aug 10, 2020
13 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 18: A Case of Morton's Neuroma & Perils of Am. Healthcare (Episode 18, s1/e18)

We validate Dorothy's fears of seeking help in a healthcare system that is barely functioning, and endorse old ladies drinking sherry.

Aug 8, 2020
18 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 17: Lucy, Crockett, & Tubbs (Episode 17, s1/e17)

Blanche's niece Lucy is in town and arrives with a bang (literally). Plus, Rose's brain is great for Miami Vice trivia!

Aug 4, 2020
18 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 16: Estate Papers, Dickies & A Snack to Panel Your Den With (Episode 16, s1/16)

Rose is forced to have a tough conversation with Kirsten about her will, which is made more difficult by Kirsten's hard-to-place accent.

Aug 3, 2020
16 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 15: Rose, the Killer (Episode 15, s1/e15)

The girls help Rosework up the courage to tell Mrs. Beatty, who experiences all five stages of grief right before our eyes.

Aug 1, 2020
19 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 14: Exploring the Morals of Dating a Married Man ... (Episode 14, s1/14)

We examine Dorothy's love affair with the first (and lesser, in our opinion) Glen O'Brien and the complicated nature of infidelity.

Jul 17, 2020
18 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 13: Shrimp, Short Ribs, and a Psychic to the Stars (Episode 13, s1/13)

In our 13th episode, we take a look at a great love story that never was--Rose Nylund and Dr. Jonathan Newman. Dorothy and Blanche stumble t

Jul 16, 2020
20 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 12: If Everybody Wants You, Why Isn't Anybody Callin'? (Episode 12, s1/e12)

We take a look at the 12th episode of the Golden Girls, which has us exploring the complexity of sibling rivalry and relationships as Gloria

Jul 15, 2020
19 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 11: The Return of Stickman AKA Stan's Return (Episode 11, s1/e11)

Stanley is back in Miami in the 11th episode of the Golden Girls. He came to sell some property but somehow ended up in Dorothy's bed...

Jul 2, 2020
17 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 10: Scungilli Kills! (Episode 10, s1/e10)

The girls have their first brush with death when Sophia goes from having a bubble in her chest to what she believes is a heart attack.

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