Chapter 4: Burdens with Jaime Armenta

Episode 4 March 27, 2022 00:36:18
Chapter 4: Burdens with Jaime Armenta
Jo's Boys: A Little Women Podcast
Chapter 4: Burdens with Jaime Armenta

Mar 27 2022 | 00:36:18

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Show Notes

This week, we're joined by special guest Jaime Armenta, a writer and comedian with the Pack Theater in Los Angeles. We dive into the fourth chapter of Little Women, "Burdens," where Jo uncovers the secrets of her crotchety old Aunt March's lavender marriage, Meg spills some great governess gossip, Beth remains an angel, and Amy remains a stunt queen. You can visit Jaime online at @catshitgirl.

Our cover art is by Mattie Lubchansky. It interpolates the cover art for Bethany C. Morrow's book "So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix," with permission from Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. It also interpolates the cover art for Hena Khan's book "More to the Story," with permission from Simon & Schuster. Our theme music is Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major. This episode was edited by Peyton Thomas and transcribed by Lou Balikos.

A transcript of this episode is available here.

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