Chamomile & Clove

Dearest and most darling Clovers, it's a big day. Today, we're releasing Episode 100 of Chamomile & Clove -- a milestone we never dreamed of reaching. It's only fitting that we should published Episode 100 while talking about Episode 2x10 of A Discovery of Witches TV, a fitting end to a tremendous season of television.

In today's episode, we're talking about character arcs, endings, beginnings, changes, and bringing this season to a satisfying close before launching into Season 3 in 2022. There's a healthy edition of Spoiler Corner at the end, too, in case you can't get quite enough of speculation (or Cait's newly-minted Spoiler Corner ditties).

To celebrate our ONE HUNDREDTH EPISODE, we have new (and much anticipated merch) in our Redbubble store. We're also launching our massive transcript project -- if you'd like to participate, you can e-mail us at chamomileandclovecast@gmail.com and we'll sign you up. We've got some special edition swag to give as a thank you gift for anyone who chooses to pitch in.

Follow us on Twitter as @chamomilenclove for updates and previews of our upcoming episodes. For between episodes fun and news, please follow our Facebook page or consider joining our listeners' group, the Chamomile & Clove Clovers. If you'd like to support the show, we'd love a review on iTunes or your pod-fetcher of choice or you can visit our Patreon.

We could not do this without you -- your energy, your love, your questions, your comments, and your companionship are something else. Thank you for everything you've done that brought us here. We are so grateful.

xoxo

Cait and Jen

Happiest Sunday! We're inching our way towards the end of Season 2 of A Discovery of Witches TV and our SUPER EXCITING (and still secret) wrap episodes. We can't wait to share them with you in a few weeks and hope you're enjoying our, er, extended take on this incredible season of television.

In this episode, we're talking about How To End A Season: Part I, so we have lots to say about narrative, protagonists and moral authority, character development, and the difficult relationship between blood rage as a plot device and sanism.

Follow us on Twitter as @chamomilenclove for updates and previews of our upcoming episodes. For between episodes fun and news, please follow our Facebook page or consider joining our listeners' group, the Chamomile & Clove Clovers. If you'd like to support the show, we'd love a review on iTunes or your pod-fetcher of choice. You could also check out our Redbubble store or our Patreon.

Thanks for listening!

xoxo

Cait and Jen

We are rocketing towards the end of the season now! Join us as we discuss several different crises: identity politics with Marcus, relationship drama with the Aunties, Baldwin's character, and an assault on baby Margaret. A Discovery of Witches TV Season 2 Ep 8. 

We're back with our discussion of A Discovery of Witches TV 2x07 and it's rather fun, if we do say so ourselves. In this episode, we're talking about smart adaptation choices, killer costumes, Hapsburg creeps, and how mad we are at the Bosch tease (GIVE US OUR TRIPTYCH, THX). Oh, also: consider this your vaguely inappropriate pun warning.

Follow us on Twitter as @chamomilenclove for updates and previews of our upcoming episodes. For between episodes fun and news, please follow our Facebook page or consider joining our listeners' group, the Chamomile & Clove Clovers. If you'd like to support the show, we'd love a review on iTunes or your pod-fetcher of choice. You could also check out our Redbubble store or our Patreon.

xoxo

Jen and Cait

Hello dear listeners! No, your podcast feed is not broken, we decided to give you this interview with Adam Sklar earlier than anticipated and just keep the original episode number. 

We had such a lovely time talking with Adam about A Discovery of Witches TV, his character (Henry Percy), video games, movies, deaf culture, accessibility, representation in media, and so many other things. Please enjoy this surprise time-walk. 

We'll be back with the rest of the podcast episodes up through episode 100 coming up! 

Happy first Sunday of spring, Clovers!

A Discovery of Witches TV Season 2 may be finished airing in the US, Canada, and the UK, but we're not done talking about it by a long shot. We've still got four episodes to go!

Today, we're talking about the heartbreaking masterpiece that is Episode 2x06. We've got to talk about fathers and sons, boots on boots on boots, THAT DRESS, THAT HAIR, and THAT ENDING. It's like, half weeping and half squee -- don't say we didn't warn you.

Follow us on Twitter as @chamomilenclove for updates and previews of our upcoming episodes. For between episodes fun and news, please follow our Facebook page or consider joining our listeners' group, the Chamomile & Clove Clovers. If you'd like to support the show, we'd love a review on iTunes or your pod-fetcher of choice. You could also check out our Redbubble store or our Patreon.

Thanks for listening!

xoxox

Cait and Jen

Who's the luckiest? We're the luckiest. Please enjoy our conversation with the delightful ADOWTV Executive Producer Lachlan MacKinnon as we talk about S2, adaptation, and the production team's goals for S3 of A Discovery of Witches TV. 

Follow us on Twitter as @chamomilenclove for details and updates. For between episodes fun and news, please follow our Facebook page or consider joining our listeners' group, the Chamomile & Clove Clovers. If you'd like to support the show, we'd love a review on iTunes or your pod-fetcher of choice. You could also check out our Redbubble store or our Patreon.

You can follow Lachlan as @LacMack on Twitter. 

Do you hear squealing? That's Cait catapulting into the stratosphere with joy over James Purefoy's portrayal of Philippe. In this episode, we're talking about fathers and sons, the differences between Book Diana and Show Diana, the power of Matthew's grief, and how to built a strong relationship on the foundation of ONE VERY LARGE LIE.

Follow us on Twitter as @chamomilenclove for details and updates. For between episodes fun and news, please follow our Facebook page or consider joining our listeners' group, the Chamomile & Clove Clovers. If you'd like to support the show, we'd love a review on iTunes or your pod-fetcher of choice. You could also check out our Redbubble store or our Patreon.

Until next time,

xoxo

Cait and Jen

We hope that you're well, safe, and secure this morning -- it's frigid at C&C HQ-East and not likely to warm up for a few more weeks. We're eagerly awaiting the equinox and the first of the snowdrops and crocus, just like everyone else.

In today's episode, we're diving in to Episode 2x04 of A Discovery of Witches TV -- we're talking about dating, plot structure, new adaptive material, character development, and whether Phoebe is just a little bit too chill about the blood fridge in Marcus's kitchen. A special shout-out to Jen's TV boyfriend, Domenico, and Gerbert being a creepy old coot.

If you're reading this on release day, you're in luck! Tonight, we're live tweeting Episode 2x07 of ADOWTV at 6pm EST/3pm PST using the HT #ccalchemy. Follow us on Twitter as @chamomilenclove for details and updates. For between episodes fun and news, please follow our Facebook page or consider joining our listeners' group, the Chamomile & Clove Clovers. If you'd like to support the show, we'd love a review on iTunes or your pod-fetcher of choice. You could also check out our Redbubble store or our Patreon.

As usual, thanks for being your wonderful selves and we hope to see you soon.

xoxo

Cait and Jen

Happiest Sunday, Clovers and friends.

In today's episode, we're covering the third installment of Season 2 of A Discovery of Witches TV. We're meeting new characters, wearing fabulous clothes, flirting with danger and betrayal, and continuing to make EXCEEDINGLY SMART adaptation choices and absurd puns.

If you're catching this on release day, be sure to tune in for Deb's #Witchalong discussion of Season 2, Episode 5, at 2pm EST/11am PST on Instagram and Facebook Live. You can ALSO join us tonight, 7 February 2021, at 6pm EST/3pm PST to live tweet Season 2, Episode 5, using the hashtag #ccalchemy.

As always, you can follow us as @chamomilenclove on Twitter, on Facebook on our podcast page or our listener group, the Clovers. If you'd like to support the podcast, you can do so on Redbubble, or Patreon, or by leaving us a review on the podcast fetcher of your choice.

Here's to this week's episode of the pod, this week's episode of excellent TV, and the approach of spring,

xoxo

Cait and Jen

Happiest Sunday, Clovers!

We hope you're well and safe and enjoying the waning days of January 2021. Today, we're thrilled to discuss Season 2, Episode 2 of A Discovery of Witches TV -- the gorgeous sets and costumes, the smart plot and character choices, the power of strong adaptation, and the delicious appearance of Matthew Roydon's earring.

If you're catching this on release day, be sure to tune in for AMC's A Discovery of Witches Season 1 marathon TODAY at 1pm EST/10am PST. You can also tune in for Deb's #Witchalong discussion of Season 2, Episode 3 at 2pm EST/11am PST on Instagram and Facebook Live. You can ALSO join us tonight, 24 January 2021, at 6pm EST/3pm PST to live tweet Season 2, Episode 3 using the hashtag #ccalchemy.

As you might have noticed, our release schedule for the pod is running slightly behind the release of episodes and our live tweets -- we made the conscious choice to go slowly this season in order to prolong the magic for as long as possible. We hope you'll join us for the long haul and that you'll send us your questions and ideas. We love hearing from you.

As always, you can follow us as @chamomilenclove on Twitter, on Facebook on our podcast page or our listener group, the Clovers. If you'd like to support the podcast, you can do so on Redbubble, or Patreon, or by leaving us a review on the podcast fetcher of your choice.

We look forward -- as always -- to enjoying this episode with you.

See you next time!

xox

With great celebration and joy and fanfare, the day we've waited for is finally (FINALLY) here! In this episode, we're discussing the breathtakingly beautiful, dramatic, moody premiere of A Discovery of Witches TV on Sky, Shudder, AMC Plus, and Sundance Now.

Today is the day when we can finally gush--in extraordinary detail--about costumes and sets and lighting and adaptive choices and casting and the work of art that is the second season of this remarkable series. In addition, we get to talk about HATS and Matthew being a clever little sausage. Lucky us. So, without further ado, please pull up a chair and let's get this Elizabethan Vacation off to a grand and glorious start.

As a side note, we 100% goofed and forgot how to podcast and this episode has a little bitty spoiler section between 1:06h-1:14h. In the future, we will relegate those naughty little buggers to the Spoiler Corner.

We'll be live-tweeting every episode of A Discovery of Witches TV Season 2 as the series is released on streaming platforms, so please join us every Sunday evening at 7pm EST, 4 pm PST using the hashtag #ccalchemy.

Because the universe (and La Harkness) are generous indeed, Deb will be doing a #Witchalong every Sunday at 11AM PST, 2PM EST on her Instagram and Facebook. Peep her details here. 

In the meantime, please follow us on Twitter or join our Facebook group, the Chamomile & Clove Clovers, to connect with us and other fans squealing with joy about this remarkable premiere. We can't wait to connect with you and celebrate the triumphant return of Matthew and Diana and all of our favorites.

xoxoxo, Cait and Jen 

Hello, dearest Clovers.

Happy Sunday! It's time for our final Time's Convert wrap episode -- the one with the plot and the polls and the listener feedback and the discussion about what story this book is actually telling. No slides this time, but we think you'll understand why as you listen. Thank you to all of you who wrote in, who commented on Facebook, who took part in the discussion -- we love hearing from you and talking about your thoughts on the show.

As you might have noticed, we have a wee giveaway going on now through December 17. Come celebrate Saturnalia with us and win some cool podcast swag, some jewelry from Trilogie, a Flickerwix candle, and more! Click the link to enter via Facebook or just using your e-mail address.

We're also just over a month away from the premiere of A Discovery of Witches TV Season 2! We've got some fun stuff planned between now and then, but we'd also love to hear your ideas for interstitial shows -- guests! Topics! Games! Give us all your ideas and we'll see what we can make of them. You can find us at chamomileandclovecast@gmail.com, on Twitter as @chamomilenclove, or on Facebook as the Chamomile & Clove Clovers.

If you'd like to support the show, please consider leaving us a review on the podcast app of your choice, becoming one of our Patrons, or checking out our swag shop on Redbubble. Thank you for all that you do to keep us going -- we can't wait to count down to ADOWTV S2 with you!

xoxo

Cait and Jen

It has been a while but we are BACK! Please join us for our first book wrap discussion of Time's Convert. We're talking characters, antagonists and protagonists, themes, and narration. 

The sun is shining, the air is biting, and Phoebe and Marcus are reunited! In today's episode, we're closing out our chapter discussions for Time's Convert and starting to reflect on the themes of this nuanced, complicated book. That means, of course, that it's time for you to send us your questions, thoughts, comments, etc. for our book discussion episodes! You can do so by getting in touch on Twitter @chamomilenclove, via e-mail at chamomileandclovecast@gmail.com, or through our Facebook group, the Chamomile & Clove Clovers.

As a reminder, we're TWO SHORT WEEKS from Virtual All Souls Con -- we can't wait to share our panel with you and celebrate the All Souls Community virtually. We won't publish an episode the first weekend of the Con so that you can spend your time enjoying all of the great content the organizers have in store, but keep an eye out for our next episode in the first weekend of November. To celebrate the Con, we're hosting a fabulous giveaway -- keep your eyes peeled for our Twitter and Facebook announcements!

We hope you and yours are well and safe and we send you all of our love. Take care of each other.

xoxo,

Cait and Jen

Hello and happy weekday to you all! In this special extra episode, we are discussing the recently-released trailer for season 2 of A Discovery of Witches the TV show. WE ARE SO EXCITED!

Happiest Sunday, Clovers!

We're here to talk about Chapters 30 and 32 of Time's Convert in our SECOND TO LAST chapter episode for the book! In the next episode, we'll join all of the storylines and talk about endings and beginnings and change... it is a book in the All Souls Universe, after all. Today, we're committing crimes against the German language (sorry), issuing an elegy for Marcus's youth, finding babies (making babies!), and trying (unsuccessfully) to pull Matthew and Marcus out of a relationship nosedive.

We're deep in the 2020 Real-Time Read of A Discovery of Witches, but it's never too late to join! Watch our Twitter feed and Facebook page for updates and follow the wonderful discussions taking place on the All Souls Discussion Group. In addition, make sure you've got your passes for this year's virtual All Souls Con! We had the best time recording our panel and think you're going to love the lineup.

If you like what we do, please consider reviewing us on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon or Redbubble.

Stay safe, wear a mask, wash your hands, and be kind to one another,

xoxo

Cait and Jen

In today's episode, we're deep in the throes of Marcus's youth--and the French Revolution--in Chapters 25-27 of Time's Convert. There's lots of tricky talk about ideals and extremism, mental health, and perspective -- and there are more penis jokes than we remembered. C'est la vie, c'est la révolution. Pour yourself a big cup of Liberté, Égalité, et Fraternité and settle on in.

We have new merchandise in our Redbubble store and there's more coming soon. If you like, you can also support us on Patreon or just leave a rating and review on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts.

If you'd like to be in the loop about future events, including live readings, follow our Twitter @chamomilenclove or--even better--join our Facebook group, the Chamomile & Clove Clovers. We'd love to have you.

Enjoy the episode and take care!

In today's episode, we're covering Chapters 21-22 of Time's Convert -- Marcus's transformation from human to vampire, some thorny issues of transformation and consent, questions and answers, family and rebirth, manners, and an unexpected musical interlude.

We're rapidly approaching the 2020 Real-Time Reading of A Discovery of Witches! If you haven't participated before, the Real-Time Reading is an opportunity to re-read A Discovery of Witches one chapter at a time on the day the plot "happens" -- it's a wonderful way to mark the passing of the seasons and to bide our time before the release of A Discovery of Witches TV Season 2 in January 2021.

In recognition and celebration of this event, we're doing a live reading event on Friday, 18 September 2020, via Zoom -- if you're interested in joining us for camaraderie and magic, you can join our Facebook group, the Chamomile & Clove Clovers, to RSVP. You can also follow our Real-Time Reading posts via Twitter or participate in the All Souls Discussion Group on Facebook.

We look forward to celebrating the changing season with you and hope you enjoy the episode.

xoxox

Vive le vignette! In this episode we discuss chapters 15-17 (sequential!) of Time's Convert, and all of the moments leading up to Marcus being turned into a vampire.