Show overview
Fiddle-Dee-Dee: A Gone with the Wind Podcast launched in 2025 and has put out 36 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 30 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 38 min and 57 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Arts show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 3 days ago, with 27 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 27 episodes published. Published by Charming Ignoramus.
From the publisher
Hi! This podcast is dedicated to the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell, as well as the subsequent 1939 film. I will be discussing and analyzing a variety of topics in regards to Gone with the Wind.
Latest Episodes
View all 36 episodesFrench Gone with the Wind?! Reviewing the 2023-2025 graphic novel adaptation
GWTW Readalong Ch. 50-52: Bonnie Blue Butler
GWTW Readalong Ch. 47-49: What fun it was to be rich
Korean Gone with the Wind?! "My Dearest" (2023) recap and review
GWTW Readalong Ch. 44-46: A desperate play on which lives hinged
GWTW Readalong Ch. 41-43: Trying to row a heavily loaded boat in a storm
S1 Ep 30Reacting to YOUR unpopular opinions! (about Gone with the Wind)
I react to various unpopular opinions in the fandom! Do you agree with these takes? What unpopular opinions do you have?Thank you to all who responded. :)
S1 Ep 29GWTW Readalong Ch. 38-40: Folks whose mainsprings are busted are better dead
Summary:Scarlett becomes a fierce competitor in the lumber business and purchases a second mill, but struggles to find a good man to work for her. Rhett begins to drive Scarlett to and from her mills every day. Scarlett receives news that Gerald is dead and returns to Tara for his funeral. Will relates the story of Suellen attempting to trick Gerald into signing the Iron Clad oath. At the funeral, Will announces he is to marry Suellen. Grandma Fontaine discusses marriage and social class with Scarlett.
S1 Ep 28"I'll think about it tomorrow": Helpful mantra or harmful coping mechanism?
“Tomorrow is another day” is one of the most inspirational ending lines of a novel…or is it? Is Scarlett's defense against the world unhealthy, and if so, when?
S1 Ep 27GWTW Readalong Ch. 35-37: Gadding about like a man
Summary:Scarlett runs into Frank Kennedy on her way home from the jail. Upon learning he is making good money with his new store, Scarlett lies to Frank that Suellen has broken their engagement and marries him herself. Scarlett borrows money from Rhett to buy a sawmill and goes into the lumber business, earning the condemnation of her neighbors. Tony Fontaine arrives at Aunt Pitty's house after having murdered Jonas Wilkerson. Scarlett reveals to Frank that she is pregnant. Whew, this girl is busy, isn't she?
S1 Ep 26GWTW Readalong Ch. 31-34: Talking love and thinking money
Summary: Scarlett learns that she must pay three hundred dollars more in taxes on Tara. Scarlett and Ashley share a passionate embrace in the orchard. Jonas Wilkerson arrives at Tara with his new wife Emmie Slattery and makes threats to buy Tara. Scarlett schemes to marry Rhett and sews a dress out of curtains. Scarlett returns to Atlanta and attempts to seduce Rhett, whom she finds is in jail.
S1 Ep 25Does Scarlett love her children? A deep dive into Scarlett's motherhood
"Bad mother" is a descriptor that often crops up regarding Scarlett O'Hara, both in the story and in the fandom. This episode will examine Scarlett's complex feelings towards her children and seek to answer the pressing question: does she actually love them?
S1 Ep 24GWTW Readalong Ch. 27-30: It sure looks like the end of the world
Summary: Sherman's army invades Tara. The household begins to starve as cold weather sets in. Scarlett has a recurring nightmare of running in mist. Soldiers visit Tara for Christmas. Frank Kennedy proposes to Suellen. Cathleen Calvert marries Mr. Hilton, a Yankee overseer. The Confederacy surrenders, ending the war. A convalescent soldier named Will Benteen joins the household. Ashley finally returns home.
S1 Ep 23GWTW Readalong Ch. 24-26: Burdens were for shoulders strong enough to bear them
Summary: Scarlett finds her way back to Tara, only to learn that her mother has passed away. Mammy and Dilcey relate the story of Ellen's death and the Yankees' use of Tara as headquarters. Gerald goes senile after the loss of Ellen. Scarlett goes searching for food the following morning, vowing never to be hungry again. Scarlett shoots a Yankee deserter who attempts to steal, and Melanie helps her hide the body. Scarlett uses the Yankee's horse to visit the nearby Fontaines. The household begins to pick cotton to sell.
S1 Ep 22GWTW Readalong Ch. 20-23: There would never again be an afternoon as long as this one
Summary: Scarlett learns that both of her sisters and her mother are now ill with typhoid. The day after the Battle of Atlanta, Melanie goes into labor. Scarlett and Prissy are forced to deliver the baby without a doctor as the wounded fall back into Atlanta. Rhett assists with evacuating the household as the army retreats. Rhett kisses Scarlett and professes his love for her, but abandons her to join the army.
S1 Ep 21Ranking all the dresses from Gone with the Wind (tier list)
Welcome to what is probably my most subjective episode. I go through all the dresses in the film adaptation and place them all into tiers! Final tier list (spoilers!):https://imgur.com/a/A7MtGUzMake your own!:https://tiermaker.com/create/gone-with-the-wind-dresses-1039319-2
S1 Ep 20GWTW Readalong Ch. 17-19: A dream too terrible to be real
Summary: Conditions worsen in the hospital as the fighting draws near. Aunt Pittypat throws a dinner party where they eat their last chicken. Atlanta is suddenly bombarded with shells. Aunt Pittypat refugees to Macon, but Scarlett stays with Melanie, who is now heavily pregnant. Scarlett learns that her sister is ill with typhoid and she cannot go home to Tara. Rhett asks Scarlett to become his mistress.
S1 Ep 19GWTW Readalong Ch. 14-16: I'll live on it for the rest of my life
Summary:Scarlett and Melanie anxiously await casualty lists after the Battle of Gettysburg. Ashley comes to Atlanta during his Christmas furlough and shares a kiss with Scarlett prior to departure. Scarlett is shocked to learn that Melanie is pregnant. Ashley is taken prisoner by the Yankees and refuses an opportunity to be released.
S1 Ep 18Gone with the Wind musicals and plays: A brief guide to the story onstage
Gone with the Wind has enjoyed many stage adaptations over the years, from 1966 all the way to 2025. This episode discusses each show's unique history, creative liberties and varying degrees of success.LINKS!!! (So you can see what I'm talking about)1966 play and 1970 musical "Scarlett" (Japan):https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1270184001294910&set=pcb.23909215045377956https://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/07/25/kay-brown-barrett-first-victim-scarlett-fever1972/1976 "Scarlett" adaptation (UK, USA):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpjQd37byiMhttps://neptsdepths.blogspot.com/2012/09/blown-away.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeAAya6i_UI&list=PLPXncXaHAlDxHw0NFoByJ89U_aoDAnIfY&index=90&t=403s1977-2013 Takarazuka all-female revue (Japan):https://genderedjapan.wordpress.com/2014/02/09/takarazuka-revue-does-gone-with-the-wind/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT2UJ6suOlM2003/2015 musical (France, South Korea):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lno8r_UqvKM&list=PLPXncXaHAlDxHw0NFoByJ89U_aoDAnIfY&index=3https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV1JDxSwluM&list=PLPXncXaHAlDxHw0NFoByJ89U_aoDAnIfY&index=42008 musical (UK):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm6l_eSa5Wc2013 RMTC play (Canada):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEV54lzb-FYhttps://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/arts/2012/03/09/gone-with-the-wind-is-linchpin-production-for-royal-manitoba-theatre-centres-2012-13-season2025 musical (Greece):https://www.instagram.com/p/DI3bkyGs5BE/https://www.instagram.com/p/DJYp-BvoAqa/https://www.instagram.com/p/DJE6CyhIE44/?img_index=1
S1 Ep 17GWTW Readalong Ch. 11-13: The most popular and romantic figure the town knew
Summary: Scarlett secretly reads Ashley's letters to Melanie. Rhett goes out of his way to charm Atlanta as a dashing blockader, only to immediately ostracize himself when it no longer amuses him. Rhett gifts Scarlett a green bonnet from Paris and encourages her to stop wearing mourning. Belle Watling gives Melanie money for the hospital. Scarlett discovers that Rhett consorts with prostitutes.