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  • My ventures are not in one bottom trusted, nor to one place. - The Merchant of Venice

    My ventures are not in one bottom trusted, nor to one place. - The Merchant of Venice
    Oct 28 2026

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    Another introduction from our cast of Twelfth Night, this guest has us wondering how many different Bottoms there are in Shakespeare, how zombies helped establish a foundational understanding of the bard, and how we should (and yet shouldn't) slow down.

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    56 min
  • Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head. - As You Like It

    Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head. - As You Like It
    Oct 21 2026

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    In this episode, my guest and I explore his atypical path onto the stage, the fun and challenge of reading Shakespeare, and an unexpected enthusiasm for punctuation.

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    59 min
  • Would you have me false to my nature? Rather say I play the man I am. - Coriolanus

    Would you have me false to my nature? Rather say I play the man I am. - Coriolanus
    Oct 14 2026

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    In this episode we finally answer why an often overlooked and unpopular play is this guest's favorite and explore how Shakespeare not only allows us to see ourselves, but allows us to understand others better as well.

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    58 min
  • Here will be an old abusing of God's patience and the king's English - The Merry Wives of Windsor

    Here will be an old abusing of God's patience and the king's English - The Merry Wives of Windsor
    Oct 7 2026

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    This episode blends theology and Shakespeare, discusses how religion and Shakespeare both lift up the misfit, and reveals the origins of Prairie Havoc Shakespeare's first public performance.

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    55 min
  • All his senses have but human conditions. His ceremonies laid by, in his nakedness he appears but a man. - Henry V

    All his senses have but human conditions. His ceremonies laid by, in his nakedness he appears but a man. - Henry V
    Sep 30 2026

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    In this episode my guest discusses the rhetoric of human remains, the importance of the family pitch fork, and the limits of Tudor propaganda. In a particularly poignant episode we delve into history and significance in a whole new way with a guest who will surely return in a future episode.

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    55 min
  • I feel my heart new open'd. O! how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors! - Henry VIII

    I feel my heart new open'd. O! how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors! - Henry VIII
    Sep 23 2026

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    With a guest who very recently discovered Shakespeare's cool factor, in this episode you will learn how agreeing to be an extra almost entirely based on the costume, can lead to a surprising passion for the bard many years later.

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    51 min
  • This rudeness is a sauce to his good wit, which gives men stomach to digest his words with better appetite. - Julius Caesar

    This rudeness is a sauce to his good wit, which gives men stomach to digest his words with better appetite. - Julius Caesar
    Sep 16 2026

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    This week's remote guest calls us from Iowa to talk about fart jokes, quality insults, and which late 70's clique you would be a part of.

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    47 min
  • That I essentially am not in madness, but mad in craft. - Hamlet

    That I essentially am not in madness, but mad in craft. - Hamlet
    Sep 3 2026

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    The guest for this episode comes to us all the way from the Pacific Northwest. Calling in from Oregon, my guest will help you learn why TV and movies don't tell the truth about pulling a battle axe off your back.

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