Hosted by Cassidy Cash, That Shakespeare Life takes you behind the curtain and into the real life of William Shakespeare. Get bonus episodes on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare materials. Advancing knowledge and the arts. Discover it all at www.folger.edu. Shakespeare turns up in the most interesting places—not just literature and the stage, but science and social history as well. Our "Shakespeare Unlimited" podcast explores the fascinating and varied connections between Shakespeare, his works, and the world around us.
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The show dedicated to revealing the plays of William Shakespeare as tasty entertainment for today’s hungry audience. Be you actor or observer, this show offers a fresh look at some very old goods.
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A weekly podcast now exploring Shakespeare's Macbeth. Every episode covers approximately 30 lines of the play - week by week, until we finish sometime in 2023!
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The Play's the Thing is the ultimate podcast resource for lovers of Shakespeare. Dedicating six episodes to each play (one per act, plus a Q&A episode), this podcast explores the themes, scenes, characters, and lines that make Shakespeare so memorable. In the end, we will cover every play The Bard wrote, thus permitting an ongoing contemplation and celebration of the most important writer of all time. Join us. The Play’s the Thing is presented by The CiRCE Podcast Network. Hosted on Acast. S ...
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Was the name signed to the world's most famous plays and poems a pseudonym? Was the man from Stratford that history attributed the work to even capable of writing them? Join Theatrical Actor/Writer/Director and Shakespeare connoisseur Steven Sabel as he welcomes a variety of guests to explore literary history's greatest mystery… Who was the writer behind the pen name "William Shakespeare?" Part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network.
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A listening tour through 450 years of Shakespeare - on stage, in history, in our culture, and in person.
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Your one-stop shop for all things Shakespeare. Catch A-List casts in brand new audio versions of Shakespeare’s greatest plays, plus documentaries from the brightest minds on the bard’s life and work.
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Shakespeare Sundays with Chop Bard, is a practical, and enthusiastic exploration of William Shakespeare’s work. Each episode will take on a single subject taken from his words, lines, poetry, themes, or resources, in order to better understand them, and find out what use can be made of them.
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Such Stuff goes behind the scenes at Shakespeare's Globe, sharing the incredible stories and experiences that come through our doors every day. We'll be exploring the big themes behind all of the work that we do here and asking: what is Shakespeare's transformative impact on the world?
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Banished from his own lands by a usurping brother, Prospero and his daughter Miranda have been living on a deserted island for years, until fate brings the brother within the range of Prospero's powers. Will he seek revenge, or reconcilement?
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The world’s longest-running theatre podcast, which Broadway World calls “one of the Top 10 Podcasts for Theatre Fans!” HEAR HERE!
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A cheeky, irreverent yet informative deep-dive into all things Shakespeare, hosted by two longtime Shakespeare performers, directors, and teachers.
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Conversations about things Shakespearean, including new developments in Shakespeare studies and Shakespearean performance and education across the globe. These talks are also available on YouTube under the search term, 'Speaking of Shakespeare'. This series is made possible by institutional support from Aoyama Gakuin University (AGU) in central Tokyo and is also supported by a generous grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
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From the earliest drama in English, to the closing of the theatres in 1642, there was a hell of a lot of drama produced - and a lot of it wasn't by Shakespeare. Apart from a few noble exceptions these plays are often passed over, ignored or simply unknown. This podcast presents full audio productions of the plays, fragmentary and extant, that shaped the theatrical world that shaped our dramatic history.
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Shakespeare Anyone? is co-hosted by Elyse Sharp and Kourtney Smith, two professional actors and hobbyist Shakespeare scholars. Join us as we explore Shakepeare’s plays through as many lenses as we can by looking at the text and how the text is viewed through modern lenses of feminism, racism, classism, colonialism, nationalism… all the-isms. We will discuss how his plays shaped both the past and present, and look at how his work was performed throughout various periods of time–all while tryi ...
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37 plays, 2 pals, 1 immortal Bard
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The Daily Poem offers one essential poem each weekday morning. From Shakespeare and John Donne to Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson, The Daily Poem curates a broad and generous audio anthology of the best poetry ever written, read-aloud by David Kern and an assortment of various contributors. Some lite commentary is included and the shorter poems are often read twice, as time permits. The Daily Poem is presented by Goldberry Studios. dailypoempod.substack.com
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FROM OPEN AIR TO ON THE AIR! Join WNYC and The Public Theater as we bring Free Shakespeare in the Park to the airwaves with William Shakespeare’s RICHARD II. Brought to you in a serialized radio broadcast over four nights, listen as the last of the divinely anointed monarchs descends and loses it all. When King Richard banishes his cousin Henry Bolingbroke and deprives him of his inheritance, he unwittingly creates an enemy who will ultimately force him from the throne. One of the Bard’s onl ...
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Discover your next favourite book, or take a deep dive into the mind of an author you love, with The Shakespeare and Company Interview podcast. Long-form interviews with internationally acclaimed authors, recorded from our bookshop in the heart of Paris. Hosted by S&Co Literary Director, Adam Biles. Discover all our upcoming events here. If you enjoy these conversations, you can order The Shakespeare and Company Book of Interviews here. Past guests include: Ottessa Moshfegh, Ian McEwan, Ali ...
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Great Interviews with Great Artists. We’re talking Shakespeare.
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Comedians Konstantin Kisin and Francis Foster create honest conversations with fascinating people. New episodes every Sunday and Wednesday. Become a Premium Member to receive exclusive benefits https://triggernometry.supercast.com/
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Featuring interviews with both actors and academics, Shakespeare’s Shadows delves into a single Shakespeare character in each episode. Perspectives from the worlds of academia, theater, and film together shape explorations of the Bard’s shadows, his imitations of life — pretty good imitations, ones that reveal enough of ourselves that we’re still talking about them four centuries later.
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Talks about masculinity
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Entertaining, thrilling and uplifting the Putney Theatre Company's dedicated podcast features show reviews, interviews with directors, cast and crew, and feedback from our wonderful audiences. We're a regional theatre working with the community to encourage new writing, new actors, offering fresh perspectives and familiar drama. Come and see us at the South West End!
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Sebastian Michael, author of The Sonneteer and several other plays and books, looks at each of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets in the originally published sequence, giving detailed explanations and looking out for what the words themselves tell us about the great poet and playwright, about the Fair Youth and the Dark Lady, and about their complex and fascinating relationships. Podcast transcripts, the sonnets, contact details and full info at https://www.sonnetcast.com
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The read-along Shakespeare podcast
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The official podcast of Ghost Light Players. We hearken back to the days of old, when traveling troupes entertained their patrons with little more than a few props, masterful skill and an avid love of theater.
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In this podcast we will read and discuss all of William Shakespeare’s plays over the course of a year, starting and ending on the Bard’s birthday. Together we’ll explore the big questions the plays put on the table and the poetry that makes those questions so human. Along the way we’ll be joined by poets, scholars, playwrights, and actors who can help us celebrate the poet whose influence continues to resound loudest over the Western world. Happy birthday, Shakespeare!
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Summer nights, romance, music, comedy, pairs of lovers who have yet to confess their feelings to each other, comedy and more than a touch of magic are all woven into one of Shakespeare's most delightful and ethereal creations – A Midsummer Night's Dream. The plot is as light and enchanting as the settings themselves. The Duke of Athens is busy with preparations for his forthcoming wedding to Hippolyta the Amazonian Queen. In the midst of this, Egeus, an Athenian aristocrat marches in, flanke ...
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Exclusive interviews with Shakespeare’s most iconic characters
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In seventeenth century Venice, a wealthy and debauched man discovers that the woman he is infatuated with is secretly married to a Moorish general in the Venetian army. He shares his grief and rage with a lowly ensign in the army who also has reason to hate the general for promoting a younger man above him. The villainous ensign now plots to destroy the noble general in a diabolical scheme of jealousy, paranoia and murder, set against the backdrop of the bloody Turkish-Venetian wars. This ti ...
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Join Beverlee Jean, a Shakespeare super-fan, and Allison Powell, a bard beginner, as they go through Shakespeare's works along with special guests from the plays themselves!
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Making a selection of objects from the British Museum and collections across the UK, Neil MacGregor uncovers the stories they tell about Shakespeare's world.
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A podcast tracing the development of theatre from ancient Greece to the present day through the places and people who made theatre happen. More than just dates and lists of plays we'll learn about the social. political and historical context that fostered the creation of dramatic art.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A podcast for all those who see William Shakespeare primarily as a dramatist, and want to explore ways to stage his plays as live theatre.
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Anna Sale explores the big questions and hard choices that are often left out of polite conversation.
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I’m being forced to do this for English
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James Sheldrake, jack of all literary trades, attempts to say something valuable about each of Shakespeare's plays in handy 15-minute instalments.
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Unleash your inner comic geek! Join host TFG1Mike for hilarious banter about the latest DC, Marvel, IDW comics & more with rotating guests. It's your favorite comic shop conversations delivered right to your ears!
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Improvised Shakespeare from an audio-based troupe spanning US & UK! https://introvertedimprovisers.com/roundabout-shakespeare/
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Welcome to the Shakespeare Busted podcast, where amazing things happen. Cover art photo provided by Samuel Zeller on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@samuelzeller
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Steven welcomes Diana Price to this episode to discuss her seminal work, "Shakespeare's Unorthodox Biography," now heralding truth about the importance of authorship markers for more than two decades. Support the show by picking up official Don't Quill the Messenger merchandise at www.dontquillthepodcast.com and becoming a Patron at http://www.patr…
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336: !Spoilers! The Conceited Pedlar by Thomas Randolph
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A full(ish) breakdown and plain text audio of The Conceited Pedlar by Thomas Randolph, performed by Alex Scott Fairley. It's a rough commentary by Robert Crighton, and the first cut of the audio - though Robert puts his hand up to say that this episode needs work and there's a lot more to say about some of the more confusing elements of this pedlar…
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Rachel Kushner on Creation Lake (Booker Prize Longlist 2024)
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Rachel Kushner’s fourth novel Creation Lake is a spy novel stacked with ideas. As our fast-thinking, gun-packing protagonist wends her way down to the south of France, charged—by forces unknown—with infiltrating and sowing chaos at a commune of eco-warriors, her mission leads her into exhilarating reflections on activism, on charisma, on neandertha…
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Henry VI, part 2 chapter 1 --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions
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Much Ado About Nothing: Shakespeare and The Book of the Courtier
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In today's episode, we are exploring how Shakespeare was influenced by The Book of the Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione as he was writing Much Ado About Nothing. We'll discuss how close reading of both Shakespeare's play and Castiglione's Renaissance etiquette book uncovers layers of intertextuality and references to The Courtier in Shakespeare's…
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Novelist Louis Bayard’s new book The Wildes: A Novel in Five Acts, depicts the fateful weekend in 1892 that spawned not only the comedy of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest but the tragic downfall of Oscar’s family. Bayard reveals how he walked that tonal line; how he's been in touch with Wilde’s still-living grandson; how he combined t…
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Throughlines, with Ayanna Thompson and Ruben Espinosa
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How can educators effectively incorporate discussions about race into the study of Shakespeare and other premodern texts in the college classroom? Barbara Bogaev speaks with scholars Ayanna Thompson and Ruben Espinosa about Throughlines, a pedagogical resource developed by the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Arizona State Uni…
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The Clown in Alls Well That Ends Well talks about picking his teeth, and Coriolanus gives an admonishment about hygiene when he says “Bid them wash their faces And keep their teeth clean.” John Holland in Henry VI Part 2 talks about having teeth pulled, and in the Winter’s Tale the clown talks about being able to identify a nobleman by how he picks…
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Shakespeare, the Bible and Dorothy L Sayers: A Conversation with Jem Bloomfield
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Episode 134: Author Jem Bloomfield joins us to talk about his recently published book, ‘Allusion in Detective Fiction’, which looks at how and why allusion to Shakespeare and the Bible was used by the masters, or I should say mistresses, of golden age detective fiction. This may not seem like an obvious area when considering the pervasive influence…
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Sonnet 98: From You Have I Been Absent in the Spring
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When Sonnet 97 spoke of an absence from his lover that felt to Shakespeare "like a winter" even though it actually took place during the summer and/or autumn, Sonnet 98 speaks of either the same or a similar absence that took place during the springtime in April, which, however, on account of not having his lover around, to Shakespeare also seemed …
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SoS # 64 | Tanya Pollard: Ben Jonson and Shakespeare's Tragic Women
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This is a talk with Tanya Pollard of Brooklyn College, City University of New York about Ben Jonson and about her other work on women in Shakespeare and early modern drama. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:34 - Ben Jonson’s ‘The Alchemist’. 00:15:12 - Greek tragic women, drama, research methods 00:40:15 - Work with theaters in New York City 00:52:27 - What b…
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Stars as in astrology... but also, as in our guest!!! We are FORTUNATE to have the SUPREMELY talented (see what we did there??) Will DeVary joining us on this episode to discuss his choice of sonnet, Sonnet 14. Is he reaching for the heavens? Can we predict what he'll say?? WHAT DOES THIS EPISODE PORTEND??? Join us and find out for yourselves, you …
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In which Grace and Danny discuss Ken Branagh, the good of knowing the end before you’ve begun, and the education of women’s eyes.By Danny and Grace Fitzpatrick
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Can Shakespeare Survive the New Puritans? - Andrew Doyle
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Identity politics has been a disaster for the theatre. Andrew's Substack: https://andrewdoyle.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy TRIGGERnometry
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Adventures In Theatre History - Philadelphia: The Book
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A short word from my good podcasting friend Peter Schmitz, he of the ‘Adventures In Theatre History Philadelphia’ podcast, who has written a book on that very subject and I’m sure that it will be as informative, as amusing and generally as fascinating as his podcast episodes always are. What is even better is that Peter has produced a short audio t…
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557 - Skybound Entertainment’s Duke and Cobra Commander #5!
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In Episode 557 of The Pull Bag join TFG1Mike and Jesse Earley as they continue on their SkyBound mission with Duke and Cobra Commander issue 5! Listen in as they jump for joy at the end of these two series!! Are the endings worth the trip we took? Tune in and find out! As always Make Your Great Escape Into Comics!!! As always Make Your Great Escape…
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There comes a point in every life when “birthday” goes from meaning "pizza party” to meaning “memento mori.” Today’s poem goes out to everyone in the latter group. Happy reading! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson
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556 - Skybound Entertainment’s Energon Universe 2024 Special (aka FCBD)!
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In Episode 556 of The Pull Bag join TFG1Mike and Jesse Earley as they continue on their SkyBound mission!!! This time around even though they are late, it's all about the Energon Universe Free ComicBook Day Special! Listen in as they discuss the multiple issues in this one comic!!!! As always Make Your Great Escape Into Comics!!! As always Make You…
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"Gender Gets You Cancelled, Islam Gets You Killed" - Andrew Gold
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Andrew Gold is a journalist and the host of YouTube channel Heretics (https://www.youtube.com/@andrewgoldheretics). A former BBC presenter, Andrew produced documentaries focussing on bizarre and controversial subcultures. He now interviews free thinkers and heterodox figures on his own podcast. He is the author of ‘The Psychology of Secrets: My Adv…
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Today the age-old question of loss and grief is answered…by the man who raised it in the first place. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson
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Nelson is likely best known for her literary output as a poet. She regularly published in Opportunity and Crisis magazines between 1917 and 1928. Her poems also appeared in James Weldon Johnson’s seminal anthology, The Book of American Negro Poetry (Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1931). Nelson began to keep a personal diary in 1921. Her entries from …
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After Cody Delistraty’s mom died in his early 20s he decided to turn his grief into a research project with one central question: can grief be cured? In this episode, he talks to Anna about all of the various remedies he tried, what worked, and what lessons he learned along the way. Cody’s book is called The Grief Cure: Looking For the End of Loss …
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The author of several collections of poetry–most recently Life on Earth–Dorianne Laux was the recipient of the Oregon Book Award and a finalist for the National Books Critics Circle Award for her book Facts About the Moon. She has also authored several works of non-fiction including The Poet’s Companion and Finger Exercises For Poets. She was elect…
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King Lear | Episode 34 - Expense and Waste
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The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.Act II Scene i - Cornwall and Regan arrive, full of questions and ideas about what's been happening in Gloucester's house. Written and presented by Conor HanrattyBy Conor Hanratty
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How AI Changes The World THIS DECADE - Mo Gawdat
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Mo Gawdat is the former Chief Business Officer of Google X. He is currently the Chief AI Officer at Flight Story and host of the podcast Slo Mo. He is the author of international best-sellers ‘Solve for Happy’, ‘Scary Smart’, ‘That Little Voice in Your Head’ and, most recently, ‘Unstressable’ - available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C3P8NQLG/ …
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Today’s poem–#6 in Donne’s La Corona sonnet cycle–is an ideal consummation for many of the themes introduced in this week’s selections. Now go read the rest of his holy sonnets! Happy reading! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson
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This episode is brought to you The Classic Learning Test - a fantastic alternative to the ACT and SAT. Learn more at cltexam.com. Welcome back to The Play's the Thing, where we're working through Shakespeare one act at a time. Today Heidi, Brian, and Matt discuss Act V of Julius Caesar, focusing on the nature of tragedy, Shakespearean chiastic stru…
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335: Two Shepherds in Praise of Astraea by Mary Sidney (Dialogue)
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A Dialogue between two Shepherds, Thenot and Piers, in Praise of Astraea by Mary Sidney - this is probably a sung dialogue, but we present the dialogue as it comes. Written in the 1590's Emma Kemp - Thenot Alex Scott Fairley - Piers. This episode was produced by Robert Crighton Our patrons received this episode in January 2024 - approx. 8 months ea…
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John Donne's "Divine Meditation 10: 'Death be not proud...'"
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Today, Donne’s best-known poem, but maybe not his last word on death. Happy reading! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson
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Our guest in the writer’s studio this week is Ferdia Lennon, whose debut novel Glorious Exploits depicts the ancient world in a way readers will never have experienced it before. Set in Syracuse in 412 BC, after the catastrophic attempt by Athens to invade the city, Lampo and Gelon, two out-of-work potters, have the harebrained idea of staging a pr…
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Do We Need to Censor Hate Speech? - Imran Ahmed
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Imran Ahmed is the CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a British not-for-profit NGO company that aims to stop the spread of online hate speech and disinformation. Imran is a former political strategist for the Labour Party, serving under Andy Slaughter and then-shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn. With Angela Eagle, he co-authore…
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John Donne's "Divine Meditation 7: 'At the round earth's imagined corners...'"
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Today’s poem dramatizes Donne’s inner turmoil and conflicting desires, but is not without hope. Happy reading. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson
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Today’s Holy Sonnet is the fourth in Donne’s underrated (if a poet as great as Donne can have underrated work) sonnet cycle, La Corona. The title translates to “crown” and the cycle’s opening line introduces the poems as a woven “crown of prayer and praise” offered to God, narrating and commenting upon significant events in the life of Jesus. Sonne…
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Artistic Directors Barney and Cait sit down to talk about the incredible range of new productions coming up, including Flare Path, Death and the Maiden, Shakespeare in Love, It's A Wonderful Life, Alligator and Accidental Death of an Anarchist. Tickets for all shows will soon be available on putneyartstheatre.org.uk Artistic Directors: Barney and C…
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The History of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Doctor John Faustus, is the book that is the source for Christopher Marlowe's play. Chapter by chapter we will wander through the twists and turns of this story. Performed by Robert Crighton Chapter Nine: How Doctor Faustus would have married, and how the devil had almost killed him for it. Our…
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Your stories about how navigating weight and body size inside a relationship has sometimes made your partnerships stronger…and sometimes broken them apart. Since we originally recorded this episode in 2021, the way we talk about weight loss has changed with drugs like Ozempic. We want to hear more of your stories about weight and love especially if…
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Writer and actor Mitchell Bisschop discusses his new one-man show Royko: The Toughest Man in Chicago, now running at the Chopin Theater until the end of September (2024). Bisschop shares his inspirations for the show, including talking to Royko's surviving friends and relatives; how he based his script on Royko's 34-year career and over 7500 column…
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Single, Independent, Women in the 16th century
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You may be surprised to learn that marriage in the 16th century was not required, nor a foregone conclusion, for all women of this time period. In addition to spinsters, who were older women that had never been married, there were widows that lost their husband, women who were divorced or separated from their husbands, and still some women who our …
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Today marks the beginning of a week of Donne’s “Holy Sonnets” (interpreted generously to also include selections from his sonnet cycle, “La Corona”). In this first sonnet, he establishes the themes––human weakness, self-doubt, terrestrial anguish, and divine transcendence and consolation––that will return throughout the series. Happy reading! Get f…
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The Taming of the Shrew: ‘No Profit Grows Where No Pleasure Is taken’
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Episode 133: The complications with dating the play and it’s relationship with a similar Elizabethan play The sources for the play A short summary of the play The Christopher Sly framing device Switching of roles in the play The disguise motif The motivations of the leading characters The implication of the falconry images in the play The Elizabeth…
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“The Internet is Not Reality” - Ari Shaffir
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Ari Shaffir is an American comedian, actor, podcaster, writer, and producer. He has appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast more than 60 times, often alongside fellow comics Shane Gillis and Mark Normand. He is the host of the You Be Trippin' Podcast (https://www.youtube.com/@youbetrippinpod) and has released five comedy specials including Dou…
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The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.Act II Scene i - Edmund's plot thickens, and Gloucester makes a decision.Written and presented by Conor HanrattyBy Conor Hanratty
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Sonnet 97: How Like a Winter Hath My Absence Been
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Sonnet 97 ushers in a new phase in the relationship between William Shakespeare and his young lover, which, following the upheaval, anguish, doubt, and direct criticism of the young man contained in the group that immediately precedes it, comes across as a series of almost serene reflections first, once again, on a period of separation in this sonn…
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Much Ado About Nothing – Act IV scene 2 Dogberry goes about to examine the malefactors in the eftest way.
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