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Podcast Shakespeare

A listening tour through the works, life, and afterlife of William Shakespeare.

Jul 25, 2018

"Truly, the tree yields bad fruit."

Meet William McGonagall, the worst poet in the English language, and his exquisite Address to Shakespeare.

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Jul 3, 2018

“The fraud of men was ever so / Since summer first was leafy”

— Balthasar’s song, Much Ado About Nothing

In episode six, we look at that vexing question of whether or not Will Shakespeare was a complete and utter conman. We’ll follow those who dug up rivers, cracked codes, turned to grave-robbing, or...