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Crucified Shakespeare 🎄 Dec 23, 2022

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Okay people, relax... Shakespeare wasn't crucified, of course!! He even survived many rounds of the Bubonic Plague!!
But... it is close to Christmas, and this is our last episode of 2022, so we decided to see how many times Christ, Jesus, or Jesus Christ is mentioned in the canon. We include some other variations, but you'd be amazed at how relatively few this is - and there's a reason for that!!! (You'll have to listen to find out!!)
And, as always, we close this episode with our Christmas tradition, A Visit From Saint Falstaff!! Thanks again to our dear friend and brilliant talent Keith Howard for lending us his incredible voice!!
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happiest of New Years (even though we're pretty much atheists), you dicks and dickesses!!! We love you!!!!!
Announcements!!! We are now a federal non-profit 501C3, so any money you donate towards the podcast is a 100% tax deduction - doesn't that absolutely rock for both you and us?!?!?!? Get on it, dear listeners!!! Much obliged :)
Also... we are going to the UK in late January 2023!!! Seeing a bunch of Shakespeare plays in London and Stratford Upon Avon, and visiting major Shakespeare attractions and maybe even (hopefully!) a private tour of the Globe!! Donations towards that trip are gleefully accepted, and we will send you swag in return!!!
To send us an email - please do, we truly want to hear from you!!! - write us at: thebardcastyoudick@gmail.com
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Episode Sources:
Years and years of experience with Shakespeare from two - scratch that, SIX!!! - rather opinionated theatre professionals, you dicks!!!! And cunts. (Owen insisted we add this.)
Many, many, many books.
And the inter webs :)

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It's Good to Be King Shakespeare! 🤴🏻🤴🏻🤴🏻 Dec 09, 2022

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Remember our Yaaaaassss Queen episode???
We figured that fair is fair, so here's our counterpart episode!!!
There are SOOOOOOO MANY KINGS in Shakespeare's plays!!! And we talk about ALL of them, but if we miss one... let us know!!!!
Announcements!!! We are now a federal non-profit 501C3, so any money you donate towards the podcast is a 100% tax deduction - doesn't that absolutely rock for both you and us?!?!?!? Get on it, dear listeners!!! Much obliged :)
Also... we are going to the UK in late January 2023!!! Seeing a bunch of Shakespeare plays in London and Stratford Upon Avon, and visiting major Shakespeare attractions and maybe even (hopefully!) a private tour of the Globe!! Donations towards that trip are gleefully accepted, and we will send you swag in return!!!
To send us an email - please do, we truly want to hear from you!!! - write us at: thebardcastyoudick@gmail.com
To support us (by giving us money - we're starving artists, dammit!!) - per episode if you like! -
On Patreon, go here:
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To visit our website, go here:
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Marry, Fuck, Kill! Shakespeare Nov 25, 2022

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So... you know that game people play where you give someone three names of either famous people, or people you both know, or historical characters, etc., and you have to pick the one who you'd marry, the one who you'd fuck, and the one who you'd kill out of the three?
Yeah, that game.
Except we play it with Shakespeare characters!!!
It's a blast. Check it out!!!
Announcement!!! We are now a federal non-profit 501C3, so any money you donate towards the podcast is a 100% tax deduction - doesn't that absolutely rock for both you and us?!?!?!? Get on it, dear listeners!!! Much obliged :)
To send us an email - please do, we truly want to hear from you!!! - write us at: thebardcastyoudick@gmail.com
To support us (by giving us money - we're starving artists, dammit!!) - per episode if you like! -
On Patreon, go here:
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Or on Paypal:
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To visit our website, go here:
https://www.thebardcastyoudick.com
To donate to an awesome charity, go here:
https://actorsfund.org/help-our-entertainment-communiity-covid-19-emergency-relief
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Bard Cards Shakespeare! Nov 11, 2022

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So... one of our beloved listeners, David Overton PhD, contacted us and told us about this FABULOUS game that he sells all over, including this link for Etsy:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/734729316/bard-cards-the-authentic-shakespearean
We decided to play a round against each other (yes, substances are involved!) to see how the game is - and it ROCKS!!! AND it's hard!! Worthy of the Bardcast!! Of course, we adjusted the scoring a little to make it EVEN HARDER!!!
Best of all, our dear friend and friend of the pod Caleb Feigles of Making A Martini podcast (link below!) agreed to be our FABULOUS host!!!
Checketh it outeth!!!!!
https://makingamartini.buzzsprout.com/
To send us an email - please do, we truly want to hear from you!!! - write us at: thebardcastyoudick@gmail.com
To support us (by giving us money - we're starving artists, dammit!!) - per episode if you like! -
On Patreon, go here:
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To visit our website, go here:
https://www.thebardcastyoudick.com
To donate to an awesome charity, go here:
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Impersonation Shakespeare Oct 28, 2022

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Hi there poison ghouls!! (Get it??)
It's spooky season!! All Hallow's Eve is around the corner!!
And since we're heading into Halloween weekend, we thought we'd talk about all the characters in Shakespeare that dress up and/or impersonate someone or something else. There's a lot!! If we miss one, let us know!!!
To send us an email - please do, we truly want to hear from you!!! - write us at: thebardcastyoudick@gmail.com
To support us (by giving us money - we're starving artists, dammit!!) - per episode if you like! -
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To visit our website, go here:
https://www.thebardcastyoudick.com
To donate to an awesome charity, go here:
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Medical Shakespeare Oct 14, 2022

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Pustules and chancres and ague and belching,
Carbuncles, dropsy, kyphosis, and felching....
Okay, that last one wasn't Shakespeare per se, but it fucking rhymes!!!
On today's episode, we go through all the lovely medical terms in Elizabethan times and Shakespeare plays.
Got your tissues and puke bags handy?? You're gonna need 'em. Enjoy!!
To send us an email - please do, we truly want to hear from you!!! - write us at: thebardcastyoudick@gmail.com
To support us (by giving us money - we're starving artists, dammit!!) - per episode if you like!):
On Patreon, go here:
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To visit our website, go here:
https://www.thebardcastyoudick.com
To donate to an awesome charity, go here:
https://actorsfund.org/help-our-entertainment-communiity-covid-19-emergency-relief
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Couples Therapy Shakespeare Sep 30, 2022

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What do Antony and Cleopatra, Lord and Lady Macbeth, and Tamora and Aaron
have in common with Brad and Angelina, and Chris and Rihanna???
They are all INCREDIBLY TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS!!! Therapists could have made a FORTUNE in Elizabethan times!!!
Join us as we work our way through most of the couples in Shakespeare, discussing the dirt on each one of them. Whew!!! It's a LOT!!!
To send us an email - please do, we truly want to hear from you!!! - write us at: thebardcastyoudick@gmail.com
To support us (by giving us money - we're starving artists, dammit!!) - per episode if you like!):
On Patreon, go here:
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To visit our website, go here:
https://www.thebardcastyoudick.com
To donate to an awesome charity, go here:
https://actorsfund.org/help-our-entertainment-communiity-covid-19-emergency-relief
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Return of Sonnet Shakespeare Sep 16, 2022

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Darling Dearest Dicks and Dickesses!!!
We promised you more sonnets and boy, oh boy, do we deliver!!! And to top it all off, this is our 60th episode - dropping on Owen's 60th natal anniversary!!!!!!
Coincidence??? We think not.
In this episode, we have our dear friends and incredible artists Elisabeth Rodgers, Alvin Keith, Natalia Cuevas, and McCrae Hardy sharing their mind-blowing interpretations of yet more Shakespeare's sonnets - and this time, one is even set to music!!!!
Somewhere, our boy Will S. is a happy, happy man!!!
To send us an email - please do, we truly want to hear from you!!! - write us at: thebardcastyoudick@gmail.com
To support us (by giving us money - we're starving artists, dammit!!) - per episode if you like!):
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To visit our website, go here:
https://www.thebardcastyoudick.com
To donate to an awesome charity, go here:
https://actorsfund.org/help-our-entertainment-communiity-covid-19-emergency-relief
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Cumming, Farting, Pissing, Shitting, Barfing Shakespeare Sep 02, 2022

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So, this week's episode is about...
Well, seriously.. need we say more than the title???
We thinkst not.
To send us an email - please do, we want to hear from you!!! - write us at: thebardcastyoudick@gmail.com
To support us (by giving us money - per episode if you like!)...
On Patreon, go here:
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=35662364&fan_landing=true
Or on Paypal:
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=8KTK7CATJSRYJ
To visit our website, go here:
https://www.thebardcastyoudick.com
To donate to an awesome charity, go here:
https://actorsfund.org/help-our-entertainment-communiity-covid-19-emergency-relief
Like us? Leave us a five-star rating AND a review wherever you get your podcasts!!
Episode Sources:
Years and years of experience with Shakespeare from two rather opinionated theatre professionals, you dicks!!!! And cunts. (Owen insisted we add this.)

Many, many other books!
And the inter webs :)

Support the show

Dueling Shakespeare Aug 19, 2022

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En Garde!!
Now... we know there are TONS of battles in Shakespeare plays... but what about the quintessential duel??
How many times does a duel happen in the canon?
And for that matter, how many examples of single combat are there in the plays??
On today's episode we attempt to answer this questions!!
To send us an email - please do, we want to hear from you!!! - write us at: thebardcastyoudick@gmail.com
To support us (by giving us money - per episode if you like!)...
On Patreon, go here:
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=35662364&fan_landing=true
Or on Paypal:
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=8KTK7CATJSRYJ
To visit our website, go here:
https://www.thebardcastyoudick.com
To donate to an awesome charity, go here:
https://actorsfund.org/help-our-entertainment-communiity-covid-19-emergency-relief
Like us? Leave us a five-star rating AND a review wherever you get your podcasts!!
Episode Sources:
Years and years of experience with Shakespeare from two rather opinionated theatre professionals, you dicks!!!! And cunts. (Owen insisted we add this.)

Many, many other books!
And the inter webs :)

Support the show

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