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Favorite Shakespeare Jan 12, 2024

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Happy New Year!!!
2024 is going to be A LOT here is the US of A, so we thought we'd make ourselves happy right out of the gate by discussing those characters in the canon that we are drawn to (for various and assorted reasons)
Who are yours???
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Quizzical Shakespeare Dec 29, 2023

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Friend, Romans, Dicks and Dickesses, lend us your ears!!!
'Tis the season for merry making, and in this episode we do just that!!! We have invited back to the pod our dear friends Patrick Lawlor and Harper York for some holiday amusements - namely, imbibing and taking online Shakespeare quizzes!! You'd be amazed at how many there are, albeit some better/harder than others.
Join us!! And Happy New Year pod friends, see you in 2024!!!
WE LOVE YOU BASTARDS!!!!!
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Clerical Shakespeare Dec 15, 2023

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Remember when you were a little kid, and your mom and dad made you go to church/synagogue/mosque even though you would rather have stayed home and watched cartoons?
Yeah, us too. But that has very little to do with this episode, except that we discuss the religious characters in the Shakespeare canon. Some are genuinely pious, most are manipulative, and some are drunk.
Have at it!!!
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Quacks and Shysters in Shakespeare Dec 01, 2023

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Yeah, yeah, we know... talk about lawyers in Shakespeare and everyone quotes the famous line to kill them all. But do they actually need to all be killed?
And what about the doctors in the canon? Are they as shitty as the lawyers?
In this episode, we ponder those very questions, and discuss the characters that fall in those categories.
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Kind Hearted Shakespeare Nov 17, 2023

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Okay... we know that we have a penchant for discussing the shittiest of characters in the canon. It's fun, we can't help it. Don't judge!!!
However....
In this episode, we talk about those characters that are genuinely good, honest, loving, compassionate people.
Mostly.
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Mother Fucking Shakespeare Nov 03, 2023

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Think about it... how many characters are mothers in the canon? Now think about THIS... how many characters in Shakespeare don't seem to HAVE mothers??
Weird, right???
This one's for you, Joanelle.
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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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Criminal Shakespeare Oct 20, 2023

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Okay. We all know that the Shakespeare canon is simply rife with all kinds of bad doings - but which ones are the most heinous??
In this episode we talk about those characters who exhibit just downright criminal behavior.
Oh Officer Krupke................
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At Your Service Shakespeare Oct 06, 2023

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"Workin' 9 to 5, what a way to make a livin'...."
To be fair, servants in Shakespeare's day worked a LOT longer than 9 to 5, but the "what a way to make a living'" part is still very applicable.
Who are the servants in the Shakespeare canon? What are the different levels of servitude? And what purpose do they serve?? In this episode, we discuss all the characters that sweat and serve and attend and wait (on people).
Wench!!! Bring me my drink, my pipe, and my slippers!!!!
(Oh wait, that's right... we have no servants. Sigh.)
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Psychological Shakespeare - A Follow-up to Mentally Ill Shakespeare!! Sep 22, 2023

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FRIENDS OF THE POD!!!! Remember two episodes ago when the topic was Mentally Ill Shakespeare?? We always invite our listeners to converse with us about our episodes and this time, our Canadian listener Randy J. Paterson PhD, did!!! He is an actual psychologist and he wrote us a wonderful email all about the amateur diagnoses that we came up with, and he was SO smart and SO amusing that we invited him on the pod to do a follow-up episode.
FYI - wacka wacka and bonkers are NOT actual clinical diagnosis terms - who knew??
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Pet Shakespeare Sep 08, 2023

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Today's episode is a mewmorial - yes, shut the fuck up, mewmorial - for Lisa Ann's beloved feral to lapcat tortoiseshell Lady Plymdale, aka Momma. May she be resting in purrs over the rainbow bridge with Paquette, Genny-Mo, Sherilyn, Sahara, Thurl, Steve Wonder, and Eliot.
In today's episode, we talk about (mostly) cats and dogs in Shakespeare. We spill over, but you know... it's been a week.
IN MEWMORIAM - Lady Plymdale aka Momma - July 21, 2013 - September 5, 2023 😻
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