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There are several wars happening in the world now. We don't think all of them are justified. In this episode, we discuss the wars in the canon and whether or not we think those were fair - or just plain idiotic.

As Shakespeare said:

Now, for our consciences, the arms are fair When the intent of bearing them is just.

- Hotspur, Henry IV Part 1, Act 5, Scene 2

Or

But if the cause be not good, the King
himself hath a heavy reckoning to make, when all
those legs and arms and heads, chopped off in a
battle, shall join together at the latter day, and cry
all “We died at such a place,” some swearing, some
crying for a surgeon, some upon their wives left
poor behind them, some upon the debts they owe,
some upon their children rawly left. I am afeard
there are few die well that die in a battle, for how
can they charitably dispose of anything when blood
is their argument?

- Williams, Henry V, Act 4, Scene 1

Or, as Edwin Starr said in his famous song in 1970:

War, huh, yeah
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing, uhh
War, huh, yeah
What is it good for?

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Sooooo... we have always (well, not we as in Owen and Lisa Ann, but we as in Shakespeare scholars across the centuries) suspected that William Shakespeare owned property in London somewhere in the Blackfriars area. And in fact, there is a plaque that says just that on the side on an office building there!

But!!!!! Thanks to Lucy Munro, Professor of Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature at King's College London, we now know that he absolutely DID purchase a property in Blackfriars on March 10, 1613!!!! She stumbled upon the 17th C deed proving that purchase - it's exhilarating!!!! Thanks, Lucy!!!

Join us as we discuss what this means to us and what it may have meant for Will!!!

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Dear listeners, dicks and dickesses!!!

You have heard us discussing The Winter's Tale for YEARS now, and recently, we've mentioned that Lisa Ann is currently directing a production of it for Slippery Rock University's Theater Department and is INCREDIBLY proud of all the work these wonderful young artists have done in the past few months. Well guess what - it opens tonight, April 17, 2026, the same day this episode drops!!

So... we invited some of the cast and production team to talk about the play, the process, and all things The Winter's Tale!!!

We are pleased and proud to welcome:

Cam Sims (Leontes);

Hailey Rodgers (Hermione);

Jake Taylor (Polixenes);

Lily Joseph (Paulina);

Jack Avery Lloyd (Camillo);

Connor Hesch (Autolycus);

Care Caldwell (Asst. Director); and

Lydia Alkinburgh (Asst. Director)

ON TO THE POD!!!!!

(Exit pursued by a Beare)

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