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We've talked about many things over the years (YEARS!!!), but we realized that we never delved into the fatherly aspects of the Shakespeare canon!!

So, in this episode we talk about all the fathers - the good ones, the bad ones, the absent ones, the murderous ones, etc.

Can you think of any we missed??

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We cannot believe it but this episode is the start of our SEVENTH SEASON of the pod!!!!!!!

We are INCREDIBLY grateful to all our listeners and guests over the years... and we wanted to reflect that in some way, hoping that all of you have learned as much as we have.

And so, this episode is us talking about seven (at least!) things we've learned about Shakespeare in our time doing The Bardcast.

What have YOU learned???

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IT'S BAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!

Your thought we were done with the sonnet episodes, didn't you??

NO, DEAR LISTENERS!!!! (After all, there are 154 of them!!!)

And this time, we have our dear friend (and one of the top fans of the pod!!) Brian Linden with us!! Brian has chosen Sonnet 19 to perform and discuss, and we are tickled pink!!!

Strap in and get ready!!!

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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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Yes, we know we spelled it the British way... on purpose of course, because that is what this episode is about!! The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust began last year (as a result of academic pressure) to "de-colonise" its collection.

What does this mean? Well, Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust has warned visitors that some items in its collections may contain ‘language or depictions that are racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise harmful’. (obviously, it was from a very different time.) The Birthplace Trust’s real concern is to stop British people taking pride in Shakespeare and seeing his work as a symbol of ‘British cultural superiority’.

Barf.

Exactly how do we feel about it??

Listen and find out!!

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We LOVE when listeners write to us and suggest an episode topic!! This one comes out of an email by a listener - and actually, we mined several topics of that email!!

In this episode, we talk about those characters who have committed literal or figurative crimes and whether or not they get away with it. Is there anyone you can think of that we missed??

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