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Renaissance, Shakespeare etc.
Episodes
Episode | Description | Date Aired | Reach | Contacts | Categories | Hosts | Episode Guests | Length | Curator's Notes | Expand | |||||
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"Thomas Dabbs talks with Tiffany Stern of the Shakespeare Institute, University... | December 9, 2023 | -- | -- | 1:17:16s | |||||||||||
"Shakespeare Unlearned: Pedantry, Nonsense, and the Philology of Stupidity (Oxf... | January 3, 2025 | -- | -- | 1:01:33s | |||||||||||
"With the advent of print in the fifteenth century, Europe's cultural elite ass... | December 1, 2024 | -- | 28:43s | ||||||||||||
"In Fictions of Credit in the Age of Shakespeare (Oxford University Press, 2021... | March 14, 2023 | -- | -- | 54:35s | |||||||||||
"William Shakespeare found dozens of different ways to kill off his characters,... | September 26, 2022 | -- | -- | 38:34s | |||||||||||
"Over the course of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, works of botany un... | August 29, 2022 | -- | -- | 47:00s | |||||||||||
"In Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado About Nothing, Leonato says, “I pray thee pea... | July 15, 2022 | -- | -- | 1:11:02s | |||||||||||
"Advisory: this episode discusses the literary representation of self-harm and ... | July 6, 2022 | -- | -- | 1:05:31s | |||||||||||
"When inspiration struck Robert McCrum to write a book about the Bard, it came ... | October 22, 2021 | -- | 58:29s | ||||||||||||
"Erin McCarthy, who teaches digital humanities at Newcastle University, Austral... | November 2, 2020 | -- | -- | 32:16s | |||||||||||
"Culinary Shakespeare: Staging Food and Drink in Early Modern England (Duquesne... | December 19, 2016 | -- | -- | 53:52s | |||||||||||
"In this episode, Grace chats with Dr. Scott Newstok on William Shakespeare (wh... | April 19, 2023 | -- | -- | 59:44s | |||||||||||
"Early 'atheism' did not always mean angry rejection of religion. The most earn... | March 14, 2019 | -- | -- | 47:37s | |||||||||||
"Thomas Gresham served as Royal Agent to the King t in England under Edward VI,... | November 14, 2022 | -- | -- | 28:09s | |||||||||||
"Spain became a byword for cruelty in much of Europe in the sixteenth and seven... | September 25, 2019 | -- | -- | 55:46s | |||||||||||
"Villainous atheists were, like witches, stock figures of the European imaginat... | January 24, 2019 | -- | -- | 48:55s | |||||||||||
"We think of Shakespeare as a man out of time. His stories and characters, his ... | December 18, 2023 | -- | 38:50s | ||||||||||||
"Aaron Pratt HARRY RANSOM CENTER
Before the publication of Shakespeare’s First ... | March 2, 2020 | -- | -- | 00:00s | |||||||||||
"Melvyn Bragg and guests Jonathan Bate, Julie Sanders and Janet Clare discuss E... | June 18, 2009 | -- | 42:17s | ||||||||||||
"Being a patient in Shakespeare’s time was an adventure. You might be told to d... | August 23, 2016 | -- | -- | 28:48s | |||||||||||
""Blood hath been shed ere now, i' th' olden time,
Ere humane statute purged th... | May 5, 2015 | -- | -- | 30:17s | |||||||||||
"How to Think Like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education (Princeton... | April 23, 2023 | -- | -- | 47:21s | |||||||||||
"“Author, actor, director, and producer Ben Crystal tells us about his work res... | January 30, 2017 | -- | 20:56s | ||||||||||||
"Many times when Shakespeare would perform a play, there would be a bawdy and c... | March 11, 2019 | -- | -- | 37:27s | |||||||||||
"Sixteenth-century theater companies used a variety of physical and sensual sta... | December 13, 2017 | -- | -- | 32:13s | |||||||||||
"Throughout Shakespeare’s plays, he references the mind over 400 times includin... | May 20, 2024 | -- | -- | 34:09s | |||||||||||
"On previous episodes of That Shakespeare Life, we have talked about the numero... | March 31, 2025 | -- | -- | 23:50s | |||||||||||
"In today's episode, we are exploring the historical and theatrical context for... | October 9, 2024 | -- | -- | 53:23s | |||||||||||
"With How To Think Like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education (Prin... | August 24, 2021 | -- | -- | 1:25:26s | |||||||||||
"Scott Newstok discusses his book How to Think Like Shakespeare: Lessons from A... | January 7, 2021 | -- | -- | 1:00:40s | |||||||||||
"Satire is a funny, aggressive, and largely oppositional literature which is ty... | May 26, 2025 | -- | -- | 53:06s | |||||||||||
"Warburg Institute
The Scholastic Origins of a Renaissance Humanist: The Isa... | October 23, 2015 | -- | -- | -- | 00:00s | ||||||||||
"Antonia Senior interviews Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman about their fascina... | August 29, 2024 | -- | -- | 50:58s | |||||||||||
"Summary
Pete Langman and Nadine Akkerman join Andrew to discuss espionage in E... | September 24, 2024 | -- | 55:59s | ||||||||||||
"In the mist‑shrouded Highlands, a quiet minister dared to trespass into forbid... | February 26, 2026 | 51:50s | |||||||||||||
"From the beginning of Galileo’s career, well before the publication of the Sid... | February 25, 2026 | -- | -- | 59:21s | |||||||||||
"What does it mean to be called an “upstart crow”? In 1592, a pamphlet titled G... | December 19, 2024 | -- | -- | 33:43s | |||||||||||
"Today is the anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, as well as his potent... | April 23, 2025 | -- | -- | 55:12s | |||||||||||
"Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) welcomes guest Dr. Darren Freebury-Jones to ... | July 9, 2025 | -- | 1:20:07s | ||||||||||||
"This is a talk with Darren Freebury-Jones, Lecturer in Shakespeare Studies, Sh... | June 11, 2023 | -- | -- | 1:21:16s | |||||||||||
"Popular tragedy in which Hieronimo pursues aristocratic murderers of his son H... | November 5, 2009 | -- | -- | 49:05s | |||||||||||
"In today's episode, we are joined by Shakespeare scholar, Darren Freebury-Jone... | September 25, 2024 | -- | -- | 48:13s | |||||||||||
"The Oscar season is around the corner, and William Shakespeare is once again f... | October 27, 2025 | -- | -- | 40:56s | |||||||||||
"We are so excited to be sharing this episode with you. This week, we are sitti... | June 8, 2022 | -- | -- | 59:17s | |||||||||||
"A pyrotechnic dragon roared flames into the river Thames during the coronation... | November 4, 2024 | -- | 34:35s | ||||||||||||
"Please welcome historian Carol Chillington Rutter to the show, and today we're... | February 3, 2026 | -- | -- | 53:07s | |||||||||||
"When we think of Shakespeare, we mostly think of language. But what about gest... | June 29, 2023 | -- | 57:22s | ||||||||||||
"Episode 110:The problems of the lack of evidence about conventions and acting ... | November 13, 2023 | -- | 34:10s | ||||||||||||
"Episode 102:The sources of information on the playing troupes.The Earl of Leic... | July 24, 2023 | -- | 34:22s | ||||||||||||
"In this continuing series of guest episodes, it is a very welcome return to th... | September 15, 2025 | -- | 27:07s | ||||||||||||
"6.68Leicester’s Men: A Conversation with Laurie JohnsonEpisode 181:For today’s... | August 11, 2025 | -- | 41:02s | ||||||||||||
"Between 1590 and 1642, there were about twenty companies of actors in London a... | October 8, 2018 | -- | -- | 38:40s | |||||||||||
"Rana Mitter is joined by Edith Hall, Nandini Das and Beatrice Groves to explor... | April 16, 2020 | -- | 43:41s | ||||||||||||
"Want to support the podcast? Join our Patreon or buy us a coffee. As an indepe... | July 16, 2025 | -- | -- | 50:00s | |||||||||||
"Want to support the podcast? Join our Patreon or buy us a coffee. As an indepe... | August 27, 2025 | -- | -- | 19:33s | |||||||||||
"Want to support the podcast? Join our Patreon or buy us a coffee. As an indepe... | June 4, 2025 | -- | -- | 44:38s | |||||||||||
"Want to support the podcast? Join our Patreon or buy us a coffee. As an indepe... | February 11, 2026 | -- | -- | 22:08s | |||||||||||
"In this bonus episode we get an introduction the the diary of Philip Henslowe,... | November 1, 2021 | -- | 41:42s | ||||||||||||
"Today on The Literary Life podcast, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks are her... | March 3, 2026 | -- | -- | 1:23:59s | |||||||||||
"Apologies for the delayed posting of this podcast.
Some of us might not like ... | January 8, 2020 | -- | -- | 1:09:06s | |||||||||||
"Where did Shakespeare get his jokes? In today's episode, we dive into the come... | September 15, 2021 | -- | -- | 49:35s | |||||||||||
"Rachel and Darren discuss the meanings of food in Shakespeare's plays. Topis d... | January 18, 2026 | -- | -- | 1:38:15s | |||||||||||
"Theatrical plays in Elizabethan England set the stage for our modern news cult... | December 5, 2024 | -- | 55:08s | ||||||||||||
"What were the top musical hits of Shakespeare’s England? What lyrics were stuc... | May 6, 2025 | -- | -- | 39:52s | |||||||||||
"Episode 190:'Julius Caesar' has proved to be one of Shakespeare’s most malleab... | October 13, 2025 | -- | 35:09s | ||||||||||||
"Bill Sherman, director of the Warburg Institute in London, delivers the inaugu... | January 25, 2018 | -- | -- | 54:05s | |||||||||||
"Markku Peltonnen discusses “Popularity and the Arts of Rhetoric: Julius Caesar... | November 14, 2014 | -- | -- | 31:01s | |||||||||||
"The 16th century saw an explosion of printing and the rise of literature in En... | December 8, 2016 | -- | 22:48s | ||||||||||||
"Lecture 229 (23 March 1987). Full title "Printing and Typefounding in the Late... | January 23, 2018 | -- | -- | 58:36s | |||||||||||
"On today's episode of The Literary Life, Mitchell Kaplan talks to Ross King ab... | July 23, 2021 | -- | -- | 46:53s | |||||||||||
"An interview with bestselling author, Ross King, on his new book: The Booksell... | November 9, 2021 | -- | -- | 50:35s | |||||||||||
"Thomas Dabbs speaks with Darren Freebury-Jones about his recent book, Shakespe... | December 17, 2024 | -- | -- | 1:02:16s | |||||||||||
"My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is Daniel Swift. Daniel’s new book, ... | May 7, 2025 | -- | -- | 50:09s | |||||||||||
"Episode 143:The second part of the life of Ben Jonson takes him from his birth... | November 11, 2024 | -- | 33:08s | ||||||||||||
"Episode 145:Continuing the story of Ben Jonson’s life from the point where jus... | November 25, 2024 | -- | 31:54s | ||||||||||||
"Episode 153Today’s guest episode serves as a great precursor to what is to com... | January 27, 2025 | -- | 56:13s | ||||||||||||
"Elizabeth I’s reign was defined by constant threat, both at home and abroad. I... | March 22, 2026 | 31:57s | |||||||||||||
"Renaissance medicine wasn’t ignorant—its cures were stranger and smarter than ... | March 23, 2026 | -- | 54:03s | ||||||||||||
"Assassination plots, Venetian stand‑offs and a diplomat in disguise: how did o... | March 30, 2026 | -- | 52:35s | ||||||||||||
"Darren Freebury-Jones and Rachel Aanstad discuss fairies, witches and the godd... | March 29, 2026 | -- | -- | 1:23:46s | |||||||||||
"Karen L. Bowen and Dirk Imhof join Jana Byars to talk about their new book, Th... | April 8, 2026 | -- | -- | 44:50s | |||||||||||
"In the bustling streets of Elizabethan London, a vibrant community of writers ... | April 12, 2026 | -- | 40:47s | ||||||||||||
"Episode 212:For today’s guest episode it is a warm welcome back to the podcast... | April 20, 2026 | -- | 43:41s | ||||||||||||
"Bruce Moran discusses alchemy—a subject that he says is often greatly misunder... | February 24, 2011 | -- | -- | 46:15s | |||||||||||
"Is Shakespeare still Shakespeare even if every word is changed? While Shakespe... | April 21, 2026 | -- | -- | 33:40s | |||||||||||
"Many people think they know what fairies are, what a fairy looks like, and how... | April 21, 2026 | 40:25s | |||||||||||||
"Misha Glenny and guests discuss one of the most successful of Shakespeare's pl... | March 5, 2026 | 55:02s | |||||||||||||
"John Gerard’s natural history of plants, The Herball (1597), is considered a f... | April 24, 2026 | -- | -- | 1:42:27s | |||||||||||
"In the eighteenth century, Samuel Johnson famously argued that Shakespeare is ... | April 28, 2026 | -- | -- | 1:01:29s | |||||||||||
"Paola de Santo joins Jana Byars to talk about her new book, The Ambassador and... | May 2, 2026 | -- | -- | 58:10s | |||||||||||
"What happened in Tudor England when someone's mind turned against them? There ... | May 6, 2026 | -- | 20:53s | ||||||||||||
"Episode 214:For today’s guest episode I was pleased to get the chance to talk ... | May 4, 2026 | -- | 32:59s | ||||||||||||
"Is there a secret meaning behind the Mona Lisa’s famously ambiguous smile? Wha... | May 6, 2026 | -- | -- | 1:09:57s | |||||||||||
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