Cvnterbvry: Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

Content warning: mentions of epistemic violence, kidnapping Our usual hosts AJ, Alice and Shannen join forces with Gil Vitro (PhD student, UC Santa Barbara) to discuss “The Man of Law’s Prologue” & “Tale”. This tale is a doozy – Custance gets stuck on a boat and gets roped into various adventures involving conversion narratives, conflicts between religions, and a mess of family drama. We discu...

For the shortest tale, we sure had a lot to say about it! After introducing Roger (aka Hogge) of Ware and discussing “The Cook’s Tale” the first episode in this mini-series, we’re keen to share with you even more about the Cook. More than you would ever care to know! We start with Alice bringing her cousin-in-law on to discuss her career as a line cook in Los Angeles for a number of knee-slapping,...

Join our regular hosts Alice, and Shannen for a delicious, aromatic conversation on this unfinished bawdy tale, its additions and adaptations with Jo King (PhD candidate, UC Santa Barbara)! We got everybody’s favorite Cook, Roger of Ware, and the shortest Canterbury Tale! Despite that, it has a varied manuscript and adaptation history which makes this shortest episode potentially our longest so fa...

Content warning: issues of consent, violence Description “The Reeve’s Tale” is a complicated tale — a hodgepodge of different accents, stumbling actions in the dark, and no clear moral for the modern audience. In this episode, we get together to sort out the wheat from the chaff with our guest, Elisha Hamlin (PhD student, UC Davis). We open with the nutso astroweather and the Kings of Swords befor...

Cunterbury is a scholarly arts & comedy podcast hosted by two Gen Z academics — Alice Fulmer-Zelinka and AJ Scott — exploring the major works of Geoffrey Chaucer and friends. In our first season, we are providing witty commentary and multiplicity of yassified voices to discuss The Canterbury Tales — and its pilgrims like you’ve never heard them before. If interested in supporting our work, ple...

Cunterbury is a scholarly arts & comedy podcast hosted by two Gen Z academics — Alice Fulmer-Zelinka and AJ Scott — exploring the major works of Geoffrey Chaucer and friends. In our first season, we are providing witty commentary and multiplicity of yassified voices to discuss The Canterbury Tales — and its pilgrims like you’ve never heard them before. If interested in supporting our work, ple...

Cunterbury is a scholarly arts & comedy podcast hosted by three Gen Z academics — Alice Fulmer, Nina Gary, and AJ Scott — exploring the major works of Geoffrey Chaucer and friends. In our first season, we are providing witty commentary and multiplicity of yassified voices to discuss The Canterbury Tales — and its pilgrims like you’ve never heard them before. If interested in supporting our wor...