The Bardcast: "It's Shakespeare, You Dick!"

Sent us a text, you dicks!! Winners and losers... losers and winners.... What kind of behaviour does a winner or loser display?  Are they gracious?  Do they experience a moment of clarity in loss?  Do they ascend with humility or do they try to burn the freaking house down?? On the heels of the recent United States Presidential election of Joe Biden (and yes, he DID win, contrary to what SOME peop...

Sent us a text, you dicks!! Double, double, toil, and trouble.... Fire burn and podcast bubble.... What??  Never mind.  It's Halloween!!! Samhaim!!! All Hallows Eve!!!  And our boy Will has magic and witches and ghosts and demons and  premonitions and precognitions and dreams and all kinds of freaky shit literally sprinkled throughout his plays.  In this episode, we discuss some of the histor...

Sent us a text, you dicks!! It's almost November, people!!! There are certain ELECTIONS in certain countries that are very much on our minds, as well as the minds of the rest of the planet.  So... how  we do deal with it?  We talk about the political atmosphere that surrounded our boy Will!!  Was there a separation of church and state for Shakespeare?  Hell, no!  Shakespeare had a devil of a...

Sent us a text, you dicks!! "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes....." (and in some cases, it's the way the text of Macbeth is bastardized - feh!!) One of the greatest dramatic plays ever written about the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake, we deep dive into the many versions of the Sc...

Sent us a text, you dicks!! It's a bird!  It's a plane! It's a.................. No, wait... is that a male or female Desdemona?!?!??? In this episode, we go down the rabbit hole of gender in Shakespeare plays. Join us as we discuss some of the greatest cross-dressing "actoresses" of the Bard, as well as what the text of Shakespeare reveals about the differences between gu...

Sent us a text, you dicks!! To be, or no to be..... HAMLET!!!!  SOOOOOO many famous actors have given their collective eye-teeth to have a go at this role, and not just on stage. In this continuation episode, we go through a bunch of the many film and/or video Hamlets we've been watching lately. And BTW... who knew how sexy Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek or Quint from Jaws as the unctuous Cla...

Sent us a text, you dicks!! What is the difference between an asshole, a douchebag, and a fuck-up?   And that being said, how about a jagoff, a prick, and a dick?  And what title transcends even those??? In this episode, we discuss our favorites of the MANY somewhat detestable characters in Shakespeare, attempting to delineate between the above monikers. Strap in, people - it's a bumpy ride t...

Sent us a text, you dicks!! Did you know that Will Shakespeare - that bitch! - has the kind of numbers on IMDB that every freakin' actor DREAMS of???? It's true. This is the first episode in a series, 'cuz this category is just too damn big for one. For the foreseeable future, until we've satisfactorily exhausted the category, the first episode each month will be an episode tha...

Sent us a text, you dicks!! There are SOME people who think William Shakespeare didn't actually write the plays he is so famous for... fuck 'em!!! However, to be fair, in this episode we will explain who they are and what they think (eye roll).  Can you tell what WE think by this explanation??? William Shakespeare's Plays Matter!!!! Sources for Bardcast Episode 4: Was it Shakespeare...

Sent us a text, you dicks!! What do Stephen King, Clive Barker, Bram Stoker, and Edgar Allen Poe all have in common?? They WISH they could throw the gore the way Shakespeare did!! Take a trip with us back to the days before chainsaws and automatic weapons, when men were men and bears were bears and murder was up close and personal. To support our show on Patreon, go here:  https://www.patreon.com/...

Sent us a text, you dicks!! This social distancing thing?? It's been around for hundreds of years!! In fact, they did it way better than us!! Learn how repeated epidemics of bubonic plague impacted Shakespeare's life and work AND learn how the Oriental Rat Flea accomplished its nasty, nasty business!! To support our show on Patreon, go here:  https://www.patreon.com/user?u=35662364&f...

Sent us a text, you dicks!! Were you ever sitting in high school English class, struggling to stay awake while listening to the theatre kids schmacting Romeo and Juliet out loud, and you hear a phrase that perks you up for a second? You think, "Was that a dick joke??? Nah, can't be, it's Shakespeare." It WAS a dick joke! And there's SO much more. Support the show