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Hang a calfskin on your recreant limbs, because it's time to discuss KING JOHN! Talking points include neptocide, the Magna Carta, and Disney's foxy Robin Hood. Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram , and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!

It's double, double podcast and trouble! In this year's Spooktacular, we discuss spooky Shakespearian Halloween costumes, rank the Bard's ghosts on a tier list, and build our ideal Shakespeare-themed haunted house. Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram , and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!

Journey with us to the halcyon days of ye olde 2021 as we watch Joel Coen's THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH! Talking points include German expressionism, Ross's snatched waist, and what inflation has done to the price of witches. TW: This episode contains discussions of suicide, pregnancy loss and child murder. Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram , and rating us 5 stars on Apple...

If there's three things we know about movies, it's that Viggo actually breaks his toe when he kicks the helmet in The Two Towers, the rain in Singin' In the Rain is actually milk, and The Lion King is actually based on Hamlet. Well, kind of. Are you ready to learn all about it? Oh, c'mon, don't make us say it... BE PREPARED! Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram , and rat...

This week: the thrilling conclusion to our unprecedented FOUR-part series on A Midsummer Night’s Dream! We round out the cast of our dream high school play with the fairies. Plus: do YOU know what a changeling is? Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram , and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!

We continue our grim work of casting a high school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, this time with the best group of characters: the rude mechanicals! Plus, we play a new game. Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram , and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!

This week, we remain in Fairyland, and begin casting our dream production of A Midsummer Night's Dream according to high school stereotypes. Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram , and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!

Just in time for the actual middle of summer, it's time to start our deep dive into A Midsummer Night's Dream! Join us as we put a girdle round about the pod in 62 minutes. Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram , and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!

Get totally whelmed as we discuss everyone's favorite adaptation of everyone's least favorite Shakespeare play, 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU. Danielle and Charlotte talk 90s rom-coms, strong female protagonists, and do their very best to continue avoiding Cole Porter by any means necessary. Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram , and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!

That’s right: it’s time for MORE-iolanus! In an unprecedented third episode on Coriolanus, we discuss our ideal stagings of the play, and map it more directly onto (sorry) current events. Don’t worry, there won’t be a Part Four-iolanus. We promise. Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram , and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!

How many scars do YOU have? Probably not as many as our boy Gaius Marcius Coriolanus. Show us your scars. How many of them do you have? Roll up your sleeves and show us how many scars you have right now. Our deep dive into Coriolanus continues! Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram , and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!

Just in time for Pride Month, it’s everyone’s favorite homoerotic meditation on fascism, the stomach as it relates to the rest of the body, and mommy issues! Coriolanus has, uh, a lot to say about our current political moment. Let’s get into it! Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram , and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!

This week, we take you through everyone's favorite Elton John money-laundering scheme: GNOMEO & JULIET! Come with us on a rollicking journey of questionable adaptation choices, porcelain castration, and the love lives of lawn flamingos. Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram , and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!

Welcome back to Taming of the Two: Electric Shrewgaloo! Join us as we mourn the Animaniacs (RIP), rate hunting dog names, ponder an over-abundance of tutors, and finally solve misogyny once and for all. Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram , and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!

We're back from the dead to bring you everyone's favorite manosphere YouTube prank show, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW! Join us for a lively discussion of gaslighting, Shakespearean Pixar shorts, and the constant threat of Cole Porter music. Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram , and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!

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Get caught up on our favorite trashy reality TV show, Antony and Cleopatra. We eat a deliciously youthful salad, speculate on which Shakespeare character is getting the most into quarantine baking, and chill with a horny eunuch. CW: Suicide

It's everyone's favorite Arrested Development spin-off, ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. We discuss the Kardashians' infamous rule of ancient Egypt, why Trolls World Tour is the zenith of cinema, and how snake bites are a great opportunity for improv comedy. CW: Suicide

Did you know that Shakespeare wrote King Lear while in quarantine? Or at least, that's the latest from Twitter. Join us as we yell about a tweet, bore you with historical context, and then devolve into an unhinged discussion about Star Trek quotes as we slowly lose our minds. We recorded this a few weeks (eons?) ago, so apologies for any early quarantine naiveté. We were so young back in March!

It's (kind of) Valentine's Day, and we watched SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE! Was it any good? Who knows, we spent the whole time staring into young Joseph Fiennes' big baby eyes. Featuring a jackhammer, clanging pipes, GOOP, and special guest Jamal James, who shames us thoroughly on our lack of rom-com knowledge.

Break out your tin foil hat and join us as we watch ANONYMOUS, a truly unhinged Roland Emmerich movie about how Shakespeare was a dirty poor and only fancy boys can write plays! Look out, Oxfordians, we're coming for you.

Surprise! It's still winter! In part two of our discussion on THE WINTER'S TALE, we discuss hawk-based meet-cutes, double disguises, and post-apocalyptic springtime. Featuring TV and film star Margaret Colin, Shakespearean actress Jean Tafler, and an Act 5 mother/daughter reunion.

Brr. In this most cozy episode, we get hopped up on hot cocoa and yell frantically about THE WINTER'S TALE. Yes, this is the one with the bear. Feat. the constant, agonizing hissing sound of our radiator.

CONTENT WARNING: Sexual assault Danielle and Charlotte finally complete their grim work of discussing THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. Topics include clown species, the ending of "Grease," and how to gracefully embody a garbage character. Special guest and former gentlemen David Merten!