What You Will

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!

You thought you were free...

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!

This Halloween we bring you sp0oky commentary on SLEEP NO MORE, the ~immersive~ theatre piece based on MACBETH. Featuring a peek backstage with special guest Jenna Hokanson, an exhaustive Halloween costume retrospective, and a *real* ghost story. Light spoilers ahead, and a mild content warning for references to sexual harassment and audience participation.

BOO! This week we discuss ghosts, witches, and the Bard's most infamous CURSE (plus Shakespearean costume ideas and the fact that LeVar Burton directed 'Smart House').

JULIUS CAESAR is back! And his ghost wants to know when you're free for brunch. Special guest Avery DiUbaldo joins us as we discuss eating fire, the collapse of real world democracy, and how to win debate club after your friend gets stabbed.

It's JULIUS CAESAR! Shakespeare's only Aaron Sorkin play! Danielle and Charlotte talk politics, cobblers, and whether or not lions are technically a type of weather.

It's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING! Again! We talk shady friars, mustache-twirling villains, and how everyone wants to kink-shame Margaret. Featuring real life couple Sara Hymes and Greg Phelps!

It's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING! We talk about Elizabethan rom-coms, evil brothers, infinite nieces, and proto-feminist icons. Boy, that Beatrice and Benedick sure do hate each other, huh?

It's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS! Again! Charlotte won’t stop singing, Danielle wants to gossip with the Duke, and special guest Luke Jackson joins to talk about twins, goofs, and his very first Shakespearean encounter.