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Shut Up, Shut In
Season 5 Episode 572
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GEORGE:
Today is Episode Three of our plague-and-COVID series:
Quarantine. Blame. Meaning.
Not the medicine—
the human weather.
GEORGE:
Qui…
5 months, 1 week ago
In a Time of Contagion
Season 5 Episode 571
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GEORGE:
This is Episode Two of our plague-and-COVID series.
Last time we met two invisible enemies and noticed how history doesn’t repe…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Air Has Teeth
Season 5 Episode 570
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Before we start, a rule for anyone joining us:
In my podcast, Shakespeare—the character—has the ability to look back from our present …
5 months, 1 week ago
Here Begins the Plague
Season 5 Episode 568
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In the second half of 1564, more than 200 inhabitants of Stratford are buried—about one-seventh of the town.
MASTER SHAKESPEARE:
One-se…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Hamnet and Stratford
Season 5 Episode 569
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In the previous episode, I mentioned that I was going to talk briefly about Hamnet, Shakespeare's son. Hamnet was a twin, and his si…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
A Day in Stratford
Season 5 Episode 567
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GEORGE:
Close your eyes and stand with me in Stratford-upon-Avon—an English market town of roughly fifteen hundred souls, ringed by fi…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Rhetorical Triangle, Part 2
Season 5 Episode 566
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Welcome to celebrate creativity - and this series is Conversations with Shakespeare. Rhetorical triangle - part two
In the previous p…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Rhetorical Triangle, Part 1
Season 5 Episode 565
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I have decided to call a slight halt to episodes regarding Shakespeare's initial exposure to rhetorical devices for several reasons. …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Aporia: The Art of Uncertainty
Season 5 Episode 564
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Tonight’s device is one I love because it feels human.
It’s called aporia.
GEORGE:
Master Shakespeare, I’m going to pronounce it and the…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Opposites Attract: Antithesis
Season 5 Episode 562
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GEORGE:
All right, for the listener who doesn’t want a grammar lecture: antithesis is when you place two opposing ideas side by side—o…
6 months ago