Shakespeare's London: The Temple, the Tavern, and the Tower (ep 52)
We know London was very important to Shakespeare and his evolution from life in Stratford in the 1580s when he married and had children to the early 1600s when his company became the favored actors of...
21 Apr 202123min
Shake Up Spring with Shakespeare (episode 51)
It’s spring! Time for fun! Time to be outside! Time to play sports! Time to enjoy flowers and birds! Time for picnics! Time for Shakespeare! Wait…what? Shakespeare fun? Isn’t Shakespeare serious and ...
14 Apr 202125min
Monarch Madness Final Five (episode 50)
We celebrate our 50th episode by celebrating the FINAL FIVE, the winners of our first ever Monarch Madness! 1. King Arthur In many ways, the musical Camelot is a fitting way to think of King Arthur....
7 Apr 202122min
Round Five: Six Wives Who Changed the King (ep 49)
Henry VIII was married more times than any monarch in English history! Being the King’s wife certainly changed each of the women. But how did the women change Henry? And which wife changed him the mos...
31 Mar 202122min
Round Four: Elizabeth I vs Mary Queen of Scots (ep 48)
Mary became Queen of Scotland before she was a week old and Queen Consort of France at age 17. By the time she was 25, her position of Queen Consort of France had ended with the death of her husband, ...
24 Mar 202126min
Round Three: Which Tudor Henry Did Most? (ep 47)
The famous 1537 portrait of the Tudor Dynasty included dynasty founders Henry VII and Elizabeth and current leaders Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. It also included an altar that posed the question: who,...
17 Mar 202124min
Round Two: Henry VI/Lancaster vs Edward IV/York (ep 46)
For Round Two, we’re jumping right into the middle of an epic battle: York versus Lancaster. The Question is which King DESERVED to win the Wars of the Roses: Henry VI of the House of Lancaster or Edw...
10 Mar 202123min
Round One: King Arthur vs Richard the Lionheart (ep 45)
Round one of Monarch Madness cuts right to the heart of English monarchy: what is it? And who contributed most to the earliest notion of English or British kingship? Two kings stand out, both of whom ...
3 Mar 202125min
