Best Cassidy Cash Podcasts (2024)

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Reproduction, Gynecology, and Female Anatomy 41:48

1h ago41:48

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In 1616, the year that William Shakespeare died, anatomist Helikiah Crooke published a book of medical diagrams that included a surprisingly high level of detail about human anatomy for a society that didn’t yet have powerful instruments like a microscope. However, noticeably absent from his medical drawings are any anatomically correct terms for t…

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'Awake' with Cassidy Keane | MPAKT Pod Ep. 15 51:26

4d ago51:26

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In this inspiring episode, LBJ sits down with his close friend and former classmate Cassidy Keane! Cassidy, a published author, creator, community leader, and public speaker, shares her journey of faith, resilience, and creativity, offering deeply inspiring insights that will resonate with listeners from all walks of life. Cassidy opens up about he…

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Morocco the Dancing Horse 26:33

5d ago26:33

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It wasn’t only people who served as performers in Shakespeare’s lifetime, animals, too were often trained to perform in street demonstrations, and one very unique animal captured the hearts of the popular entertainment word as a famous dancing horse named Morocco. Morocco was famous during Shakespeare’s lifetime, with over 70 woodcuts published sho…

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Listening to Broadside Ballads from the 17th Century 45:21

12d ago45:21

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When Shakespeare mentions ballads in his plays, he uses adjectives like odious and woeful, mentioning both the ballad makers in Coriolanus, and the people who sell them, known as the ballad mongers, in Henry IV Part 1. Shakespeare’s has over 20 references to ballads throughout his works, all of which tell us that these songs were written in ink, pu…

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Math History, Figures, Numbers, and Shakespeare 32:36

19d ago32:36

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Throughout his works, Shakespeare references math terminology that goes well beyond the artithmetic education we expect him to have received at grammar school. There’s history behind the references that shares not only where Shakespeare would have learned about higher mathematics, but Shakespeare’s choices for specific math terms reflect major chan…

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Buttons on Clothing and Elsewhere in the 16-17th Century 20:05

26d ago20:05

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Shakespeare talks about unbuttoning your sleeve in As You Like It, King Lear undoes a button in Act V of that play, and Moth talks about making a buttonhole lower in Love’s Labour’s Lost. We’ve talked about clothes here on the show previously, but what about the buttons that hold things like sleeves together, and various buttonholes. What were butt…

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Poison, Unicorns, and Toadstones 34:47

1M ago34:47

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From Hamlet’s father being murdered by poison, to Romeo killing himself when he drinks poison, and several instances of hemlock, dragon’s scales, hebenon and others in between, Shakespeare utilizes poison as a dramatic device in several of his works. The use of poison was not just an easy tool for a plot twist, however, since poison was both a perv…

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Drunk Horse Riding 24:36

1M ago24:36

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Ep 320 | Phil Withington Get bonus episodes on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Glass and Glass Making 24:50

2M ago24:50

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In Shakespeare’s plays, he uses the word “glass” over 80 times, including to talk about specific kinds of glass like a pilot’s glass in Alls Well That Ends Well, and “the glasses of my sight” in Coriolanus. We can see from the surviving building of Shakespeare’s Birthplace in Stratford Upon Avon, that window glass existed, and there was even an old…

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The Elizabethan Mind 34:09

2M ago34:09

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Throughout Shakespeare’s plays, he references the mind over 400 times including talking about having a quick mind, an unclean mind, and even being out of your mind. Understanding how your brain worked, and what you as an individual could do to control it, and respond to it, was a hot topic for Shakespeare’s lifetime. The rise in books meant that wo…

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Sign Language and Deaf Culture in 16th Century England 37:53

2M ago37:53

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British sign language has existed in some form among deaf communities at least since the 15th century, when some of the earliest records of sign language reveal descriptions of specific signs, many of which are still in use today. However, for Shakespeare’s lifetime, sign language was far from formalized among the Deaf, and certainly not widely acc…

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Anne Hathaway, her life and her legacy 44:01

2M ago44:01

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Before William Shakespeare was the great playwright of the age, he was “just Will” fromStratford Upon Avon. The one person in the world who not only loved him before he wasfamous, but walkedbeside him for the entire journey from young man with nothing but relentlessoptimism to successful playwright patronized by the monarchy of England, was his wif…

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Roderigo Lopez and Jews in 16th Century England 36:42

3M ago36:42

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Close to 300 years before Shakespeare’s birth, in the year 1290, King Edward I expelled anyone of Jewish descent from England all together. It would not be until 40 years after Shakespeare’s death that Jews would be allowed to return to England. This law makes it somewhat confusing to find over 100 references to Jews and “Jewry” in Shakespeare’s pl…

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Building a Customer-Centric Business with Anchor CX's Marissa Bowman | MPAKT Pod Ep. 14 1:07:42

3M ago1:07:42

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Marissa Bowman isn't your typical technology consulting entrepreneur. Founder of Anchor CX, a thriving Customer Experience and Customer Success consulting firm, Marissa juggles the demands of leadership with the joys (and challenges) of being a wife, mom, and person of faith. On the latest episode of the MPAKT Podcast, Marissa joins me for an inspi…

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The Story of Shakespeare's Birthplace 29:15

3M ago29:15

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There is something uniquely fascinating about the place where someone famous was born and grew up. As many of us travel long distances just for the chance to visit the birthplace of one of our heroes, we seem to recognize the importance of home as the foundation for future greatness. William Shakespeare’s home is no exception. WilliamShakespeare’s …

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Uncovering the Stage Boards Shakespeare Walked Upon 24:28

3M ago24:28

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In October of 2023, the Norfolk Guildhall at King’s Lynn, London was undergoing a bigrefurbishment when 600 year old oak floorboards were discovered beneath the floor. A religioushouse in the 15thcentury, the site became a performance venue by 1593, hosting, amongothers, Shakespeare’s acting company according to company accounts. That discovery mea…

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Alarum and Parley: Military Sounds in Stage Directions 31:04

3M ago31:04

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In Shakespeare’s lifetime, sound was often relied upon by playwrights to let an audience know a battle was taking place, an army was taking action, or a particular military event was about to occur. Some of these military sound cues are found in the stage directions of Shakespeare's plays when we see him indicate musicians should sound specific pie…

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Robert Armin and Will Kemp, Fools of Shakespeare 51:15

4M ago51:15

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All total, Shakespeare includes 21 Clowns and Fools in his works, that frequency wasn’tjust personal preference. It was, as you may have guessed, a reflection of actualhistory. The Fool dates all the way back to the Romansas an appointed member ofsociety whose job it was to entertain with honesty, mockery, and behavior that wouldhave been foolish f…

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Bible Translations in Shakespeare's Lifetime 1:00:16

4M ago1:00:16

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One the of the most significant influences on Shakespeare’s works is the Holy Bible. There are references to biblical characters and even specific Bible verses found throughout Shakespeare’s works. Of course the original Bible was not written in English, but famous translators of the Bible including John Wycliffe who created the first modern Englis…

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What is Wattle and Daub, anyway? 24:28

4M ago24:28

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For centuries, the construction method of wattle and daub has been used to contruct buildings.For Shakespeare’s lifetime, the Tudor style of house became famous for this form of construction because Tudor homes featured exposed beams held together in the wattle anddaub style. For the uninitiated, however,you may not know what constitutes a wattle o…

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Eye glasses, spectacles, and eyeware for Shakespeare's lifetime 38:41

4M ago38:41

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Shakespeare uses the word “spectacles” 8 times across his works, and talks about glass eyes in King Lear. In A Winter’s Tale Leontes is talking with Camillo when he indicates Camillo should have seen something clearly because of the thickness of his eye glass. It makes sense to think that people in the 16-17th century would have suffered from near …

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The Battle of Lepanto, 1571 57:58

4M ago57:58

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In 1571, William Shakespeare was only 7 years old, but the naval battle that occurred that year was pivotal forEngland, and indeed the Christian world, that continued to be celebrated and written about for centuries afterShakespeare. The Battle of Lepanto is the last naval battle fought exclusively with rowing vessels, known as galley warfare, and …

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The Real Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn Compared to All is True 30:53

5M ago30:53

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Explore the real life of Henry VIII against some of the stories inside Shakespeare's play, All is True, with our guest, Kat Marchant. Get bonus episodes on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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16th Century Romance Fiction 41:51

5M ago41:51

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Did you know there were romantic fiction publications in Shakespeare's lifetime? Of course they weren't romance novels, because the novel as a format was not invented, but the romance genre was a live and well. You may recognize chivalric romances, which include knights in shining armor, fighting dragons, overcoming giants, and other quest-worthy e…

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Declension of Pronouns with David Crystal 27:51

5M ago27:51

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In the play, The Merry Wives of Windsor, as well as Hamlet and Richard III, the phrase “declension of pronouns” that comes up as a description of language. That’s not a phrase that I remember being taught in English class, and instead relates to Latin, the language of education for Shakespeare’s lifetime, and indeed across Europe. Here today to exp…

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The Life of Mary Frith, known as Moll Cutpurse 27:48

5M ago27:48

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One of the most famous criminals of Shakespeare’s lifetime was Mary Frith, known as MollCutpurse. Her character is featured in several plays contemporary to Shakespeare, and itseems her real life persona was even more flamboyant than those represented onstage. MollCutpurse was a notorious pickpocket who made a name for herself in early modern Engla…

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16th Century Plague, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Microbiology 46:27

6M ago46:27

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Plague is the horrible sickness that reoccurs throughout the life of William Shakespeare, and many listeners will know that plague is to blame for several closings of playhouses around London throughout the 16-17th century. However, what does that word mean, precisely? What symptoms did people have when afflicted with plague, and how was it transmi…

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Reporting on Scottish News in England 49:23

6M ago49:23

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Mary Queen of Scots and her son, James VI of Scotland, brought an urgency to England for sharing news about what was happening in Scotland. From 1580 onwards, the same years Shakespeare was writing about Scotland in plays like Henry VI Part 1 and later Macbeth, which features Scotland prominently, the rate of news about events in Scotland being pub…

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Childbirth, Midwives, and Pregnancy in the 16-17th Century 45:00

6M ago45:00

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“Pregnant” is a word Shakespeare uses in his plays, but it always appears in connection with ideas, grief, or even trauma, but never as a word to describe a woman that is carrying an unborn baby. Instead, whenever a woman is carrying a child in her uterus in Shakespeare’s works, the phrase used is “with child.” This divergence between Shakespeare’s…

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The Marian Civil War 40:33

6M ago40:33

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William Shakespeare was just two years old when Mary Queen of Scots was removed from power in 1567. The Queen was put under confinement in Lochleven Castle and forced to abdicate the throne in favor of her young son, James VI, the future James I of England. Mary and her supporters, however, did not go quietly. Mary would escape from prison one year…

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What Would We Have Seen at a Country House Entertainment? 34:59

7M ago34:59

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For Shakespeare’s lifetime, the concept of welcoming hospitality was considered a uniquely English virtue. We see this opinion reflected in the play, As You Like It, when Shakespeare’s character Corin suggests that doing deeds of hospitality was one way to get to heaven. Nowhere was hospitality reflected more clearly, or extended more often, than a…

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Christmas Gifts in Shakespeare's England 23:21

7M ago23:21

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Merry Christmas! I am thrilled you are spending a piece of your Christmas holiday here with us today. That’s a lovely gift in and of itself to have you on the other side of the speakers today as we explore the Christmas tradition of gift giving in 17th century England, and exactly what Shakespeare would have received as a Christmas gift in December…

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Holiday Ghost Stories 34:58

7M ago34:58

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This Christmas season we are celebrating the holidays Shakespeare style by bringing out some traditional Tudor ghosts tories. For the 16-17th century, one popular time to tell ghost stories was during the Christmas holidays. A more accurate term for these stories might be “ghost narratives” because they are different than the stories we think of to…

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The Ghost Stories of Anne Boleyn 25:19

7M ago25:19

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In Tudor England, it was a tradition to tell ghost stories to celebrate Christmas, particularly on Christmas Eve. One of the people about whom ghost stories might have been shared is none other than Anne Boleyn. If the legends are true, Anne Boleyn’s ghost must be the most traveled ghost in Britain, with stories of her spirit wandering across the c…

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Christmas Carols and Madrigals for Shakespeare's Lifetime 34:23

8M ago34:23

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During the reign of Elizabeth I, which was 1558-1603 and spans most of Shakespeare’s lifetime, England was experiencing the English Renaissance, a time when all forms of art were seeing a shift in popularity, but music, in particular moved from being something you would hear only in a church to being popular at more secular events. In fact, not onl…

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Wool and Wool Sweaters in the 16th Century 38:26

8M ago38:26

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William Shakespeare’s father, John Shakespeare, spent a great deal of time in trouble with the government over his illegal sale of wool. Several court documents show that John Shakespeare was investing in wool then selling it on to others. He didn’t have a license to sell the wool, which is why he was so regularly in trouble. What the records of hi…

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The Pilgrim Psalter, Book of Psalms, 1612 36:48

8M ago36:48

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The Pilgrim Psalter (originally titled “The Book of Psalms, Englished in Prose and Meter”) was produced by Henry Ainsworth in 1612. Ainsworth was a Hebrew scholar and Bible teacher among the English Separatists in Amsterdam, Holland. The work is called a Psalter because it is a translation of the Hebrew Psalms which between 1010 and 930 BC during t…

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Table Manners for Shakespeare's England 27:42

8M ago27:42

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When we sit down to a formal dinner here in the United States, there are manners you are expected to follow like sit up straight, push your chair in, place your napkin in your lap. All of this small niceties are called collectively dining etiquette and they represent the rules for how we are to operate socially when eating a meal. Which begs the qu…

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Napkins in Shakespeare's England 23:56

8M ago23:56

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Shakespeare’s plays refer to a napkin at least 20 times, including As You Like It where Rosalind mentions a bloody napkin, in Hamlet the title character is offered a napkin to “rub thy brows.” In Henry IV Part 1, Falstaff talks about someone’s shirt being made of “two napkins” sewn together, Merry Wives of Windsor scorns the greasy napkin, while Ot…

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The Legends and Folklore of Werewolves for 16th century England 40:34

9M ago40:34

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Far before the time of Shakespeare, there was a prevalent belief in the creatures known as werewolves, or lycanthrope, as they were called in the Ancient world. This belief saw a large increase by the 16th century, with people believing werewolves were humans capable of shape shifting into the form of a large and evil wolf, desiring to consume othe…

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The 16th Century Legend of Robin Hood 31:42

9M ago31:42

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William Shakespeare refers to the legend of Robin Hood in his play, As You Like it with the old Duke exiled to the Forest of Arden with a group of Merry Men who “live like the old Robin Hood of England” (Act I, scene i). In his play, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Shakespeare again mentions the Robin Hood legend when an outlaw exclaims “By the bare s…

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How Was the First Folio Physically Made? 34:14

9M ago34:14

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In the year 1623, close to a decade after William Shakespeare died, the First Folio was published, which is a collection of some of Shakespeare’s plays selected by his friends and a group of business investors involved in the project. What makes it a Folio, as opposed to simply a book, is the way in which it is physically bound. Here today to help …

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Haunted Lover's Ballads 21:48

9M ago21:48

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ForShakespeare's lifetime, ghosts and spiritual manifestations were fixture in pop culture publications like songs, ballads, and of course, plays like Shakespeare’s that feature ghosts such as Banquo, Hamlet’s Father, and even a string of dead victims that visit Richard III on the eve of Battle in Shakespeare’s Richard III. They were as haunting as…

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How WavaSpace is Helping You Turn Your Extra Space into a Cash! | MPAKT Pod w/ LBJ Episode 13 1:03:10

9M ago1:03:10

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Support the Podcast on Patreon: patreon.com/MPAKTPod In Episode 13 of the MPAKT Podcast w/ LBJ, I had the pleasure of interviewing Valentine and Jada Aikhu - founders of WavaSpace. This online platform allows hosts to share their extra office/work/desk space with today's hybrid, remote, traveling, and nomadic workforce. In this episode, you'll hear…

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Maria on Board the Golden Hind 44:25

10M ago44:25

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During his voyage around the world in 1577-1580, Sir Francis Drake captained a ship named the Golden Hinde. On this ship lived a woman named Maria, whose plight we only know about because of a record kept by an anonymous sailor who mentions her in one line of a manuscript currently housed at the British Museum in London. The line is short, but the …

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The History of English Apples 41:45

10M ago41:45

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Shakespeare uses the word “apple” in his works a total of 9 times, including references to crab apples, rotten apples, and the apple of your eye, among others. The word apple was used to describe the round, edible, fruit we know today, but could also apply to other fruits. In fact, some 16-17th century references use “apple” as a generic term for a…

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The Science of a 16th Century Football Found at Stirling Castle 27:20

10M ago27:20

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In Shakespeare’s lifetime, the game we call soccer today, known as football in Europe, was a popular in Shakespeare’s lifetime. In fact, some sources say the game of football was invented in England during the Middle Ages. These original forms of football were called “mob football” and would be played in towns and villages, involving two opposing t…

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The 16th Century Bed That Sleeps 12 People 48:14

10M ago48:14

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In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Act III, Sir Toby Belch uses the Great Bed of Ware in England as a measuring stick for something that is impossibly large. The Great Bed of Ware is a real bed, as it was in Shakespeare’s lifetime, that was made for travelers to use when staying at an inn. The bed itself is, as Sir Toby suggests, impossibly large, wit…

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What Was Shakespeare Really Like? 20:13

11M ago20:13

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When we look back at the study of Shakespeare’s plays, the question always come to mind about how much can we know about the actual William Shakespeare from the pieces of artwork, plays, and even legal documents that survive about his life. No one has done more study of the plays of William Shakespeare nor understands more about his life in turn of…

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Expletives: Exploring 16th Century Curse Words 21:06

11M ago21:06

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A short notice for you ahead of today’s episode, I apologize for the general gruff sounding voice today, I am recovering from a cold and struggling through a horrible cough that threatens to take my voice completely. But never fear! As a true performance professional, the show must go on! Therefore, I am armed with three cups of chamomile tea, a la…

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