Best Judi Dench Podcasts (2024)

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He Does Look Very "Judy Dench" with Charles Star aka @Ugarles 42:28

5d ago42:28

42:28

ALAB's Charles Star is back to talk about the historic game-ending pitch clock violation, Buck Showalter talking about butts, Willie Mays, and the Rickwood Game.Sign up at patreon.com/battingaround to support the show and get bonus episodes.By Batting Around Podcast

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The Entrepreneurial Episode 36:53

2h ago36:53

36:53

Stephen's back and we're pivoting to business.Check out patreon.com/battingaround for bonus episodes and to support the show.By Batting Around Podcast

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A Tour of the Reopened Folger | Part 1 34:04

9d ago34:04

34:04

On June 21, the Folger reopens after a four-year renovation. The reimagined Folger has brand-new public exhibition spaces where we can introduce visitors to Shakespeare and his plays, as well as showcase some of the treasures of the Folger’s collection. Behind the scenes in the original building, we’ve also completely revamped the way we serve rese…

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Stephen's Still on Vacation 29:00

11d ago29:00

29:00

This week's episode is a little shorter because Jane had to go do stuff for Father's Day, and we released a whole extra episode on cricket late last week. Also check out patreon.com/battingaround for our crossover with Tipping Pitches where Stephen and Alex talk about their experience in London for the Phillies/Mets series.…

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Beating the Mets of Cricket with Nat 49:00

14d ago49:00

49:00

SPECIAL BONUS EPISODEWe had a really great conversation with Nat (@styloshka on twitter) about cricket as the US team makes an underdog run through the T20 World Cup. She tells us not only about this team but also the state of cricket in the US and where it's going.Check out patreon.com/battingaround for extra episodes…

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Stephen Normally Does the Title 42:05

22d ago42:05

42:05

Stephen is in London so it's just Lauren and Jane talking about this week's baseball happenings.patreon.com/battingaroundBy Batting Around Podcast

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Fred Wilson on his New, Othello-Inspired Work for the Folger 33:45

23d ago33:45

33:45

Fred Wilson’s artistic output includes painting, sculpture, photography, and collage, among other media. But his 1992 work “Mining the Museum” at the Maryland Historical Society used the museum’s own collection as its material, radically reframing how American institutions present their art. Wilson went on to represent the United States at the 2003…

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Gay Iconography Arms Race 57:05

29d ago57:05

57:05

Pride month begins and with it come the social media pandering. Toronto city connects revealed and speculation for the Twins city connects. Mets meltdown. Offense is down leaguewide. Mailbag.By Batting Around Podcast

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The Rancid Sausage Reliquary 39:40

1M ago39:40

39:40

We lost a real one. RIP Angel Hernandez, you're up in Heaven now, tossing all the greats from the great pickup game in the sky.Check out patreon.com/battingaround for bonus episodes and to support the show.By Batting Around Podcast

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Second Chances, Shakespeare, and Freud, with Adam Phillips and Stephen Greenblatt 35:45

1M ago35:45

35:45

The desire for a second chance provides the engine for many of Shakespeare’s plays. In their new book, Second Chances: Shakespeare and Freud, Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt and psychologist Adam Phillips argue that this fascination with the second chance links Shakespeare with one of his biggest 20th century fans: Sigmund Freud. Shakespeare…

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Na na na na na na na na BATCAST! 45:36

1M ago45:36

45:36

Troop respectin', Kershaw Beef review, Greinke's training, Lauren hosts a mini round of Jeopardy!, Edwin Diaz, Phillies stay hot, homemade ice cream.Check out patreon.com/battingaround for bonus episodes.By Batting Around Podcast

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Body Shaming Animals 47:48

2M ago47:48

47:48

More animal-related delays, Guardians City Connect leak, Skenes debut, and a summer sausage update plus mailbag.Check out patreon.com/battingaround to support the show and get access to bonus episodes.By Batting Around Podcast

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Mary Zimmerman on Adapting Ovid and Directing Shakespeare 32:21

2M ago32:21

32:21

When Mary Zimmerman's adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphoses was on Broadway in 2002, it won a host of awards, including the Drama Desk, Drama League, and Lucille Lortel awards for best play. Zimmerman took home the Tony award for best director. This spring, director Psalmayene 24 and an all-Black cast stage a new production of the play interpreted thr…

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A Meat Sweat-Related IL Trip 50:22

2M ago50:22

50:22

The sausage fails, Phillies have the best record in baseball, an early May trade, Rays city connects good, Tigers city connects bad, mailbag.check out patreon.com/battingaround for more episodesBy Batting Around Podcast

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I Will Not Let You Copjacket Vin Scully 40:24

2M ago40:24

40:24

We talk about a ton of fun stuff that happened in baseball this week: the Twins' inexplicable home run celebration, Kruk getting weird with it in the booth, Ozzie Albies' aquarium and fish rescue youtube channel, Jays fans booing Ohtani, Aaron Boone getting tossed because a fan yelled at the ump, the AL West usurping the AL Central for crummiest di…

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Judi Dench On Seven Decades of Shakespeare, with Brendan O’Hea 40:56

2M ago40:56

40:56

In her new book, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent, Dame Judi Dench and actor/director Brendan O'Hea chat about her long history with the Bard. On this episode, Dench and O'Hea join host Barbara Bogaev to talk about Dench's experiences playing Ophelia, Gertrude, Lady Macbeth and Titania. Plus, parrots, Polonius, dirty words, Ian McKellen, why …

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On-Field General Counsel 42:45

2M ago42:45

42:45

Mets' city connects, Rockies's FAA investigation, all sorts of ball tricks, lots of stuff on this week's episode.Check out patreon.com/battingaround to support the show and get access to bonus episodes.By Batting Around Podcast

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Coen Brothers Villain-Level Stupid 40:59

3M ago40:59

40:59

We talk about how baseball is more important a stupid eclipse then get into the latest in the scandal around Ohtani's former translator with the release of the United States v. Mizuhara document.check out patreon.com/battingaround for bonus episodes and to support the show.By Batting Around Podcast

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Shakespeare and the Environment, with Todd Andrew Borlik 33:47

3M ago33:47

33:47

Land enclosure. Wildlife management. Erosion. Pollution. Mining practices. Today, we’d call these environmental issues. But, hundreds of years before the modern environmental movement coalesced, these issues also appeared in Shakespeare’s plays. We talk to Todd Andrew Borlik, a professor at the University of Huddersfield and author of Shakespeare B…

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The Ohtani/SugarTitts Saga with Trevor Hildenberger 40:53

3M ago40:53

40:53

Staffcast's Trevor Hildenberger is back on the show to relay firsthand experience with the Sacramento River Cats stadium proposed as the temporary home of the Athletics. Then we talk about the latest Ohtani controversy around authentication at ballparks, the new uniforms, and then an F1 update.Check out www.patreon.com/battingaround to support the …

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The Worst Possible Cup of Coffee You Could Ever Have 46:19

3M ago46:19

46:19

We made it to Opening Day!By Batting Around Podcast

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Ramie Targoff on Women Writers of the English Renaissance 37:32

3M ago37:32

37:32

In A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf famously imagined what might have happened if Shakespeare had a sister who was as gifted a writer as he was. She invents “Judith” Shakespeare, and concludes that this female genius would have been doomed.But that’s not the end of the story. If Woolf had read Mary Sidney, Aemelia Lanyer (nee Bassano), Anne Clif…

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He's On the Crimes.xls File Now 47:06

3M ago47:06

47:06

We talk the Ippei/Ohtani gambling scandal, Peter Angelos's death, how to be a guilt-free ex-Catholic, and Italian cookies.Check out patreon.com/battingaround for our guide to pride nights around the league and lots more bonus content.By Batting Around Podcast

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Blackballed by the Astrology Community with Mellie Macker 43:41

4M ago43:41

43:41

Returning guest Mellie Macker is here to explain astrologically what is wrong with the Mets and what is astrologically right with Shohei Ohtani. We also talk about the new Pronoun Mode in MLB The Show.By Batting Around Podcast

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Green World: Michelle Ephraim on Discovering Shakespeare and Reevaluating The Merchant of Venice 33:22

4M ago33:22

33:22

In her new memoir, "Green World," Shakespeare scholar Michelle Ephraim tells the story of how she came to Shakespeare relatively late in her education. Although she didn’t grow up with Shakespeare, Ephraim became transfixed by "The Merchant of Venice" as a grad student. In particular, she found herself drawn to Jessica, Shylock’s daughter, and the …

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Québécois Jihad 43:46

4M ago43:46

43:46

Ohtani is married, minor league marketing has gone too far, Phillies cancel dollar dog night, Lauren is back into fantasy baseball, we all loved Dune 2.check out www.patreon.com/battingaround for bonus episodesBy Batting Around Podcast

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Eddie Izzard on Performing Hamlet Solo 32:11

4M ago32:11

32:11

Eddie Izzard has a long record of dramatic roles. But it’s her decades of experience as a stand-up comedian that prepared Izzard for her recent solo shows—first Great Expectations, and now Hamlet at New York’s Greenwich House Theatre.From the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast series. Published February 27, 2024. © Folger Shakespeare Library. All rights…

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Baseball's First Polycule 43:21

4M ago43:21

43:21

Players are becoming board game nerds. The A's social media turns off replies and A's fans throw their own fan fest, the uniforms are bad and create an unsafe work environment, and we list all the cities we don't like.check out patreon.com/battingaround to support the show and get access to all our bonus episodes.…

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Air Dropping DH Gate 45:30

4M ago45:30

45:30

This week we talk about a bunch of things that have gone horribly wrong in baseball that we all saw coming but we powerless to stop.Check out patreon.com/battingaround to get access to our bonus episodes, including our recent one with predictions for the 2024 season.By Batting Around Podcast

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Shakespeare and Disgust, with Bradley J. Irish 34:30

5M ago34:30

34:30

Maybe there really was something rotten in Denmark. On this episode, we talk with Bradley J. Irish about disgust in Shakespeare. In his new book, Irish identifies the emotion, which combines physical revulsion and moral outrage, as one of the central thematic emotions in Shakespeare’s plays. In his close readings across the canon, Irish finds disgu…

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The Miserable Loser Index 49:10

5M ago49:10

49:10

Indoor barbeque, spring training, new Pschosabermetrics, recent signings and available free agents, lots of other fun stuff. We're so close to baseball being back and it's got our energy back up.By Batting Around Podcast

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Punxsutawney Phil's Dark Business 43:45

5M ago43:45

43:45

We talked about baseball a pretty good amount on this one but we also talked a lot about sorcery.Check out www.patreon.com/battingaround for more content and to support the show.By Batting Around Podcast

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Podcats Is BACK!! 55:08

5M ago55:08

55:08

After a brief (three-to-four-year) hiatus, Dan and Ej are back to talk all things Jellicle. Much has changed during this time (one of us got married! One of us had another kid! Both of us worked together on a less successful podcast!). But one thing that has not changed is our unwavering commitment to all things ALW and Cats-related. In this episod…

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Rita Dove on Shakespeare and Her Poem of Welcome for the Folger 37:06

5M ago37:06

37:06

When the Folger reopens on June 21 and you come to take a walk in our new west garden, look down at the garden bed. There, you'll see a new poem, written for the Folger by US Poet Laureate emerita Rita Dove. This week, she joins us on the podcast to read that poem aloud for the first time. Plus, Dove reflects on how writing for marble is different …

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You're Not the Little Stinker, I Am 43:05

5M ago43:05

43:05

We catch up on baseball news including the new Hall of Fame inductees and all the transactions that happened since our last show, and then try to save Joc Pederson's career.Sign up for bonus episodes at www.patreon.com/battingaroundBy Batting Around Podcast

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Love and Other Drugs: Gounod's Roméo et Juliette 54:14

6M ago54:14

54:14

Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is the most famous love story in the Western canon. It’s a tale so embedded in our culture — one that has seen so many iterations and retellings — it might feel hard to appreciate its original pathos, and the way it perfectly distills the intersections of young romance, idealism, and rebellion. In this episode, host…

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John Guy And Julia Fox on Their New Biography of Anne Boleyn 33:44

5M ago33:44

33:44

Even after appearing in a Shakespeare play, historical romance novels, a Broadway musical, and prestige TV dramas, there's still more to learn about Anne Boleyn.A new biography by the team of husband-and-wife historians John Guy and Julia Fox takes a scholarly look at the evidence surrounding Anne’s rise and fall. They freshly examine well-known ac…

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A Real Toolsy Podcast 41:15

6M ago41:15

41:15

A lot of New York stuff, then a bunch of talk about airports and sodas.By Batting Around Podcast

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Down in the Horror PIt 47:19

6M ago47:19

47:19

It's our first episode back in the new year and we talk about baseball and movies and Freddie Freeman at the Golden Globes.By Batting Around Podcast

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You Don't Own Me: The Myth and Magic of Bizet's Carmen 53:47

6M ago53:47

53:47

Carmen is maybe the most famous heroine in all of opera. She’s a woman of Romani descent living in 19th century Spain, sensual and self-confident, aware of the power she wields over men — and she enjoys it. In her signature aria, popularly known as the “Habanera,” she describes herself as a bird who can’t be captured. True to her own word, Carmen —…

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David and Ben Crystal Share Shakespeare Quotations for Your Everyday Life 35:13

6M ago35:13

35:13

Shakespeare has the perfect lines for riding into battle or stumbling around a stormy heath. But does he have the right stuff to take us on a daily commute or a trip to the grocery store? On this episode, David and Ben Crystal join us to talk about their new book, "Everyday Shakespeare: Lines for Life," which offers daily Shakespeare quotes you can…

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UNLOCKED: Couchin' Around: Brockmire 45:05

6M ago45:05

45:05

We're still on our holiday vacation so here's another unlocked Patreon episode. Since we'll be doing a Couchin' Around for Brockmire season 2 soon here's one for season one of Brockmire. We'll be back with regular episodes next week.By Batting Around Podcast

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UNLOCKED: U-boat Pitcher with Nick Babakitis 1:08:50

6M ago1:08:50

1:08:50

We're on Christmas break so here's a fun episode that was previously patreon-only. You can also go sign up for our patreon for an episode we released yesterday on the Hallmark baseball movies, which is a lot more fun than it sounds. Anyway here's the description for this one:Nick Babakitis from the Corner Späti podcast guests this week to tell us a…

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What Happened to the Princes in the Tower, with Philippa Langley 33:25

6M ago33:25

33:25

The most unforgivable crime in Richard III has to be when the king orders the murder of his two young nephews, Edward and Richard. But what if Richard III was framed?Philippa Langley is the amateur historian whose commitment to righting a historical wrong led to the discovery of Richard III’s remains a decade ago. Langley wasn’t a scholar—she was a…

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Balkanize the Braves 43:15

7M ago43:15

43:15

It's the offseason, that's for sure.Be sure to check out the Wide Strike Zone podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/10NaZyYj7Gj84OCLGn5ncXBy Batting Around Podcast

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Revisiting Mozart’s Queen of the Night: Outrage Out of This World 27:11

7M ago27:11

27:11

When the Voyager spacecraft set off to explore the galaxy in 1977, it carried a recording to represent the best of humanity. The “Golden Record” featured everyone from Bach to Chuck Berry, but there was only one opera aria: the rage-fest and coloratura masterpiece from Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” As Kathryn Lewek reprises her role as Queen of the N…