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Offering knowledge and tools for appreciating Shakespeare's deep and universal meanings. Series I Short sessions on background information (numbered); Series 2 longer sessions on individual plays and sonnets (lettered). Series I Chapter 1: What's So Great about Shakespeare? (3 sessions) Chapter 2: Shakespeare the Man Chapter 3: Shakespeare's Theater Chapter 4: Shakespeare's Language (4 sessions) Chapter 5: Shakespeare's Characters Chapter 6: Unity in Variety (3 sessions) Chapter 7: Shakespea ...
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Tales to Terrify 481 Josh Rountree Trevor Tolliver
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Welcome to Episode 481. This week we travel to Toronto to explore the abandoned Lower Bay subway station. For fiction, we have two tales for you: about two soldiers who discover the true terrors of war and a greedy property developer that gets more than they bargained for. COMING UP Good Evening: Hugos, Submissions, Thank-yous, Reviews: 00:01:06 Da…
Series II, Podcast V: The Winter's Tale Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers immense promise to solve some of the world's biggest problems at scale. But advances come with significant challenges that perpetuate and amplify society's underlying structural inequities. To address this challenge directly, the NYU Center for Responsible AI (R/AI) is designed to be a comprehensive applied resea…
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Series II, Podcast U: Troilus and Cressida Shakespeare's one satire, on the matter of Troy. Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Tales to Terrify 480 Libby Young DW Davis Chris Kuriata
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Welcome to Episode 480. This week we meet Canada’s occult Prime Minister. For fiction, we have three tales for you: about a secret fishing spot, an unusual inheritance and a therapeutic massage. COMING UP Good Evening: Submissions, #Reviews4Good: 00:01:06 Dark Travels: Canada’s Occult Prime Minister: 00:04:27 Libby Young’s The Catch as read by Mere…
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Shakespeare's Other Poems (Series I, Chapter 12)
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Series I, Chapter 12: Shakespeare's Other Poems Venus and Adonis The Rape of Lucrece The Phoenix and the Turtle A Lover's Complaint Notes: I have taken some facts and quotations from the following: On The Rape of Lucrece: Hallett Smith, Introduction to The Rape of Lucrece in G. Glakemore Evans, ed., The Riverside Shakespeare, Second Edition (Boston…
Series II, Podcast T: Henry V Pageant Shakespeare's Ideal King Banishment of Falstaff Note: The Thompson quotation is from Philip Thompson, Notes on Shakespeare in Gideon Rappaport, ed., Dusk and Dawn: Poetry and Prose of Philip Thompson (San Diego: One Mind Good Presss, 2005), p. 228.By Doctor Rap
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Tales to Terrify 479 Caitlin Marceau
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Welcome to Episode 479. This week we explore one of the most famous haunting in Canadian history. For fiction, we have one tale for you, about a cure that may be worse than the disease. COMING UP Good Evening: Correction, Reviews and Submissions: 00:01:06 Dark Travels: The Baldoon Mystery: 00:05:25 Caitlin Marceau’s Infected as read by Josie Babin:…
Series II, Podcast S: Henry IV, Part II Promise Fulfilled: Prince Hal becomes King Henry V Defense of Prince John Falstaff's Banishment Note: The Thompson quotation is from Notes on Shakespeare in Philip Thompson, Dusk and Dawn: Poems and Prose of Philip Thompson, ed. Gideon Rappaport (San Diego: One Mind Good Press, 2005), p. 221, 227. Questions? …
Series II, Podcast R: Henry IV, Part I Three metaphorical heirs to the throne: Hal, Hotspur, Falstaff Two excessive humors and Plato's three souls Prince Hal's Character Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
In this episode, I’ll be speaking to three experts on youth development and screen time who also happen to be parents. First, we’ll hear, Sascha Brodsky. He’s a science and technology journalist, who recently wrote an article for Lifewire called, “Parents Say ‘Yes’ To Screen Time During the Pandemic,” where he talked to several parents and experts …
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Tales to Terrify 478 Christopher Cosmos Sam Rebelein Ariana Ferrante
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Welcome to Episode 478. This week we find out who the winners of our flash fiction contest are. Then, we unearth tragedy in Woodstock, Ontario. For fiction, we have three tales: about a woman in doubt, haunted land and an unprepared pet sitter. COMING UP Good Evening: Flash Contest Winner, Submissions, Thank-yous: 00:01:06 Dark Travels: Woodstock, …
Series II, Podcast Q: Richard II Chiasmus Right vs. Merit The Beginning of the Wars of the Roses Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
Series II, Podcast P: Richard III Scourge of God "Despair and Die" End of the Wars of the Roses Notes: Two quotations come from Anthony Hammond, Introduction to King Richard III, The Arden Shakespeare (London: Methuen, 1981): The More description is on p. 78; the Spivack quotations (citing Bernard Spivack, Shakespeare and the Allegory of Evil [New …
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Tales to Terrify 477 Paul Dicken David Sandwich Eric Fomley
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Welcome to Episode 477. This week we stick around Niagara to visit an old fort and the many ‘residents’ that call it home. For fiction, we have three tales, about a monster on the loose, a tense breakfast, and a delivery driver’s run-in with someone eager to buy his cargo. COMING UP Good Evening: Submissions, Thank-yous: 00:01:06 Dark Travels: Fort…
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Introduction to Shakespeare's History Plays (Series II, Podcast O)
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Series II, Podcast O: Introduction to Shakespeare's History Plays Notes: The Thompson quotations are from “Notes on Shakespeare” in Philip Thompson, Dusk and Dawn: Poems and Prose of Philip Thompson, ed. Gideon Rappaport (San Diego: One Mind Good Press, 2005), p. 221, 227. The Robie Macauley quotation is from his introduction to Ford Madox Ford, Pa…
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What Is a Sonnet For? (Series I, Chapter 11)
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Series I, Chapter 11: What Is a Sonnet For? What is a poem? What is a sonnet? Shakespeare's Sonnets Did Shakespeare really mean it? How long did it take him to write one? To whom did he write them? Was Shakespeare gay? Notes: The Robert Frost quotation is from Newsweek, January 30, 1956, p. 56, accessed 7/5/18 at http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilr…
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Tales to Terrify 476 Philip Fracassi
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Welcome to Episode 476. This week we travel to Niagara Falls, Ontario with a handful of matches. Then, we have one longer tale, about a boy whose new home has the perfect treehouse. Now if only it wasn’t already occupied. COMING UP Good Evening: Submissions and Thank-yous: 00:01:06 Dark Travels: Niagara Falls, ON: 00:02:19 Philip Fracassi’s I Think…
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Antony and Cleopatra (Series II, Podcast N)
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Series II, Podcast N: Antony and Cleopatra Rome and Egypt Reason and Passion Particulars and the Universal 5 Key Lines 12 Specific Notes Notes: The Thompson quotation is from Reflections (Literary and Philosophical) in Philip Thompson, Dusk and Dawn: Poems and Prose of Philip Thompson, ed. Gideon Rappaport (San Diego: One Mind Good Press, 2005), p.…
Series II, Podcast M: Macbeth A short discussion followed by 9 key lines and 13 specific notes to help in your reading. Note: Biblical quotations are from the Geneva Bible Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Tales to Terrify 475 Eric J Guignard
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Welcome to Episode 475. We’re in Nunavut again this week for a peek at the people that pass between worlds. For fiction, we have one longer tale… a coming of age story about spontaneous human combustion and the end of the world. COMING UP Good Evening: Flash Contest, Thank-yous: 00:01:06 Dark Travels: The Shadow People, Nunavut: 00:02:45 Eric J. Gu…
Series II, Podcast L: King Lear Note: Biblical quotations are from the Geneva Bible Questions? Email DoctorRap@zoho.comBy Doctor Rap
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What Kind of Thing Is It? Histories, Romances, Satire (Ser. I, Ch. 10, Sess. 2)
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Series I, Chapter 10: What Kind of Thing Is It? Categories of Plays Session 2: Histories, Romances, Satire Histories Romances One Satire False Category: Problem Plays Notes: The Halliday quotation is from F.E. Halliday, A Shakespeare Companion 1564–1964 (Baltimore: Penguin, 1964), p. 350. The Boas reference is to F. S. Boas, Shakespeare and His Pre…
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Tales to Terrify 474 Christi Nogle Frank Oreto
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Welcome to Episode 474. This week we head back up north to meet some strange arctic visitors. For fiction, we have two tales for you. First, a pair of sisters spend some time together on the beach. Then, we witness a man eat a baby on a crowded city street. But it's not what you think. Really. COMING UP Good Evening: Flash Contest, Thank-yous, Dark…
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What Kind of Thing Is It? Categories of Plays: Tragedies and Comedies (Ser. I, Ch. 10, Sess. 1)
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Series I, Chapter 10: What Kind of Thing Is It? Categories of Plays Session1: Tragedies and Comedies Revenge Tragedies De Casibus Tragedies Domestic Tragedies Comic Relief Notes: The quotation from Morton Bloomfield is from a from a lecture series entitled “Medieval and Renaissance Tragedy and Notions of Tragedy” delivered at Brandeis University, S…
Series II, Podcast K: Othello Psychomachia Demonic Iago, Angelic Desdemona Repentance vs. Suicide 3 Key Lines 6 Specific Notes Notes: The quotation of Thomas Mann is from Thomas Mann, Joseph and His Brothers, tr. John E. Woods (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Everyman’s Library, 2005), p. 669. For the Donald Duck psychomachia see “Donald’s Better Self” …
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Tales to Terrify 473 Christi Nogle (Double Feature)
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Welcome to Episode 473. We have a Christi Nogle double-feature for you this week. First, we get a new perspective on the portrait of an ageless man. Then, a young woman on the cusp of independence reflects on her past. COMING UP Good Evening: Flash Contest: 00:01:06 Christi Nogle’s Portrait of Basil Hallward as read by Bryce Dahle: 00:03:52 Christi…
Series II, Podcast J: Hamlet What the play is not. Revenge Play Who is and who isn't mad? Moral-Spiritual Drama Two-Letter Climax Readiness Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Is This What Shakespeare Actually Wrote? The Texts (Ser. I, Ch. 9)
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Series I, Chapter 9: Is This What Shakespeare Actually Wrote? Shakespeare's Texts Manuscripts Early Printed Editions: Good and Bad Quartos, Folio Later Editions Modern Editions Notes: Facsimile edition of the Quartos: Michael J.B. Allen and Kenneth Muir, Shakespeare’s Plays in Quarto (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1981). Facsimile editi…
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Tales to Terrify 472 O D Hegre H L Fullerton
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Welcome to Episode 472. We’re going to cool our heels again this week, but we’ve got two stories that are sure to make up for it. First, a man learns his wife is a witch… the hard way. Then, a woman digs deep to reclaim her memory after surviving a massacre. But she may not like who she uncovers. COMING UP Good Evening: Flash Contest, StokerCon 202…
Series II, Podcast I: Julius Caesar Shakespeare inherits both pro- and anti-Caesar traditions The body of Caesar vs. the spirit of Caesar Notes: The Sayers quotation is from notes on the major images in Canto XXXIV in Dorothy Sayers, tr., The Comedy of Dante Alighieri the Florentine, Cantica I, Hell (London: Penguin, 1949), p. 289. On the anti-Caes…
Series II, Podcast H: Romeo and Juliet Oxymoron Love and Death Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Tales to Terrify 471 Liam Hogan Marius Dicomites
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Welcome to Episode 471. This week, we’re taking a break from our travels again to catch up on a few things. For fiction, we have two tales for you: First, we get a new appreciation for the phrase, “be careful what you wish for.” Then, a man at his mother’s death bed finds her final moments even more traumatic than he could have imagined. COMING UP …
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Whose Interpretation Is Right? Principles of Interpreting Shakespeare (Ser. I, Ch. 8)
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Series I, Chapter 8: Whose Interpretation Is Right? Principles of Interpreting Shakespeare Text and Subtext Context Critic's Assumptions Directors' Mirrors Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Assessment, Freedom, Parody: Influential Ideas From 3 Live Recordings
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This episode is something a little different. Like many of you, one of the ways I've been keeping sane over the past months has been nesting, both in my physical world and with respect to my work. I recently have been organizing previous episodes' audio, and in so doing, I have some ideas for ways I want to use the process to rekindle ideas that ar…
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Measure for Measure (Series II, Podcast G)
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Series II, Podcast G: Measure for Measure A discussion of one of Shakespeare's greatest comedies. The wedding of Justice and Mercy. The source of two of the Thompson quotations is Philip Thompson, Dusk and Dawn: Poems and Prose of Philip Thompson, ed. Gideon Rappaport (San Diego: One Mind Good Press, 2005), pp. 223–26; a third quotation was heard i…
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Tales to Terrify 470 Jackie Bee Todd Keisling
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Welcome to Episode 470. This week we travel to the Northwest Territories to explore a valley known for losing heads. For fiction, we have two tales for you. First, a woman goes to great lengths to hide her mistakes. Then, a bus terminal guard has his reality turned upside down after a chance encounter with an unusual stranger. COMING UP Good Evenin…
Series II, Podcast F: Twelfth Night Discussion of the play: Twelfth Night or What You Will 5 Key Lines 20 Specific Line Notes Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Why All the Footnotes? Decorum--Realism vs. Morality Play--Foreground (Ser. I, Ch. 7, Session 5)
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Series I, Chapter 7: Why All the Footnotes? Shakespeare's Mental Furniture Session 5: Decorum Realism or Morality Play? "Foreground Is Background" References in the section on Decorum are to Madeleine Doran, Endeavors of Art: A Study of Form in Elizabethan Drama, (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1964), p. 217–218, and to George Puttenham, A…
Welcome to Episode 469. This week we make one final stop in Yukon and stumble on an old cabin in the woods. For fiction, we have one tale for you about a shut-in's drastic attempt to lose weight… and the malevolent presence he discovers living inside him. COMING UP Good Evening: Contest, Thanks, The HWA Haunted Library: 00:01:06 Dark Travels: LaSal…
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Why All the Footnotes? Disintegrating Forces (Series I, Chapter 7, Session 4)
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Series I, Chapter 7: Why All the Footnotes? Shakespeare's Mental Furniture Session 4: Disintegrating Forces: The Protestant Reformation Machiavelli The New Science Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Why All the Footnotes: Shakespeare's Mental Furniture: Correspondence and Authority (Series I, Chapter 7, Session 3)
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Series I, Chapter 7: Why all the Footnotes? Shakespeare's Mental Furniture Session 3: The Doctrine of Correspondence Authority Christianity Renaissance Humanism and Classicism Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Tales to Terrify 468 Louis B. Rosenberg Julia August
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This week we start with something a bit different. A legendary haunting poem from one of the Yukon’s most famous authors. For fiction, we have two tales for you: about a simple bug fix with catastrophic potential, and a scientist who finds herself on the wrong end of an experiment. COMING UP Good Evening: Flash Contest, Dark Matter Magazine: 00:01:…
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Why All the Footnotes? Shakespeare's Mental Furniture: The Human Order (Series I, Chapter 7, Session2)
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Series I, Chapter 7: Why All the Footnotes? Shakespeare's Mental Furniture Session 2: The Human Order: Monarchy vs. Democracy The Two Bodies of the King The Family The Individual Soul and Body The Humors The Five Wits Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Why All the Footnotes? Shakespeare's Mental Furniture (Series I, Chapter 7, Session 1)
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Series I, Chapter 7: Why All the Footnotes? Shakespeare's Mental Furniture, Session 1: Words We Know Words We Don't Know Shakespeare and Electricity The Medieval Synthesis The Cosmic Hierarchy Notes: The reference to Lewis is to C.S. Lewis, The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature (Cambridge: Cambridge University …
Welcome to Episode 467. This week we travel to Whitehorse, Yukon for a peek inside the city’s most haunted house. For fiction, we have one tale for you, about a woman who unravels a mystery from her youth. COMING UP Good Evening: News, Thank-yous and Reviews: 00:01:06 Dark Travels: Captain Campbell House, Whitehorse, Yukon: 00:02:21 Tabitha Lord’s …
Series II, Podcast D: As You Like It New prelude/postlude: Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 11, Third Movement, quartet version, in the public domain. Upcoming, Why All the Footnotes: Shakespeare's Mental Furniture with a better mic. Thanks for technical and other help to N. A., A. G., J. G., F. H., and A. R. Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.co…
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Unity in Variety: Setting, Theme, Audience (Series I, Chapter 6, Session 3)
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Series I, Chapter 6: Unity in Variety, Session 3: Setting, Theme, Audience The third session in the chapter on Unity in Variety looks at settings, themes, and then brings in the audience as contributor to the unity of a play. Coming next, As You Like It, with a format upgrade: Prelude and postlude. Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.com.…
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Tales to Terrify 466 R H Dixon Roy Bishop
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Welcome to Episode 466 and Happy New Year! For fiction, we have two tales for you. First, a woman’s world closes in after losing a beloved pet. Then, a man on a lucky streak discovers that the sweet taste of winning eventually goes sour. COMING UP Good Evening: Happy New Year!: 00:01:06 R. H. Dixon’s The Hole in the Wall as read by Alex Ford: 00:05…
