25 Best Shakespeare Podcasts

1. Folger Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare Unlimited

Home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare materials. Advancing knowledge and the arts. Shakespeare turns up in the most interesting places - not just literature and the stage, but science and social history as well. Our 'Shakespeare Unlimited' podcast explores the fascinating and varied connections between Shakespeare, his works, and the world around us.
Podcast folger.edu
Email ****@folger.edu
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 126.2KTwitter Followers 33.9KInstagram Followers 35.2K Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 34 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. The Play's the Thing

The Play's the Thing is the ultimate resource for lovers of Shakespeare. Dedicating six episodes to each play, this podcast explores the themes, scenes, characters, and lines that make Shakespeare so memorable. In the end, we will cover every play The Bard wrote, thus permitting an ongoing contemplation and celebration of the most important writer of all time.
Podcast shows.acast.com
Email ****@circeinstitute.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 16.7KTwitter Followers 3KInstagram Followers 11.7K Frequency 4 episodes / month Avg Length 59 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

3. Play On Podcasts

Play On Podcasts is an epic audio adventure reimagining timeless tales, featuring original music compositions and the voices of extraordinarily gifted artists. This is where Theatre meets Podcast, combining the modern-day audio phenomenon with the power of live performance.
Podcast ncpodcasts.com
Email ****@ncpodcasts.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 2.5KInstagram Followers 9.2K Frequency 6 episodes / quarter Avg Length 42 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

4. That Shakespeare Life

Hosted by Cassidy Cash, That Shakespeare Life takes you behind the curtain and into the real-life of William Shakespeare. Tune in to hear this podcast.
Podcast cassidycash.com
Email ****@cassidycash.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Twitter Followers 366 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 36 min Since Apr 2018 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

5. The Bardcast

A cheeky, irreverent yet informative deep-dive into all things Shakespeare, hosted by two longtime Shakespeare performers, directors, and teachers.
Podcast feeds.buzzsprout.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 764Twitter Followers 30Instagram Followers 169 Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 48 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

6. Shakespeare Anyone?

Shakespeare Anyone? is co-hosted by Elyse Sharp and Kourtney Smith, two professional actors and hobbyist Shakespeare scholars. Join us as we explore Shakepeare's plays through as many lenses as we can by looking at the text and how the text is viewed through modern lenses of feminism, racism, classism, colonialism, nationalism… all the-isms.
Podcast sites.libsyn.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Instagram Followers 891 Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 47 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

7. SONNETCAST

Sebastian Michael, the author of The Sonneteer and several other plays and books, looks at each of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets in the originally published sequence, giving detailed explanations and looking out for what the words themselves tell us about the great poet and playwright, about the Fair Youth and the Dark Lady, and about their complex and fascinating relationships.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@sonnetcast.com
Facebook Followers 88 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 32 min Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

8. Shakespeare's Shadows

Featuring interviews with both actors and academics, Shakespeare's Shadows delves into a single Shakespeare character in each episode. Perspectives from the worlds of academia, theater, and film together shape explorations of the Bard's shadows, his imitations of life — pretty good imitations, ones that reveal enough of ourselves that we're still talking about them four centuries later.
Podcast shakespearesshadows.com
Facebook Followers 91Instagram Followers 689 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 53 min Play Get Email Contact

9. The State of Shakespeare

The State of Shakespeare is a virtual masterclass featuring in-depth interviews with contemporary Shakespearean actors, directors and teachers. We focus on the complex relationship of words and performance, and how individual artists develop unique and often contrasting approaches to the text. We aim to inspire and educate theatre makers, students and educators to discover new ways of bringing Shakespeare to life.
Podcast stateofshakespeare.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 1.4KTwitter Followers 3.3K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 28 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

10. The Shakespeare's Globe Podcast

Such Stuff goes behind the scenes at Shakespeare's Globe, sharing the incredible stories and experiences that come through our doors every day. We'll be exploring the big themes behind all of the work that we do here and asking: what is Shakespeare's transformative impact on the world?
Podcast audioboom.com
Email ****@shakespearesglobe.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 206.8KTwitter Followers 232.4KInstagram Followers 248.8K Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

11. Twice Blest

Welcome to Twice Blest, a podcast exploring Shakespeare and the Hebrew Bible from the Yeshiva University Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought. Hosted by Dr. Shaina Trapedo, Twice Blest brings you conversations with faith leaders, scholars, and writers that bridge the wisdom of Judaic and classical texts so we can live more informed and fulfilling intellectual and spiritual lives on an individual and communal level.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@yu.edu
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 857Twitter Followers 465Instagram Followers 376 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

12. No Holds Bard

Every other week, you'll get our regular episode featuring a lightning round on several intersections of Shakespeare and the present day, an underused Shakespearian phrase that you can roll into your everyday conversation. Once a month, we offer SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SHAKESPEARE, a half-hour briefing on a specific play to listen to on your commute to the theater that will prepare you to be the best little audience member you can be.
Podcast noholdsbard.libsyn.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 509Twitter Followers 677 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

13. Appreciating Shakespeare with Doctor Rap

Offering knowledge and tools for appreciating Shakespeare's deep and universal meanings.
Podcast feeds.buzzsprout.com
Email ****@zohomail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

14. Women and Shakespeare

Women and Shakespeare' features conversations with diverse women directors, actors, writers, and academics who are involved in making and interpreting Shakespeare. In the conversations, we find out both how Shakespeare is used to amplify the voices of women today and how women are redefining the world's most famous writer.
Podcast womenandshakespeare.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 2KInstagram Followers 439 Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 28 min Since Mar 2020 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

15. The Pendant Shakespeare

'The Pendant Shakespeare aka The Wild Bill Variety Show' is an ongoing presentation of the works of William Shakespeare.
Podcast pendantaudio.com
Hosts The Pendant Shakespeare, Jeffrey
Email ****@yahoo.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 1KTwitter Followers 2.6K Frequency 10 episodes / year Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

16. The Hurly Burly Shakespeare Show

The Hurly-Burly Shakespeare Show is an irreverent mix of entertainment and scholarly content suitable for novices and hard-core 'Bardolaters' alike. Jess and Aubrey discuss the plays of William Shakespeare and his contemporaries, as well as other fascinating aspects of the Early Modern period's lively theatre and print culture.
Podcast hurlyburlyshakespeareshow.com
Email ****@hurlyburlyshakespeareshow.com
Twitter Followers 1.6K Frequency 5 episodes / year Avg Length 67 min Play Get Email Contact

17. Podcast Shakespeare

A listening tour through 450 years of Shakespeare on stage, in history, in our culture, and in person. We're journeying chronologically, from The Two Gentlemen of Verona to The Two Noble Kinsmen, making detours via a range of topics covering William Shakespeare's history, life, and the afterlife.
Podcast podcastshakespeare.libsyn.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 188 Since Aug 2017 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

18. Sour Beer and Shakespeare

Our hosts, Juliet Wolfe and Olivia Rose Nathan, explore their lives as actors, twenty-somethings, Shakespeare lovers, and sour beer drinkers. Every week Juliet and Olivia will bring their hot take on a different Shakespeare play while enjoying a new sour beer of the week. The podcast will provide lively literary discussion and drunkenness ensue.
Podcast feeds.buzzsprout.com
Email ****@gmail.com
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19. Breaking Bard

Breaking Bard aims to break down the mythic image that has been constructed around Shakespeare by having honest conversations about Shakespeare and his plays.
Podcast ripegoodscholar.com
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Facebook Followers 40Twitter Followers 164Instagram Followers 162 Play Get Email Contact

20. Shakespeare Sundays with Chop Bard

Shakespeare Sundays with Chop Bard, is a practical, and enthusiastic exploration of William Shakespeare's work. Each episode will take on a single subject taken from his words, lines, poetry, themes, or resources, in order to better understand them, and find out what use can be made of them.
Podcast shakespearesundays.libsyn.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 514Twitter Followers 372 Since Jul 2017 Play Get Email Contact

21. What You Will

Brush up your Shakespeare with co-hosts Charlotte Ahlin and Danielle Cohn as we read and review every single play the Bard ever wrote. Every other Wednesday we bring you unsolicited opinions, goofs, and in-depth discussions about which Shakespeare characters most resemble beloved cartoon cats.
Podcast charlotteahlin.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 51Twitter Followers 269 Since Nov 2018 Play Get Email Contact