25 Best Shakespeare Podcasts
Shakespeare Podcasts
Here are 25 Best Shakespeare Podcasts worth listening to in 2024
1. SONNETCAST | William Shakespeare's Sonnets Recited, Revealed, Relived
London, England, UK
Sebastian Michael, the author of The Sonneteer and several other plays and books, looks at each of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets in the origin...ally 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.more
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88 712 1 episode / week Avg Length 27 min Play Get Email Contact
2. Play On Podcasts
Los Angeles, California, US
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.more
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2.5K 261 9.5K 1 episode / week Avg Length 50 min Play Get Email Contact
3. Folger Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare Unlimited
Washington, District of Columbia, US
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.more
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126.2K 33.3K 34.4K 2 episodes / month Avg Length 34 min Play Get Email Contact
4. The Play's the Thing
Concord, North Carolina, US
The Play's the Thing is the ultimate resource for lovers of Shakespeare. Dedicating six episodes to each play, this podcast explores the themes, scene...s, 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.more
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16.7K 3.6K 11.5K 2 episodes / month Avg Length 56 min Play Get Email Contact
5. The Bardcast
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
A cheeky, irreverent yet informative deep-dive into all things Shakespeare, hosted by two longtime Shakespeare performers, directors, and teachers.
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764 44 166 1 episode / day Avg Length 52 min 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 S...hakepeare'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.more
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65 797 2 episodes / month Avg Length 41 min Play Get Email Contact
7. The Pendant Shakespeare
Los Angeles, California, US
'The Pendant Shakespeare aka The Wild Bill Variety Show' is an ongoing presentation of the works of William Shakespeare.
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8. The State of Shakespeare
New York City, New York, US
The State of Shakespeare is a virtual masterclass featuring in-depth interviews with contemporary Shakespearean actors, directors and teachers. We foc...us 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.more
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1.4K 3.3K 1 episode / week Avg Length 29 min Play Get Email Contact
9. Women and Shakespeare
London, England, UK
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.more
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2.3K 451 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 28 min Mar 2020 Play Get Email Contact
10. Shakespeare's Shadows
Featuring interviews with both actors and academics, Shakespeare's Shadows delves into a single Shakespeare character in each episode. Perspective...s 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.more
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91 72 600 1 episode / week Avg Length 51 min Play Get Email Contact
11. The Shakespeare's Globe Podcast | Such Stuf
London, England, UK
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?more
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12. 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.more
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13. 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 we...ek 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.more
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14. Appreciating Shakespeare with Doctor Rap
Offering knowledge and tools for appreciating Shakespeare's deep and universal meanings.
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15. The Hurly Burly Shakespeare Show
Staunton, Virginia, US
The Hurly-Burly Shakespeare Show is an irreverent mix of entertainment and scholarly content suitable for novices and hard-core 'Bardolaters' alike. J...ess 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.more
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1.9K 5 episodes / year Avg Length 67 min Play Get Email Contact
16. No Holds Bard
Brooklyn, New York, US
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.more
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17. 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 sub...ject 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.more
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18. What You Will
Manhattan, New York, US
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 Wed...nesday we bring you unsolicited opinions, goofs, and in-depth discussions about which Shakespeare characters most resemble beloved cartoon cats.more
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51 275 Nov 2018 Play Get Email Contact
19. Breaking Bard
New York City, New York, US
Breaking Bard aims to break down the mythic image that has been constructed around Shakespeare by having honest conversations about Shakespeare and hi...s plays.more
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20. 21st Folio Podcast
The 21st Folio is a podcast about modern Shakespeare productions of stage and screen. In each regular episode, a panel of guests discusses one more pr...oduction of Shakespeare's plays, usually either adapted for the screen or filmed live at the theatre.more
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582 204 816 Mar 2018 Play Get Email Contact
21. Podcast Shakespeare
Stanford, England, UK
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.more
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180 Aug 2017 Play Get Email Contact
Shakespeare Podcasters
Podcaster Name | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | |
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Kourtney Smith & Elyse Sharp | sites.libsyn.com | 165 | |
Next Chapter Podcasts | ncpodcasts.com | 158 | |
Sebastian Michael | podcasters.spotify.com | 23 | |
Cassidy Cash | cassidycash.com | 22 | |
Folger Shakespeare Library | folger.edu | 14 | |
CiRCE Podcast Network | shows.acast.com | 10 | |
Pendant Productions | pendantaudio.com | 8 | |
The State of Shakespeare | stateofshakespeare.com | 6 | |
Yeshiva University Straus Center for Torah and Wes | podcasters.spotify.com | 6 | |
Dr Varsha Panjwani | womenandshakespeare.com | 4 | |
Lisa Ann Goldsmith and Owen Thompson | feeds.buzzsprout.com | 2 | |
Varsha Panjwani | womenandshakespeare.com | 1 | |
Marshall Poe | cms.megaphone.fm/channel/LIT9810498522 | 51 | |
Rich Evans And Mark Walsh | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rich-evans9 | 18 | |
Chocolate Yoddah | redcircle.com/shows/thepersistentrumor | 14 | |
Deep Overstock Fiction Podcast | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/do-fiction-podcast/episodes | 14 | |
English Programme | podtail.com/en/podcast/steve-rimmer | 13 | |
Immediate Media | cms.megaphone.fm/channel/GLT5697813216 | 12 | |
RtÉ Radio 1 | rte.ie/radio/dramaonone/?page=1 | 12 | |
Jason Fraley | wtop.com/local/virginia | 11 | |
Sjr | podtail.com/en/podcast/steve-rimmer | 11 | |
Brian Wilson | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brian-wilson5 | 10 | |
Luke Thompson | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id312059190 | 10 | |
Radio Free Mormon | radiofreemormon.org | 10 | |
Great Literature | redcircle.com/shows/great-audiobooks | 9 | |
New Books Network | newbooksnetwork.com/category/history-1/medieval-and-early-modern-history | 9 | |
Sean Johnson | shows.acast.com/the-daily-poem | 9 | |
Steve Rimmer | podtail.com/en/podcast/steve-rimmer | 9 | |
Audacy | omny.fm/shows/total-information-am | 8 | |
Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate | historyofliterature.com | 8 | |
M. G. Mcdonough | theclassicenglishliteraturepodcast.buzzsprout.com | 8 | |
Nebraska Public Media | npr.org/podcasts/381444553/friday-l-i-v-e | 8 | |
Shakespeare In The Village | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rishabean | 8 | |
Mark Donovan | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/instanttrivia | 7 | |
Daily Easy Spanish | dailyeasyspanish.com | 6 | |
Kqal 89.5fm | artbeatkqal.transistor.fm/episodes | 6 | |
Lindsay Mcmahon And Michelle Kaplan | cms.megaphone.fm/channel/allearsenglish | 6 | |
Minnesota Public Radio | npr.org/podcasts/1046393752/minnesota-now | 6 | |
Teach Different | teachdifferent.com/podcast | 6 | |
Howlround Theatre Commons | howlround.com/recent-podcasts | 5 | |
Renee Ashley Baker Ct Yankee | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reneeashleybaker | 5 | |
Wes Alwan And Erin O'luanaigh | subtextpodcast.com | 5 | |
Wypr 88.1 Fm Baltimore | omny.fm/shows/midday | 5 | |
Bbc Radio 4 | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qgj4 | 4 | |
Laetitia Perraut | onethinginafrenchday.podbean.com | 4 | |
Muy Historia | muyinteresante.es/temas/podcasts | 4 | |
Prageru | soundcloud.com/user-380352436 | 4 | |
Robots Radio - Jennasis And Toastie | cms.megaphone.fm/channel/ROBR7813918510 | 4 | |
The New Thinkery | thenewthinkery.com/listen | 4 | |
Bawds | spreaker.com/podcast/bawds-podcast-productions--4400498 | 3 |