20 Best Shakespeare Podcasts
Shakespeare Podcasts
Here are 20 Best Shakespeare Podcasts worth listening to in 2024
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
Producer/Network Folger Shakespeare Library
Email ****@folger.edu
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 126.2KTwitter Followers 33.3KInstagram Followers 41.1K Frequency 2 episodes/month Avg Length 35 min Listen on Apple Spotify Video Podcast YouTube
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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
Producer/Network CiRCE Podcast Network
Email ****@circeinstitute.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 16.7KTwitter Followers 3.6KInstagram Followers 11.8K Frequency 3 episodes/month Avg Length 63 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact
3. 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
Producer/Network Lisa Ann Goldsmith and Owen Thompson
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 764Twitter Followers 44Instagram Followers 167 Frequency 2 episodes/month Avg Length 45 min Listen on Apple Spotify 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
Producer/Network Cassidy Cash
Email ****@cassidycash.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Twitter Followers 452 Frequency 4 episodes/month Avg Length 36 min Since Apr 2018 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact
5. 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
Hosts Kourtney Smith, Elyse Sharp
Producer/Network Kourtney Smith & Elyse Sharp
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Twitter Followers 68Instagram Followers 797 Frequency 2 episodes/month Avg Length 45 min Listen on Apple Spotify Video Podcast YouTube
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6. 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
Producer/Network Next Chapter Podcasts
Email ****@ncpodcasts.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 2.5KTwitter Followers 261Instagram Followers 10.9K Frequency 2 episodes/quarter Avg Length 38 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact
7. 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
Producer/Network Pendant Productions
Email ****@yahoo.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 1KTwitter Followers 2.7K Frequency 1 episode/week Listen on Apple 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
Host Emily Rome
Producer/Network Emily Rome
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 91Twitter Followers 72Instagram Followers 759 Frequency 1 episode/quarter Avg Length 55 min Listen on Apple Spotify 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
Producer/Network The State of Shakespeare
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 1.4KTwitter Followers 3.3K Frequency 2 episodes/quarter Avg Length 28 min Listen on Apple Spotify 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
Producer/Network Such Stuff: The Shakespeare's Globe Podcast
Email ****@shakespearesglobe.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 206.8KTwitter Followers 253.4KInstagram Followers 271.2K Listen on Apple Spotify 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
Producer/Network Yeshiva University Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought
Email ****@yu.edu
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 857Twitter Followers 548Instagram Followers 363 Listen on Apple Spotify 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
Producer/Network Seven Stages Shakespeare Company
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 509Twitter Followers 627 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
Producer/Network Doctor Rap
Email ****@zohomail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Listen on Apple Spotify 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
Producer/Network Dr Varsha Panjwani
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 2.3KInstagram Followers 500 Frequency 1 episode/year Avg Length 28 min Since Mar 2020 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact
15. 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 1.9K Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact
16. 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
Producer/Network Charlotte Ahlin and Danielle Cohn
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 51Twitter Followers 275 Since Nov 2018 Listen on Apple Spotify 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
Producer/Network Pod Shakespeare
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 180 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. 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
Producer/Network Ehren Ziegler: Actor, Artist, Shakespeare enthusiast
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 514Twitter Followers 357 Since Jul 2017 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact
Shakespeare Podcasters
Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | Twitter Handle | |
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Kourtney Smith | Co Host | sites.libsyn.com/314081/site | 171 | ||
Elyse Sharp | Co Host | sites.libsyn.com/314081/site | 171 | @elysesharp | |
The Pendant Shakespeare | Host | pendantaudio.com/shows/wildbill | 6 | ||
Jeffrey | Co Host | pendantaudio.com/shows/wildbill | 6 | ||
Emily Rome | Host | shakespearesshadows.com/episodes | 21 | @emilynrome | |
Sebastian Michael | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sonnetcast | 31 | |||
Cassidy Cash | cassidycash.com | 29 | @cassidycash | ||
Folger Shakespeare Library | folger.edu/podcasts/shakespeare-unlimited | 18 | @folgerlibrary | ||
The State of Shakespeare | stateofshakespeare.com | 7 | @StateofShakespe | ||
Yeshiva University Straus Center for Torah and Wes | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twice-blest | 6 | @YUStrausCenter |