Today we look at some of the ways that addiction presents itself in popular songs, and briefly look at some surprising facts about Shakespeare.   <a href='https://www.bawdyballads.com/post/episode-14-dr-dogoods-feel-good-addiction-and-song'>Show Transcript and links</a> <a href='https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-general/were-works-shakespeare-inspired-cannabis-scientists-find-traces-drugs-pipes-003599'>Shakespeare himself was likely a user of both cannabis and cocaine</a>. <a href='https://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/ballad/30052/xml'>Doctor Dogoods directions,</a> <a href='https://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/ballad/30052/xml'>To cure many diseases both in body and minde, lately written and</a><a href='https://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/ballad/30052/xml'>set forth for the good of infected persons</a>.<a href='https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/08/26/215761377/a-history-of-snake-oil-salesmen#:~:text=The%20origins%20of%20snake%20oil,pain%2C%20headaches%2C%20%22female%20complaints'>“snake oil” medicine</a> <a href='https://open.spotify.com/track/3Yg7uHTXHNzpO7J3R4xwiw?si=eb2b90f5d2224143'>Cod Liver Oil</a> The Dubliners <a href='https://open.spotify.com/track/2mLYN7Hz2czFkZugFscrrb?si=09a4c05b4f004672'>Methhead</a> Ian Noe <a rel="payment" href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/bawdyballa1">Support the show</a>

Episode 15: Taking dem kids, or the Poor Act of 1601

Welcome all you wonderful people, and thank you so much for checking out Bawdy Ballads, where we will explore all the dirty, sassy, and usually surprising old popular songs, and when I say old… I mean old. Four hundred years old old. And along the way we’ll explore all those things that make life a bit more interesting. There’s trickery infidelity, loving, drinking, and fighting. While we dig deep in these songs, we’ll talk about all kinds of things: archetypes, history, folklore, and how so many of these songs hold vast potential for inspiration of new creations.