Not Another Shakespeare Podcast! Podcast

Not Another Shakespeare Podcast!

James and Nora
The podcast that takes neither itself nor Shakespeare seriously. Hosted by Nora (theatre nerd/Shax expert) and James (husband/theatre skeptic). Season 2 now live, with fortnightly updates. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @NAShaxPodcast.
S3:E1 - Romeo & Juliet
We kick off Season 3 with two households, both alike in dignity. That’s right friends, it’s ROMEO AND JULIET time! Follow along as we discuss Juliet’s concerning youth, Queen Mab’s nut wagon, and James’s sauce obsession.    We’re changing our release schedule to one episode per month this season, to keep the podcast sustainable. Thanks for sticking with us!    CONTENT NOTE: This play includes suicide and suicidal ideation in young people. If you love this episode, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @NAShaxPodcast and subscribe to get notified about new episodes!
Nov 20, 2022
2 hr 2 min
(Audience Choice) Middleton Mid-Season: E2 - Women Beware Women
Our Middleton Mid-Season (finally) concludes with our fan’s choice: WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN!  Join us on this wild ride of infidelity, incest, murder, and mayhem, which of course is all the fault of the pesky women and nothing to do with the men involved. Not at all. Not even one little bit. Come for the naughty chess puns; stay for the…*checks notes*…burning gold??    Content Note: this play discusses and depicts coercive sexual encounters, incest, and misogyny typical of the period (including an “inspection” of a female character by her prospective husband. This is non-penetrative but still absolutely gross). The final banquet scene has a high body count with several murders by various means taking place in quick succession. If you love this episode, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @NAShaxPodcast and subscribe to get notified about new episodes!
Oct 9, 2022
1 hr 25 min
(Audience Choice) Middleton Mid-Season: E1 - A Chaste Maid in Cheapside with Dr Brandi K. Adams
Hi! Did you miss us?    We’re back with a bang, as our friend Dr Brandi K. Adam’s joins us to tackle Thomas Middleton’s iconic city comedy A CHASTE MAID IN CHEAPSIDE! It’s got secret marriages and escaping daughters; it’s got meat babies and Puritans; it’s got Timoetheus AND his tutor; it’s even got all the mountains in Wales! Brandi’s mastery of Latin and Nintendo baddies alike comes in very handy as we navigate this wacky romp of a play. This marks the first of two bonus episodes - aka The Middleton Mid-Season - which were chosen in an audience poll tournament. Brandi K. Adams is an assistant professor in the Department of English at Arizona State University and member of the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Her interests include book history, history of reading, early modern English drama, and premodern critical race and gender studies. Having formerly served as an undergraduate program manager at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she also researches the early history of artificial intelligence, early modern automata and how studying literature can have a significant and positive impact on computing. If you love this episode, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @NAShaxPodcast and subscribe to get notified about new episodes!
May 29, 2022
2 hr 15 min
Bonus Episode 4: Birthday Party / Season 2 Wrap Up
It’s our birthday!!! Not Another Shakespeare Podcast has been podding for a whole solar orbit, so in this episode we look back on season 2, rank our favourite plays so far, and preview some exciting future developments. Shoutouts for Brad Pitt’s butt in 2004, Disney princesses, sequels that are better than the original—and of course, James’s favourite characters, the lion and the bear. And towards the end of the episode, have a little request for you, our beloved listeners… If you love this episode, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @NAShaxPodcast and subscribe to get notified about new episodes!
Feb 13, 2022
45 min
S2:E10 - Troilus & Cressida with Charlene V. Smith
We’re back!! After a brief hiatus, we’re returning with a bang to share our take on TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, featuring special guest Charlene V. Smith! Tune in for reminiscences about TROY (2004), bizarrely over-invested uncles, and objectively the weirdest ending in the canon.    CONTENT NOTE: This play contains depictions of sexual assault and implied coercion, as well as wartime violence.    Charlene V. Smith is an actor, director, and scholar, who has worked in the DC metropolitan area since 2006. She co-founded Brave Spirits Theatre in 2011 and became Artistic Director in 2014.  Sadly, Brave Spirits was forced to close during the pandemic. But at that time, they were mid-way through a historic project to stage 8 of Shakespeare’s history plays in rep. Shakespeare’s Histories will now be released as audio recordings: https://t.co/T9BLg8YeUN  Charlene completed her BA in English & Theatre at the College of William and Mary and studied at the London Dramatic Academy. She has an MLitt & an MFA in Shakespeare and Performance from Mary Baldwin College (now University) in partnership w/ the American Shakespeare Center.  She has written and published in a variety of venues, both academic and public-facing — you can see them all here: https://t.co/MJ7aPJljtt   And, important for our purposes, she recently taught Troilus and Cressida as part of a team-taught directing class at Mary Baldwin, so she is the perfect person to discuss this wacky play with us! If you love this episode, follow us on social media @NAShaxPodcast and subscribe to get notified about new episodes!
Jan 30, 2022
1 hr 41 min
S2:E9 - Twelfth Night, Part 2
We’re back for the second part of our holiday special, returning to TWELFTH NIGHT just in time for, well, Twelfth Night! Topsy-turvy twin shenanigans continue, with guest appearances by John Donne, the Backstreet Boys, and the Hallmark Christmas cinematic universe. Literally everyone gets married at the end. What’s more festive than that?? If you love this episode, follow us on social media @NAShaxPodcast and subscribe to get notified about new episodes!
Jan 2, 2022
1 hr 6 min
S2:E8 - Twelfth Night, Part 1 (Christmas Special)
In the first part of our epic Christmas special, James rejects the play title (again), we debate the merits of meat-flavoured crisps/chips, and a barrage of festive movie references are made. How many of these people will be married by the end? Let’s be honest—probably all of them. If you love this episode, follow us on social media @NAShaxPodcast and subscribe to get notified about new episodes!
Dec 19, 2021
1 hr 17 min
S2:E7 - The Winter's Tale
Bohemian sea coasts, bad disguises, and offstage deaths, oh my! It’s THE WINTER’S TALE! In yet another case of James feeling betrayed by a play title, The Winter’s Tale is a magical story with ghosts, bears, and long-lost princesses — but it’s not set in winter. Featuring Gerard Butler and 300, and precisely how many biscuits we’d serve the Queen if she came to tea. If you love this episode, follow us on social media @NAShaxPodcast and subscribe to get notified about new episodes!
Dec 12, 2021
1 hr 8 min
S2:E6 - The Tamer Tamed
Step aside, Billy Shakes — it’s your buddy J. Fletch’s day to shine! This week we’re washing out the bad taste the Taming left in our mouths with John Fletcher’s semi-sequel THE WOMAN’S PRIZE aka THE TAMER TAMED. We detour to 80s British children’s TV stars, Bill & Ted, and Chumbawumba. Did Fletcher really do it better? Listen to find out!    Content Note: Be aware that this play (and this episode) contains discussion of rape, sexual violence, and intimate partner violence. If you love this episode, follow us on social media @NAShaxPodcast and subscribe to get notified about new episodes!
Nov 21, 2021
55 min
S2:E5 - The Taming of the Shrew (Drunk Episode)
On today’s episode, we’re drinking wine to help us get through Shakespeare’s domestic violence comedy, The Taming of the Shrew! We detour to water voles and garden pests, James loses track of who’s who, and we test the limits of the misogynometer.    Content note: Be aware that this episode (and this play) touches on domestic / intimate partner violence, gaslighting and coercive control. If you love this episode, follow us on social media @NAShaxPodcast and subscribe to get notified about new episodes!
Nov 7, 2021
1 hr 27 min
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