Brush up your Shakespeare with co-hosts Charlotte Ahlin and Danielle Cohn as we read and review every single play the Bard ever wrote.
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This week we are still talking about Sweeney Todd meets Kill Bill meets the fall of the Roman Empire, aka TITUS ANDRONICUS! Come for the gore, stay for the historical context on Gothic history.
Hold onto your sons, because this week we kick off our bloody summer blockbuster discussion of TITUS ANDRONICUS! Trigger warning for... everything. All of it.
To listen or not to listen… to this week’s episode! This pod is full of choices as we explore Ryan North’s Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Hamlet, TO BE OR NOT TO BE! Our choices lead us to discussing Pompeii, Aaron Sorkin’s girl-boss-ification of CAMELOT, and why choose your own adventure novels are the video games of books. (And also Hamlet.)
This week we review another episode of Shakesp- JUST KIDDING IDIOT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANCIENT ROME AGAIN. WE TRICKED YOU! IT'S TOO LATE! YOU'LL NEVER ESCAPE!
Charlotte is trapped in the wilds of Canada this week, but never fear — Danielle is joined by our first-ever guest, the incredible actor (and FRIEND) Đavid Lee Huỳnh! Đavid tells us about his experience in The Public Theater/NAATCO’s currently running production of Henry VI, as well as his personal journey with Shakespeare. We talk remounting a production post-Covid, getting beaten up onstage, dream roles, and which theatre companies provide the best snacks!
This week we take a look at the first episode of a fascinating animated anthology of Shakespeare stories! Come for the analysis of adaptational choices, stay for the examination of ponytail lengths.
It's time to polish off the cast of TROILUS AND CRESSIDA! This week we discuss the play's last remaining divas, get REALLY into insult comedy, and read a Goodreads review for the ages.
This week we continue to discuss TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, and wrestle with the age-old question: is it still cheating if your dad makes you switch armies?
We're back with more TROILUS AND CRESSIDA. Come for the ahistorical post-modern anti-romance, stay for the syphilis!
This week we discuss Shakespeare's least romantic romance, TROILUS AND CRESSIDA. Join us for bizarro Iliad fanfiction featuring Troilus, Cressida, Ulysses, Achilles, and Achilles' very real girlfriend who goes to a different school.
Danielle is sick this week, so producer Valerie comes off the bench for a rollicking discussion about the greatest literature ever performed by actors, and also some Shakespeare while we're at it.
Bonjour, bitches! This week on Bag Charm, we continue our deep dive on Emily in Paris season 5! Featuring fake Fendis, the hottest Roman menswear, and a meditation on the demonic nature of Emily's putrid soul.
Welcome back to our continuing series on the groundbreaking 3D cinematic tour de force that rocked Hollywood: James Cameron's Avat- wait, sorry, we're being handed a note... It says "Kiss Me Kate Part 2" in Cole Porter's handwriting? Sorry, everyone. That's a pretty common mistake.
Brush up your Shakespeare! No, really, we know we talk about it a lot on this show, but it's FINALLY time for Kiss Me Kate! What's your favorite tenuous rhyming couplet?
Oops oops oops! We accidentally talked about Malvolio twice! But that’s okay. He needed a win. Join us as we finish out discussing the cast of our namesake play!
This week, we continue our Twelfth Night character analysis with the drunks! We contend with the sadness underpinning the group's lighthearted comedy, unpack more gender shenanigans, and podcast on empty stomachs. Plus, Charlotte lists every Nintendo character she knows. Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram, and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!
This week we return to the land of Illyria and the wonderful world of Twelfth Night! We begin our character analysis with the main cast, and... we don't get very far. This is going to take a while. Strap in!
This week we are joined by Jessie Austrian, co-artistic director of the fabulous and fearless Fiasco Theater! We talk twins, love, language, and get a sneak peak at Fiasco's new adaptation of The Comedy of Errors!
You there! Podcast listener! What's today, my fine fellow? Why, today is the first day of our series on Twelfth Night, or What You Will. That's the name of our podcast! Join us for a lively discussion about one of Shakespeare's heaters as we finally nail down the definition of the twelve days of Christmas, and Charlotte almost gets the hook for talking about Coriolanus again.
Get your tissues ready, because this week we watch the 2025 film HAMNET. Talking points include crying-induced headaches, the beauty of catharsis, and some very tasteful pitches for a Shakespearean Cinematic Universe.
Last name: Bastard. First name: The. Move over, Jon Snow – it's time to talk about one of English lit's most underappreciated illegitimate sons. Plus, we take a detour to talk about the Aristocats, and reiterate that this is NOT an anti-Catholic podcast.
Welcome back to the freshly Normanized England of King John! We go through the play's major characters and debate what type of animated Robin Hood animal they would be. (Except King John, who is OBVIOUSLY a pathetic little cuck lion without a mane and therefore needs no debate.)
Hang a calfskin on your recreant limbs, because it's time to discuss KING JOHN! Talking points include neptocide, the Magna Carta, and Disney's foxy Robin Hood.
It's double, double podcast and trouble! In this year's Spooktacular, we discuss spooky Shakespearian Halloween costumes, rank the Bard's ghosts on a tier list, and build our ideal Shakespeare-themed haunted house.
Journey with us to the halcyon days of ye olde 2021 as we watch Joel Coen's THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH! Talking points include German expressionism, Ross's snatched waist, and what inflation has done to the price of witches.
