Episodes

  • Feeling Uncertain? Listen To This...

    Feeling Uncertain? Listen To This...
    Apr 7 2026
    "Present fears are less than horrible imaginings." Only one thing is certain about this world - uncertainty. True 425 years ago. True now.

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    28 mins
  • Living With Grief

    Living With Grief
    Mar 31 2026
    "Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o'er-fraught heart and bids it break." There's no right or wrong way to deal with grief, but as the man says if we want to move forward we need to acknowledge it.

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    24 mins
  • My Country Right And Wrong

    My Country Right And Wrong
    Mar 24 2026
    "This England never did nor never shall Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself." As a teenager in the 1970s battling racism I'd always thought of Shakespeare as the embodiment of English nationalism. In this delightful episode Michael Dobson, head of the Shakespeare Institute at Stratford-upon-Avon, explains why I couldn't have been more wrong.

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    42 mins
  • Why Do You Think Your Thoughts Are Facts?

    Why Do You Think Your Thoughts Are Facts?
    Mar 17 2026
    "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so" Today we look at the fuss around who wrote Shakespeare and how his works can help us uncover the truth.

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    25 mins
  • When Hope Falls Short

    When Hope Falls Short
    Mar 10 2026
    "Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown." If you want to be a leader at work or in your community, beware the pitfalls.

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    24 mins
  • Take Control of Your Life

    Take Control of Your Life
    Mar 3 2026
    "Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast." You've assassinated the supreme leader. Now what? Today I'm looking at Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, and why if you're going to be bold you need to consider the consequences ahead of acting.

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    26 mins
  • The Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition

    The Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition
    Feb 24 2026
    "Dreams, indeed, are ambition, for the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream." This week Dave talks to the writer Stefan Stern about how to get on in the world without resorting to murder most foul.

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    38 mins
  • If Only I Had Time To Listen To This Podcast

    If Only I Had Time To Listen To This Podcast
    Feb 17 2026

    "I wasted time, and now doth time waste me."


    Why are we so obsessed with time? And why do we think we have so little of it? Shakespeare has an answer or two.



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    25 mins