Episode 9 - Scylla and Charybdis

Stephen breakfasts at the Tower in Sandycove. 

Stephen teaches in Dalkey. 

Stephen walks along Sandymount Strand. 

Discussing Plato's Theatetus and Meno. 

Matthew Sweet is joined by Professor Preti Taneja – author of a novel We That Are Young which sets the King Lear in Delhi, by Dr Iain Robert Smith who studies films from around the world, and by Andrew Dickson, journalist and author of Worlds Elsewhere: Journeys Around Shakespear ... Show More

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of Shakespeare's most popular works, written c1595 in the last years of Elizabeth I. It is a comedy of love and desire and their many complications as well as their simplicity, and a reflection on society's expectations and limits. It is also a ... Show More

<p>This week, we take a look at the Bard, the greatest writer of all time, Shakespeare! Well, we try. This quiz at least remotely resembles an in depth look at Shakespeare's work. Ok, that's not right either, just give it a listen and see how much Shakespeare we can manage!</p> 

Jacke celebrates autumn with a look at Shakespeare's Sonnet #73 ("That time of year thou mayst in me behold"), then welcomes novelist Laurie Frankel (Family Family, One Two Three) for a Wednesday-before-Thanksgiving discussion of one of Shakespeare's last works, The Tempest. Mus ... Show More

In the Library***Written by: Jerry W. Simmons***Old Bones Dancing***Written by: Simon Bleaken and Narrated by: Michelle Kane***Revenge***Written by: Alicia Atkins and Narrated by: Nichole Goodnight***Support the show at patreon.com/creepypod***Sound design by: Pacific Obadiah***T ... Show More