In this episode, Laura considers Shadow Kingdom in the context of Bob Dylan’s career and what it tells us about the artist at 80 years old. We’ll touch on Dylan’s relationship with the past, the language of dreams, and we’ll find out what all of this has to do with Shakespeare.

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Alma Har’el talking about dreams is from this i-D video.

Bob Dylan’s Nobel lecture

Music: Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, Midsummer night's dream overture