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Reading marginal, minor, and absolutely unread Old and Middle English poetry, paired with a thematically appropriate cocktail.... more
FAQs about The Canterbury Fails:How many episodes does The Canterbury Fails have?The podcast currently has 70 episodes available.
February 15, 2025The Rime of King William: Chonky Anglais Fizz and Angry Rhyming CoupletsA poem in Old English that is wildly ambivalent but brutally clever coupled with a vegetation-rich perversion of an English classic....more52minPlay
January 18, 2025The Fraternity of Drinkers: Initiation Rites with Quarts of English AleA gentle tail-rhymed parody about a brotherhood of drinkers that no one has every written about: a perfect Fail....more46minPlay
November 30, 2024Ælfric's Homily on the Nativity: Invisible Wolf and Thicc-DranksÆlfric gets all teacherly about Jesus's birth and Matt and David suck down 3000 calories in 5 minutes. It's great....more53minPlay
November 16, 2024On the Corruptions of the Times: Bad Poetry, Matt Weeps, and a Pencil Shaving CocktailThe vaguest and most general milquetoast fifteenth-century poetry on how bad things are (they are bad people!) with a drink that makes Matt and David question their credibility....more49minPlay
November 01, 2024A Voice Crying Out and a Fortified City: Old English Prose Psalm 30Alfred shouts out his sorrows while Matt and David (both the Biblical and the actual) knock back a Bob Dylan x vermouth fanfic love fest. With fire. And a monastic chaser. ...more52minPlay
October 19, 2024The Juggler and the Baron's Daughter: Dicey Magic Seduction and a Citrusy Gin BombA Middle English ballad about a sketchy juggler with bad intent and a potent bittersweet and floral ringer....more46minPlay
September 27, 2024Old English Saint Pantaleon: Dumb Ways to DieAn inventive and violent life of a kid doctor with the citrusy and herbal Milk of a Lion. ...more45minPlay
September 14, 2024How the Plague Was Ceased at Rome: Shoddy Sticky Bun and Fungal BourbonLydgate's anti-Plague miracle poem with pestiferous angels paired with a medieval medicine-infused citrus bomb....more54minPlay
May 30, 2024Kalamazoo Fails IIA live and in-person episode recorded in Kalamazoo Michigan at the International Congress on Medieval Studies featuring Usha Vishnuvajjala, Marty Schichtman, Laurie Finke, S.C. Kaplan, Sarah Baechle, Erin Sweany, and Dana Oswald. Decapitated wolves! Penis pilgrimage! Terrible romance! Fun was had by all....more1h 9minPlay
April 05, 2024Capture of the Five Boroughs: Political Lackeyism (or how to kiss Edmund's heroic ass)A mediocre and short (thankfully) Old English encomium for Edmund that confuses Danes and Vikings paired with a rich and potent New York transplant cocktail. And David got one of those cherries he likes. ...more53minPlay
FAQs about The Canterbury Fails:How many episodes does The Canterbury Fails have?The podcast currently has 70 episodes available.