The Hamlet Podcast

By Conor Hanratty

A weekly podcast now exploring Shakespeare's Macbeth. Every episode covers approximately 30 lines of the play - week by week, until we finish sometime in 2023!... more

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The Hamlet Podcast episodes:

July 13, 2025 King Lear | Episode 71 - Such A Traitor
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene vii - Gloucester is brought before Regan and Cornwall, and tied up.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
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10min
July 06, 2025 King Lear | Episode 70 - Pluck Out His Eyes
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene vii - Cornwall starts plotting Gloucester's punishment, while Goneril leaves to rejoin her husband.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
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13min
June 29, 2025 King Lear | Episode 69 - A Plot of Death
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene vi - Gloucester comes back and hurries Lear and the others away to safety.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
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14min
June 15, 2025 King Lear | Episode 68 - My Tears Begin
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene vi - Lear madly attempts to prosecute his daughters for the way they have treated him.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
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22min
June 08, 2025 King Lear | Episode 67 - The Lake of Darkness
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene vi - Gloucester brings the others to shelter. Edgar and the Fool vie for Lear's attention.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
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14min
June 01, 2025 King Lear | Episode 66 - Evil Disposition
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene v - Cornwall appears, with Edmund in tow.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
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12min
May 25, 2025 King Lear | Episode 65 - I Had A Son
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene iv - The scene comes to an end, not before Lear makes some more fantastical references and Edgar matches him with a famous rhyme.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
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18min
May 19, 2025 King Lear | Episode 64 - Flibbertigibbet
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene iv - The Walking Fire - and its bearer - arrives. Edgar continues to perform his role as mad Poor Tom.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
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23min
May 12, 2025 King Lear | Episode 63 - Poor Bare Forked Animal
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene iv - Lear is still fascinated by Edgar, while the Fool still watches.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
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19min
May 04, 2025 King Lear | Episode 62 - All The Plagues
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene iv - Lear is fascinated by Edgar, while the Fool watches what is happening.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
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16min

FAQs about The Hamlet Podcast:

How many episodes does The Hamlet Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 449 episodes available.

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