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S3E77 Emily Van Duyne is Ash's special guest for today's episode on Sylvia Plath's poem, The Jailor. A portrait of abuse, gas-lighting and 'inescapable femininity', the poem has recently been studied by Plath scholars including Emily for its use of anti-black racist language. 

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S3E76 Today Ash discusses the first story in Ovid's Metamorphoses, in which we see the world created, and populated with its first inhabitants. 

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S3E75 Today's exclusive episode takes us to home turf with this Edinburgh based story of resurrection men...

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S3E74 Today I'm finally talking about Olalla! The crazy Spanish vampire story of Stevenson's that's come up on the podcast at least once before...

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S3E73 We've reached the fifth Marlowe adventure, The Little Sister. Tune in to hear about what critics call Chandler's "Hollywood novel", and what the author himself called "a gaudy piece of sarcasm masquerading as a mystery". We discuss Chandler's comedy, his cantankerous mood at the time of writing and his brushes with film legends like Billy Wilder and Alfred Hitchcock.

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S3E72 Ash discusses the fourth Marlowe novel, The Lady in the Lake. Tune in to hear about Arthurian references, Raymond Chandler's women, Marlowe's men and once again, fish.

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S3E71 In Philip Marlowe's third outing, he is on the trail of a missing Brasher Doubloon. Tracking down the coin, he unravels a dark family secret and a Beverly Hills murder. 

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S3E70 The second Philip Marlowe adventure features the unforgettable Moose Malloy, bent Bay City cops and a dame to kill for. 

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S3E69 It's back to Book 1 of Ovid's Metamorphoses as Ash tells the story of a wrathful Jove, destroying mankind with a great flood. But what does Ovid's flood have in common with the flood found in the Book of Genesis? Is this genocide or editing? And what is left, once the waters have settled? 

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S3E68 Today, I'm analysing Sylvia Plath's poem Full Fathom Five, written in 1958 and eventually collected in her book The Colossus. Taking its title from Shakespeare's The Tempest, Full Fathom Five is full of classic Plath imagery: the seldom-surfacing sea-god muse, the lost father and the seascape of her childhood. 

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S3E67 Paul Edmondson joins Ash to talk about Shakespeare biography, re-evaluating the sonnets and recording a Shakespeare diary. 

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S3E66 Such stuff! Joining Ash on an enchanted island is special guest Paul Edmondson to discuss Shakespeare's final solo-authored play, The Tempest. 

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S3E65 Ash analyses Robert Burns' comical kirk-tirlin poem, "Address to the Deil". 

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S3E64 Miles Leeson joins Ash on the podcast to discuss the work of Iris Murdoch, as well as his own work at the Iris Murdoch Research Centre. 

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Outro: Iris Murdoch in conversation with Frank Kermode

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S3E63 Ash discusses the 25th novel by Iris Murdoch with his special guest, Miles Leeson. Join us for a trip to Murdochland, for the story of a fumbled murder attempt, warring magicians and the quest for justice, all taking place in contemporary London. 

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S3E62 Today Ash discusses one of the most famous poems of the First World War, Wilfred Owen's Dulce Et Decorum Est. Tune in for an exploration of guilt and natural disorder in this "anti-souvenir" from the trenches. 

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Intro: Christopher Hitchens reading "Dulce Et Decorum Est" 

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S3E61 Today Ash is joined again by special guest Emily Ingram to discuss her play-in-progress, based on the life of Mary Shelley. 

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Intro: The Bell Jar (1979)

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S3E60 Join us for a dissection of Mary Shelley's iconic novel, Frankenstein, the tale of an ambitious young Swiss scientist, who in the course of penetrating the deepest mysteries of nature, creates artificial life.  Ash's special guest this week is Emily Ingram, theatre practitioner and writer who is currently working on a play based on Shelley's life. 

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S3E59 Joining Ash to talk about Sylvia Plath is Dr. Gail Crowther, whose latest book, Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz looks at the rebellions of Plath and her fellow poet, Anne Sexton. If you'd like to buy a copy of the book, you can do so here: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1982138394?linkCode=gs2&tag=siscuk-21

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S3E58 Today, Ash is joined by Dr. Gail Crowther to discuss Sylvia Plath’s iconic novel, The Bell Jar. Tune in for a conversation about the book’s strange publication history, the perils of reading it as pure autobiography, and an exploration of some of Plath’s often unsettling and grotesque imagery.

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S3E57 Ash is once again joined by Eilish Mulholland of the Plath and Co. podcast, to talk about Sylvia Plath. In a wide-ranging conversation they discuss Plath and Hughes' use of the occult, pandemic podcasting, the best biographies and fictional depictions of Plath and the hypnotising effect of hearing her voice. 

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Intro: A Birthday Present (1963)

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S3E56 Ash is joined by writer, researcher and fellow podcaster Eilish Mulholland to discuss Sylvia Plath's late poem, A Birthday Present.  In it, a woman is taunted by a mysterious veiled gift, the significance of which is initially unclear. 

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Intro: A Birthday Present (1963)

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S3E55 Gods, werewolves and giants abound as Ash takes a look at the story of Lycaon in Book 1 of Ovid's Metamorphoses. 

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Intro: An American Werewolf in London (1981)

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S3E54 Today, Ash is once again joined by Amanda Golden, to discuss her book Annotating Modernism, a study of the marginalia of Sylvia Plath, John Berryman, Anne Sexton and others. 

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Intro: The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)

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S3E53 'I shall never get you put together entirely,' begins 'The Colossus', which later became the title poem of Plath's collection published in 1960. Today Ash is joined by Amanda Golden, author of Annotating Modernism, to discuss the poem, and Plath's life at the time of writing. 

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S3E52 Ash is joined once again by Mark Walker, who has written the first English verse translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Life of Merlin. Tune in for a conversation about the process of translation, eccentricity and the Latin Hobbit. 

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S3E51 On today's episode we return to Geoffrey of Monmouth, and look at his narrative poem, The Life of Merlin. 
Joining Ash on the podcast is Mark Walker, who has written the first English translation of the poem. 

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Intro: Excalibur (1981)

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S3E50 What did actors in Shakespeare's day sound like? To answer that question, Ash is once again joined by Ben Crystal, author of Shakespeare on Toast and expert in the field of original pronunciation. 

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S3E49 We have finally arrived at the end of Shakespeare's History plays, with the riotous Richard III. Joining Ash to discuss the play is Ben Crystal, author of Shakespeare on Toast and specialist in the field of original pronunciation, which we'll be discussing more on tomorrow's extended interview. 

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S3E48 Ash is once again joined by biographer Carl Rollyson to discuss his biographies of Sylvia Plath, and some of the challenges facing those who write about her. Find out more about Carl's work here: 

Carl Rollyson - Works

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S3E47 Ash is joined by biographer Carl Rollyson to discuss the life of one of the greatest twentieth century poets, Sylvia Plath. Find out more about Carl's work here: 

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S3E46 Ash is joined once again by Andrew Lycett to talk more about Arthur Conan Doyle - his spiritualism, his global politics and his round of golf with Rudyard Kipling. To find out more about Andrew's work click below: 

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S3E45 Conan Doyle's historical novel The White Company is today's subject of discussion; another of Edinburgh's most famous literary residents tackling material previously used by Shakespeare. A tale of a ragtag gang of archers in the Hundred Year's War, The White Company was once the most widely published historical novel after Ivanhoe. So why is it so rarely read today? Joining Ash to discuss The White Company is journalist and biographer Andrew Lycett, who has published two books on Conan Doyle, including a celebrated biography from 2007. Tune in next time to hear more about Andrew's work, and in the meantime check out his publications here:

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Sound Bite: Most Haunted Live

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S3E44 A fascinating conversation today that's a must-listen for all Stevenson enthusiasts. Ash talks more to Jeremy Hodges about Stevenson's time in Paris, the damaging influence of Victorian Edinburgh and the story of Katharine de Mattos. Katharine was Stevenson's cousin and fellow author, who Jeremy has written about in his latest book, Mrs Jekyll and Cousin Hyde. 

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Lamplit, Vicious Fairy Land | Robert Louis Stevenson (robert-louis-stevenson.org)

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Mrs Jekyll and Cousin Hyde — Luath Press

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S3E43 We're taking a break from Shakespeare but not from the Wars of the Roses. Today we look at another portrait of the civil war in Robert Louis Stevenson's The Black Arrow. 

Joining Ash to talk about this lesser known novel by RLS is journalist and author Jeremy Hodges. Tune in next time to hear more about Jeremy's work. You can read his biography of Stevenson, Lamplit Vicious Fairyland, here:

Lamplit, Vicious Fairy Land | Robert Louis Stevenson (robert-louis-stevenson.org)

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Sound Bite: The Black Arrow (1988) 

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S3E42 In the final Part of Henry VI, we see England descend fully into chaos. Today we discuss violence, ill-blowing winds and the rise of one of Shakespeare's most famous villains. 

Joining Ash once again are Hailey Bachrach and Owen Horsley, who have worked on adaptations of the plays for the Globe and the RSC. 

Selections for the play are read by actor Danielle Farrow. You can find more information about all three contributors below: 

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Sound Bite: The Wars of the Roses (1965) 

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S3E41 Today, Ash talks more to his special guest for the Henry VI episodes, Owen Horsley, about adapting Shakespeare, cutting Henry VI, and working for the RSC.

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S3E40 It's Part 2 of Henry VI and things are going from bad to worse for King and country. Tune in to hear about witchcraft, beheadings, royal adultery and the beginning of the Wars of the Roses. 

Joining Ash once again are Hailey Bachrach and Owen Horsley, who have worked on adaptations of the plays for the Globe and the RSC. 

Selections for the play are read by actor Danielle Farrow. You can find more information about all three contributors below: 

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Sound Bite: The Wars of the Roses (1965) 

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S3E39 Today, Ash talks more to his special guest for the Henry VI episodes, Hailey Bachrach, about adapting Shakespeare, diverse casting and the "protagonist vacuum" in Henry VI.

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S3E38 Today, we begin an ambitious podcast trilogy on Shakespeare's earliest history plays - the three parts of Henry VI.  Picking up from where we left off, today's play opens with the funeral of Henry V. For his infant son, the first phase of his reign will be threatened by a French renaissance, and rumbles of civil war in his own country.  

Joining Ash to discuss the Wars of the Roses and Joan of Arc are Hailey Bachrach and Owen Horsley, who have worked on adaptations of the plays for the Globe and the RSC. 

And finally, selections from all three plays are read by actor Danielle Farrow. You can find more information about all three contributors below: 

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https://haileybachrach.com/about/
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https://www.owenhorsley.com/
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Danielle Farrow:
http://daniellefarrow.com/
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Sound Bite: David Warner in The Wars of the Roses

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S3E37 John Steinbeck’s The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights was published posthumously in 1976. Though unfinished, it is a fascinating record of a legendary American writer attempting to translate Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur into modern language. Tune in to learn all about Steinbeck’s process, his interpretation of Malory as a novelist and the mafia connection to King Arthur’s Knights.

Ash is joined today by special guests Caleb James and Spencer Church of the Drunken Pen Writing Podcast to provide an American perspective.

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Sound Bite: John Steinbeck's Nobel Acceptance Speech

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S3E36 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court  is Mark Twain's rollicking attack on the Arthurian romances. Join us today as we discuss Twain, typewriters, and dynamiting wizards out of the water. 

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S3E35 Today Ash is joined once again by special guest Aaron Sidwell to talk more about his recent performance of Henry V at the Barn Theatre in Cirencester, his YouTube Series Bard from the Barn and the future of theatre in a post-Covid world. 

Watch Aaron's production here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynSpVRu_8kE

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S3E34 We reach the end of Shakespeare's second cycle of English History plays with Henry V - the story of England's glorious King and his famous victories in France. Joining Ash to discuss the play is special guest Aaron Sidwell, who has recently played Henry in a production at the Barn Theatre in Cirencester. 

Watch Aaron's production here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynSpVRu_8kE

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Sound Bite: Derek Jacobi in Henry V (1989).

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S3E33 Following on from our recent episode on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, today Ash talks more to Debbie Cannon about her solo show based on the poem, which premiered at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 

Find out more about Debbie's play Green Knight here:

www.debbiecannon.org/

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S3E32 Following on from yesterday's episode, today's podcast is an extended interview with Sir Stanley Wells, in which he tells us more about his recent publication All the Sonnets of Shakesepare, co-authored with Paul Edmondson. 

You can buy yourself a copy here: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Sonnets-Shakespeare-William/dp/1108490395/ref=sr_1_1?crid=S71PL6YL4C9I&dchild=1&keywords=all+the+sonnets+of+shakespeare&qid=1612212351&sprefix=all+the+sonnets+of+shak%2Caps%2C175&sr=8-1

And a copy of Stanley's book Shakespeare & Co. here: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shakespeare-Co-Christopher-Middleton-Fletcher/dp/0141017139/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=shakespeare+and+co&qid=1612361654&sr=8-1

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S3E31 In 1609, for the first time, all 154 of Shakespeare's Sonnets were published. Initially attracting little attention, in the centuries that followed they have been censored, rearranged and scrutinised by critics and cryptomaniacs alike. To discuss the reasons why, Ash is joined by a very special guest: Sir Stanley Wells, who has recently published with Paul Edmondson a new edition of the sonnets. 

You can buy yourself a copy here: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Sonnets-Shakespeare-William/dp/1108490395/ref=sr_1_1?crid=S71PL6YL4C9I&dchild=1&keywords=all+the+sonnets+of+shakespeare&qid=1612212351&sprefix=all+the+sonnets+of+shak%2Caps%2C175&sr=8-1

Sound Bite: Star Trek (1969)

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S3E30 A new volume of foul papers featuring a newly found Ted Hughes recording, the fiendish murder of Fudge Lullaby, the return of Haggis McTouristboard and a very special mystery interviewee for Adam... 

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S3E29 It's Burns Night! And to celebrate, here's an episode all about the Caledonian Bard's witch tale, Tam o' Shanter. Tune in for a discussion of Burns in Edinburgh, the folk tale origin of his story and the poem's sumptuous use of rhyme. With apologies to Scottish accents everywhere. 

Sound Bite: Burns.. The Myth & The Man (1994)

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S3E28 Ash is joined by actor and writer Debbie Cannon to discuss a classic of medieval literature, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Tune in for a discussion of alliterative verse, the pitfalls of chivalry and the unusual agency of female characters on show in this extraordinary poem, written in the days of Chaucer and translated by the likes of J. R. R. Tolkien and Simon Armitage. 

Check back tomorrow for an extended interview with Debbie, and in the mean time you can find her work at www.debbiecannon.org

Sound Bite: Sword of the Valiant (1984)

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S3E27 Finally! After three attempts, Ash and Adam have at last recorded an episode on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
Join us for a festive discussion about Victorian Christmases, ghosts, quibbling and our favourite adaptations of this classic tale.
Thank you everyone for the support in 2020 and a very happy new year to all our listeners! 

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S3E26 A rusty return to Foul Papers featuring an appalling American accent, a hardboiled poem from Irvine Welsh, a big fat quiz and an episode of Barclay and Woof. 

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S3E25 Let's have a day off the Plantagenets and King Arthur, and go fishing with Ted Hughes in a pond as deep as England.

Funnily enough, what we reel in will take us right back to Shakespeare, as we discuss everything from Williamson's Salmon to Wittgenstein's Lion. 
To read along with Ash check our Instagram page @earreadthis and pack your wellies. 

Sound Bite: Ted Hughes reading Pike. 

Listen to the full recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KATxKk_p2_A&t=24s

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S3E24 Today, Ash is once again joined by Rob Myles and Sarah Peachey from The Show Must Go Online, to talk more in detail about their wonderful work: namely, casting, rehearsing and performing live on Zoom a new Shakespeare play every week! Something they've done since March, and are now close to having performed the entire Shakespeare canon. 

To find out more about the great work of The Show Must Go Online, and to access all of their past productions, visit www.robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline

Watch TSMGO's production of Henry IV, Part 1 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0LiDysIW8M&t=1783s

Watch TSMGO’s production of Henry IV, Part 2 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvDqG4sncrM&t=384s

And reach out to Rob and Sarah on Twitter at @TSMGOnlineLive

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S3E23 Previously on the Plantagenets: Prince Hal, the future King Henry V had proved his royal chops by killing Hotspur at the Battle of Shrewsbury. His father lies gravely ill. Falstaff continues to entertain, but for him too, time is running out.

Today, Ash is once again joined by Rob Myles and Sarah Peachey from The Show Must Go Online, to discuss Henry IV Part 2. 

To find out more about the great work of The Show Must Go Online, and to access all of their past productions, visit www.robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline

Watch TSMGO’s production of Henry IV, Part 2 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvDqG4sncrM&t=384s

And reach out to Rob and Sarah on Twitter at @TSMGOnlineLive

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Sound Bite: Chimes at Midnight (1965), Henry IV, Part 2 (BBC, 1979).
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S3E22 We’re back on Shakespeare's History plays, picking up a year or so after the events of Richard II. Today, Ash is joined by Rob Myles and Sarah Peachey - co-creators of The Show Must Go Online - to discuss Henry IV, Part 1.

To find out more about the great work of The Show Must Go Online, and to access all of their past productions, visit www.robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline

Watch TSMGO’s production of Henry IV, Part 1 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0LiDysIW8M&t=8219s

And reach out to Rob and Sarah on Twitter at @TSMGOnlineLive

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Sound Bite: Chimes at Midnight (1965), Henry IV, Part 1 (RSC, 2017), Henry IV, Part 1 (The Brussels Shakespeare Societry, 1974)
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S3E21 It's closing time in the bingo hall, as Adam and Ash have run out of both balls and patience. One last trundle from Mr. Patterson gives us more fascinating background on all the husbands in his Slop to Sling at Women #94 and some amazing lasagne. Apologies for giving up, and just apologies. 

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S3E20 Today, we have an extended interview with Tom Williams, biographer of Raymond Chandler. Check out yesterday's episode on the life of Chandler, and get Tom's fantastic book A Mysterious Something in the Light here: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mysterious-Something-Light-Raymond-Chandler/dp/1613736789/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=a+mysterio

You can reach Tom on Twitter at @twilliams81

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S3E19 Today, Ash is joined by Tom Williams to talk about the life of Raymond Chandler. Tom has written a fantastic biography of Chandler called A Mysterious Something in the Light - which you can find on Amazon using the link below:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mysterious-Something-Light-Raymond-Chandler/dp/1613736789/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=a+mysterio

You can reach Tom on Twitter at @twilliams81

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Sound Bite: Raymond Chandler talking to Ian Fleming.
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S3E18 Following on from the blood, thunder and turbulent priests of yesterday's episode, today Ash is joined once again by Dr. Jayme Stayer, President of the International T. S. Eliot Society to discuss his work as one of the editors of Eliot's Complete Prose, the release of the Emily Hale archive and the work of the Society.

International T. S. Eliot Society:

http://tseliot.sites.luc.edu/

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S3E17 Ash is joined today by special guest, Dr. Jayme Stayer, President of the International T.S. Eliot Society, to discuss the poet's 1935 play, Murder in the Cathedral.  To find out more about the society, check the links below to visit their website and see some of the work written by their members. 

International T. S. Eliot Society:

http://tseliot.sites.luc.edu/

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Sound Bite: James Comey and Sen. Angus King in a Senate Intelligence Committee (2017), Blackadder (1983), Murder in the Cathedral (1968), Murder in the Cathedral (1953) All other music by Epidemic Sound. 

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S3E16 Today we discuss the delightful first entry in T.H. White's Arthurian epic The Once and Future King. A novel "unique in it's creation of a childhood for King Arthur" (here nicknamed the Wart), The Sword in the Stone shows the future King of England receiving tuition from Merlyn. Join us for talk about favourite childhood reads, missing cannibals and tyrant pike.

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S3E15 Following on from our episode on Richard II, Ash is joined once again by Gregory Gudgeon, to talk about his fabulous production of the play, as well as the art of verse speaking, puppetry and much more. 

You can check out the show's Facebook page at:

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S3E14 Today, Ash is joined by special guest Gregory Gudgeon to talk about Richard II, Shakespeare’s most lyrical history play. Gregory has recently performed the role in the fantastic production Puppet King Richard II, which you can hear more about in tomorrow’s extended interview.

In the meantime check out the show's Facebook page at:

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S3E13 Enjoy today's installment of Lady Crime - which is heavy on airports, men and nothing happening, but was excitingly recorded in an all new bingo-hall. 

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S3E12 A contentious episode today as Ash and Adam discuss Edward III, a play about the medieval King, which might have been written by William Shakespeare. 
We're going to say it was for today, in order to better place it among our other episodes on Shakespeare's History plays. Because as we'll see, Edward looms large over the Plantagenets to come. 

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S3E11 *ERIC. I mean ERIC Weinstein throughout. Pls don't suicide me. 

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S3E10 Following on from yesterday's chat with Michael Smith about the alliterative Morte Arthur, today we have an extended interview in which Ash asks Michael about the process of translating from Middle English, his lino-cut prints, and where he got started with medieval literature. His book recommendation is Richard II by Nigel Saul from the Yale English Monarchs Series. To pledge towards Michael's upcoming translation of the Morte Arthure, or to purchase any of his prints, or a signed edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, visit: 

www.mythicalbritain.co.uk

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S3E9 Today, Ash is joined by special guest Michael Smith to talk about the alliterative Morte Arthur, a long poem composed in the 14th century. Michael is completing a new tranlsation of the poem, and so we’re very lucky to have him share some insights into the Alliterative’s Arthur’s provenance, it’s original readership, the joy of alliterative verse and its connections to other medieval Arthurian works such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Join us tomorrow for an extended chat about Michael’s work and in the meantime visit his website to pre-order a copy of his new translation:

www.mythicalbritain.co.uk

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Sound Bite: Merlin (1998), 'The Death of King Arthur (Hurdy Gurdy)' by Peter Pringle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs8Td5AKwxE

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S3E8 And so we march on through the bingo hall of death and dullness. This week features talk about James Patterson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, an overly elaborate DUI and a whole lot of zero, zip, nada. 

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S3E7 Today, Christopher Marlowe takes us back to Elizabethan theatre! We’re going to be spending quite a lot of time with the Plantagenet Kings of England, and today we meet our first family member, Edward II. Tune in to find out about the real Edward, Marlowe’s inspiration and sources, and how the play has been received critically over the centuries.

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S3E6 The James Patterson Bingo experiment continues and the horror is setting in. 

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S3E5 Or as James Patterson might call it: "The Seventh Episode". 

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S3E4 Our historical tour gets underway in earnest as Adam and Ash park the time machine in the 12th Century in order to hear a young wizard called Merlin deliver his famous prophecies. 

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Sound Bite from: Merlin (1998)

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S3E3 New kind of episode today as Adam and Ash watch a tonne of clips from Jekyll and Hyde movies, each depicting a transformation scene of some kind, beginning with the silent movies of the 1910's and ending in the modern day. Apologies - we lost Adam's mic sometime in the 1990's, and funnily enough from then on he sounds as if he was calling from around then. 

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Sound Bites from: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Mighty Mouse Meets Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1944), The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968), Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1980), Dr. Hekyll and Mr. Hype (1980), Jekyll and Hyde… Together Again (1982), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1986), Edge of Sanity (1989), Jekyll and Hyde (1990), Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2003), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’s Rock and Roll Musical (2003), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2003), The Mummy (2017).

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S3E2 A bumper package of Patterson for you today: we've got a info dump courtesy of a helpful newspaper clipping, then basically a load of cocks, balls and tiny wads. 

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S3E1 Adam and Ash kick off their historical series by climbing into a time machine. Here be Morlocks. 

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Sound Bites from: The Time Machine (1960)

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Or should that be Foulest? You decide. 

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S2E46 Today, to round out series 2 of Ear Read This, we're finally talking (relevantly) about The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. Join us as we discuss the birth of Los Angeles, koshing, wisecracking and the publishing world of 1930's America. 

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Sound Bites from: The Big Sleep (1946)

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S2E45 Another three chapters down. But at what cost? This week features a lot of walking, some rhyming and one of us has a breakdown. 

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S2E44 Today I'm thrilled to be talking about Hunter S. Thompson again, and doubly thrilled to be joined by Caleb James of the Drunken Pen Writing Podcast to do so. 

You can check out Caleb's podcast at www.drunkenpenwriting.com

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Sound Bites from: 'Hunter S. Thompson Meets A Hell's Angel' (CBC, 1967) 'Omnibus' (1978), 'Charlie Rose' (1998)

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S2E43 Not, as referenced, "a new series" - we thought we'd drop this one a bit sooner as it was recorded in earlier, happier times and sounds more dated by the day. Doesn't stop it being a non-stop thrill-less ride of baffling blandness from the master. 

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S2E42 A poem for isolation? Today's episode looks at a single poem from Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses and examines the incongruous conditions in which he composed his arcadian songs.

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Sound Bite from Jane Eyre (2006)

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S2E41 Believe it or not, Adam is STILL trying to fight his way off Fire Island. Waiting in store for him today are Trolls, Shamans and lizard therapy advice from agony aunt and special guest star Lucille D'Flapignon.  

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S2E40 Today we're back in La Mancha. Part II of Cervantes' masterpiece sees Quixote adapting to his own fame, and reconciling himself with plagiarism, doubt and death. 

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Sound Bites from Man of La Mancha (1972)

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S2E39 Shocking shootings, candid chins and like that. 

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S2E38 Another three chapters of Xmas Ladies Kill Squad get analysed by Ash and Adam.

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S2E37 Our fiftieth episode starts with a bit of explaining a recent pod-tragedy, after which we get stuck into Part I of Don Quixote. Today's episode explores the origin of the man from La Mancha's madness, the role of Sancho Panza and the fate of Shakespeare's lost play, Cardenio.

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Sound Bites from The Trip (2010), The Adventures of Don Quixote (1933) and Sharpe's Sword (1995)

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S2E36 Simon Armitage responds to criticism the only way he knows how. A thrilling script from Richard Woof sees the boys dealing with fruity dames and hot weather, and a quiz in the form of a murder mystery... 

Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops, 'Mystery Sax' by Kevin MacLeod 

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S2E35 Today Ash talks about the second story in Ovid's Metamophoses - the story of the four ages of mankind. At first the world was Golden (and veggie). Then came the Silver Age, the Brazen age and finally the age of Iron. Ovid's the original, but since this is a Latin-free podcast, Ash relies heavily on the translations of Ted Hughes, Arthur Golding and in particular for today's episode, John Dryden. 

Intro: The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops, 'Land on the Golden Gate' by Chris Zabriskie (www.chriszabriskie.com)

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S2E34 Today we observe an Ear Read This Christmas tradition: talking about James Patterson. We're taking his latest (by the time you finish reading this sentence it won't be his latest anymore), 19th Christmas and using it to play bingo.

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S2E33 Warm up in festive style with a third visit to Fire Island. Christmas songs, slave dwarfs, and BDSLM: Bondage and Domination of Snakes, Lizards and Marine Iguana. 

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S2E32 Today we've got a classic of the hardboiled detective genre, stuffed with husky dames, fat masterminds, and at the centre of it all a scowling anti-hero, the pleasant blond satan, Sam Spade. Dashiell Hammett's novel gets us talking about the differences between English and American crime fiction, nomenclature and inevitably, Raymond Chandler.

Intro: Humphrey Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet in The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Outro: 'The Maltese Falcon' by Adolph Deutsch

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S2E31 Wilfred Owen made a cameo appearance in our last episode, and today we look at him in detail. We discuss his war service, his attitude to life in the trenches, and analyse his strange, unsettling poem, 'Spring Offensive'. 

Intro: 'Send Me Away With A Smile' by John McCormack
Outro: 'Build Me Up Buttercup' by The Foundations

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S2E30 Pat Barker's Regeneration is set in Craiglockhart Hospital bewteen the months of July and November, 1917. Among the patients are the war poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen. On today's episode, we talk about Edinburgh's role in WWI, the problem of real-life characters in historical fiction and the poetry of the First World War.

Intro: Pat Barker on BBC World Book Club (06/11/14) 
Outro: 'God Moves in a Mysterious Way' by William Cowper

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S2E29 It's the return to Fire Island. 

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S2E28 It's that man again! Today, instead of giving us a tour around his hometown of Edinburgh, Robert Louis Stevenson provides us with one of the most famous horror stories of all time: Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Everyone knows the twist, but did you know you're pronouncing the title wrong? 

Intro: Spencer Tracey in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Outro: '(I was) Jekyll Jekyll Hyde' from 'Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival', Arthur (1998)

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S2E27 T.C. Boyle's Water Music is a riotous debut novel, featuring real life Scottish explorer Mungo Park. Today we talk about the merits of excess, going up the jungle in a boat, 18th Century novels, and Anaconda(s). 

Intro: 'Water Music, Suite No.1' by George Frideric Handel
Outro: 'Cool Water' by Vaughn Monroe

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S2E26 Today Adam takes on the Lizard King (twice), assisted by his old friend Mungo, limited back flips and some reptile trivia. Guiding intrepid Adam through the hell of Fire Island is his very own Virgil, Ash. If you'd like to play along at home, the book is Island of the Lizard King by Ian Livingstone. 

"I am the Lizard King" Lyrics: 

I am the Lizard King, I am the Lizard King. 
What will the Lizard bring, what will the Lizard bring? 
Bring him: 
Young men, to work in my goldmines
Hot young men
Writhing in the disco,
Who knew? 
This Lizard King was practising
Voodoo?
He'll stick a pin right
Through you. 

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S2E25 A Foul Papers full of adventure and action! Yippee yippee! Haggis McTouristboard, Adam squares up to the lizard king, Simon Armitage tells us about his tin-based youth, a quiz about slagging off Edinburgh and some books on film chat. Yippee yippee! 

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S2E24 Today we have a guided tour around Edinburgh, courtesy of Robert Louis Stevenson. His Picturesque Notes were published in 1878, and contain the author's sometimes bracing observations of his home city, snippets of stories and legends originating from it and some of his own backstory and inspirations. 

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S2E23 A month late, but hey ho. Here's an episode on a poem written by W. H. Auden. 'September 1, 1939' was begun on the opening day of WWII and is a hinge-poem in Auden's long, swinging career. 

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S2E22 A quick update on Ear Read This business. Thank you to everyone who has listened to us chew your ear off with our one-year old talk. We are now potty-trained, upright, and showing flashes of cunning. 

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S2E21 What better way to celebrate the Edinburgh Fringe kicking off than with some awful poetry? William McGonagall (1825-1902) has gone down in history as the worst poet of all time. Deserved? You be the judge. This week, Ash is joined by special guest Bella to appraise the life and work of this local cult poet. 

Howking, incidentally, means digging. 

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S2E20 We were somewhere around Stockbridge on the edge of the fringe when the books began to take hold. Today on Ear Read This, Ash and Adam discuss Hunter S. Thompson's riotously enjoyable Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Expect pure gonzo podcasting, alter-egos and crucified gorillas. 

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S2E19 Continuing our exploration of metamorphoses, today Ash talks about Will Self's Cock and Bull. A hermaphroditic interest makes it only right that we get two stories for the price of one. First comes Cock, the story of a bored housewife who grows a penis, then Bull, the story of a rugby player who grows a vagina on the back of his knee. 

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S2E18 A new kind of episode today as Ash discusses a single 12-line poem, 'De puero balbutiente' ('The stuttering child') by the Reverend Thomas Bastard. If you enjoy this new format and would like a particular poem or short story treated in a similar fashion, get in touch with your suggestions using the contact links below. 

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S2E17 The contents of these Foul Papers include a sign off from the Ruff Squad, some whistling, a Goodreads update, a reaction to Simon Armitage as our new Poet Laureate, a rap battle between Mr. Toad and Captain Nemo, and hot topics such as horror films, hooks for hands and Brazil. 

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S2E16 Today Adam and Ash are messing about in boats, eating excessive luncheon hampers, losing an otter and finding God, scrooging out of burrows and poop-pooping through the woods. 

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S2E15 A Foul Papers we recorded a while ago which unfortunately is blighted by a series of interruptions from the Ruff Squad - a gang of elite British writers including Carol Ann Duffy, Ian Rankin and Joe Wicks the Fitness Tit. Don't worry, we still find time to check in with the Goodreads League, watch a rap battle between Mr. Pickwick and Ebenezer Scrooge, discuss books on film and have a game of Dalai Lama or Da True Lama? 

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S2E14 Continuing our exploration of literary metamorphoses, this week we look at David Alan Kepesh, a literature professor inexplicably transformed into a woman's breast in this 1972 novella by Philip Roth. Unlike Gregor Samsa, Kepesh is aware of the literary heritage of metamorphoses, making this transformation painfully self-conscious. Is the novel a sly dig at Roth's critics? Is the work, as Martin Amis believes, "comic in shape but only glancingly comic in execution"? Listen in to find out. 

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S2E13 Ash and Adam discuss the colourful life of Arthur Conan Doyle, on the 160th anniversary of his birth. A life too full of adventure to be briefly described, but we had a go anyway. Tune in for stories of WWI, cocaine, Houdini, ghosts, crocodile hunting and a little bit of writing too. 

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S2E12 The Golden Ass is the only surviving complete Latin novel from the Classical period. Also known as The Metamorphoses, it straddles more than one running theme on Ear Read This, as well as being filthy, funny and full of history. Grab your toga and get your ass over here. Time for a Roman literary feast. 

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S2E11 In the second part of this week's Pickwick bonanza, Stephen Jarvis joins us again to tell us about his first novel, Death and Mr. Pickwick. 

Discover the true story behind the origin of Mr. Pickwick and the real life story of Pickwick's first illustrator, Robert Seymour. 

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S2E10 This week, Ash and Adam are joined by Stephen Jarvis (author of Death and Mr. Pickwick) to discuss The Pickwick Papers, the first novel by Charles Dickens.

As well as exploring its unique publication history, they also cover the astonishing popularity of the novel, how Dickens transformed as a writer during its serial run and ask why most books are just books, but not Pickwick...

And if, like the worlds reading population for a century, you can’t get enough Pickwick - we’ll be joined on Monday again by Stephen Jarvis to discuss his own novel, which tells the life story of The Pickwick Papers’ illustrator, Robert Seymour - and makes the case that it was he, not Dickens, who had the first idea for the novel. 

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S2E9 When Gregor Samsa awoke on morning from troubled dreams, he found himself changed into a... What? In today's episode, Ash investigates the cause of this Metamorphosis. The punishment of a young man living dully sluggardized at home? Or something else? 

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"Giant Wyrm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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S2E8 A trip to Cornwall with Richard Woof, a Booker bid, a Shakespeare character rap battle, a personal poem and some Amazon review quiz type stuff. 

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S2E7 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is one of Jules Verne's Voyages Extraordinaires, originally published serially in the mid 19th Century. Join Ash and Adam as they swap touring the Hebrides for touring the open sea, and encountering electric narwhals, anemone marmalade, the prince of harpooners and underwater fundamentalists. 

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S2E6 Join Adam and Ash as they scholarly examine the history of the Bad Sex in Writing award, which has been run by the Literary Review for several decades. Even by our standards, the language is pretty foul. 

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S2E5 Romeo and Juliet is arguably Shakespeare's most recognisable play. Today on Ear Read This, Ash discusses how the play deals with its fame, whether or not the lovers are damned, and what commentary Shakespeare is providing on his own developing language. 

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S2E4 Round II of the Goodreads League, a report from Birmingham courtesy of Richard Woof, a Burns Night quiz, a trilogy of haikus that are NOT personal, Ash shares his view of modern Scotland from an immigrant's perspective and a NSFW trailer for James Patterson's Haunted. 

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S2E3 Join Adam and Ash for their first trip to the 18th century, as they discuss the delightful accounts Johnson and Boswell made of their 1773 tour of Scotland. Come for the Highland history, and stay for the heavy breakfasts and winning friendship these two men of letters enjoyed. 

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S2E2 Announcing the launch of the Foul Papers Goodreads league! There's a literary character rap battle, a new addition to the Ear Read This team, a promised poem, a condemnation of some crafty bastards, and King Lear gets upstaged by a drone. 

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S2E1 A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's most beloved and often performed plays. Join Ash for an exploration of The Dream's history, variety of verse styles, and it's preoccupation with the relationship between the imaginer and the thing imagined. 

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S1E13 It's Christmas Eve night in Scrooge and Marley's Podcast Emporium, and poor Bob Cratchett, the overworked co-host of a literary podcast, is angling for tomorrow off... 

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S1E12 Haunted (? Or Hunted? or Hornswoggled? I dunno, something like that) by James Patterson and James O. Born is about the unforgettably named NY cop Michael Bennett. He’s all about killing students and driving city-issued Impalas. And he’s all out of bubble-gum. Join Adam and Ash as they provide you with all the reasons why Haunted (Hampered?) is a book to cheerfully avoid. 

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S1E11 This week's Foul Papers comes with a double helping of guff, as Ash and Adam try to crack the podcasting nut with the most trivial train stories, quizzes and conversation starters they can think of. Also more Earial, a discussion about literary biographies and an episode of Authorchef. 

Music: "Epic Unease", "Five Armies", and "Majestic Hills" by Kevin MacLeod, "Ludovico's Technique" by Soularflair, and "Not Drunk" by The Joy Drops.

S1E10 What's this? Some literature NOT by Shakespeare? Impossible! Today on Ear Read This, join us (Adam and Ash) for a lengthy discussion of The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark. We try to Poirot out the 'Why?' in this Whydunnit, speculate over the Lynchian elements of Spark's style, and of course ask ourselves just who is sitting in the titular driver's seat. 

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S1E9 An all-new poetry challenge, a look at two Waterstones books of the month, a pub joke, a literary analysis of a Stormzy excerpt, a new episode of Earial and a discussion about spice. 

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S1E8 Love's Labour's Lost is a comedy full of buffoons, braggarts and would-be boffins. But why the non-traditional ending? What is a flap-dragon? And is it, as J.A. Herand called it, "exclusively a play on words"? (It does indeed contain the longest word in Shakespeare - say it three times fast: honorificabilitudinitatibus.)

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S1E7 We're back with a ghost train of Halloween features, including a new True Crime segment, a visit to the website of David Walliams, and a WH Auden themed drinking game. 

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S1E6 Does Lemony Snicket have a twin brother called Rickety Bucket? Is The Young Ones driving off a cliff a comic ending? Has a radio DJ Me Too'd an Ear Read This presenter? All this and more. 

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S1E5 The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare's shortest play, is discussed by Ash and guest co-host Ash. Discover the original sources for this twin-centric farce, how Shakespeare acoustically expresses theme through his verse, and find time for a little existential crisis too. 

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S1E4 A game of Shrew or False, a discussion about ambergris, spontaneous Tesco observations, tampered with Shakespeare readings, and a famous face-off. All this and more in Ash and Adam's Content Week Special.

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S1E3 The Taming of the Shrew remains a controversial comedy over four hundred years after it first appeared, thanks to its apparent celebration of patriarchal oppression. Today on Ear Read This, Ash discusses the origin of Shrew-Taming narratives, the traditions of farce and cross-gender acting and what life was like for the real women in Shakespeare's time. 

Citations for Works Quoted:

The Taming of the Shrew, The Two Gentleman of Verona, and A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (Quotes taken from Penguin Shakespeare, 2005-06).

Kidnie, Margaret Jane, 'Introduction', 'The Play in Performance' from The Taming of the Shrew ed. G. R. Hibbard (Penguin 2006).

Tillyard, E. M. W., Shakespeare’s Early Comedies (1965).

Harbage, A., Conceptions of Shakespeare (1966).

Burgess, Anthony, Shakespeare (1970).

Kiernan, Victor, Shakespeare: Poet and Citizen (1993).

The majority of critical quotations for this episode are taken from The Taming of the Shrew: Critical Essays edited by Dana E. Aspinall (Routledge, 2002). The individual essays/extracts and their authors collected in the volume which I quote from are:

Aspinall, Dana E., 'The Play and the Critics' (2002)

Quiller-Couch, Arthur, from his Introduction to The Taming of the Shrew (1928)

Heilman, Robert B. 'The Taming Untamed, or, The Return of the Shrew' (Modern Language Quarterly, 1966)

Coghill, Neville, 'The Basis of Shakespearean Comedy' (1950)

Wilson, Edwin, Shaw on Shakespeare (1961) Roberts, Jean Addison, 'Horses and Hermaphrodites: Metamorphoses in Taming of the Shrew' (Shakespeare Quarterly, 1983)

Daniell, David, ‘The Good Marriage of Katherine and Petruchio’ (Shakespeare Survey, 1984)

Bradbrook, M.C., 'Dramatic Role as Social Image: A Study of The Taming of the Shrew' (1958)

Burns, Margie, 'The Ending of The Shrew' (1986)

Mikesell, Margaret Lael, '"Love Wrought These Miracles": Marriage and Genre in The Taming of the Shrew' (1989)

Boose, Lynda E. 'Scolding Brides and Bridling Scolds: Taming the Woman's Unruly Member' (1991)

Underdown, David, 'The Taming of the Scold: The Enforcement of Patriarchal Authority in Early Modern England' (1985)

Stallybrass, Peter, 'Reading the Body: The Revenger's Tragedy and the Jacobean Theater of Consumption' (1987)

Greer, Germaine, The Female Eunuch (1970)

Van Doren, Mark, Shakespeare (1939)

Mack, Maynard, 'Engagement and Detachment in Shakespeare's Plays' (1962)

Billington, Michael (The Guardian, 1987)

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S1E2 With thanks to Mark Wahlberg. In the first Friday "books down" episode, Ash and Adam discuss James Hilton's Lost Horizon, the burden of fame, watching 950 heads explode and an invigorating new celebrity workout schedule. Inspire to be better. Get after it. 

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S1E1 The Two Gentlemen of Verona is possibly the first play by William Shakespeare. Possibly. Today on Ear Read This, join Ash as he discusses the date of its composition, and argues with E. M. W. Tillyard and a rambunctious Dr. Johnson. 

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Works cited. The Two Gentleman of Verona, As You Like It and Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (Penguin, 2005).

Tillyard, E. M. W., Shakespeare’s Early Comedies (1965).

Arthos, John, Shakespeare: The Early Writings (1972).

Quiller-Couch, Arthur, ed, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (2010).

The majority of critical quotations are taken from Two Gentleman of Verona: Critical Essays edited by June Schlueter (Routledge, 1996). The individual essays and authors collected within the volume, and those referenced by Schlueter are listed below.

Pope, Alexander, ed. The Works of Mr. William Shakespeare (1723-25)

Small, S. Asa, ‘The Ending of The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ (1933)

Theobald, Lewis, ed. The Works of William Shakespeare in Seven Volumes (1733)

Asimov, Isaac, Asimov’s Guide to Shakespeare (1970)

Upton, John, Critical Observations on Shakespeare (1746)

Johnson, Samuel, ed. The Plays of William Shakespeare (1765)

Sargent, Ralph M., ‘Sir Thomas Elyot and the Integrity of The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ (1950)

Bullough, Geoffrey, Narrative and Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare (1957)

Hazlitt, William, Character of Shakespear’s Plays (1817)

Brooks, Harold F., ‘Two Clowns in a Comedy (To Say Nothing of the Dog): Speed, Launce (and Crab) in The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ (1963)

Campbell, Kathleen, ‘Shakespeare’s Actors as Collaborators: Will Kempe and The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ (1996)

Swinburne, Algernon Charles, A Study of Shakespeare (1880)

Kiefer, Frederick, ‘Love Letters in The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ (1986)

Perry, Thomas A., ‘Proteus, Wry-Transformed Traveller’ (1954)

Ewbank, Inga-Stina, ‘”Were Man But Constant, He Were Perfect”: Constancy and Consistency in The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ (1972)

Lusardi, James P., Review of Young Company Production of TGOV, first published in Shakespeare Bulletin, November 1984 Charlton, H. B., Essays and Studies (1963)

Haight, Gordon S., George Eliot: A Biography (1968)