The Hamlet Podcast
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!
Latest episodes
Jul 13, 2025 • 10min
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
Jul 6, 2025 • 12min
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
Jun 29, 2025 • 14min
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
Jun 15, 2025 • 22min
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
Jun 8, 2025 • 14min
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
Jun 1, 2025 • 11min
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
May 25, 2025 • 18min
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
May 19, 2025 • 22min
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
May 12, 2025 • 19min
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
May 4, 2025 • 15min
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
