The Hamlet Podcast
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!
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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
Apr 27, 2025 • 14min
King Lear | Episode 61 - The Foul Fiend
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene iv - Edgar appears as Poor Tom, scaring the Fool but fascinating Lear.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Apr 20, 2025 • 16min
King Lear | Episode 60 - Poor Naked Wretches
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene iv - Kent tries to get Lear to take shelter in the hovel. Lear does some remarkable soul-searching, in his anger and madness.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Apr 13, 2025 • 12min
King Lear | Episode 59 - Unnatural Dealing
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene iIi - Gloucester and Edmund discuss some top-secret news, and the unnatural way Lear's family is treating him.
This episode is probably the 400th episode of The Hamlet Podcast! A huge thank you for listening. And do please stay tuned!
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Apr 6, 2025 • 15min
King Lear | Episode 58 - My Wits Begin To Turn
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene ii - Lear gives in, and the Fool gives us another song - and a prophecy.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
