
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

Aug 6, 2023 • 13min
Macbeth | Episode 49 - Your Father's Dead
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Act IV Scene ii - Lady Macduff chats with her little son.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

Jul 23, 2023 • 12min
Macbeth | Episode 48 - The Natural Touch
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Act IV Scene ii - We move to Fife, and meet Lady Macduff, very worried by her husband's departure.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

Jul 16, 2023 • 10min
Macbeth | Episode 47 - All Unfortunate Souls
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Act IV Scene i - Lennox appears, with news about Macduff.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

Jul 9, 2023 • 18min
Macbeth | Episode 46 - Why Do You Show Me This?
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Act IV Scene i - Macbeth demands even more answers - but is horrified at what he sees...
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

Jul 2, 2023 • 14min
Macbeth | Episode 45 - Bloody, Bold and Resolute
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Act IV Scene i - The Witches help three mysterious but familiar visions appear to Macbeth.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

Jun 25, 2023 • 15min
Macbeth | Episode 44 - Speak - Demand - We'll Answer
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Act IV Scene i - Macbeth appears, demanding answers from the Witches.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

Jun 18, 2023 • 22min
Macbeth | Episode 43 - Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Act IV Scene i - The Three Witches reappear, busy at work on a potion.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

Jun 11, 2023 • 19min
Macbeth | Episode 42 - The Tyrant's Feast
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Act III, Scene vi - Lennox and a Lord discuss Malcolm and Macduff.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

Jun 4, 2023 • 15min
Macbeth | Episode 41 - Mortals' Chiefest Enemy
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Act III, Scene v - Hecate appears to the Three Witches, with instructions for them.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

May 28, 2023 • 15min
Macbeth | Episode 40 - Blood Will Have Blood
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Act III, Scene iv - All the guests are gone and the Macbeths are alone, very late at night.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty