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!
Episodes
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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
May 21, 2023 • 13min
Macbeth | Episode 39 - Most Admired Disorder
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Act III, Scene iv - Macbeth continues to shout at the Ghost, and Lady Macbeth has to send everyone away.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
May 21, 2023 • 10min
Macbeth | Episode 38 - The Maws of Kites (revised)
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Act III, Scene iv - The King and Queen attempt to gloss over Macbeth's strange behaviour, while he reels at the sight of the ghost.
*this is a revised version of the episode - there was a glitch and a long gap at the start; the content is the same!*
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
May 7, 2023 • 16min
Macbeth | Episode 37 - You Look But On A Stool
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Act III, Scene iv - Lady Macbeth tries to cover for Macbeth, but then he starts acting even more strangely...
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Apr 30, 2023 • 14min
Macbeth | Episode 36 - The Best o' the Cut-throats
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Act III, Scene iv - The Banquet finally begins. But Macbeth has to slip out and deal with an uninvited figure...
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Apr 23, 2023 • 14min
Macbeth | Episode 35 - Fly Good Fleance, Fly!
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Act III, Scene iii - The Murderers - now three of them - await their target.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
