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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Jan 5, 2020 • 11min
Episode 113 - I Must Be Cruel only to be Kind
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene iv - Hamlet encourages Gertrude not to share his secrets with Claudius.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Dec 22, 2019 • 8min
Episode 112 - That Monster, Custom
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene iv - Hamlet now tries to convince Gertrude not to spend the night with Claudius, and that she can break her habits.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Dec 15, 2019 • 11min
Episode 111 - Flattering Unction
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene iv - Hamlet tries to convince Gertrude that her distress is caused primarily by what she's done herself, not what he's been doing and saying to her.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Dec 8, 2019 • 8min
Episode 110 - The Very Coinage of Your Brain
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene iv - Hamlet worries that the Ghost will weaken his resolve, and Gertrude worries that Hamlet's madness is causing him to see things.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Dec 1, 2019 • 10min
Episode 109 - Thy Almost Blunted Purpose
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene iv - Just as Hamlet pushes Gertrude to breaking point, his father's Ghost reappears. But is Hamlet the only one who can see him?
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Nov 24, 2019 • 11min
Episode 108 - Stewed in Corruption
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene iv - Hamlet pushes his mother to breaking point with his aggressive lecture.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Nov 17, 2019 • 10min
Episode 107 - Shame, where is thy blush?
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene iv - Hamlet continues his comparison between his father and Gertrude, and questions how she could have made her choice.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Nov 10, 2019 • 11min
Episode 106 - Hyperion's Curls
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene iv - Hamlet turns his attention back to Gertrude, explaining in great detail the consequences of her actions.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Nov 10, 2019 • 11min
Episode 105 - A Bloody Deed (Corrected version)
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene iv - Hamlet hears that there's someone else in the room, and attacks.
(I have re-uploaded this episode because the first version had a very long gap at the beginning. In all else it is identical!)
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Nov 3, 2019 • 12min
Episode 105 - A Bloody Deed
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene iv - Hamlet hears that there's someone else in the room, and attacks.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
