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S6: E5: Harriet Walter on She Speaks! What Shakespeare's Women Might Have Said
May 23, 2026
39m 26s
S6: E4: Jyotsna G. Singh on Shakespeare, Postcoloniality, and Global Interconnectedness
Apr 23, 2026
48m 42s
S6: E3: Lubaaba Al‑Azami on Travel and Exchanges between India and England
Jan 23, 2026
37m 26s
S6: E2: Hanh Bui on Ageing in Shakespeare
Oct 23, 2025
36m 49s
S6: E1: Sophie Duncan on Searching for Juliet
Sep 23, 2025
41m 51s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 5/23/26 | S6: E5: Harriet Walter on She Speaks! What Shakespeare's Women Might Have Said | Send us Fan Mail Dame Harriet Walter discusses and recites from her poetry book, She Speaks! What Shakespeare's Women Might Have Said. For a complete episode transcript, http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer: Varsha Panjwani Guest: Harriet Walter Producer: Stefano Masi Transcript: Benjamin Poore Artwork: Wenqi Wan Suggested Citation: Walter, Harriet in conversation with Panjwani, Varsha (2026). Harriet Walter on She Speaks! What Shakespeare's Women Might Have Said. Women &a... | 39m 26s | ||||||
| 4/23/26 | S6: E4: Jyotsna G. Singh on Shakespeare, Postcoloniality, and Global Interconnectedness✨ | ShakespearePostcoloniality+1 | Jyotsna G. Singh | Women & Shakespeare | — | — | — | 48m 42s | |
| 1/23/26 | S6: E3: Lubaaba Al‑Azami on Travel and Exchanges between India and England✨ | TravelCultural Exchange+2 | Lubaaba Al‑Azami | Travellers in the Golden RealmTravellers in the Golden Realm: How Mughal India Connected England to the World | IndiaEngland | TravelersGolden Realm+1 | — | 37m 26s | |
| 10/23/25 | S6: E2: Hanh Bui on Ageing in Shakespeare✨ | ageingShakespeare+2 | Hanh Bui | Ageing in ShakespeareWomen & Shakespeare | — | transcriptfan mail+1 | — | 36m 49s | |
| 9/23/25 | S6: E1: Sophie Duncan on Searching for Juliet✨ | Julietliterature+2 | Sophie Duncan | Searching for Juliet | — | Searching for Julietlove letter+1 | — | 41m 51s | |
| 6/23/25 | S5: E6:Michelle Ephraim on her memoir Green World—a powerful dialogue between lived experience and Jessica in The Merchant of Venice✨ | memoir writingJewish women in Shakespeare+2 | Michelle Ephraim | Green WorldThe Merchant of Venice | — | Green WorldShakespeare+1 | — | 40m 46s | |
| 5/23/25 | S5: E5: Claudia Mayer on Designing for Shakespeare Plays✨ | designing for Shakespeare playsMacbeth+2 | Claudia Mayer | JV ProductionsMacbeth+2 | — | Shakespearetheater+1 | — | 40m 37s | |
| 4/23/25 | S5: E4: Dominique Le Gendre on Composing Music for Shakespeare Plays✨ | musicShakespeare+2 | Dominique Le Gendre | music for Shakespeare playsthe Sam Wanamaker Playhouse+3 | — | Richard IISam Wanamaker Playhouse+1 | — | 33m 45s | |
| 9/23/24 | S5: E3: Kerry Frampton on Midsummer Mechanicals, Clowning, and Working-Class Shakespeare Theatre✨ | Midsummer MechanicalsClowning+1 | Kerry Frampton | Midsummer MechanicalsWorking-Class Shakespeare Theatre+3 | — | Fan MailSplendid Productions+1 | — | 41m 08s | |
| 5/23/24 | S5: E2: Alexa Alice Joubin on Shakespeare & East Asia, Trans as Method, and AI in Shakespeare✨ | ShakespeareEast Asia+3 | Alexa Alice Joubin | Alexa's WebsiteAlexa+2 | — | Fan Mailtranscript+1 | — | 46m 49s | |
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| 4/18/24 | S5: E1: Poonam Trivedi on Shakespeare & India✨ | ShakespeareIndia+4 | Poonam Trivedi | India's Shakespeare: Translation, Interpretation and PerformanceShakespeare and Indian Cinemas: Local Habitations+4 | — | Fan Mailgerminal+1 | — | 40m 35s | |
| 2/23/24 | S4: E6: Tiffany Stern on Rehearsal Practices, Ballads, Popular Entertainments | Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Professor Tiffany Stern discusses her books and tells us about rehearsal practices, ballads, and popular entertainments in Shakespeare's day. She also tells us about being a general editor and editing The Tempest. For a complete episode transcript, click http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer: Varsha Panjwani Guest: Tiffany Stern Researchers: Sonia Kukula & Annika Suderburg Producers: Isabella DeJoy & Emma Munson Trans... | 42m 57s | ||||||
| 1/23/24 | S4: E5: Lolita Chakrabarti on Red Velvet and Hamnet | Send us Fan Mail In this episode, playwright and actress, Lolita Chakrabarti, talks about her plays, Red Velvet and Hamnet. For a complete episode transcript, click http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer: Varsha Panjwani Guest: Lolita Chakrabarti Researchers: Marie Tagbo & Sophie Massey Producers: Audrey Kim Chung & Niraj Nair Transcript: Benjamin Poore Artwork: Wenqi Wan Suggested Citation: Chakrabarti, Lolita in conversation with Panjwani, Varsha (2024). Lo... | 36m 07s | ||||||
| 12/23/23 | S4: E4: Emily Ingram on Shakespeare, Popular Culture, and Props | Send us Fan Mail In this episode, the artistic-director of 'Some Kind of Theatre', Emily Ingram, talks about Shakespeare, Popular Culture, and Props. Find out more about her company here: https://www.somekindoftheatre.co.uk For a complete episode transcript, click http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer: Varsha Panjwani Guest: Emily Ingram Researcher: Farah Elrakhawi Producers: Isabella DeJoy & Chance Ortiz-Sorrenti Transcript: Benjamin Poore Artwork: Wenqi Wan Suggested Cita... | 33m 14s | ||||||
| 8/21/23 | S4: E3: Ella Hawkins on Period Dress in Contemporary Shakespeare Performance & Biscuit Art | Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Ella Hawkins talks about her book on 'Period Dress' in contemporary Shakespeare performance and about her biscuit art. Her book is available in different formats: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/shakespeare-in-elizabethan-costume-9781350234420/ Check out her Instagram: ellamchawk For a complete episode transcript, click http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer: Varsha Panjwani Guest: Ella Hawkins Producer: Varsha Panjwani Transcript: Benjamin Poore A... | 36m 43s | ||||||
| 6/23/23 | S4: E2: Hannah Khalil on adapting *Henry VIII* for Shakespeare's Globe | Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Playwright Hannah Khalil talks about her adaptation of Henry VIII at Shakespeare's Globe. Check out the first anthology of her plays: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/hannah-khalil-plays-of-arabic-heritage-9781350242197/ Check out her website: https://hannahkhalil.com/ For a complete episode transcript, click http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer: Varsha Panjwani Guest: Hannah Khalil Producers: Trixie Rodriguez & Sydney Partin Research Consul... | 34m 43s | ||||||
| 4/23/23 | S4:E1: Emma Smith on Approaching Shakespeare, First Folio, and Portable Magic of Books | Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Professor Emma Smith talks about her podcast *Approaching Shakespeare* and her wonderful books *This is Shakespeare*, *Shakespeare's First Folio*, and *Portable Magic*. Her podcast can be accessed from here: https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/approaching-shakespeare For a complete episode transcript, check out http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer: Varsha Panjwani Guest: Emma Smith Producer: Peyton Harmon Transcript: Benjamin Poore Artwo... | 36m 19s | ||||||
| 11/23/22 | S3: E6: Wendy Lennon on Shakespeare, Race, and Pedagogy | Send us Fan Mail Academic Wendy Lennon talks about Shakespeare, Race, and Pedagogy. Find out more about her work here: https://www.shakeracepedagogy.com/ For a complete episode transcript, check out http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer: Varsha Panjwani Guest: Wendy Lennon Producers: Emily Pepper & Marisa Valentino Artwork: Mr Wenqi Wan Insta: earlymoderndoc Email: earlymoderndoc@gmail.com | 24m 02s | ||||||
| 10/23/22 | S3: E5: Lyn Gardner on Reviewing Shakespeare | Send us Fan Mail Theatre critic, Lyn Gardner, talks about reviewing Shakespeare, theatre, and culture. Read her reviews & column here: https://www.thestage.co.uk/author-lyn-gardner For a complete episode transcript, check out http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer: Varsha Panjwani Guest: Lyn Gardner Producer: Hannah Kasko Artwork: Wenqi Wan Insta: earlymoderndoc Email: earlymoderndoc@gmail.com | 34m 42s | ||||||
| 7/23/22 | S3: E4: Emma Whipday on Shakespeare's Sister, Shakespeare's Domestic Tragedies, and Practice-Based Research | Send us Fan Mail Playwright and Academic, Emma Whipday talks about her play Shakespeare's Sister, her book Shakespeare's Domestic Tragedies: Violence in the Early Modern Home, and practice-based research. For a complete episode transcript, check out http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer: Varsha Panjwani Guest: Emma Whipday [http://www.emmawhipday.com/] Research Leads: Brianna Clark & Ariana Pérez Producer: Tyler Medina-Minerva Artwork: Wenqi Wan Suggested Citation: Whi... | 35m 31s | ||||||
| 6/23/22 | S3: E3: Yarit Dor on Fight & Intimacy Direction in Shakespeare | Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss fight and intimacy direction in Shakespeare, especially in As You Like It, Hamlet, Richard II, & Romeo & Juliet. For more on Yarit Dor's work, check out https://www.yarit-dor.com/ For a complete episode transcript, check out http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer: Dr Varsha Panjwani Guest: Ms Yarit Dor Producer: Mr Zeke Tweedie Artwork: Mr Wenqi Wan Insta: earlymoderndoc Email: earlymoderndoc@gmail.com | 34m 21s | ||||||
| 1/23/22 |  S3: E2: Chloe Gong on Romeo & Juliet & YA Adaptations: These Violent Delights & Our Violent Ends | Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss Chloe Gong's intricate Young Adult Fantasy reworkings of Romeo & Juliet set in 1920s Shanghai: These Violent Delights & Our Violent Ends. For a complete episode transcript, check out http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer: Dr Varsha Panjwani Guest: Ms Chloe Gong Research Lead: Ms Morgen Shung Producer: Ms Ellie Zwolensky Artwork: Mr Wenqi Wan Insta: earlymoderndoc Email: earlymoderndoc@gmail.com | 32m 54s | ||||||
| 11/23/21 | S3:E1: Sarah Olive on Shakespeare in Education | Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss Shakespeare in Education in the UK and South East Asia with Dr Sarah Olive. This episode is in collaboration with the British Shakespeare Association (BSA) https://www.britishshakespeare.ws/ For a complete episode transcript, check out http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer: Dr Varsha Panjwani Producer: Mr Zeke Tweedie Guest: Dr Sarah Olive Artwork: Mr Wenqi Wan Insta: earlymoderndoc Email: earlymoderndoc@gmail.com | 36m 36s | ||||||
| 8/5/21 | Something Old-Something New 2: Bonus Episode: Chris Bush with Ivanna Vargas | Send us Fan Mail Chris Bush talks about her journey from being a university student to a successful playwright. Check out http://www.womenandshakespeare.com for a complete transcript. Interviewer: Ms Ivanna Vargas Guest: Ms Chris Bush Producer: Ms Kelly Payne Editing: Dr Varsha Panjwani Artwork: Mr Wenqi Wan Insta: earlymoderndoc Email: earlymoderndoc@gmail.com | 6m 59s | ||||||
| 7/22/21 |  S2:E6: Mary Bly on Lizzie & Dante and Romeo & Juliet | Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss Professor Mary Bly's novel, Lizzie & Dante, which is an intricate reworking of Romeo & Juliet. For a complete episode transcript, check out http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer & Producer: Dr Varsha Panjwani Guest: Professor Mary Bly Artwork: Mr Wenqi Wan Insta: earlymoderndoc Email: earlymoderndoc@gmail.com | 32m 41s | ||||||
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2 placements across 2 markets.
Chart Positions
2 placements across 2 markets.