Something Shakespeare This Way Comes
Episodes
Ep 41: Awarding Shakespearean Superlatives with Guest Ben Roman
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most likely to rope their brother into recording a ridiculous podcast episode about Shakespeare? That goes to me!I thought it would be fun to run thro...
Ep 40: Is 2025 the Year of Hamlet Core?
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Farewell to 2025 – may you meet your fitting end at midnight (drowning in a cask of wine, perhaps).The past couple years have seen an absolute boom ...
Ep 39: Shakespeare, Queer Theory, and Queer Culture in Early Modern England
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are we so back??? I hope so!Thank you to everyone who has patiently waited while I've been working through personal stuff. And congrats to everyon...
Ep 38: Taming of the Shrew in Perspective Over Time
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Has the shrew been tamed or was the taming just the friendswe made along the way?I am back with the third and final episode looking at TheTaming of th...
Ep 37: 10 Things I Hate About You (1998) with Guest Ben Roman
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello boys, I’m back!The long-awaited 10 Things I Hate About You episode is here. Please enjoy listening to me and my brother probably defend this m...
Bonus Ep 7: It's the Ides of March (Again)
15 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s that time of year again to look back at what happened on the Ides of March many years ago and consider how badly the conspirators fumbled the b...
Ep 36: The Taming of the Shrew, Examining Kate and Petruchio
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a true example of what happens when you don't make yourself stop falling down the research rabbit hole.We're back with more Th...
Ep 35: The Taming of the Shrew, Context and Confusion
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our long-awaited Shrew series has begun! And I have discovered that I committed myself to doing three episodes surrounding a play that maybe I don’t...
Bonus Ep 6: How Shakespeare Is It? Conclave (2024)
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Academy recently announced its Best Picture nominees,and while there’s been plenty of discussion over how good those nominees are, not even enou...
Ep. 34: Interiority, Narration, Art, and Shakespeare
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is brought to you by the newsletters about books that I subscribe to and my ability to sometimes overthink things. This time around we ar...
Ep. 33: Beware the Inspirational Shakespeare Quote
18 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How often have you seen a quote on a beautifully colored background with the claim that the words are from William Shakespeare himself? If you’ve sp...
Ep 32: Just One of the Guys (1985), Teen Comedies and Shakespeare
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you consider something to be a Shakespeare adaptation if it features a female protagonist who dresses up as a boy? Is this basic concept now consid...
Ep 31: T.S. Eliot on Shakespeare (CORRECTED)
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It has come to my attention that I recently uploaded this with the wrong audio attached. Cool! It's about T.S. Eliot now, I promise. This episode we a...
Ep 30: Shakespeare Myths, Gossip, and Anecdotes
01 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy long weekend surprise episode drop! We are having fun this time with various tales of Shakespeare lore that I've stumbled across in my reading o...
Ep 29: Ben Jonson - Shakespeare's Contemporary, Part 2
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back with more Ben Jonson! This episode we consider Jonson’s works, his plays for public and private theater, his poetry, and his relationsh...
REPOST Ep 11: High School and Shakespeare
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, everyone! Things got a little away from me this week, what with a national election demanding all my attention and energy, so I'm bringing back an...
Ep 28: Ben Jonson - Shakespeare's Contemporary, Part 1
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back, gentle listeners, to season 2 and the long-awaited discussion of Ben Jonson! Shakespeare’s colleague, friend, maybe sometimes frenemy,...
Shorts 3: The Book of Will and the First Folio
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What’s it like to go to the theater to see Shakespeare but then see a play about his works instead of seeing one of his works? Pretty rad, actually!...
Shorts 2: My Own Private Idaho (1991) and the Henriad
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in an early 90s indie film that has some Shakespearean elements and has also become a queer cult classic? Let’s all just assume t...
Shorts 1: Ghostlight (2024) with guest Amanda Bain-Wysocki
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ghostlight is an indie film that at first blush seems to be dealing with some pretty well-worn tropes: we have a family dealing with the aftermath of ...
Ep 27: Year One in Review
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the end of season 1 and our year in review! In this episode, I reflect a little on the year I just had, how I got the podcast started and c...
Ep 26: Anonymous (2011) with guest Ben Roman
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Another episode, another silly movie about Shakespeare. This time, I forced my brother to watch Anonymous, the 2011 Roland Emmerich film that puts for...
Ep 25: Shakespeare in Adaptation
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are back and this week we are talking Shakespeare adaptation! What are the different types of adaptation, what do they accomplish, and what makes s...
Ep 24: Judi Dench on Shakespeare
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spoiler alert for this week’s episode: Judi Dench is super cool and also has a ton of interesting stuff to say about Shakespeare. This episode we’...
Ep 23: What Astrological Sign are Iconic Shakespeare Characters with Guest Gabbi Miller
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Would you classify yourself as a straight up astrology nerd or someone who barely knows your sign and that’s where you’d like to leave it? What ab...
Ep 22: The Shakespeare Jubilee and Our Changing Perceptions
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 1769, a famous actor decided to host a giant event in honor of the man who helped make him famous: Shakespeare. It did not go as planned. While the...
Ep 21: Portrayals of Achilles in Shakespeare and Elsewhere
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Say what you want about Achilles, but everyone definitely does know his name. This episode we're talking all things Achilles. What the ancient Gre...
Bonus Ep 5: The Role of the Gods in Mythology
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bonus content for my fellow Greek mythology nerds out there! This episode we are talking the role of the gods in the Trojan War, how they appear in Th...
Ep 20: One-Star Shakespeare, Twelfth Night Edition with Guest Ben Roman
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why do people dislike Twelfth Night? Because it's the internet, sometimes the reasoning is silly, but as when it comes to any piece of art, there&...
Ep 19: Greek Mythology Retellings and Troilus and Cressida
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lovers of Greek mythology (and Shakespeare), rise up! If you thought you might like Shakespeare better if he just talked about a mythological figure f...
Ep 18: Close Reading Much Ado About Nothing
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ever have to do close reading for a literature class and did you find it kind of fun or incredibly painful? Maybe you just spun some masterful BS to h...
Ep 17: What Your Favorite Shakespeare Play Says About You
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have a favorite Shakespeare play? Do you consider your favorite to be on brand for you? And does anyone else feel extreme pressure when asked w...
Ep 16: One-Star Shakespeare, Hamlet Edition with Guest Ben Roman
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To give or not to give a one-star review? That can sometimes be the question when you are faced with reading and rating a classic that doesn’t live ...
Ep 15: Introduction to Shakespeare's Sonnets
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do the sonnets really prove that Shakespeare was gay? Listen, when has anything ever proven anything about Shakespeare? More than any other piece of w...
Ep 14: Can Julius Caesar Still Feel Relevant?
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Ides of March have come and gone but I’m not quite done talking about Julius Caesar (the guy) or Julius Caesar (the play). This play is harder t...
Bonus Ep 4: Beware the Ides of March
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do you get super excited to tell everyone to "Beware the Ides of March" every year or are you normal? Julius Caesar is a tricky play becaus...
Ep 13: Saltburn (2023) and Dead Poets Society (1989) with guest Gabbi Miller
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever watched a movie and thought it was really giving Shakespeare vibes even though it wasn’t based on one of his plays? In this episode we...
Ep 12: Tier Ranking Shakespeare Couples
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do Romeo and Juliet belong in the highest levels of Shakespeare canon or are they more mid? I explore this question and more in this episode, as I wor...
Ep 11: High School and Shakespeare
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Who wants to relive English class from when you were a teenager? What if I'm the one doing it? I've been thinking lately about the Shakespeare...
Ep 10: Twelfth Night and Gender Exploration
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the immortal words of Viola, “I am the man.” That’s right, we are talking about Twelfth Night and everyone’s enduring obsession with how i...
Ep 9: Storytelling and Speculation
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What kind of guy do you think Shakespeare was? This episode, we’re delving into the world of imagination as we consider the proud tradition of story...
Ep 8: Romeo + Juliet (1996) with guest Amanda Bain Wysocki
28 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
IN FAIR VERONA we set our scene and Baz Luhrmann presents us a fever dream of a film. Amanda Bain Wysocki joins me to discuss the classic 1996 film Wi...
Ep 7: Exploring Genre - Tragedy and History
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spoiler alert: Everyone dies. Except when they don't. But the title character does. Except when they don't. The is the second part of my two p...
Bonus Ep 3 - "Of Cannibals" and The Tempest
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode started as an article, but it turns out you would all prefer to listen to stuff, so now it’s a podcast episode! You want to listen to ...
Ep 6: Exploring Genre - Comedy and Tragicomedy
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Make ‘em laugh! Make ‘em cry? Make ‘em feel…weird??? We are talking genre! Specifically the genres of Shakespeare’s plays, how we started t...
Bonus Ep 2: One-Star Shakespeare
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are taking a little detour into the world of internet reviews of the classics. What are people saying about The Tempest, Macbeth, and Romeo a...
Ep 5: Shakespeare in Love (1998) with guest Ben Roman
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
But hark! What light from yonder window breaks? It is Shakespeare in Love and this episode I’m joined by a guest to discuss it. Join us to hear abou...
Ep 4: Historical Context and Shakespeare Biography
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Who would have thought that picking up Bill Bryson's little Shakespeare biography would unlock so many thoughts in my brain? I picked up this bio...
Bonus Ep 1: A Brief Shakespeare Bio
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What's this mine eyes spy? A bonus episode? Yea, verily! My next full episode is going to start getting more fully into Shakespeare biography, as...
Ep 3: The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Knock knock, who’s there? It’s me, with an episode on The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), the latest film adaptation of the Scottish play. Directed by ...
Ep 2: The Tempest as a Metaphor for Theater
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our revels now are not ended. They’re just getting started! After my annual trip to the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival this year to see The T...
Episode 1: Introduction
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Something Shakespeare This Way Comes, a podcast made by a nerd who wants to share my love of the Bard. Take a listen to a learn a little mo...