Bardolater Podcast is host Annabelle Higgins’ follow-up to A Teenager's Take on Shakespeare (the biggest difference from which is that the host is no longer a teenager!). The main ethos of the podcast — making Shakespeare more accessible and opening up the world of early modern drama to anyone and everyone interested in delving into this amazing field — remains the same.
Bardolater Podcast will offer you many more exciting and thought-provoking insights from a multiplicity of perspectives on Shakespeare’s work, from historical analysis to contemporary interpretation. Happy listening!
It's been almost a year since A Teenager's Take on Shakespeare wrapped up on my 20th birthday, and now as I approach 21, I'm starting a new podcasting adventure - Bardolater Podcast.
Listen to the trailer to hear more about what's coming next to the show!
28 Nov 2025
The Deep Dive: Shakespeare, The First Folio, and Portable Magic with Emma Smith
Welcome, listeners, to the final episode of A Teenager’s Take on Shakespeare — consider this a little early Christmas present for you all!
This episode's guest was a huge inspiration to me when I first delved deep into Shakespeare and is now, I am very fortunate to say, one of my professors at the University of Oxford.
Emma Smith is Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Hertford College Oxford. She has published widely on Shakespeare including her book This Is Shakespeare. She is a Board member at the Royal Shakespeare Company and works as a dramaturg and advisor to numerous Shakespeare projects and productions.
Make sure you listen to the end to hear an exciting update on the future of this podcast!
Check out Emma’s monthly Oxford World Classics webinars here (https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/shakespeare-webinar-series); and, of course, you can find A Teenager’s Take on Shakespeare at @ateenagerstakeonshakespeare on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ateenagerstakeonshakespeare/).
Enjoy!
13 Nov 2025
Beyond the Folio: Pop Shakespeare with Ian Doescher
Welcome to another special episode of A Teenager’s Take on Shakespeare!
In this episode, I, host Annabelle Higgins, discuss several well-known Shakespearean classics such as Verily, A New Hope, Much Ado About Mean Girls, The Taming of the Clueless, and — hang on, are those Shakespeare? Nope, they’re the work of today’s amazing guest, Ian Doescher.
Ian Doescher lives in Portland, Oregon, and is the New York Times bestselling author of fifteen books published by Quirk Books, including the William Shakespeare's Star Wars series, and six self-published books. In 2020, Ian created the Shakespeare 2020 Project.
You can find Ian on Instagram at @ian.doescher and on his website, iandoescher.com — and you can find A Teenager’s Take on Shakespeare at @ateenagerstakeonshakespeare on Instagram.
Enjoy!
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