Folger Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare Unlimited
Folger Shakespeare Library
4.8from 981 ratings
- 310
- Episodes
- 60
- Transcribed
- 981
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2015
- First episode
- 3M
- YouTube views
About Folger Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare Unlimited
Home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare materials. Advancing knowledge and the arts. Discover it all at www.folger.edu. Shakespeare turns up in the most interesting places—not just literature and the stage, but science and social history as well. Our "Shakespeare Unlimited" podcast explores the fascinating and varied connections between Shakespeare, his works, and the world around us.
- Publisher
- Folger Shakespeare Library
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 25 Feb 2015
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
60 of 310 episodes have a transcript.
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Brian Cox and Nicole Ansari-Cox
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Complete Life of William Shakespeare, with Paul Menzer
8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Bard in the Borderlands
Inside a recent episode
Brian Cox and Nicole Ansari-Cox
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] The resonance. And for people who haven't seen the play, it takes place under the reign of Frederick the Great in the 18th century. He's trying to solidify the Prussian empire. He's very brutal and tyrannical. ruler but he's also a music fan and he he summons bach to his court in potsdam i i read somewhere that i know oliver cotton is one of your oldest friends right and he's a very old friend yeah and he's a musician and i understand at some point uh he played you some bach he played me a shakan and i i said And I thought, wow, that's great. What is it? And he said, it's Bach. And I had no idea. […]
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- Brian Cox
- Nicole Ansari-Cox
- Paul Menzer
- Katherine Gillen
- Kathryn Vomero Santos
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- YouTube views
- 2,666,121
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 838 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 143 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100
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- Quality
- 94
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 91
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