April has been a huge month for Shakespeare Anyone? Kourtney has officially finished one of her master's degree programs (yay!), we launched our first collection of Shakespeare Anyone? merch (more on that below), and we celebrated Shakespeare's birthday and Independent Bookstore Day.

We now have ads on the podcast

As you may have noticed if you've listened to an episode recently, we now have ads at the beginning and end of each episode. This is a huge milestone for any independent podcast, and it will support our goals of being able to create more Shakespeare Anyone? content for you! We are a two-person team that juggles every aspect of podcast creation (writing, researching, editing, marketing, etc. etc. etc.) on top of 9-5 jobs, and in Kourtney's case, getting two master's degrees.

Our paid Patreon patrons now have exclusive access to ad-free episodes.

We've launched merch!

On Shakespeare's birthday (April 23), we launched our official merch store on our website! We've had a lot of fun creating original designs for our fellow Shakespeare nerds to show off your love of the podcast and Shakespeare.

Check out our merch store

This month's episodes

​Mini: Shakespeare in Love [unlocked from the Patreon vault]​ ​

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​King Henry V: European Foreigners and Immigrants in Shakespeare's Time​

One year ago:

• ​Mini: Ben Jonson, Shakespeare's Colleague and Competitor​
• ​Romeo and Juliet: Feuds, Vendettas, and Duels​

Two years ago:

• ​Mini: Shakespeare's Changeling Children​
• ​A Midsummer Night's Dream: Shakespeare & Climate Change with Sydney Schwindt​

Three years ago:

• ​Mini: Not Shakespeare! Gallatea & Early Modern Trans Studies with Dr. Simone Chess​
• ​King Lear: Aging and Old Age​

Four years ago:

• ​Macbeth: Tyranny and Treason​
• ​Mini-Episode: The Four Humours​

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Over on Patreon...

​Over on our Patreon, this month, Patreon patrons received a sneak peek of our merch collection, and patrons at specific tiers received exclusive discount codes for our merch store.

Are you a teacher or do you know teachers who teach or want to teach Shakespeare?

We are still looking to hear from teachers about the obstacles educators face when teaching Shakespeare in the classroom and learn what would help educators most. If you are an educator, we'd greatly appreciate it if you could help us out by completing this survey.​

If you know teachers who might be interested in taking the survey, please feel free to forward it to them!

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