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What You Will

Charlotte Ahlin and Danielle Cohn

41 episodes

1 week ago

You there! Podcast listener! What's today, my fine fellow? Why, today is the first day of our series on Twelfth Night, or What You Will. That's the name of our podcast! Join us for a lively discussion about one of Shakespeare's heaters as we finally nail down the definition of the twelve days of Christmas, and Charlotte almost gets the hook for talking about Coriolanus again.

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You there! Podcast listener! What's today, my fine fellow? Why, today is the first day of our series on Twelfth Night, or What You Will. That's the name of our podcast! Join us for a lively discussion about one of Shakespeare's heaters as we finally nail down the definition of the twelve days of Christmas, and Charlotte almost gets the hook for talking about Coriolanus again.

Show more...

Performing Arts

Episodes (20/41)

What You Will

Twelfth Night Part 1

You there! Podcast listener! What's today, my fine fellow? Why, today is the first day of our series on Twelfth Night, or What You Will. That's the name of our podcast! Join us for a lively discussion about one of Shakespeare's heaters as we finally nail down the definition of the twelve days of Christmas, and Charlotte almost gets the hook for talking about Coriolanus again.

1 week ago

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Get your tissues ready, because this week we watch the 2025 film HAMNET. Talking points include crying-induced headaches, the beauty of catharsis, and some very tasteful pitches for a Shakespearean Cinematic Universe.

3 weeks ago

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King John Part 3

Last name: Bastard. First name: The. Move over, Jon Snow – it's time to talk about one of English lit's most underappreciated illegitimate sons. Plus, we take a detour to talk about the Aristocats, and reiterate that this is NOT an anti-Catholic podcast.

1 month ago

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King John Part 2

Welcome back to the freshly Normanized England of King John! We go through the play's major characters and debate what type of animated Robin Hood animal they would be. (Except King John, who is OBVIOUSLY a pathetic little cuck lion without a mane and therefore needs no debate.)

1 month ago

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King John Part 1

Hang a calfskin on your recreant limbs, because it's time to discuss KING JOHN! Talking points include neptocide, the Magna Carta, and Disney's foxy Robin Hood.

2 months ago

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Halloween Spooktacular (2025)

It's double, double podcast and trouble! In this year's Spooktacular, we discuss spooky Shakespearian Halloween costumes, rank the Bard's ghosts on a tier list, and build our ideal Shakespeare-themed haunted house.

2 months ago

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The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)

Journey with us to the halcyon days of ye olde 2021 as we watch Joel Coen's THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH! Talking points include German expressionism, Ross's snatched waist, and what inflation has done to the price of witches.

3 months ago

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If there's three things we know about movies, it's that Viggo actually breaks his toe when he kicks the helmet in The Two Towers, the rain in Singin' In the Rain is actually milk, and The Lion King is actually based on Hamlet. Well, kind of. Are you ready to learn all about it? Oh, c'mon, don't make us say it... BE PREPARED!

3 months ago

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A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 4

This week: the thrilling conclusion to our unprecedented FOUR-part series on A Midsummer Night’s Dream! We round out the cast of our dream high school play with the fairies. Plus: do YOU know what a changeling is?

4 months ago

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A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 3

We continue our grim work of casting a high school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, this time with the best group of characters: the rude mechanicals! Plus, we play a new game.

4 months ago

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A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 2

This week, we remain in Fairyland, and begin casting our dream production of A Midsummer Night's Dream according to high school stereotypes.

5 months ago

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A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 1

Just in time for the actual middle of summer, it's time to start our deep dive into A Midsummer Night's Dream! Join us as we put a girdle round about the pod in 62 minutes.

5 months ago

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10 Things I Hate About You

Get totally whelmed as we discuss everyone's favorite adaptation of everyone's least favorite Shakespeare play, 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU. Danielle and Charlotte talk 90s rom-coms, strong female protagonists, and do their very best to continue avoiding Cole Porter by any means necessary.

5 months ago

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Coriolanus Part 3

That’s right: it’s time for MORE-iolanus! In an unprecedented third episode on Coriolanus, we discuss our ideal stagings of the play, and map it more directly onto (sorry) current events. Don’t worry, there won’t be a Part Four-iolanus. We promise.

6 months ago

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Coriolanus Part 2

How many scars do YOU have? Probably not as many as our boy Gaius Marcius Coriolanus. Show us your scars. How many of them do you have? Roll up your sleeves and show us how many scars you have right now. Our deep dive into Coriolanus continues!

6 months ago

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Coriolanus Part 1

Just in time for Pride Month, it’s everyone’s favorite homoerotic meditation on fascism, the stomach as it relates to the rest of the body, and mommy issues! Coriolanus has, uh, a lot to say about our current political moment. Let’s get into it!

7 months ago

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Gnomeo & Juliet

This week, we take you through everyone's favorite Elton John money-laundering scheme: GNOMEO & JULIET! Come with us on a rollicking journey of questionable adaptation choices, porcelain castration, and the love lives of lawn flamingos.

7 months ago

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The Taming of the Shrew Part 2

Welcome back to Taming of the Two: Electric Shrewgaloo! Join us as we mourn the Animaniacs (RIP), rate hunting dog names, ponder an over-abundance of tutors, and finally solve misogyny once and for all.

8 months ago

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The Taming of the Shrew Part 1

We're back from the dead to bring you everyone's favorite manosphere YouTube prank show, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW! Join us for a lively discussion of gaslighting, Shakespearean Pixar shorts, and the constant threat of Cole Porter music.

8 months ago

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You thought you were free...

10 months ago