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Wasted Potential Podcast is back with a fiery commentary track for 1996's Dragon Heart! Oh boy its a rambling one in which we discuss some film facts, give our awful opinions, but mostly discuss other more interesting movies. We play some trivia games like Shot or Not, Creature or Feature (???), and Quaid or Costner. Side note: if anyone has a functioning taint and wants to offer it for a transplant, reach out to Hobo Dan at podcastwastedpotential@gmail.com. Thanks! Hobo Dan's Dragonheart synopsis: Our knight and shining armor…the man with a plan…the man who is gonna save us from Pokémon. Martin Lawrence with a jets jersey on. Ohhh no wait…it's just Dennis quaid is the knight or some shit I think. I'm assuming there is gonna be time travel or he goes back in time and befriends a dragon and some religious aspect to it comes into play. The movie is called dragonheart or dragon slayer. I hope they play a slayer song in this movie that would be sweet. Sean Connor is the guy that's anti dragons and Dennis quaid tries to save the dragon. But it's maybe Dennis quaid may want to fuck the dragon at the end maybe he falls in love with him. Oh no maybe his love becomes a dragon and then fucks it. That would be the best movie ever okay let's do that. You will believe in fucking dragons. A movie before it's time!0:00 - Advertisements 3:05 - Introductions6:24 - Games12:37 - Dragon Heart 1:54:32 - Recommendations & Outro1:59:29 - OuttakesThis week we are sponsored by Fire Breathing Starter Pack and No More Jock Straps Pills. Our Drinking Games this podcast: 1. Quote the Old Code2. Fire loogiesSignature Drink: Dragon's Nostril1 part Fireball3 parts Chaucer's Raspberry MeadEnd Theme made by: brainless_bearyann. Check him out on Instagram! Thanks to FreeSounds.org contributors.Follow us:Instagram: podcastwastedpotentialEmail: podcastwastedpotential@gmail.com#prayfortaint #dragonheart #seanconnery #dennisquiad

While Mist celebrates his complete and total victory, the siblings Bahstard have a heart to heart.    Cast Rohtan - Adam Devi - Amanda Mist - Mike DM and Producer - Diana  dianadely on Bluesky   Original Music by Adam - Used with permission. Sound effects and soundscapes by Syrinscape.com. and Freesounds.org Freesounds.org sounds used under the Creative Commons License. Like what you hear? Support us on our Patreon. www.patreon.com/multiclasstheater

We're back and this time we discuss the 1980's graphic novel and the 2005 film V for Vendetta. Mike returns to the podcast and joins Ronnie and Shane as they compare and contrast both and attempt to derail the conversation as often as possible. Anarchy Forever! Featuring audio clips from: V for Vendetta and a bunch of other things that we do not have the permission or ownership over but it all falls under basic copyright laws for entertainment. End Theme made by: brainless_bearyann. Check him out on Instagram! Thanks to FreeSounds.org contributors.Follow us:Instagram: podcastwastedpotentialEmail: podcastwastedpotential@gmail.com#vforvendetta #alanmoore #comicbook #film

Mist wages everything on a desperate gamble.   Cast Rohtan - Adam Devi - Amanda Mist - Mike DM and Producer - Diana  dianadely on Bluesky   Original Music by Adam - Used with permission. Sound effects and soundscapes by Syrinscape.com. and Freesounds.org Freesounds.org sounds used under the Creative Commons License. Like what you hear? Support us on our Patreon. www.patreon.com/multiclasstheater

Season Six, Episode OneBack once again for the renegade master LTO is back in the house and in your ears!!!And today, we're regressing - back to our childhood TV shows.From Willo the Wisp to Dogtanian to Byker Grove we've chat about some of our top shows form the 80's and 90's and what a bad boy in leather jacket did for us. Ooo errr missus!And of course there are sketches…but these sketches…well, just you wait….Our guest for the episode is Harriet Kershaw, one of the UK's leading voice actors.Harriet is a highly versatile performer working across animation, audiobooks, narration, video games, commercials, and audio drama. She is known for her work on major titles including Baldur's Gate 3 and Assassin's Creed, as well as beloved franchises like Fireman Sam and Thomas & Friends. She is also currently lending her voice to the audiobook world of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix for Audible.Renowned for her range and character work—from creatures and motion capture performances to richly layered narration—Harriet brings a unique creative depth to every role she takes on.We talk to Harriet about her journey from dreaming of running a National Trust gift shop as a child, to exploring burlesque, to becoming one of the country's premier voice artists. We also dive into creativity, the level of input she has in shaping her characters, and her experience working in motion capture.If you enjoy the show, please follow or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, leave us a quick review and share with someone you love.Now, hang on to your hats because…….WE'RE GOING LIVE!!! Yes, that's right, on Thursday 16th July we are doing a live episode of LTO at The Hearth in London. There will be chat, sketches, a quiz AND cocktails. To top it off, we'll be joined with brilliant actor and author Stephanie Farrell Moore. @stephfarrellmooreTickets are available https://www.tickettailor.com/events/limitedtimeonly/2192881?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio but they are limited so snap you're up whilst you can.We'll be back next week with a Limited Time Only Brief episode. Have a wonderful week!S & E xxLimited Time Only - a pick-me-up in podcast form.Original Music by Small PlatesOther sound effects from FreeSounds including:Tech Corporation (loop ver.1) by AudioCoffee -- https://freesound.org/s/756425/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0cartoon gibberish over phone.flac by Timbre -- https://freesound.org/s/166182/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0See Limited Time Only LIVE in London this July. Join Esther and Susie for a joyful hour of chat and comedy at The Hearth in London. With special guest, the actor and author Stephanie Farrell Moore. Book now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/limitedtimeonly/2192881 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us Fan MailToday, you get to treat yourselves to a discussion of Pope's major satirical poems: The Rape of the Lock and The Dunciad.  And, as a special bonus, you get to endure a desultory introduction concerning the Beatles at a cocktail party as well as series of pop culture references that are no less than 40 years old.  The Texts:The Rape of the Lock: https://jacklynch.net/Texts/rapelock.html The Dunciad: https://congresoartistas.masonicvipclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/the-dunciad.pdfSupport the showIf you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation.  Click the "Support the Show" button.  So grateful!Or Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/classicenglishliteraturePlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen.  Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

Welcome to a new gimmick from Wasted Potential Podcast: From the Library! In this new concept made to torture our obnoxious podcasting pals, Ronnie and Shane randomly selected to watch the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock classic Rear Window. The boys drunkenly discuss the film and some behind the scenes featurettes. Both informative and annoying, this episode dangles on the edge of the cliff of listenability. Check it out and let us know if this premise is worth another, more sober attempt. Featuring audio clips from: Rear Window, Rear Window re-release trailer, Ethics: An Original Documentary, Disturbia trailer, WDSU News, Channel 5 Clips, War of the Worlds (2025), Dumb and Dumber, the Wedding Singer, Conversation with Screenwriter John Michael Hayes, Family Guy, and Paid in Full. End Theme made by: brainless_bearyann. Check him out on Instagram! Thanks to FreeSounds.org contributors.Follow us:Instagram: podcastwastedpotentialEmail: podcastwastedpotential@gmail.com#hitchcock #rearwindow #podcast #film

Send us Fan MailFor this Easter holiday, I thought we'd look at a hymn lyric from a very influential writer who is often overlooked in discussions of literature: Isaac Watt.  You can find the full text of the lyric in the transcript.Additional Music: "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" perf. The Choir of St. Margaret's, Westminster (1931) His Master's Voice (B 3746)https://archive.org/details/78_when-i-survey-the-wondrous-cross_choir-of-st-margarets-westminster-miller-herber_gbia0438074bSupport the showIf you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation.  Click the "Support the Show" button.  So grateful!Or Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/classicenglishliteraturePlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen.  Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

November 1, 2025: Hobo Dan joined Ron to talk about post-Halloween movies and they debated which last 2000s horror remake sucked more: Friday the 13th (2009) or A Nightmare on Elmstreet (2010). Spoilers: they both suck but one sucks WAY more. Our editor got lazy and busy so enjoy this spring time released Halloween/horror slasher podcast!0:00 - Rambling about Halloween5:04 - Intro11:28 - Friday the 13th35:00 - A Nightmare on Elmstreet54:30 - Which Remake Sucks Less? 1:21:50 - Wrap Up, Outro, & BloopersAudio clips taken from: Alien Earth, Friday the 13th IX, Halloween 6 Producer's Cut, Friday the 13th V, Friday the 13th (2009), Nightmare on Elmstreet (2010), "Nightmare" - Avenged Sevenfold, Watchmen, Nightmare on Elm Street 4, 5, 6, and Freddy v Jason. End Theme made by: brainless_bearyann. Check him out on Instagram! Thanks to FreeSounds.org contributors.Follow us:Instagram: podcastwastedpotentialEmail: podcastwastedpotential@gmail.com#anightmareonelmstreet #fridaythethirteenth #horror #remake #podcast

In the desolate wasteland of Shelbolath's domain, upon an unexpected visage the party came...  Cast Rohtan - Adam Devi - Amanda Mist - Mike DM and Producer - Diana  dianadely on Bluesky   Original Music by Adam - Used with permission. Sound effects and soundscapes by Syrinscape.com. and Freesounds.org Freesounds.org sounds used under the Creative Commons License. Like what you hear? Support us on our Patreon. www.patreon.com/multiclasstheater

Send a textAlexander Pope, whom some critics regard as the most important poet of the early 18th century, set out to comprehensively explain the rules that governed art, poetry, and humanity itself.  And, it turns out, they're all the same rules.Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other guestsGretel le Maître likes to look for the beauty and curiosities in life, one day at a...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you! If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful! Or Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/classicenglishliterature Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

Mist on the River is a cat with a plan. If he pulls it off, it could change everything.    Cast Rohtan - Adam Devi - Amanda Mist - Mike DM and Producer - Diana  dianadely on Bluesky   Original Music by Adam - Used with permission. Sound effects and soundscapes by Syrinscape.com. and Freesounds.org Freesounds.org sounds used under the Creative Commons License. Galaxy Orbit (EDM) by Aminudinaszad -- https://freesound.org/s/665906/ -- License: Creative Commons  Like what you hear? Support us on our Patreon. www.patreon.com/multiclasstheater

The Jedi are back baby! This week we watched 2009's war comedy The Men Who Stare At Goats. I know?! That movie! You have seen it but forgot you saw it. We rewatched it so you don't have to. This starts as a Glass Half Full episode but quickly goes off the goat path. Shane and Ronnie get bored when talking about this movie so they talk about real life military operations that are stranger than fiction. Shane edited this podcast so watch that volume level! Editor's Note: we recorded a third part to this podcast that our editor was too lazy to include. Maybe one day you will get to see The Men Who Stare at Little Mermaids. 0:00 - Intro4:55 - The Men Who Stare At Goats54:00 - Conspiracies & Military History1:12:25 - Ending & OutroClips featured in this podcast: The Men Who Stare at Goats, Star Wars: the Phantom Menace, the Alex jones Show, Full metal jacket, CNN, Jurassic Park, Billy Madison, Burn after reading, and a bunch of other things we do NOT own the rights to. End Theme made by: brainless_bearyann. Check him out on Instagram! Thanks to FreeSounds.org contributors.Follow us:Instagram: podcastwastedpotentialEmail: podcastwastedpotential@gmail.com#jedi #military #themenwhostareatgoats

The party recovers inside a unique space, with plenty of light, ample space, and several one-of-a-kind features not found in most ordinary safehouses.  CastRohtan - AdamDevi - AmandaMist - MikeDM and Producer - Diana  dianadely on Bluesky Original Music by Adam - Used with permission.Sound effects and soundscapes by Syrinscape.com. and Freesounds.orgFreesounds.org sounds used under the Creative Commons License.Like what you hear? Support us on our Patreon. www.patreon.com/multiclasstheater

Send us a textWhile many may think of Swift's magnificent octopus as a mere children's adventure tale, it is, in fact, one of the darkest and most troubling satires in the English language.  Written as the Enlightenment began asserting rationality as the measure of all things, Gulliver's Travels questions the very premises of western culture themselves.  Link to Gulliver's Travels: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17157/17157-h/17157-h.htmmosaic: Exploring Jewish Issuesmosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring Jewish...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you! If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful! Or Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/classicenglishliterature Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

Due to high levels of intoxication and even higher levels of editor apathy: Spoiler warnings for all movies. Viewer Indiscretions Advised. Welcome to the 2nd Annual Wasted Potential Podcast Broken Bottle Awards! Ronnie, Shane, and Hobo Dan each bring three movies and some honorable mentions to talk about, and we wrap up by deep diving into two movies that don't even deserve sarcastic awards at all. Seriously: they spoil all the movies so beware. Who the f*** is Tom?!0:00 - Introduction7:51 - The Earth is Actually Flat Award13:55 - Bugonia Spoilers17:30 - I'll Stop the World and Melt With You Award 30:23 - You Like Me Right? Award38:37 - Friendship and the Chair Company Spoilers43:30 - TV Break #151:39 - Never Trust the Kindness of Strangers Award57:40 - Bring Her Back Spoilers1:00:18 - Toy Story 6 Award1:09:57 - Its Just Dumb Award1:29:56 - TV Break #21:41:44 - The Movie That Made Me Feel Something Again Award1:48:49 - The Long Walk Spoilers1:52:42 - Opiods Are Not Good But Kinda Are Award2:08:28 - Absolute Crackers About Cheese Award2:14:47 - TV Break #32:20:05 - War of the Worlds '252:24:47 - The Other2:44:30 - Outro2:55:53- End Theme & BloopersFeaturing clips from: Bugonia, Civil War, Together, Friendship, I Think You Should Leave, 40 Year Old Virgin, Blue Mountain State, Bring Her Back, The Monkey, Wake a Dead Man, the Long Walk, the Smashing Machine, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, War of the Worlds '25, & The Other. End Theme made by: brainless_bearyann. Check him out on Instagram! Thanks to FreeSounds.org contributors.Follow us:Instagram: podcastwastedpotentialEmail: podcastwastedpotential@gmail.com #bestfilms2025 #movies #comedy #awards

A reunion at the Inn of the Silent Clamor reveals some uncomfortable truths.  CastRohtan - AdamDevi - AmandaMist - MikeDesmond - MattWinlee - RachelDM and Producer - Diana  dianadely on Bluesky Original Music by Adam - Used with permission.Sound effects and soundscapes by Syrinscape.com. and Freesounds.orgFreesounds.org sounds used under the Creative Commons License.Like what you hear? Support us on our Patreon. www.patreon.com/multiclasstheater

Send us a textI hope you've brought your appetite, because today we're looking at some of Dr. Swift's shorter prose satires (along with a couple of poems) and he certainly gives us plenty to chew on."A Description of the Morning": https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45266/a-description-of-the-morning"A Description of a City Shower": https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50578/a-description-of-a-city-shower"The Battle of the Books": https://www.gutenberg.org/files/623/623-h/623-h.htm"A Tale of a Tub": https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4737"A Modest Proposal": https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1080/1080-h/1080-h.htmSupport the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

Merry Sharkmas from Wasted Potential Podcast! Iys that festive time of the year where we get together to talk about the reason for the season: shark attack movies! We ramble through 1999's Deep Blue Sea and have fun trivia about the film, sharks, and hip hop! Drinking Games:Ron - Every time two characters have a serious close up conversation Shane - Tom Scoggs (Michael Rapaport) says science or math stuffDan - Every time a door opens or closesSignature Drink: Sharkmas Long Island Iced TeaEgg NogVanilla VodkaGinMalibu RumPeppermint ShnappsGrenadine for colorAdvertisements: 0:00Introduction: 5:50Movie Start: 14:20This podcast had been sponsored by HasBeen Toys! End Theme made by: brainless_bearyann. Check him out on Instagram! Thanks to FreeSounds.org contributors.Follow us:Instagram: podcastwastedpotentialEmail: podcastwastedpotential@gmail.com #deepbluesea #sharks #sharkmas #samuelljackson #tomjane

Send us a textOne of the most theologically and liturgically important Christmas carols may contain coded messages against the Throne of England!Additional Music: "Adeste Fidelis" by Bing Crosby with The Max Terr choir; John Scott Trotter and his orch.; Traditional; Decca (BM 03929)Support the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

Desmond learns some hard truths.   CastRohtan - AdamDevi - AmandaMist - MikeDesmond - MattDM and Producer - Diana  dianadely on Bluesky Original Music by Adam - Used with permission.Sound effects and soundscapes by Syrinscape.com. and Freesounds.orgFreesounds.org sounds used under the Creative Commons License.Like what you hear? Support us on our Patreon. www.patreon.com/multiclasstheater

Send us a textIn the early 18th century, the public press came to dominate English writing.  Pamphlets, newspapers, and periodicals fed the appetite for news and commentary of an ever-hungrier reading public.  Richard Steele and Joseph Addison were the great innovators of the periodical essay, a quintessentially English genre of writing.Support the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

While Rohtan and Mist are off with their patrons, Devi faces a difficult decision.  CastRohtan - AdamDevi - AmandaMist - MikeDM and Producer - Diana  dianadely on Bluesky Original Music by Adam - Used with permission.Sound effects and soundscapes by Syrinscape.com. and Freesounds.orgFreesounds.org sounds used under the Creative Commons License.Like what you hear? Support us on our Patreon. www.patreon.com/multiclasstheater

Send us a textOn this trip, we're looking at the conventional candidate for the first modern novel in English.  Defoe's story of a resourceful man shipwrecked on a desert island is so much more than a ripping yarn: it speaks to the rise of a literary vernacular language, the values of an increasing bourgeois and expansionist society, and of spiritual awakening.  Come aboard!Text: https://ia600207.us.archive.org/26/items/cu31924011498676/cu31924011498676.pdfAdditional Music:"Theme from Emergency!" by Nelson Riddle. https://archive.org/details/tvtunes_206"The Ballad of Gilligan's Island" by Sherwood Schwartz.  https://archive.org/details/tvtunes_275Support the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

Happy Halloween! This year we watched over twenty hours of the Alien franchise, or at least some of us did... And we talk about it for over 4 hours?! Why?! Shane, Ronnie, and Hobo Dan fly this space odyssey into the ground and drunkenly talk about the seven Alien franchise films as well as Season 1 of Alien Earth. We all rank them and have vastly different opinions. After 90 episodes, we've learned its best to just nuke it all from orbit. 0:00 - Halloween Introduction 10:16 - Xenomorph vs Michael Myers?17:40 - Alien '7926:21 - Aliens '8659:10 - Alien 3 '921:33:02 - Alien Resurrection '972:01:10 - Prometheus '122:29:03 - Alien Covenant '172:47:47 - Alien Romulus '243:10:03 - Alien Earth S13:56:01 - Final Thoughts, a Confession, Outro4:07:10 - ExtrasEnd Theme made by: brainless_bearyann. Check him out on Instagram! Thanks to FreeSounds.org contributors. Audio clips were used from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factor, Aliens, Alien, Alien 3, Alien Modern Trailer, Team America World Police, Pokemon Indigo League, Kenner Aliens Space Marines Toys, Alien Resurrection, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Prometheus, Bio Dome, the Office, Eastbound and Down, Alien Romulus, Alien Earth, New Attitude - Patti Labelle, Nookie - Limp Biscuit, Bawitdabaw - Kid Rock, Porn N Beans - Weezer, Bro Hymn - Pennywise. Follow us:Instagram: podcastwastedpotentialEmail: podcastwastedpotential@gmail.com #alien #aliens #happyhalloween #alien3 #prometheus #alienearth #alienresurrection #aliencovenant #alienromulus

Send us a textFor you today, Trick or Treaters, a discussion of what some critics assert is the first modern ghost story in English: Daniel Defoe's 1705 "The Apparition of Mrs. Veal."The text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36587/36587-h/36587-h.htmSupport the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

CastRohtan - AdamDevi - AmandaMist - MikeDM and Producer - Diana  dianadely on Bluesky Original Music by Adam - Used with permission.Sound effects and soundscapes by Syrinscape.com. and Freesounds.orgFreesounds.org sounds used under the Creative Commons License.Like what you hear? Support us on our Patreon. www.patreon.com/multiclasstheater

Send us a textWell, I probably should have done this episode earlier, since it might have been good for it to precede our other discussions of Resto comedy.  But I made a last minute decision and included a second play, which kind of threw off the old chronology.  But it's good all the same!The Man of Mode by George Etherege: https://coldreads.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/the-man-of-mode.pdfThe Way of the World by William Congreve: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1292/1292-h/1292-h.htmSupport the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

Welcome to the first and last Wasted Potential Monkey Court. Shane is suing Hobo Dan and Ronnie is presiding over the case. They attempt to talk about three courtroom movies and make sense of this terrible podcast idea. And we thought the Exorcism of Emily Rose was a mess... We also try to talk about A Few Good Men. Then there is My Cousin Vinny.There is no order. No one is honorable. The monkeys are the least of our concern. What we have here is almost three hours of rambling confusion. Judge Ronnie cannot keep control of his courtroom. Shane is drunk and can't stop talking about Demi Moore and Marisa Tomei. Hobo Dan in no way suffered a concussion during the recording of this podcast. This podcast caused our editor to check himself into a 24 hour mental health facility after attempting to salvage this shit. Godspeed. And yep, that sound you hear is Ronnie and Dan constantly clicking pens on an audio recording. Jesus. If you stick around for the Bloopers, you may get a better understanding of why this all fell apart besides general incompetence. Thank you to Bailiff Korey @ Big Dumb Movie Podcast. Email: bigdumbmovie@gmail.comApple Podcast link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big-dumb-movie/id14470763950:00 - Introduction8:52 - The Exorcism of Emily Rose43:00 - A Few Good Men1:30:47 - My Cousin Vinny2:22:26 - Closing Arguments2:34:38 - BloopersEnd Theme made by: brainless_bearyann. Check him out on Instagram! Thanks to FreeSounds.org contributors. Audio clips were used from the Exorcism of Emily Rose, Godzilla (2014), A Few Good Men, Jury Duty (1995), and My Cousin Vinny. Follow us:Instagram: podcastwastedpotentialEmail: podcastwastedpotential@gmail.com #emilyrose #afewgoodmen #mycousinvinny #courtroommovies #monkeycourt #korey

Send us a textFor our second episode on John Dryden, we'll talk about two of his plays which marked an innovation in the tragi-comic romance: Marriage a la Mode and Amphitryon.  We'll discuss the "split-plot" play, the exorcising of Restoration political anxieties, and why we sometimes mock that which we cherish.Additional sound clip from Monty Python's Flying Circus.Text of Marriage a la Mode: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/15349/15349-h/15349-h.htm#page_231Text of Amphitryon: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/47679/47679-h/47679-h.htm#Page_1Support the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

Send us a textOnce hailed as the towering literary figure of the Restoration age, John Dryden is little known now by the general reader.  Let's take care of that with a close look at his most enduring works, the poetical satires Mac Flecknoe and Absalom and Achitophel.Mac Flecknoe text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44181/mac-flecknoeAbsalom and Achitophel text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44172/absalom-and-achitophel Mea culpa:  At one point in this episode, I make reference to Dryden's "tasteless" satiric attacks.  I know, of course, that I should have said "distasteful."  I am dreadfully embarrassed by this mistake and I sincerely apologize to all listeners who were horrified and offended at my imbecilic misuse of the noble English tongue.  I vow to do better.Support the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

Send us a textSince they wrote in 17th century Massachusetts, poets Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor are often overlooked in surveys of English literature.  Today, though, we'll bring them back into the fold as we look at how their puritanical religious beliefs engaged with the pastoral and metaphysical poetic traditions that celebrated "Arcadia," that vision of unspoiled Nature.The Works of Anne Bradstreet: https://archive.org/details/worksofannebrads00brad/page/n7/mode/2upThe Works of Edward Taylor: https://archive.org/details/poemsofedwardtay00taylSupport the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

The International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, observed annually on August 23rd, honors the millions of men, women, and children who were subjected to the brutalities of transoceanic slavery, and commemorates the uprisings and resistance that led to its eventual abolition. This day not only acknowledges the resilience and courage of the enslaved but also recognizes the often-overlooked roles played by Indigenous peoples.  Cultural Survival traveled to Cape Town, South Africa, and interviewed Professor Nigel Penn, who told us about resistance and the slave trade in early colonial South Africa. This was episode 1 – follow Cultural Survival on Facebook, X, Soundcloud, and Spotify for more episodes. Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoi/San) Interviewee: Prof Nigel Penn Music: 'Burn your village to the ground', by The Halluci Nation, used with permission. 'Xul Kej' by SOTZ'IL used with permission Free to use Sounds by Freesounds.org Images courtesy of wiki commons

We're back and this week Ronnie is joined by a brand new guest* as they talk about the 1999 David Fincher film Fight Club. Yep. Every podcast talks about this film even though its a clear violation of Rule #1 but rules are for butt wipes and space monkeys. In this Glass Half Full we ask our usual questions: when did we first see this film, 3 things we love about it, and 1 thing to change. We also ramble about toxic masculinity in podcasting, logistics of domestic terrorism, male genitalia, 1 star IMDb reviews, and occasionally bring up the film. We spoil the ending of this film so don't listen if you're one of the 100 people in the world who have never seen Fight Club. *Sha'ne's audio is awful and he is dead to this podcast againEnd Theme made by: brainless_bearyann. Check him out on Instagram! Thanks to FreeSounds.org contributors. Audio clips were used from Fight Club, deadmeme on YouTube, Saturday Night Night - Matt Foley, Burn After Reading, KaraFun Karaoke Where Is My Mind?, Nacho Libre, and the Phantom Menace. Follow us:Instagram: podcastwastedpotentialEmail: podcastwastedpotential@gmail.com #fightclub #bradpitt #edwardnorton #davidfincher

Send us a textCharles II reopened the theatres in 1660 and inaugurated the second golden age of the English stage.  Today's show looks at one of the bawdiest plays to come from the period, a "comedy of manners" whose clever use of language points to the reality of style over substance.Support the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

Send us a textToday marks the anniversary of one of the most mythologized battles in Anglo-Irish history: the Battle of the Boyne.  In July of 1690, King William III soundly defeated James II and secured Ireland's Protestant supremacy while sowing the seeds for centuries of violent conflict.  The battle also marks the debut of one of Ireland's most prominent writers, Dr. Jonathan Swift, whose poem "Ode to King William" celebrates the Orange victory.Text of "Ode to King William": https://www.online-literature.com/swift/poems-of-swift/3/Text of “Written for My Son to His Master, on the Anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne": https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/works/pba35-w0450.shtmlAdditional Music:"Derry's Walls": Sam Wilson and the Loyalists, 1963https://archive.org/details/lp_no-surrender_sam-wilson-the-loyalists/disc1/02.06.+Derry's+Walls.mp3)"Boyne Water": Stuart Eydmann, 2020 https://ia601700.us.archive.org/13/items/raretunes-eydmann-boyne-water/RaretunesEydmannBoyneWater.mp3  "Awake The Trumpet's Lofty Sound": Heroic Music For Organ, Brass And Percussion; New England Brass Ensemble; CBS Masterworks (MS 6354), 1962https://archive.org/details/lp_heroic-music-for-organ-brass-and-percussio_e-power-biggs-new-england-brass-ensembleSupport the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

Wasted Potential Podcast is back and this time to ramble through 2011's Killer Joe directed by the devil himself William Friedkin. Its an NC-17 movie so you know Ronnie picked it and this whole podcast will be family friendly. Dan leads the discussion and asks our usual questions: when did we first see this film, 3 things we love about it, and 1 thing to change. So many metaphors are made as we laugh, we drink, and we cringe together. At 43:00 and 1:09:00 we talk spoilers. Skip to 56:45 and 1:31:27 respectively to avoid them. We usually don't care about spoiling older movies but the surprises are what make the film. The full video of Dan watching Killer Joe is available behind our Patreon paywall. For the low price of $5 a month (with an agreed 36 month payment commitment) you can watch 90 whole minutes of Hobo Dan drinking booze, smoking a vape, and hiding his face at all the cringey McConaughey moans. Sign up now! End Theme made by: brainless_bearyann. Check him out on Instagram! Thanks to FreeSounds.org contributors. Audio clips were used from "Killer Joe" and "Dallas Buyers Club."Follow us:Instagram: podcastwastedpotentialEmail: podcastwastedpotential@gmail.com #mathewmcconaughey #williamfriedkin #killerjoe #darkcomedy

Send us a textAs Americans celebrate Independence Day, I'm here once again to remind them of the debt American independence owes to English literature and history.  Stick in the mud.  Today, we look at a genuinely weird poem that allegorizes the Glorious Revolution of 1688 (an event that would lay the groundwork for the American Revolution nearly a century later) as a cup of tea.  So, pour yourself one -- milk first or last, doesn't matter to me -- and enjoy the show!Text of "Panacea": https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A63046.0001.001/1:7?rgn=div1;view=fulltextSupport the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

Send us a textIn today's chinwag, we'll explore a candidate for the first novel in English by the first professional female writer in English: Oroonoko by Aphra Behn (1688).  It's the story of an African prince and his beloved, who are betrayed into slavery and do not live happily ever after.  The novel seems a modest heroic romance, but I think Ms. Behn has a more complex project up her sleeve . . . .Full text of Oroonoko: https://pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca/oroonoko/chapter/the-history-of-the-royal-slave/Additional music:"James Bond Theme Song" from The Internet Archivehttps://archive.org/details/tvtunes_6995"Jeopardy Theme Think Music" from The Internet Archivehttps://archive.org/details/tvtunes_29826Support the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

Send us a textToday we look at the diary, a form of writing that became extraordinarily popular over the course of the 1600s.  We'll especially look at famous diarists such as John Evelyn and Samuel Pepys, who not only chronicle details of their personal lives, but also give first hand accounts of the dramatic history of the period: the Restoration of the Monarchy, the Great Plague, and the Great Fire of London.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

Æthelred's (978-1013, 1014-16) story would be one of turbulence, political intrigue, and the relentless march of fate. The boy who would become king would soon be marked by the legacy of doubt and misfortune, a monarch whose reign would be defined by both his early promise and his later failures. According to William and Malmesbury, he was an accomplice to murder, a coward who fled from danger, a wastrel who died a miserable death.CharactersAethelred - King of England (978-1013, 1014-16)Edward the Martyr - King of England (975-78), half-brother of AethelredEdgar - King of England (959-75), father of Aethelred and EdwardAelfthryth - third wife of Edgar, mother of AethelredAelfgifu - first wife of AethelredEmma of Normandy - second wife of AethelredEdmund Ironside - son of AethelredAethelflaed - first wife of Edgar, mother of EdwardDunstan - Archbishop of Canterbury (959-88)Sigeric - Archbishop of Canterbury (990-94)Aelfheah - Archbishop of Canterbury (1006-12)Wulfstan - Archbishop of YorkAethelwold - Bishop of WinchesterOswald - Bishop of Worcester, Archbishop of YorkAethelwine - Ealderman of East-AngliaAelfhere - Ealdorman of MerciaByrhtnoth - military commanderWulfgeat - favourite of AethelredEadric - nicknamed ‘the grabber', favourite of AethelredWulfnoth - favourite of AethelredBeorhtic - favourite of AethelredOlaf Tryggvason - King of Norway (995-1000)Sweyn Forkbeard - King of Denmark (986-1014), King of Norway (1000-1014), King of England (1014)Cnut - son of Sweyn ForkbeardRichard I - nicknamed ‘the fearless', duke of Normandy (942-96)Richard II - nicknamed ‘the good', duke of Normandy (996-1026)William of Malmesbury - chroniclerJohn of Worcester -chroniclerCreditsMusic: Prepare for War by Alexander Nakarada (https://www.creatorchords.com)Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Freesounds.org194982__soundmary__wild-horses-running 458113__brunoboselli__countryside733333__haulaway__bag-of-coins-drop231537__vkproduktion__forest-birds-loop-02449652__magnesus__walking-through-forest241824__haldigital97__waves-1

Send us a textI'm back before you even had a chance to miss me!Today, a bit of a genealogy of a now little read mock epic -- Samuel Butler's Hudibras -- which takes Chaucer and Spenser and Jonson and Cervantes, mixes them all up into a gloopy goo, and sprays it all over lemon-sucking Puritans!Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

Send us a textPut on your comfortable shoes and grab your walking stick because today we're embarking on the most famous allegory in the English language: John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress from 1678.  We'll cross plains, endure temptations, descend valleys, fight monsters, and ford rivers in our quest for the Celestial City!  Along the way, we'll talk about how this most Puritanical of texts is, ironically, deeply indebted to the ideas of the preceding religions it rejects.  Last one there's a rotten egg!An apology: please do forgive the plosives on this episode.  Reckon I got too near the microphone's pop filter.  I shall work on my technique in future.Link to The Pilgrim's Progress: https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/bunyan/The%20Pilgrim's%20Progress%20-%20John%20Bunyan.pdfSupport the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

Send us a textThe political upheavals of 17th century England demanded new answers for old political questions: what is the purpose of government, how is power legitimated, and who may wield it?  Philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke reasoned from the same premises, but arrived at rather different conclusions.  Balancing those conclusions is the primary task of liberal democracies to this day.Texts:Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes: https://gutenberg.org/files/3207/3207-h/3207-h.htm"Second Treatise on Government" by John Locke: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7370/7370-h/7370-h.htmLeviathan frontispiece: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18182/leviathan-frontispiece/Support the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

This was recorded in November 2024 so forgive the dated conversation. Remember in the 2000s when Hollywood pumped out comedies? We don't either. In this Glass Half Full, Hobo Dan and Ron talk about the 2002 comedy Orange County. We don't really follow the usual format of the show but we discuss 3 Things We Love, 1 Thing We Would Change and mostly focus on the colorful characters. End Theme made by: brainless_bearyann. Check him out on Instagram! Thanks to FreeSounds.org contributors. Audio clips were used from "Orange County," "Stan" Instrumental, 10 News First, "Minecraft" trailer, and "Ballad of Hollywood Jack and the Rage Kage." Follow us:Instagram: podcastwastedpotentialEmail: podcastwastedpotential@gmail.com#orangecounty #jackblack #colinhanks #comedy #podcast #film #filmreview

Send us a textWe often think of science fiction as a particularly modern genre of storytelling, born of the science and technology of the electronic and digital age.  But speculative fiction goes back centuries, back to the beginning of what we now call the Scientific Revolution of the 1600s.  On today's show, we look at two of the foundational books in the genre: Francis Godwin's The Man in the Moon and Margaret Cavendish's The Blazing World.  May the Force be with us!Links to Texts:The Man in the Moon: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/46591/pg46591-images.htmlThe Blazing World: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/51783/pg51783-images.htmlSupport the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

Send us a textWhich is better: the life of ascetic contemplation or one of passionate sensuality?  Let's see what the last great poet of the Stuart era, Andrew Marvell, has to say about that.Support the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

Send us a textHere's another episode in our foundling series "Out of Time."  Today, I correct an oversight from our 15th century literature discussions and survey the very earliest surviving tales of the outlaw and all-around-swell-guy Robin Hood!  Let's jump in the Wayback Machine!Here's a link to the Robin Hood Project at the University of Rochester, where you can find the texts we're discussing today and a wealth of other resources! https://d.lib.rochester.edu/project/robin-hood/about.htmlSupport the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

Send us a textWe return to Milton's magnificent octopus today with an eye toward evaluating the epic's success according to its own mission statement: "to justify the ways of God to men."  How does Milton approach the great theological problems of evil and suffering, divine foreknowledge, and free will?Support the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

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