Pith and Moment: A Podcast for All Things Shakespeare nyshakesguy

Kyle and Abby talk Shakespeare's deepest platonic same-gender relationships that appear amidst his most passionate love stories. They also play a game called "I Knew Him, Horatio", and discuss Shakespeare monologues and plays that best represent the election results.

Kyle and Abby host the world's first Fantasy Shakespeare draft, in which they and four friends take turns picking the Shakespeare plays they think will be produced most often in the 2017-2018 regional theatre seasons.

On the 15th episode of Pith and Moment, Abby and Kyle talk Deus Ex Machina in Shakespeare, and whether or not the label is useful. They also find out which Shakespeare plays have the most swearing, and discuss a rhetorical device called Pysma. Plus, which Shakespeare plays could benefit from the addition of robots?

Kyle Downing and Abby Wilde talk about the theme of fate in Richard III, Macbeth and Julius Caesar, and whether there are any similarities with the prophecies and curses across all three plays. They discuss a rhetorical device called Epizeuxis and an Old West-themed Macbeth. Kyle uses Open Source Shakespeare to find out which young male lovers use romance words most frequently in their speech.

To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, Abby Wilde joins Kyle Downing on the podcast to talk about Shakespeare's heroines, and what exactly makes them different from his ingenues. They also discuss Shakespeare's bloodiest works, and play a trivia game based around the 400th line in 10 different Shakespeare plays.

Kyle and Mike host special guest Martine Kei Green-Rogers, a dramaturg working on Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Play On! project. Martine divulges some inside information about the controversial Shakespeare translations, and the three of them discuss the potential effects on the community and general Shakespeare education. Other shenanigans include discussion of an inverted Richard III production where all the other characters have disabilities instead, and an exploration of a rhetorical device called hypophora.