Chop Bard

Ehrin is a great teacher who approaches the bard with the conviction that the plays are fun and entertaining. If you had a less-than-enjoyable experience with Shakespeare in high school, you'll find that this podcast delivers what it promises: a cure for boring Shakespeare.

Prepping for going to see Sleep No More in New York City, I started listening to this show so I could refresh my memory of Macbeth from high school - gosh, I wish my teachers had been like this podcast - it’s fantastic. Thanks so much! Loving it. Story time, and your voice is so great and soothing!

There is so many reasons why I like this podcast so I'll stick to the main ones : - it DOES cure you from boring difficult Shakespeare. Take it from someone who has tried and failed before and who is annoyed by the endless movie adaptations of Romeo and Juliet... - really great advices that can be applied for a wide range of litterature works - those great advices are introduced in a simple, colloquial manner. There is no nonsense about specific litterature vocabulary. - i now get that Shakespeare was actually a clever guy who wanted to pass on some important things he'd realized about life... to US, not just to some litterature scholars only. So basically it's a people-friendly, culture-and-quality-for-all podcast.

Very entertaining and stimulating. Terrific analysis - many insights into Romeo and Juliet. I've already begun using ideas from the podcasts in my grade 9 classroom. First podcast has great advice for those afraid of Shakespeare - and great tips to help ease the uninitiated (including my students) into Shakespeare.