Dabbs, Thomas, creator and host. Speaking of Shakespeare

AGU) in Tokyo, started a casual program, Speaking of Shakespeare, in which he interviewed colleagues in and beyond Japan, sharing interests and news during lockdown.The first batch of six episodes (recorded between October 2020 and March 2021) was streamed in August 2021.Since that time, with support from AGU and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Speaking of Shakespeare has become a regular series.Each month, one or two episodes are published as a podcast (on Buzzsprout) and a video (on YouTube), both of which retain the program's initial unpretentious flavour.At the time of writing, Speaking of Shakespeare offers 41 episodes of Dabbs's conversations with early modern scholars, teachers, directors, actors, and digital developers about topics on Shakespeare and his time.Some guests are very well known, like Ben Crystal (episode 2), Tiffany Stern (episode 17), Emma Smith (episode 23), James Shapiro (episode 26), or Stephen Greenblatt (episode 34).But emerging specialists also get a chance to present their scholarly, theatrical, and digital projects in an accessible manner.Episodes are between 60 and 90 minutes in length and available on a variety of streaming platforms (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Castbox, Overcast, Stitcher, Castro, Goodpods, Podfriend, and RSS) and on the YouTube channel @SpeakingofShakespeare.The series offers an easy-going and friendly atmosphere and speaks about current topics with an always unaffected tone.Host Thomas Dabbs has a warm and open personality, often mentioning his personal connection with his guests (when he met people at specific conferences or collaborated on scientific projects or even how he ate excellent salmon in Wales with the family of a colleague) and never shying away from revealing intimate stories about

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