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Stuck in a rut? Scared of change? Stressed about the world? Anxious for yourself and your loved ones? Know what, more than 400 years ago everyone felt the same way only without the comfort of light bulbs, central heating and sticky toffee pudding. William Shakespeare wrote about it all - and offered many answers to all kinds of modern questions such as what can we do to conquer our fears, how do we find true love and what does it mean to be human? He also asked: to be or not to be? We're still working on that one. My name's Dave Cohen - comedian, author and Horrible Histories lyric writer turned Shakespeare fanboy and I'm here to tell you that there are only two ways to deal with life's problems - the hard way or the Bard way.
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"Present fears are less than horrible imaginings." Only one thing is certain about this world - uncertainty. True 425 years ago. True now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o'er-fraught heart and bids it break." There's no right or wrong way to deal with grief, but as the man says if we want to move forward we need to acknowledge it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"This England never did nor never shall Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself." As a teenager in the 1970s battling racism I'd always thought of Shakespeare as the embodiment of English nationalism. In this delightful episode Michael Dobson, head of the Shakespeare Institute at Stratford-upon-Avon, explains why I couldn't have been more wrong. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so" Today we look at the fuss around who wrote Shakespeare and how his works can help us uncover the truth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown." If you want to be a leader at work or in your community, beware the pitfalls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast." You've assassinated the supreme leader. Now what? Today I'm looking at Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, and why if you're going to be bold you need to consider the consequences ahead of acting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"Dreams, indeed, are ambition, for the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream." This week Dave talks to the writer Stefan Stern about how to get on in the world without resorting to murder most foul. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"I wasted time, and now doth time waste me."Why are we so obsessed with time? And why do we think we have so little of it? Shakespeare has an answer or two. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"Our doubts are traitors, And makes us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt." What's holding you back in life? Shakespeare knows, and I'm here to tell you how to fix it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to The Shakespeare Mindset, where modern day problems are solved by the world's greatest ever writer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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