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Just like the work of William Shakespeare, That Shakespeare Life is powered by our patrons. Listeners just like you make the work we do here possible and allow us to bring the best possible Shakespeare conversations to you each week. That Shakespeare Society invites you to step beyond the audience and become part of the show itself, with opportunities to help shape our conversations and enjoy insider extras created exclusively for our community of Shakespeare historians.

Listen to ad-free episodes, access over 150 additional shows from our back catalog, and go behind the scenes with the making of our show to see sneak peeks at upcoming guests, vote on topic ideas, and submit your questions to be asked on the air.

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With every episode, you’re sitting right there at the desk with me learning about Shakespeare alongside the best historians in the world. 

Have you listened to every show? Test your knowledge of the history we’ve covered on the podcast inside our Swan Tavern Trivia Cup Challenge. Held quarterly, this live trivia night event pits listener against listener to test who can remember the most history from the show. Every question is taken from a specific episode from the past 3 months, and we share the episode urls as we go so you can check the answers. Winners are announced and physical prizes are mailed to the winners. Any supporter of the show can play along with us, but you must be a member of That Shakespeare Society to win prizes.