Oh another bad week in the world, and what’s a book podcast to do but… talk about Hamlet! Seriously, though: theater belongs in the literary conversation and there’s something about the confluence of text and audio that we obviously take very seriously here at Literary Hub or else we wouldn’t be doing this podcast!

So, this episode is primarily Make Believe Association’s Jeremy McCarter sitting down with Drew for a warm reunion (they’ve known each other for a long, long time) and a discussion of MB’s new production of Hamlet—which takes place entirely from the point of view of the prince. Yeah, it’s very cool and you can listen to the whole thing now wherever you get your podcasts. Will it build empathy? Maybe. Will it teach you how to understand character and motivation and direction differently? Absolutely.

Then, as a little treat, James Folta explains the difference between his book recommendations… and your book recommendations.