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Celebrate Creativity

This podcast is a deep dive into the world of creativity - from Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman to understanding the use of basic AI principles in a fun and practical way.

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16:40

Plague Habits of Mind

Celebrate Creativity ·

2026/01/28

Send us a text GEORGE: Now, When I say “habits of mind,” I mean the reflexes that become automatic: how you interpret a cough how you feel about crowds what you do with your hands what you believe when you’re afraid what you do to feel safe who you trust, and how quickly you withdraw trust WILL: An epidemic trains a person the way war trains a person— not by speeches, but by repeated fear. GEORGE: Exactly. Repetition makes instinct. GEORGE: Will—give me the plague-trained mind in your wor...

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17:54

The Audience of Survivors

Celebrate Creativity ·

2026/01/28

Send us a text GEORGE: In this series we’ve treated plague as a character. We’ve treated fear as a character. We’ve treated rumor, policy, numbers—characters. Today I want to treat the audience itself as a character. Not a passive crowd. A living organism. WILL: Yes. A crowd is not merely many people. It is one creature with many hearts. GEORGE: And after plague, that creature is wounded. WILL: Wounded—and hungry. GEORGE: Hungry for what? WILL: For company. For permission to feel. For a...

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15:06

After the Plague

Celebrate Creativity ·

2026/01/27

Send us a text WILL: When the theatre reopened, the audience came in carrying private funerals. They had lost parents, children, friends, patrons, rivals. They had seen doors marked. They had heard carts. They had watched the city grow quiet. So when they watched tragedy, they were not merely entertained— they were rehearsing mortality in public. GEORGE: That aligns with scholarship arguing that early modern tragic drama helped audiences imagine and process mortality—that theatre became on...

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14:35

Trust and Betrayal

Celebrate Creativity ·

2026/01/27

Send us a text GEORGE: Today: trust and betrayal— why people cling to rumors, why institutions lose credibility, and why truth-telling has to be humane… or it fails. GEORGE: Reminder: my Shakespeare can look back from today at his life on earth—films, scholarship, modern claims— but he cannot predict the future. No prophecy. WILL: I may remember what was. I may observe what is. But I may not speak of what shall be. GEORGE: During COVID, the WHO used a word that nailed it: “infodemic.” They...

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14:53

The Social Contract

Celebrate Creativity ·

2026/01/27

Send us a text GEORGE: Today: the social contract. Who bears the risk, who gets protected, who gets blamed, and who gets forgotten— in plague-time England and in COVID-era America. Quick reminder: my Shakespeare can look back from the present day at his life on earth—films, scholarship, modern claims— but he cannot predict the future. No prophecy. WILL: Memory, yes. Foresight, no. GEORGE: When I say “social contract,” I don’t mean a philosophy seminar. I mean the unwritten deal we make in ...

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16:05

Numbers and Narratives

Celebrate Creativity ·

2026/01/26

Send us a text GEORGE: Today: Bills of Mortality in plague London— and COVID dashboards in our century. How counting the dead can help a society tell the truth… and how counting can also numb the heart. GEORGE: Quick reminder: my Shakespeare can look back from the present day. He can read scholarship, watch modern productions, react to modern claims— but he cannot predict the future. No prophecy. WILL: I am allowed memory. Not foresight. George, one might say that numbers become a characte...

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17:29

Cures, Quacks, and Miracles

Celebrate Creativity ·

2026/01/25

Send us a text GEORGE (quiet): Now When people get scared, they don’t only ask, “What is happening?” They ask, “What can I do?” And if the honest answer is “not much,” we don’t accept it. We reach for something—anything— a charm, a potion, a ritual, a headline, a miracle. Isn't that true Master Shakespeare? WILL (dry): Yes, Humanity’s oldest hobby: bargaining with reality. GEORGE: Today: cures, quacks, and miracles— plague time versus COVID time— not as medical instructions, but as a portra...

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20:30

Shut Up, Shut In

Celebrate Creativity ·

2026/01/25

Send us a text GEORGE: Today is Episode Three of our plague-and-COVID series: Quarantine. Blame. Meaning. Not the medicine— the human weather. GEORGE: Quick reminder: my Shakespeare can look back from the present day at his life on earth— he can watch films, read scholarship, comment on modern interpretations— but he cannot predict the future. No prophecies. No spoilers. WILL: I may remember the storm— but I may not name tomorrow’s clouds. Because well the disease attacks the body but fear...

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17:14

In a Time of Contagion

Celebrate Creativity ·

2026/01/25

Send us a text GEORGE: This is Episode Two of our plague-and-COVID series. Last time we met two invisible enemies and noticed how history doesn’t repeat itself— but it does rehearse. Today: what happens to art when gathering becomes dangerous. What happens to theatre when breath becomes suspicious. WILL: And what happens when the crowd—the glorious crowd— is declared a hazard. GEORGE: Quick reminder: my Shakespeare can look back from the present day. He can read modern scholarship, watch m...

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15:10

The Air Has Teeth

Celebrate Creativity ·

2026/01/24

Send us a text Before we start, a rule for anyone joining us: In my podcast, Shakespeare—the character—has the ability to look back from our present day to his life on earth. So he can react to films, modern productions, scholarship, the whole lot. But—this matters—he cannot predict the future in any way. No prophecies. No “coming attractions.” No magic spoilers. WILL: I may remember, yes. I may reflect. I may even revise my opinions. But I may not play oracle. GEORGE: Perfect. Because toda...

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13:10

Here Begins the Plague

Celebrate Creativity ·

2026/01/22

Send us a text In the second half of 1564, more than 200 inhabitants of Stratford are buried—about one-seventh of the town. MASTER SHAKESPEARE: One-seventh. GEORGE: Which means: you don’t get to pretend it’s somewhere else. And another Stratford record helps us track the rhythm of fear. The Folger’s documentation notes the outbreak breaking out that summer, deadliest in September, and that it wasn’t until the following February that the worst was over. MASTER SHAKESPEARE: So it had ...

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15:10

Hamnet and Stratford

Celebrate Creativity ·

2026/01/22

Send us a text In the previous episode, I mentioned that I was going to talk briefly about Hamnet, Shakespeare's son. Hamnet was a twin, and his sister's name was Judith. Now we do know that Hamlet died in 1596 - he was only 11 years old and was buried on August the 11th, 1596 in Stratford -upon - Avon. Basically all we know is that he died and not the cause of death. There is a very popular novel by Maggie O'Farrell called Hamnet that was published in 2020. The book focuses on t...

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14:24

A Day in Stratford

Celebrate Creativity ·

2026/01/18

Send us a text GEORGE: Close your eyes and stand with me in Stratford-upon-Avon—an English market town of roughly fifteen hundred souls, ringed by fields, sheep, mud, and gossip. No phones. No streetlights. No “I’ll do it tomorrow” the way we mean it. And today, we’re not going to London. We’re not going to the Globe. We’re going to spend one ordinary day in Stratford— and watch how an ordinary day can build an extraordinary mind. SFX: Footsteps on packed earth. A door opens. GEORGE...

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24:37

Rhetorical Triangle, Part 2

Celebrate Creativity ·

2026/01/15

Send us a text Welcome to celebrate creativity - and this series is Conversations with Shakespeare. Rhetorical triangle - part two In the previous podcast we talked about the three central parts of a rhetorical triangle - think of the rock group ELP or Emerson Lake and Palmer from the 70s and you have E for ethos P and L for logos. Hope you've got that down Now the three aspects of rhetoric shown on the sides of the triangle are: -and stay with me Purpose Purpose is the author's reas...

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19:23

The Rhetorical Triangle, Part 1

Celebrate Creativity ·

2026/01/15

Send us a text I have decided to call a slight halt to episodes regarding Shakespeare's initial exposure to rhetorical devices for several reasons. I wanted to concentrate on a few of the major rhetorical devices, and I have done so in the past few episodes. And I certainly will talk about some of the rhetorical devices that were most important to Shakespeare during future episodes. And no, this is not the last time that I will mention rhetorical devices. But ultimately, th...

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14:42

Aporia: The Art of Uncertainty

Celebrate Creativity ·

2026/01/13

Send us a text Tonight’s device is one I love because it feels human. It’s called aporia. GEORGE: Master Shakespeare, I’m going to pronounce it and then stare at you like a student: uh-PORE-ee-uh. SHAKESPEARE (approving): Aye. A word that already sounds uncertain—fit for its purpose. GEORGE: Listeners—plain definition: Aporia is when a speaker expresses doubt or uncertainty—real or performed—often as a way to think out loud, invite the audience in, or make a point feel more honest. In o...

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11:57

Tricolon: List of Three

Celebrate Creativity ·

2026/01/04

Send us a text SHAKESPEARE: Aye. The mind loves threes. Beginning, middle, end. Birth, life, death. Knock, knock, knock. GEORGE: I knew you’d do that—three examples to explain the “rule of three.” SHAKESPEARE: Would you have me offer four? That way lies chaos. GEORGE: So why does three work so well? What’s the magic? SHAKESPEARE: Because one is a point. Two is a choice. Three is a pattern. GEORGE: That is… annoyingly perfect. SHAKESPEARE: I have practiced. GEORGE: Okay—if ...

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18:50

Opposites Attract: Antithesis

Celebrate Creativity ·

2026/01/04

Send us a text GEORGE: All right, for the listener who doesn’t want a grammar lecture: antithesis is when you place two opposing ideas side by side—often in a balanced structure—so the contrast hits hard. Like: light and darkness, love and hate, life and death. Well let me see let's say give me a famous example one that listeners will recognize SHAKESPEARE: Aye. Two wrestlers in one ring. The mind loves a contest. GEORGE: Now—here’s my big question. Why does antithesis feel so S...

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19:01

Say It Again, Will: Anaphora

Celebrate Creativity ·

2026/01/04

Send us a text GEORGE: Master Shakespeare, are you with us? SHAKESPEARE (warm, amused): Indeed, sir. I am ever at your elbow—though I confess, your age is wondrous. In mine own day, men grew old chiefly by avoiding theaters. GEORGE: Ha! We’ll take the win where we can. All right—anaphora. I’m going to pronounce it slowly so I don’t embarrass myself: a-NA-pho-ra. SHAKESPEARE: A fair stumbling, sweetly done. And what think you it means? GEORGE: Here’s my best “general adult” definition: ana...

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21:53

Rhetoric Gym

Celebrate Creativity ·

2026/01/04

Send us a text GEORGE (to mic, playful): All right. Confession Some people hear the phrase “rhetorical devices” and immediately reach for the nearest exit sign. But over the years I have learned that rhetorical devices are not decorations. They’re not lace on the edge of language. They’re engines. They’re how a speaker makes an audience feel the truth— even when the truth is… being negotiated. And Shakespeare? Shakespeare wasn’t born with a quill in his hand. He was trained. Today we wa...

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