EPISODE · May 15, 2020 · 20 MIN
Toil and Trouble
from Enchanted: The History of Magic & Witchcraft · host Corinne Wieben
The king of Scotland has got 99 problems, but a witch ain’t one. This week, we dive into King James VI/I, Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and the witch hunts of sixteenth-century Scotland. Can one king’s trauma cause a nation's madness? Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben, with dramatizations by LibriVox and original music by Purple Planet. Episode sourcesSupport the showEnchantedPodcast.netBluesky/enchantedpodcast.net
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The king of Scotland has got 99 problems, but a witch ain’t one. This week, we dive into King James VI/I, Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and the witch hunts of sixteenth-century Scotland. Can one king’s trauma cause a nation's madness? Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben, with dramatizations by LibriVox and original music by Purple Planet. Episode sources Support the show EnchantedPodcast.net Bluesky/enchantedpodcast.net
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