Toil and Trouble
Episode 1 of the Enchanted: The History of Magic & Witchcraft podcast, hosted by Corinne Wieben, titled "Toil and Trouble" was published on May 15, 2020 and runs 20 minutes.
May 15, 2020 ·20m · Enchanted: The History of Magic & Witchcraft
Summary
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
Episode Description
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.
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