Olivia Woods, Author at Minerva Mag

Bardolatry: Kit Marlowe and Satire

Gabrielle Roman, Olivia Woods and Katy MastrocolaNovember 19, 2015

This episode, Gabs, Katy, and Olivia discuss The Jew of Malta. Written by Christopher Marlowe only a few years before Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, The...

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The Virgin Podcaster: Halloween Special

Olivia Woods and Gabrielle RomanOctober 29, 2015

Happy Halloween, listeners! This week on The Virgin Podcaster, Olivia and Gabs look at four (or in Olivia's case, three) spooky podcasts sure to put you in the...

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Bardolatry: The Problem Plays

Gabrielle Roman, Olivia Woods and Katy MastrocolaOctober 21, 2015

We all know what genre most of Shakespeare's plays fall into: Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy, The Winter's Tale is a...

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Ep. 5: Sawbones

Olivia Woods and Erin E RandSeptember 30, 2015

Olivia and Erin explore the marital tour of misguided medicine that is the Sawbones podcast.

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Bardolatry: Teenagers

Gabrielle Roman, Olivia Woods and Katy MastrocolaSeptember 24, 2015

In this episode of Bardolatry, we ask, "Are Shakespeare's teenage characters made to laugh or empathize with?"

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“Everybody’s gonna die. Come watch TV?” Rick and Morty is Crazy, Fast-Paced Sci-Fi weirdness with surprising emotional depth

Olivia WoodsSeptember 11, 2015

Rick and Morty is a show unlike anything I’ve ever watched before, and I don’t say that lightly. It’s like a weird(-er) blend of Gravity Falls, Back to...

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Ep. 3: Magic, Mystery, and Merriment How Shakespeare's Characters use and abuse magic for their own ends (and sometimes to further the play)

Gabrielle Roman, Olivia Woods and Katy MastrocolaAugust 27, 2015

Listen in for a discussion of the wacky, wild, and sometimes bizarre elements of magic in three of the Bard's plays.

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Ep. 4: Hugo Fancast Nominations

Gabrielle Roman and Olivia WoodsAugust 20, 2015

In this episode of the Virgin Podcaster, Olivia and Gabs honor the Hugo Awards by reviewing the podcast nominees. This means that we're tackling five...

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