Tudor Time Machine Podcast

Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 80, 'Heidegyes'

Philadelphia shares that heidegyes isn’t just for frolicking. Gage finds pinching odd. And Jessica has doubts about the first ever English novel.

Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 79, 'prating'

Philadelphia shares the latest on her on/off relationship with RB including a tale of her own stage performance with RB himself. Gage admits to being impressed by her performance while Jessica finds herself tallying the body count in The Maid’s Tragedy.

Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 78, 'noddie'

Does Philadelphia find RB a noddie or a delight?  Jessica and Gage learn about the writer, Isabel Whitney.

Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 77, 'extempore'

Philadelphia does not want to be wooed by the words of Shakespeare, she wants RB to speak extempore!  Jessica and Gage think they see trouble ahead for Philadelphia and RB.

Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 76, 'doth'

Philadelphia's obsession with 'RB' doesn't keep her from being a grammar sheriff.  How doth she do it?  

Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 75, 'cocker'

Philadelphia believes she has found 'true love'.  Jessica and Gage are surprised to learn the 16th century meaning of cocker.

Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 74, 'con’

Philadelphia is over the moon about her new paramour, Richard Burbage, and adores his wooing her with the words of the great romantic characters of the time. Jessica and Gage  wonder if it is all a 'con'.

Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 73, 'tiring room’

Philadelphia denies that meeting star of the 16th Globe Theater, Richard Burbage, has left her awestruck. Jessica and Gage consider the power of celebrity, then and now.

Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 72, 'soever’

Philadelphia is in fine form as she declares (with a HINT of bias) the cruelest soever to rule in the REAL game of thrones. Jessica and Gage lament their (likely) inability to hold themselves together if ever their fates meet a guillotine.

Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 71, 'smellsmock’

Philadelphia, Jessica and Gage find 'smell-smock' a disturbing expression in any century!!