Tudor Time Machine Podcast
150 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago -This is a history podcast and a story podcast in one (on facebook it's tudortimemachine}
It's a secret history of the Elizabethan court set in 1565. Everyone thinks they know the truth of Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth, but we’re going to tell you about what we think really happened. The central characters are all based on real people from the court. After we read the story section, we’ll take a dive into history behind the episode. Fun! Our merch is here! https://tudor-time-machine.creator-spring.com/
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Episodes
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 80, 'Heidegyes'
April 20, 2024 13:13 - 9 minutes - 12.6 MBPhiladelphia 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'
April 13, 2024 13:03 - 9 minutes - 13.4 MBPhiladelphia 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'
April 06, 2024 14:20 - 9 minutes - 13.4 MBDoes 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'
March 30, 2024 16:53 - 7 minutes - 11 MBPhiladelphia 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'
March 23, 2024 12:32 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBPhiladelphia'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, 'doth'
March 23, 2024 12:32 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBPhiladelphia'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'
March 17, 2024 17:41 - 9 minutes - 13.2 MBPhiladelphia 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’
March 09, 2024 14:31 - 8 minutes - 11.4 MBPhiladelphia 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’
March 02, 2024 15:45 - 7 minutes - 10.6 MBPhiladelphia 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’
February 24, 2024 19:03 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBPhiladelphia 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’
February 17, 2024 14:41 - 8 minutes - 12.1 MBPhiladelphia, Jessica and Gage find 'smell-smock' a disturbing expression in any century!!
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 70, 'vouchsafe’
February 10, 2024 13:36 - 10 minutes - 14.2 MBPhiladelphia believes Dr. John Dee's astrological predictions for her life while Jessica and Gage vouchsafe they did not know exactly what this word meant.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 69, 'Ere’
February 03, 2024 13:47 - 9 minutes - 13.4 MBWhile to err is human, Philadelphia’s head might be in thin air as she disputes Catherine Parr’s affection for a queen NOT named Elizabeth. As usual, Gage and Jessica "doot doot do" their best to get Philadelphia to see the error of her ways, ere Philadelphia turns her thoughts to doughnuts.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 68, 'boyar’
January 27, 2024 15:38 - 14 minutes - 19.4 MBJessica & Gage are shocked to learn a 16th century monarch may have had more wives that Henry VIII--Tsar Ivan had either six or eight wives, depending who/how you count! Philadelphia opines that of course the Tsar tried to entice Elizabeth I to wed.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 67, 'vizard ’
January 20, 2024 15:23 - 11 minutes - 16.2 MBPhiladelphia relishes the thrill of wearing a vizard to a party so she can free her wicked tongue--Jessica and Gage find the mask a bit creepy!
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 66, ’candlewaster’
January 13, 2024 15:45 - 6 minutes - 9.63 MBPhiladelphia disdains a candlewaster, but Jessica and Gage are more sympathetic, sometimes night-time is the right-time
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 66, ’candle waster’
January 13, 2024 15:45 - 6 minutes - 9.63 MBPhiladelphia disdains a candle waster, but Jessica and Gage are more sympathetic, sometimes night-time is the right-time
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 65, ’elengeness’
January 06, 2024 15:45 - 10 minutes - 15 MBPhiladelphia laments the elengeness of love, while Jessica and Gage enjoy how it inspired the musical 'Six'.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 63, ’Dastard’
December 30, 2023 16:26 - 8 minutes - 11.7 MBPhiladelphia snubs all men who are dastards while Jessica and Gage recall the villain-Dick Dastardly.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 64, ’Dastard’
December 30, 2023 16:26 - 8 minutes - 11.7 MBPhiladelphia snubs all men who are dastards while Jessica and Gage recall the villain-Dick Dastardly.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 63, ’Motley’
December 23, 2023 15:07 - 7 minutes - 11 MBPhiladelphia, Jessica and Gage love a comedian, but what does Philadelphia think of 'Mötley Crüe?
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 62, ’brachet’
December 16, 2023 13:28 - 8 minutes - 12.4 MBPhiladelphia, Jessica and Gage all love a 'brachet', but Jessica and Gage are shocked by Arthur's bad boy antics in Le Morte d'Arthur.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 61 ’angel’
December 09, 2023 14:31 - 8 minutes - 11.1 MBPhiladelphia scares the devil out of hell and Jessica and Gage learn Elizabeth I healed subjects with her hands.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 60 ’fancy monger’
December 02, 2023 15:47 - 11 minutes - 16.3 MBPhiladelphia, Jessica & Gage consider that 'monger' is now primarily negative, 'warmonger', 'hate monger' but in the 16th century that was not so!
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 59 ’bedazzled’
November 25, 2023 16:53 - 10 minutes - 14.7 MBPhiladelphia, Jessica & Gage are astonished that a woman with as much self-control as Elizabeth 1 can become bedazzled by the young and charming Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 58 ’hurly burly’
November 18, 2023 03:06 - 8 minutes - 11.2 MBPhiladelphia is piqued that her kinswomen boldly married without the permission of Queen Elizabeth. Jessica and Gage enjoy the 'hurly burly'.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 57 ’bethought’
November 11, 2023 15:48 - 10 minutes - 14.3 MBPhiladelphia, Jessica & Gage discuss the bathroom humor and sense of fun Martin Marprelate brought to his criticisms of the Church of England.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 56 ’contumely’
November 04, 2023 12:08 - 14 minutes - 19.8 MBPhiladelphia, Jessica & Gage listen to three versions of 'to be or not be' by Benedict Cumberbatch, Adrian Lester and Andrew Scott, and also their use of our word of the week in that most famous of speeches. Let us know which one you enjoy most!
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 55 ’sally forth’
October 28, 2023 14:05 - 10 minutes - 14.4 MBPhiladelphia decides she must do what she must do and 'sally forth' when her castle is attacked by Mary I's men. Jessica and Gage try to convince Philadelphia that her grandmother, Mary Boleyn, had a tryst with Henry VIII.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 54 ’muckinder’
October 21, 2023 14:22 - 8 minutes - 11.1 MBPhiladelphia is piqued by a snotty 'muckinder'. Jessica and Gage think a 'muckinder' is still a useful accessory.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 53, ’Dump’
October 14, 2023 13:11 - 7 minutes - 10.8 MBPhiladelphia is cross when Jessica and Gage poke fun at the word, 'dump'. 'Sigh No More' is a 16th century dump, but does R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts' classify as a modern dump?
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 52 ’flibbertigibbet’
October 07, 2023 11:59 - 7 minutes - 10.3 MBPhiladelphia relishes meeting anyone who is a charming flibbertigibbet. Jessica and Gage discuss how this charming word fits into the tragedy, 'King Lear'.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 51 ’madding’
October 01, 2023 02:50 - 8 minutes - 12 MBPhiladelphia's word this week 'madding' is not to be confused with maddening! Jessica and Gage talk about the use of this word in the 16th century pamphlet defending the rights of women by Jane Anger.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 50 ’minkins’
September 23, 2023 17:24 - 7 minutes - 11 MBPhiladelphia finds Londoners to be absolute minkins! Jessica and Gage talk about how minkins is used in 'The Prodigal Son', a play attributed to Shakespeare.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 49 ’coney-catching’
September 16, 2023 15:27 - 6 minutes - 9.34 MBPhiladelphia warns London visitors to keep an eye out for 'coney-catchers,' while Jessica and Gage talk about Robert Greene's views on corruption and why he should be remembered for more than his famous insult to Shakeaspeare.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week Episode 48, ’jangling’
September 09, 2023 18:25 - 9 minutes - 12.9 MBPhiladelphia dissaproves of 'jangling' courtiers, while Jessica and Gage consider why Elizabeth I decided to, or not to, use the word 'jangling' when she admonished parliament for considering her successor.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 47 ’mumping’
September 02, 2023 15:25 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBPhiladelphia's word this week, 'mumping', is used in a letter read by Olivia Coleman found here: https://youtu.be/4pIrkEsh7Vo?si=UV5ToiXZLenRwAvF. Jessica, Gage and Philadelphia disagree about whether or not Olivia should be so funny as she reads.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 46 ’noddle’
August 26, 2023 15:05 - 7 minutes - 10.8 MBPhiladelphia's word this week,'noddle' is something every tudorphile uses well! Jessica and Gage learn that 'The Taming of the Shrew' has and induction with a character named Christopher Sly.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 45. ’avouch’
August 19, 2023 13:40 - 8 minutes - 11.2 MBPhiladelphia's word this week, 'avouch', is something that it is almost impossible to do in the 16th century. Jessica and Gage talk about Shakespeare's MacBeth.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 44, ’filch’
August 12, 2023 09:48 - 8 minutes - 12.1 MBPhiladelphia's word this week,'filch' is something she says she would never do. Jessica and Gage talk about the amazing Mary Sidney. Listen in!
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 43, ’neat’s tongue’
August 05, 2023 13:56 - 6 minutes - 6.25 MBPhiladelphia's word this week, 'neat's tongue', names one of Philadelphia's favorite foods. Jessica and Gage talk about Shakespeare's skill with an insult.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 42, ’Unheedy’
July 29, 2023 11:19 - 9 minutes - 8.47 MBPhiladelphia's word this week, 'unheedy', leads her to realize how upsetting 'A Midsummer's Night Dream' truly is. Jessica and Gage are amazed at Philadelphia's interpretation of the play.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week ’disport’
July 22, 2023 14:07 - 10 minutes - 9.52 MBPhiladelphia recovers from an evening of disport while Jessica and Gage consider Elizabeth I's use of the word of the week in her famous Tilbury speech.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week Episode 40, ’mickle’
July 15, 2023 17:35 - 7 minutes - 6.86 MBPhiladelphia Carey's Tudor word this week is, 'mickle'. Philadelphia is distressed at the very idea of having a mickle of pox. Jessica and Gage laugh at the use of 'mickle' in Shakespeare's A Comedy of Errors.
Tudor Time Machine Podcast Word of the week episode 39, ’baggage’
July 08, 2023 06:24 - 6 minutes - 16.2 MB VideoPhiladelphia does not want to have to call anyone 'baggage'. Jessica and Gage consider what comedy is, in the play, 'A Chaste Maid in Cheapside.'
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week Episode 38, ’kicky wicky’
July 01, 2023 14:21 - 8 minutes - 7.77 MBPhiladelphia relishes when her favorite calls her 'kicky wicky'. Jessica and Gage consider the very brief performance history of "All's Well That Ends Well', is it because Helen claims the man?
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week Episode 37, ’stain’
June 24, 2023 18:55 - 7 minutes - 6.53 MBPhiladelphia explains that 'stain' is a very serious word, and may result in damnation. Jessica and Gage consider the seven deadly sins.
Tudor Time MachineWord of the Week 36, ’miching’
June 17, 2023 12:12 - 6 minutes - 5.97 MBPhiladelphia Carey's Tudor word this week is, 'miching'. Jessica and Gage are astonished to learn Thomas Heywood wrote more than 200 plays.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 35, ’figent’
June 10, 2023 18:42 - 7 minutes - 6.58 MBPhiladelphia enjoys the word, 'figent' in the play 'Easward Ho!' Jessica and Gage wonder why Philadelphia is such a snob.
Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week 34, ’jouissance’
June 03, 2023 15:06 - 6 minutes - 6.2 MBPhiladelphia enjoys the word, 'jouissance' in the play 'Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay' by Robert Greene. Jessica and Gage learn that a man like Greene could never have been master of the revels.