1246 Unmasking the Bard: The Shakespeare Authorship Conspiracy

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🗓️ 27 August 2025

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FOLLOW RICHARD Website: https://www.strangeplanet.ca YouTube: @strangeplanetradio Instagram: @richardsyrettstrangeplanet TikTok: @therealstrangeplanet EP. #1246 Unmasking the Bard: The Shakespeare Authorship Conspiracy What if the greatest playwright in history wasn't the humble glove-maker's son from Stratford, but a nobleman with access to forbidden ancient texts? In this mind-bending episode of Strange Planet, we unravel the Shakespeare authorship mystery with Dr. Earl Showerman. Drawing from his book Shakespeare’s Greater Greek, Showerman exposes how the plays echo untranslated Greek epics and tragedies—like Aeschylus' Oresteia in Hamlet—knowledge impossible for the official Bard. Could Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, be the true genius? We dive into clues from medicine, law, and court life that shatter the 400-year myth, challenging everything you learned in English class. Prepare to question the canon! GUEST: Dr. Earl Showerman is a Harvard-educated physician and retired emergency medicine specialist who now applies his diagnostic expertise to literary enigmas. Author of Shakespeare’s Greater Greek, he argues that the Bard's works reveal deep knowledge of ancient Greek sources unavailable in English during Shakespeare's time, pointing to Edward de Vere as the likely true author. A leading voice in the Shakespeare authorship debate, Showerman has presented his research at conferences and in scholarly journals, bridging medicine, classics, and Elizabethan history. BOOK: Shakespeare's Greater Greek: An Exploration of Greek Drama, Epic & History in the Works of Shakespeare SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!!! FABRIC BY GERBER LIFE Life insurance that’s designed to be fast and affordable. You could get instant coverage with no medical exam for qualified applicants. Join the thousands of parents who trust Fabric to help protect their family. Apply today in just minutes at meet fabric dot com slash STRANGE TESBROS We're a small business built by Tesla owners, for Tesla owners. Everything we do is about helping our customers customize, protect, and maintain their ride — whether it’s through our products or YouTube how-tos and reviews. Go to tesbros.com and use code POD15 for 15% off your first order. That’s T-E-S-B-R-O-S dot com and use code P-O-D-1-5 at checkout. ⁠BUTCHERBOX⁠ ButcherBox delivers better meat and seafood straight to your door – including 100% grass-fed beef,free-range organic chicken, pork raised crate-free, and wild-caught seafood. Right now, ButcherBox is offering our listeners $20 off their first box and free protein for a year. Go to ⁠ButcherBox.com/strange⁠ to get this limited time offer and free shipping always. Don’t forget to use our link so they know we sent you. HIMS - Making Healthy and Happy Easy to Achieve Sexual Health, Hair Loss, Mental Health, Weight Management START YOUR FREE ONLINE VISIT TODAY - HIMS dot com slash STRANGE https://www.HIMS.com/strange QUINCE BEDDING Cool, Relaxed Bedding. Woven from 100% European flax linen. Visit QUINCE BEDDING to get free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. BECOME A PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER!!! https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm Three monthly subscriptions to choose from. Commercial Free Listening, Bonus Episodes and a Subscription to my monthly newsletter, InnerSanctum. Visit https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm Use the discount code "Planet" to receive one month off the first subscription. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By using our website and services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our Cookie Policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm/

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0:00.0	Richard Saritz, strange planet,
0:04.0	following the truth wherever it leads,
0:08.0	exposing evil and corruption and the secret machinations of powerful elites,
0:14.0	revealing the high strangeness beneath the surface of our supposed reality,
0:19.0	coming to you from the great white north and his studio
0:22.7	beneath the stairs here's Richard hey welcome to another installment of
0:33.3	strange planet don't forget to leave us a five-star review and leave us a comment. It helps the
0:38.9	algorithm, I'm told, although I quite frankly don't understand any of it. Hey, what if I told you?
0:44.9	The man we've been taught to worship as the greatest writer in the English language, a simple
0:50.3	glove maker's son from Stratford, probably didn't write a single line of Hamlet or Macbeth or a midnight summer night's dream.
1:00.1	Today, we're going to pull back the curtain on one of the greatest literary cover-ups of all time.
1:05.8	My guest is Dr. Earl Showerman, a Harvard-educated physician, who, after a long career in emergency medicine,
1:12.9	turned his sharp diagnostic skills on the Shakespeare authorship mystery.
1:17.8	And what he found might just flip your high school English class upside down in his new book,
1:23.6	Shakespeare's Greater Greek. Dr. Showerman reveals that many of Shakespeare's plays borrow from
1:30.1	ancient Greek dramas and epics, stories that officially Shakespeare shouldn't have known. These Greek
1:37.3	sources weren't translated into English until long after Shakespeare supposedly left school.
1:43.1	Was the true author, someone with access to rare books
1:46.7	and a top class education, someone like Edward DeVare, the 17th Earl of Oxford, perhaps.
1:53.3	Well, we're going to dive into the clues hidden in the plays themselves, clues that challenge
1:58.4	everything you thought you knew about the bard.
2:01.1	Great pleasure to welcome Dr. Earl Showerman to Strange Planet.
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