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Hello, today on the podcast is episode 800.

We talked to the delightful Indira Ghosh about the humor in Shakespeare and what it means.

I share two of my favorite Shakespeare jokes or humorous anecdotes,

and we have my last book with Nicholson Baker.

That's all coming up today on the history of literature.

Okay, here we go. Thank you for joining me. Welcome to the podcast. I'm Jack Wilson. Episode 800.

I knew I wanted it to be special. That's a big round number. And the episode is

going to be special, but let me tell you what it's not. This is not an episode where we say,

hey, guys, guess what? Shakespeare is actually funny. Trust us, here are 10 of his jokes.

Now, let me explain them all so you can see just how

funny they are. We have something similar coming up where we wrestle with Jonathan Swift's satire.

You can imagine saying, oh boy, this satire of his is really biting. He really lets so and so have it.

But first, a quick 10 minutes on Irish-English Relations in the early 18th century.

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