<p>Whether it's in your high school English class or one of the many Shakespeare-inspired 90s rom-coms (10 Things I Hate About You, anybody?), most of us have encountered Shakespeare in some form or another.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Another place you can find the Bard? California's Centinela State Prison. The podcast Where There's a Will: Finding Shakespeare tells us about how performing Shakespeare can be transformative for incarcerated individuals.</p><p><br></p><p>Also: in 1986, NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded, killing all of its seven crew members. Among them was Christa McAuliffe, a social studies teacher who would have been the first private citizen in space.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Christa was one of 10 finalists from Ronald Reagan's "Teacher in Space" project. Chosen from more than 10,000 teacher applicants, the finalists participated in weeks of rigorous&nbsp;testing and training. NASA called it "space camp," but the process was far from fun and games.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>In Slate's One Year: 1986, we hear about that intense experience from the former candidates themselves.</p><p><br></p><p>All that and more, this week on Podcast Playlist.</p><p><br></p><p>Featuring: If Books Could Kill, Where There's A Will: Finding Shakespeare, One Year: 1986, Missing and Murdered: Who Killed Alberta Williams, Future Perfect</p><p><br></p><p>For links and more info head to <a href="cbc.ca/podcastplaylist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cbc.ca/podcastplaylist</a>.</p>

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Shakespeare behind bars, the (not-so) scientific art of manifesting your dreams, and more of our greatest hits

APR 22, 202453 MIN
Podcast Playlist

Shakespeare behind bars, the (not-so) scientific art of manifesting your dreams, and more of our greatest hits

APR 22, 202453 MIN

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<p>Whether it's in your high school English class or one of the many Shakespeare-inspired 90s rom-coms (10 Things I Hate About You, anybody?), most of us have encountered Shakespeare in some form or another.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Another place you can find the Bard? California's Centinela State Prison. The podcast Where There's a Will: Finding Shakespeare tells us about how performing Shakespeare can be transformative for incarcerated individuals.</p><p><br></p><p>Also: in 1986, NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded, killing all of its seven crew members. Among them was Christa McAuliffe, a social studies teacher who would have been the first private citizen in space.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Christa was one of 10 finalists from Ronald Reagan's "Teacher in Space" project. Chosen from more than 10,000 teacher applicants, the finalists participated in weeks of rigorous&nbsp;testing and training. NASA called it "space camp," but the process was far from fun and games.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>In Slate's One Year: 1986, we hear about that intense experience from the former candidates themselves.</p><p><br></p><p>All that and more, this week on Podcast Playlist.</p><p><br></p><p>Featuring: If Books Could Kill, Where There's A Will: Finding Shakespeare, One Year: 1986, Missing and Murdered: Who Killed Alberta Williams, Future Perfect</p><p><br></p><p>For links and more info head to <a href="cbc.ca/podcastplaylist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cbc.ca/podcastplaylist</a>.</p>