Dennis McCarthy is a writer, historian, and independent researcher who, in the process of tracing Hamlet’s origin, ended up unwinding the entire legend of Shakespeare. Digging deeper into the history of Shakespeare's plays alongside collaborators June Schlueter and Michael Blanding, McCarthy uncovered evidence that all but two of Shakespeare’s plays were written by Sir Thomas North, an English translator, lawyers, and justice of the peace. We dig into the evidence for the overlap between the two figures, unpack the myth of the lone genius, and seek to understand how the origin of ideas is driven by the sum total of the biogeographic connections that impinge on a given time and place. Support DemystifySci & Dennis McCarthy while getting learned: https://amzn.to/3xTPels Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub 00:00 Go! 00:10:13 Of Politics and Plays 00:15:12 Are North and Shakespeare the same Person? 00:20:38 Myths of Lone Genius 00:25:24 Shifting Cultural Frames 00:34:43 An Idea is Fine, but a Theory is Too Much 00:39:57 How Many of the Plays are North's? 00:43:48 Biogeography & The Spread of Ideas 00:52:52 No True Origin Stories 01:02:44 How Much Did North Know? 01:12:30 Here Be Dragons 01:17:16 Artistic Explosions 01:24:30 Archetypal Tendencies 01:33:33 Convergent Evolution of Stories 01:40:34 Getting Published by Oxford 01:51:26 Does the Opposition Ever Chill? 01:54:51 Physics 02:11:26 The Source of Motivation 02:16:48 Close #genius #shakespeare #demystifysci Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Michael Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671