Sarah and returning guest Morgan Morales delve into 2021 film The Tragedy of Macbeth - and award Ralph Ineson the official Media-eval MVP. Join us as we explore magic, gender, why Shakespeare is bad at history, and the historical Macbeth and Gruoch, aka Lady Macbeth. By the way, Macbeth does NOT pass the Ifft Decker.

CW: we make several mentions of suicide in the context of the film. We also discuss sexual assault in the film The Last Duel at around the 1hr44min mark. 

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The Tragedy of Macbeth

CW: Discussions of historical and modern transphobia

Join Sarah and her mom, Beth Greenfield, for their last episode of the podcast together as they discuss 1992 film Orlando, based on the novel by Virginia Woolf. We explore the Little Ice Age, English-Ottoman diplomacy, and trans lives and narratives from the medieval and early modern world. 

Trans people have a history! Learn more: 
Trans Historical, edited by Greta LaFleur, Masha Raskolnikov, and Anna Klosowska: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501759505/trans-historical/
Byzantine Intersectionality by Roland Betancourt: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691179452/byzantine-intersectionality  Silence: A Thirteenth-Century French Romance, translated by Sarah Roche-Mahdi: https://bookshop.org/p/books/silence-a-thirteenth-century-french-romance-sarah-roche-mahdi/12696746 

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Orlando

The holy Grail! Maeve Doyle returns to help us find the most holy of artefacts as we discuss academic representation on screen, Harrison Fords illegal attractive levels and whether a Nazi who reads is a "good" Nazi. 

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Tracey Tanoff is back but this time Chris Pine's Peen(R) is not on the table as we dissect a couple of beloved animated classics. We may not have liked them but we appreciate the work! 

The Black Cauldron & The Sword in the Stone

A slightly differnt episode as Sarah is joined by Ollie to break down the Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies. 6 Movies, 20+ hours and one episode to rule on them all!

Some of these are masterpieces. Some of them are The Hobbit trilogy.

Lord of the Rings Universe

We're back where the Podcast began- Medieval Scotland! You'll never guess but some of the English nobles are being a bit dickish so its time for a Scottish hero to step up and deal with the situation. Sarah is joined by Ollie to talk about a movie that seems to be about Honour but is really a protracted contract negotiation. And its great! (in the eyes of one of the hosts!)

Rob Roy

This episode is being released on Easter Sunday and Sarah thought what better way to celebrate this most holy of days than discussing whether or not Jesus got it w...on with Mary Magdalene. Ollie returns to discuss the 2006 movie The Davinci Code featuring one of the worst haircuts in history and more mansplaining than you can shake a stick at! 

Join us for a fun chat about a movie that is based on a book Im fairly sure you can read in less time than the movie seems to last! 

Disclaimer: Ollie was sick during this recording so if he appears quiet at times its not because the movie sent him to sleep, he was trying not to cough!

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Sarah Ifft Decker, a medieval historian, explores how movies, tv, and books depict the medieval world. What did they get right? What did they get wrong? And what do they tell us about how modern people think about the medieval past?

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