Episode 13: The Power of 'What?'

01/30/25 • 41 min

In 2001, Stone Cold Steve Austin started doing something that would catch on in the WWE, and the professional wrestling industry, like nothing before and it was only one word: What. But Tyler believes the basic principle behind the 'What?' chant has parallels in Shakespeare and its meter by being it's anti-meter. What do you think?

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Episode 12: It's All a Greek Chorus to Me

Oh look, more similarities! On this episode, Tyler and Dave look at the role of the Greek Chorus and how the play-by-play commentary of professional wrestling seems to be a direct descendant of it. Tyler and Dave make pretty compelling arguments but what do you think? Did they find another parallel?

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Episode 14: One May Smile...and Be A Villain

What makes for a good villain? Villains are everywhere and in every media we consume (not just Shakespeare and pro wrestling) and a story can't exist without them and it's more than 'being bad'. There are many answers to this rather vague question so see what Tyler and Dave have to say about it.

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