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Episode 21: Paula Marantz Cohen on Shakespeare and Empathy
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Episode 21: Paula Marantz Cohen on Shakespeare and Empathy

Richard Aldous
Apr 02, 2021
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In a time of division, difference, and cancel culture, what can we learn from Shakespeare (who himself has been caught in the crossfire of today’s culture wars)? On today’s episode, author Paula Marantz Cohen joins host Richard Aldous to discuss all this, as well as her new book Of Human Kindness: What Shakespeare Teaches Us About Empathy.

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