Mike and Scott Read a Poem: Recent Episodes

Scott Yarborough and Mike Suzuki

Two non-poetry experts read a Shakespearean sonnet, analyze it in real time, then check the Internet to compare their interpretations to the experts.

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Mike and Scott discuss Shakespeare's Sonnet 47, 3 Musketeers Bars and a "player to be named later."

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Shakespeare's Sonnet 46, spelling bees, front stage tickets, and Lewis and Clarke.

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William Shakespeare's Sonnet 45, Hans Christian Andersen, baseball dimensions, and the Beatles discography.

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Shakespeare's Sonnet 42, ziplining, American Gladiators and the Lumberjack Slam.

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Shakespeare's Sonnet 41 and high five, up high, down low, too slow.

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Shakespeare's Sonnet 40, 1800 Tequila, "One fell swoop," and Sesame Street's "Follow That Bird."

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Special guest David J. Peterson, language creator from Game of Thrones, helps us analyze Sonnet 39 by Shakespeare.  We also discuss Anne Bonny, Lady in the Water, and the word "toin."

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Shakespeare's Sonnet 38, Kelly Clarkson, garbage disposals and "the whole shebang." 

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Special guest Jim Bruce stops by to help us analyze Shakespeare's Sonnet 37.  We also discuss Jurassic Park, Venn diagrams and Shelly Duvall.

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William Shakespeare's Sonnet 36, famous bass players and NHL '96.

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Shakespeare's Sonnet 35, misquoted movie lines and Atari's River Raid.

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Shakespeare's Sonnet 34, Presidential football players and Butterflies are Free.

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Shakespeare's Sonnet 33, retired jersey numbers and "Midnight in Paris."

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Shakespeare's Sonnet 32, rodeo clowns, the origins of Jeoparady, and Woody Allen.

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Shakespeare's Sonnet 31, the Carebear Cousins, the record for most strikes in a row, and getting swept away.

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William Shakespeare's Sonnet 30, rope-a-dope, Marcel Proust, and Shakespeare's wife on an all new episode of Mike and Scott Read a Poem

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Shakespeare's Sonnet 29, Main Street Electrical Parade, I Love Lucy and a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day on this week's Mike and Scott Read a Poem.

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Shakespeare's Sonnet 28, the top 5 singles of all time and Necessary Roughness.

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Shakespeare's Sonnet 27, juggling on trampolines, Gregor Mendel and the Punnett Square.

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Mike and Scott analyze Sonnet 24 by Shakespeare.  They also discuss Muppet Babbies and the 1983 World Series.

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Mike and Scott analyze Shakespeare's Sonnet 26.  They also discuss Spaceballs, Cupid, and slaughterhouses.

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Mike and Scott analyze Shakespeare's Sonnet 23.  They also discuss ASMR and Choose Your Own Adventure books.

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Mike and Scott analyze Shakespeare's Sonnet 22.  They also discuss badminton, Pokemon and Ducktails.

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Mike and Scott analyze Shakespeare's Sonnet 21.  They also discuss Walter Cronkite and triple plays.

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Mike and Scott analyze Shakespeare's Sonnet 20. They also discuss Fabio and the screenwriter of The Empire Strikes Back.

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Mike and Scott interpret Shakespeare’s Sonnet 25. They also discuss Christmas traditions and the shirts status of Ryan Reynolds and Matthew McConaughey.