In this episode of the Curious Realm host Christopher Jordan ventures to the 2024 Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship Conference in Denver, Colorado. Was the famed author William Shakespeare truly who we history tells us? Might there be far more to the story than we have been told, and what impact does that have upon the academic world as we know it? Our first guest is Don Rubin, board member of the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship and former teacher of Theater History. We discuss how it is that the history we know of Shakespeare came to be and the possible truth behind the authorship of the works of The Bard. In the second part of our episode, we site down with Shakespeare researcher and author, Roger Strittmatter to discuss the many historical inaccuracies when it comes to accepted Shakespearian history. We also discuss the vast number of works by Shakespeare that are based on classical Greek and later Latin works, pointing to a vast classical education for a man who was traditionally believed to have not attended school. Our third guest is Cheryl Egan-Donovan of Controversy Films to discuss her work on the film, Nothing Truer Than Truth, which looks at the process of writing, where life experience, imitation of the masters, and relentless revision come together to create genius, as the key to discovering Edward de Vere as the true author of the works attributed to William Shakespeare. Finally we welcome Shakespeare authorship researcher Katherine Chiljan to discuss the use of period art to decode the fact that Edward DeVere, the 17th Earl of Oxford was actually the man we historically know as Shakespeare. How do these pieces of art possibly assemble a thread of evidence connecting Edward to the Crown, as well as the authorship of Shakespeare’s works? Join the Curious Realm as we delve into the topic of the Shakespeare authorship controversy at the 2024 Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship Conference in Denver Colorado. Curious Realm is proudly distributed by: Ground Zero Media & Aftermath Media, KGRA, APRTV and the official Curious Realm ROKU App!