What Chuck Bryant has said about Emilia Bassano
1 quote · 1 episode · May 30, 2026
Chuck Bryant, Co-host of Stuff You Should Know, has been quoted on Emilia Bassano once in 1 episode of Stuff You Should Know, most recently on May 30, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Bryant says the viral 2015 meme about Emilia Bassano was false, noting she was not of African descent and was a published poet.
“She was a published author, so the whole notion that she wasn't allowed to publish things wasn't right”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: Did Shakespeare really write all that stuff? (May 30, 2026) · Listen from 45:53
Episodes
Selects: Did Shakespeare really write all that stuff?Stuff You Should Know · May 30, 2026 · 56 min
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant survey the Shakespeare authorship question, weighing the documentary evidence and alternative candidates such as Bacon, de Vere, Marlowe and Bassano.
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