What Chuck Bryant has said about Shakespeare authorship question

2 quotes · 1 episode · May 30, 2026

Chuck Bryant, Co-host of Stuff You Should Know, has been quoted on Shakespeare authorship question 2 times 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.

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Bryant agrees that elitism lies at the root of many anti-Stratfordian theories.
“what's at the root of a lot of these theories is what Ed, I think, rightly calls elitism”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: Did Shakespeare really write all that stuff? (May 30, 2026) · Listen from 22:25
Bryant thinks the female-authorship theory makes more sense than others because women had a clear motive to hide.
“I think this theory makes a lot more sense than a lot of the others. just by the sheer fact that women would not have been allowed to”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: Did Shakespeare really write all that stuff? (May 30, 2026) · Listen from 47:03

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.