What Josh Clark has said about William Shakespeare
2 quotes · 1 episode · May 30, 2026
Josh Clark, Co-host of Stuff You Should Know, has been quoted on William Shakespeare 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.
In their words
Clark says Shakespeare's probable education gave him enough grounding that he could conceivably have written the plays.
“when you add imagination and natural talent, you come up with Shakespeare conceivably”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: Did Shakespeare really write all that stuff? (May 30, 2026) · Listen from 9:46
Clark argues that the early end of Shakespeare's family line explains why his personal papers were lost.
“There's only 70 years between the death of Shakespeare and the end of his family line”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: Did Shakespeare really write all that stuff? (May 30, 2026) · Listen from 17:18
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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