Marion Turner
J. R. R. Tolkien Professor of English Literature and Language at the University of Oxford and Chaucer specialist, author of Chaucer: A European Life and The Wife of Bath, A Biography, providing expert historical and literary commentary in the episode.
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Feb 27, 2026 • 59min
Geoffrey Chaucer: the medieval father of English literature
Mike Wozniak, comedian and actor, brings comic performances and a Middle English reading. Professor Marion Turner, Chaucer specialist at Oxford, provides expert historical and literary context. They explore Chaucer’s life amid the Black Death and Hundred Years’ War. They trace his royal service, European travels, influences from Dante and Boccaccio, and the framing and variety of the Canterbury Tales.
