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Bonus Ep. 41 - The General Slocum [TEASER]
We discuss the June 15, 1904 General Slocum disaster. To listen to or watch the full episode, visit patreon.com/barnaclecast
Wandering Rocks
Here be dragons. Topics in this episode include why “Wandering Rocks” is the least Homeric episode of Ulysses, why the name “Wandering Rocks” isn’t quite right, how Jason escaped the Wandering Rocks,…
Bonus Ep. 40 - Gas from a Burner [TEASER]
This month, we tell the story of how Dubliners got published and read Joyce's most scorched-earth poem, "Gas from a Burner." Listen to the full episode and see a video version at…
Medical Dick and Medical Davy
…Gravy? Topics in this episode include the grande finale of Stephen’s Hamlet theory, he finally proves by algebra that Shakespeare is the ghost of his own father, dio boia, James Joyce’s reaction to…
Bonus Ep. 39 - Henry V [TEASER]
We complete our three-part series on Laurence Olivier's Shakespeare adaptations with a discussion of his 1944 version of Henry V. Listen to the full episode at patreon.com/barnaclecast
Lapwing
Agenbite of Lapwing. Topics in this episode include Shakespeare’s coat of arms, the significance of Cassiopeia to Stephen’s Shakespeare theory, the auspicious stars heralding the births of Stephen…
Bonus Ep. 38 - Richard III [TEASER]
We discuss the 1955 film version of Richard III. Listen to or watch the full episode at patreon.com/barnaclecast
Richard and Gilbert and Edmund and Will
What if the Shakespeares were really a bunch of crumb-bums? Topics in this episode include Shakespeare’s brothers Gilbert, Richard, and Edmund, which ones Stephen thinks were bad brothers and which…
Rutlandbaconsouthamptonshakespeare
In which, Stephen proves through algebra that Hamlet’s grandson is Shakespeare’s grandfather.Topics in this episode include Puritanism, whether or not Anne Hathaway became a religious fanatic late in…
Bonus Ep. 37 - Hamnet [TEASER]
We review the 2025 Chloe Zhao film, Hamnet.To watch or listen to the full episode, visit patreon.com/barnaclecast
Pray for us, Saint Thomas
Ora pro nobis! Pogue mahone! Acushla machree!Topics in this episode include Thomas Aquinas (but less than you might expect), Aquinas’ views on incest, the meaning on “new Viennese school,” whether or…
Why Stephen Talks about Shylock
Isn’t Carrotty Bess great?Topics in this episode include why Stephen compares Shakespeare to Shylock, Shakespeare’s father John Shakespeare and his many business ventures, his legal troubles caused…
Secondbest Bed
Sometimes the secondbest bed is the better bed.Topics in this episode include Griselsa, Antisthenes and Helen, art of surfeit, the Dark Lady of the sonnets, the erotic adventures of Shakespeare and…
Bonus Ep. 35 - The Portrait of Mr. W.H. [TEASER]
We discuss Shakespeare's sonnets, the identities of the Fair Youth and Dark Lady, and the Oscar Wilde short story "The Portrait of Mr. W.H."To hear the full episode, visit patreon.com/barnaclecast
Synge
Why do we always fight most with the people we have the most in common with?Topics in this episode include James Joyce’s fraught relationship with playwright John Millington Synge, the way Synge…
Mr. W. H.
“—Do you think it is only a paradox? the quaker librarian was asking. The mocker is never taken seriously when he is most serious.”Topics in this episode include Oscar Wilde’s “The Portrait of Mr.…
Bonus Ep. 34 - Robert Anton Wilson w/ Eric Wagner [TEASER]
We interview author Eric Wagner about his new book, Straight Outta Dublin: James Joyce and Robert Anton WilsonTo listen to the full interview, visit patreon.com/barnaclecast
Puck Mulligan
You will serve that which you laugh at.Topics in this episode include how to pronounce “Szombathely,” Buck Mulligan’s incredible entrance into “Scylla and Charybdis,” Nicolas Cage, the heresies of…
The Spirit of Reconciliation
Bitches love sonnets.Topics in this episode include putting Beurla on it, basilisks and 13th century bestiaries, Pericles and purported Shakespeare apocrypha, the Baconian theory of Shakespeare…
Nightwood [TEASER]
We discuss Djuna Barnes' novel NightwoodListen to the full episode at patreon.com/barnaclecast
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