WAKE: Cold Reading Finnegans Wake

WAKE: Cold Reading Finnegans Wake

Moon Street Media

Episodes 58
Avg. Duration 1h 21m
Activity Sporadic
Apple Rating 5.0 (10)
Since May 2024
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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Weekly
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A cold reading of James Joyce’s "Finnegans Wake" just to hear it out loud.

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S1E41 Episode 41: Pluribus and Finnegans Wake

Mar 16, 2026 1h 31m

Vince Gilligan called, and WAKE answered! Toby and TJ are back for this special episode of WAKE, in response to the casual name-dropping of Finnegans Wake in the new Apple+ series, Pluribus. We spend…

S1E53 Bonus: George Koors in the wake of the Wake

Apr 30, 2025 1h 7m

As we bask in the wake of completing the Wake, Toby and TJ welcome renowned author, librarian, academic, and bookfluencer George Koors to discuss how to get into the Wake, as well as what to do after…

S1E52 Episode 40: Finishing WAKE

Apr 23, 2025 1h 43m

We can't believe it. Can you believe it? We actually finished reading Finnegans Wake. What started out as a podcast to read an "unreadable book" has turned into a journey that has endeared us to a…

S1E51 Episode 39: 4.1 (Part 2), p613-628

Apr 16, 2025 1h 51m

There's nothing quite like ticking off a bucket list item, and today is the day, where Toby and TJ come to the end of the long reading road to finally finish Finnegans Wake. Before we get there,…

S1E51 Bonus: WAKE: The Album with Tommy Mackay

Apr 09, 2025 1h 56m

In the grand tradition of Finnegans Wake, WAKE has looped back around on itself to become a self-generating machine, as we welcome back musical innovator and the most reckless of stramashers, Tommy…

S1E50 Episode 38: 4.1 (Part 1), p593-613

Apr 02, 2025 2h 6m

Book Four is upon us, and it is with mixed feelings, both excited and sad, that we launch into the final segments of Finnegans Wake. Helping us along the way is fan-favourite WAKE veteran,…

Bonus: Professors Adrien Peyrache and Arjun Krishnaswamy on Wake and the Sleeping Brain

Mar 26, 2025 1h 11m

If sleep is the panacea of all ills, WAKE has found the very experts who can tell you exactly why that’s the case! On this week’s special bonus episode, Toby and TJ welcome internationally renowned…

S1E48 Bonus: Fionnán O’Connor on Whiskey and the Wake (or, Jamessan’s Slake)

Mar 17, 2025 1h 27m

Flushed with their firestuffostered friendship, WAKE celebrates St. Patrick’s Day by exploring all of the many ways that Finnegans Wake refers to whiskey: Ireland’s beloved, potent créatúr. Joined by…

Bonus: Igor Belokrinitsky and the Ukrainian Wake in Progress Reading Group

Mar 12, 2025 1h 1m

With stubbornness and defiance, WAKE welcomes the wonderful Igor Belokrinitsky, representative of the Ukrainian Wake in Progress Finnegans Wake reading group! Igor joins Toby and TJ for a…

S1E46 Bonus: Neal Kosaly-Meyer and Memorising the Wake

Mar 05, 2025 1h 10m Bonus

Ever have trouble remembering things? Phone numbers? Grocery lists? Names of casual acquaintances? If so, get ready to feel very self-conscious, because on this week's WAKE, we meet the indomitable…

S1E45 Bonus: Peter O'Brien and Wake-inspired Art

Feb 26, 2025 1h 15m Bonus

Peter O’Brien is an artist, a visionary, and a life-long Joycean, with the energy to not only dream up one major Finnegans Wake-centric artistic offshoot, but is busy scheming about how to top it. We…

S1E44 Episode 37: Book Three Recap

Feb 19, 2025 1h 28m

It's an episode to savour, as Toby and TJ look back on the always entertaining Book 3 of the Wake, and all the fun we had along the way. With great guests, amazing community, purist support, and…

S1E43 Episode 36: 3.4 (Part 2), p572-590

Feb 12, 2025 1h 59m

It's an episode of WAKE to make Grim Grandma Grunt, as Toby and TJ return from a long reading break to finish up Book 3! With three special readers providing their dulcet tones, we discuss whether…

S1E42 Bonus: Bobby Campbell and Maybe Night

Feb 05, 2025 1h 24m Bonus

Often, when you show the Wake to an uninitiated reader, the first reaction will be “that’s weird.” Today we embrace the weird and lean into the unconventional, with a delightful, insightful chat with…

S1E41 Episode 35: 3.4 (Part 1), p555-572

Jan 29, 2025 2h 6m

I hope you have your alarm set, because the dreamer is stirring! Toby and TJ welcome old friend Jason Rothery--acclaimed playwright, novelist, and fellow theatre survivor--to to help us read 3.4:…

S1E37 Episode 34: 3.3 (Part 4), p532-554

Jan 22, 2025 1h 46m

What happens when you put an erudite Canadian-Australian in a room with a verbose Australian-Canadian? This week, as TJ suffers through a department meeting at work, Seth Austin of the "hold my beer"…

S1E37 Bonus: Zoe Patterson and Joyce Reading Groups

Jan 15, 2025 1h 5m

After months of pondering the motivations of those who choose to take up the mantle of the Wake, and particularly those who get together with like-minded individuals to drink and read and discuss, we…

S1E35 Episode 33: 3.3 (Part 3), pp516-532

Jan 08, 2025 1h 35m

Numerologists rejoice: WAKE has hit the master number, and to celebrate, our old pal JJ has chosen to drop the subtlety and let his freak flag fly! Leonard Cohen may have said there was a crack in…

S1E37 Bonus: Guinness and Finnegans Wake (or, Guinnessan’s Slake)

Dec 31, 2024 45m Bonus

There are few things more synonymous with Ireland as a creamy, rich pint of Guinness. Plenty of time has been spent on James Joyce’s relationship with the black stuff, yet few have really considered…

S1E38 Bonus: A Very Joycean Christmas

Dec 24, 2024 33m Bonus

Break out Mr. Tunney the grocer’s Christmas almanac, clear your schedule for Edwin Hamilton's Christmas pantaloonade and the Christmas pantomime Sinbad the Sailor, it’s time for a twelfth night feast…

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