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Blooms & Barnacles

A blog and podcast that discuss James Joyce"s Ulysses from a non-academic point of view. Less snooty, more movie references.

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00:10:06

Bonus Ep. 27 - The Picture of Dorian Gray [TEASER]

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2025/03/31

We discuss Oscar Wilde's novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. To listen to the full episode, visit patreon.com/barnaclecast

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00:15:08

Bonus Ep. 26 - The Third Man [TEASER]

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2025/02/28

We discuss the 1949 film, The Third Man because James Joyce is briefly mentioned in it. Also, it's a really good movie.Listen to or watch the full episode at patreon.com/barnaclecast

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01:26:15

Blind Stripling

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2025/02/19

A wild Blazes Boylan appears.Topics in this episode include the incredible story of Reverend Thomas Connellan, the Bible Wars, Soupers, the Bird’s Nest orphanage, apostasy and conversion, a typographical error heroically corrected, the blind stripling, whether or not the blind stripling actually wants help from Leopold Bloom, Bloom’s savior complex, Bloom’s empathy, the history of blind piano tuners, whether or not blind people’s other senses are stronger than those of sighted people, whether or not

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01:25:43

Throwaway

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2025/02/05

I need to see a man about a horse.Topics in this episode include a return to nutarianism, Tom Rochford’s surprisingly heroic back story, the Ascot Gold Cup, racehorses with weird names, Jack B. Yeats’ Olympic career, the life cycle of a pernicious rumor, Tom Rochford’s invention, Don Giovanni’s ending (spoiler alert), peristalsis nearing its inevitable conclusion, Prescott’s Dye Works, gambling culture in Edwardian Dublin, the class consciousness of gambling culture, whether it’s better to win or

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00:16:15

Bonus Ep. 25 - The Tarot of Mme Marion Bloom w/...

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2025/01/30

Artist Penelope Wade joins the podcast to discuss her project, "The Tarot of Mme Marion Bloom." Wade uses collages of found objects to create densely symbolic images based on the themes and characters in Ulysses. She has arranged her collages into a one-of-a-kind tarot deck. We discuss tarot, Ulysses, Molly Bloom. Kelly even gets a tarot reading!Listen to or watch the full episode at patreon.com/barnaclecastYou can see Penelope's art at her website.

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00:58:58

Ancient Free and Accepted Order

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2025/01/15

Are you on the level?Topics in this episode include discussion of whether or not Leopold Bloom is a freemason, how well Nosey Flynn knows the business of the other Dubliners, why Bloom never thinks about being a freemason, whether or not Tom Kernan is in the craft, whether or not you can leave the freemasons, freemason symbols and lore, whether Bloom has connections to the upper echelons of Dublin society, the Hungarian lottery tickets scandal, what James Joyce knew about freemasons, times when

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00:59:06

James Joyce Community Groups (w/ Zoe Patterson)

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/12/25

Zoe Patterson of Trinity College Dublin joins Blooms & Barnacles to talk about about her research into James Joyce community groups.Support us on Patreon to access episodes early, bonus content, and a video version of our podcast.Blooms & Barnacles Social Media:Facebook | Twitter | InstagramSubscribe to Blooms & Barnacles:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube

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00:13:02

Bonus Ep. 24 - Jack the Ripper w/ Senan Molony [TEASER]

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/12/12

Journalist Senan Molony joins the podcast to talk about how the Jack the Ripper murders influenced Ulysses.Listen to the full episode at pattern.com/barnaclecast

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00:50:02

Seed Cake

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/12/12

Should you bring oysters to your naughty liaison on Howth?Topics in this episode include your thoughts on Bloom’s glass of burgundy, whether or not oysters are an aphrodisiac, where you used to be able to find the best oysters in Ireland, whether or not it’s ok to eat oysters in months that don’t have an R, which European monarch ate the scruff off their own head, more wine minutiae - this time what color glass is best for storing beverages, the fishes royal, Miss Dubedat, a kish of brogues,

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00:54:40

Is Blazes Boylan the worst man in Dublin?

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/12/04

Well, was he?Topics in this episode include a thorough dissection of Hugh E. “Blazes” Boylan, why Boylan jingles and jaunts, Boylan’s snappy wardrobe, clocks on socks, whether or not Boylan smells rich, Boylan’s business ventures, Boylan’s father the horse trader, the Myler Keogh controversy, the unreliable narrators in Barney Kiernan’s pub, the sex crimes of Blazes Boylan, the sex crimes of Leopold Bloom, Miss Dunne, real life inspirations for Blazes Boylan, and the vanquishing of Molly Bloom’s

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00:17:15

Bonus Ep. 23 - Molly Bloom v. Misogyny w/ Katherine...

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/11/15

Dr. Katherine Ebury (she/they) of the University of Sheffield joins the podcast to talk about how to approach older scholarship that contains misogynist interpretations of Molly Bloom. Should we dismiss them entirely, or is it ok to just fish out the good bits? What direction is Joyce studies taking with regards to interpretations of Molly? We also discuss the ongoing issue of sexual harassment in Joyce studies.Listen to the full episode and see a video version at patreon.com/barnaclecast

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01:05:02

Gorgon-Zola

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/11/13

Fermentation is hot.Topics in this episode include Davy Byrne’s moral pub, Nosey Flynn, Noah and the curse of Ham, Plumtree’s Potted Meat, cannibalism, missionaries who get eaten by cannibals, long pig, Reverend MacTrigger, lapses in Leopold Bloom’s empathy, the Jesuits’ mission of conversion, colonialism, Yom Kippur, food as an expression of religion, mity cheese, why Bloom chooses cheese, sunyata, why it’s extremely anachronistic for Bloom to seek cheese, a brief history of indigenous Irish

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00:59:48

Rawhead and Bloody Bones

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/10/30

Let’s hope for something galoptious when all’s said and done.Topics in this episode include the lestrygonian feast in the Burton, masculinity and meat eating, societal paralysis, Bloom’s plan to feed the masses, Bloom’s memories of working in the cattle market, the importance of cattle to the Irish economy, the horror that is dicky meat, the violence of the cattle trade, the carnivore diet, Bloom’s performative masculinity, Bloom’s political moderateness, class horror, Padraic Pearse and the Easter

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01:03:13

Bloodhued Poplin, Lustrous Blood

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/10/16

Think unsexy thought. Think unsexy thoughts. Think unsexy thoughts.Topics included corrections, Yeates and Son, parallax, eclipses, Dunsink Time, Thomas Moore, peristalsis, Bob Doran, Take off that white hat!, Huguenots, the princess of the Lestrygonians, Leopold Bloom’s failed attempt to think unsexy thoughts, Bloom as sideways Odysseus, Bloom failing to destroy Molly’s suitor, and a quick escape.Support us on Patreon to access episodes early, bonus content, and a video version of our

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00:10:42

Bonus Episode #22 - James Joyce Community Groups w/...

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/10/13

Zoe Patterson of Trinity College Dublin joins Blooms & Barnacles to talk about about her research into James Joyce community groups. To listen to the full episode, check out patreon.com/barnaclecast

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01:02:01

Ep. 142 - Weggebobbles, Fruit, and Scotch Octopuses

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/10/02

"If you do the eyes of that cow will pursue you through all eternity."Topics in this episode include two-headed octopuses, the Freemasons, the real Lizzie Twigg, Dublin's oldest vegetarian restaurants, Æ, vegetarianism in the early twentieth century, Pythagorus, nutarians and fruitarians, Leopold Bloom's brief foray into vegetarianism, nutsteak, mashed yeast, the elitism of vegetarians, James Joyce's vendetta against vegetarians, whether or not a vegetarian diet inspires poetry, the transformative

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00:11:35

Dubliners #8 - Grace [TEASER]

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/09/27

We discuss the Dubliners short story, "Grace", in the final episode of our Dubliners series.Listen to the full episode at patreon.com/barnaclecast

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01:00:01

The Fascination of a Name

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/09/18

“Simon Dedalus said when they put him in parliament that Parnell would come back from the grave and lead him out of the house of commons by the arm.”Topics in this episode include James Stephens and his organizational blunder, Michaelmas traditions, architecture and peristalsis, the legacy of Dr George Salmon and his big spooky house, reevaluating historical figures like Dr Salmon, John Howard Parnell and his many siblings, the difficulty of being a “brother’s brother,” the Irish connection to peach

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00:58:47

Up the Boers!

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/09/06

Was Leopold Bloom ever totally radical?Topics in this episode include Bloom’s memory of a protest, Bloom’s view of the police, the significance of soup imagery, the origins of the Boer War, Irish Nationalist opposition to the Boer War, Joseph Chamberlain, Christiaan de Wet, the irony of Irish Nationalist support for the Boer cause, a French depiction of the protests in Dublin, the class politics of political protest, Sean O’Casey’s daring showdown with a mounter police officer, profiting from the

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00:15:50

Dubliners #7 - Ivy Day in the Committee Room [TEASER]

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/08/28

We discuss the Dubliners story, “Ivy Day in the Committee Room"To listen to the full episode, please visit patreon.com/barnaclecast

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