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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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Ep. 139 - The Meeting of the Waters

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/08/21

The constables have been let out to graze.Topics in this episode include: 1904 popular culture, James Carlyle and the Irish Times, foxhunting, horsey people, Leopold Bloom’s disdain for high class women, The Irish Field, a personal ad from the 1870’s, Mrs Miriam Dandrade, the Purefoys, Fletcherism, the Chew-Chew Method, fad diets of yore, munching parties, hardy annuals, whether or not consumption makes you randy, phthisis, searching for Mrs Moisel, Mrs Thornton, Bloom mocks the police, The Pirates

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00:55:24

Lizzie Twigg (w/ Elizabeth Foley O'Connor)

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/08/07

“Everybody who met her liked her - because she was warm and outgoing. Here I am saying good things about Lizzie. Poor Liz - nobody remembers her now.” - Padraic Colum, 1969This episode features an interview with scholar Elizabeth Foley O’Connor about Irish poet Lizzie Twigg, her legacy as a poet, her brief mention in Ulysses, how she fell under James Joyce’s critical eye, and why she deserved better. We also discuss tarot artist Pamela Colman Smith, the subject of Foley O’Connor’s book Pamela Colman

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00:56:18

Cashel Boyle O’Connor Fitzmaurice Tisdall Farrell

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/07/24

“Dubliners were proud of Endymion. They were proud that they tolerated Endymion, but also that he tolerated them. Most people watched him and remembered him with affection, and only a few were aware of the darker side to some of his mutterings.” - John SimpsonSupport us on Patreon to access episodes early, bonus content, and a video version of our podcast.On the Blog:Who was the real Cashel Boyle O'Connor Fitzmaurice Tisdall Farrell?Blooms & Barnacles Social Media:Facebook | Twitter |

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00:10:28

Dubliners #6 - A Painful Case & A Mother [TEASER]

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/07/22

We discuss Dubliners stories “A Painful Case” and “A Mother” Listen to the full episode at patreon.com/barnaclecast

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01:22:36

U.p: up

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/07/10

Inside the madness of BreenTopics in this episode include deep Ulysses lore, nostalgia traps, Molly’s suitors, the Glencree dinner, Old Professor Goodwin, Mr. and Mrs. Breen, U.p: up, the Ace of Spades, Breen’s postcard as an empty threat, an old forgotten expression, word play, hidden meanings, codes, peeing up and cloacal obsessions, Larry David, body shaming and erectile dysfunction, the Nolan and the wildest theory about U.p: up, accusations of apostasy, a controversy of Presbyterians, Michael

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00:45:41

HEL'SY

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/06/05

Rashers Tierney would have gotten those Hely’s Sandwichmen into shape. Plus, his name is thematically apt.Topics in this episode include memories of life in 1960’s Dublin, Leopold Bloom’s philosophy of advertising, whether or not a nun invented barbed wire, the intersection of religion, advertising and potted meat, the rite of Melchisedek, open-faced club sand wedge, the Hely’s sandwichmen, Wisdom Hely, Bloom’s employment history, Bloom’s grief, whether or not Wisdom Hely is good at advertising,

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00:10:37

Dubliners #5 - Counterparts & Clay [TEASER]

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/06/03

We discuss Dubliners stories “Counterparts” and “Clay”Listen to the full episode at patreon.com/barnaclecast

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01:44:30

Strumpet City [Patreon Bonus]

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/05/22

We discuss James Plunkett’s 1969 novel, Strumpet City and the 1980 mini-series of the same name.

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00:59:51

Parallax

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/05/09

If both clocks were correct, one would be redundant.Topics in this episode include the Ballast Office, the timeball, stellar parallax, ships’ navigators and chronometers, the whereabouts of the timeball, the political controversy of Greenwich Mean Time, Dunsink time, Sir Robert Ball and The Story of the Heavens, what the heck parallax actually means, how James Joyce uses the term parallax in Ulysses, being your own solar eclipse, how to make friends and influence astronomers at the Dunsink

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00:10:32

Dubliners #4 - The Boarding House & A Little Cloud...

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/04/28

We share our thoughts on Dubliners short stories "The Boarding House" and "A Little Cloud"Listen to the full episode at patreon.com/barnaclecast

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00:49:01

Kino's 11/- Trousers

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/04/24

What is the parallax of Aldebaran?Topics in this episode include gulls, Simon Dedalus, Little Chandler, Leopold Bloom’s poetic impulse, Leopold Bloom’s philosophy of advertising, the secret ingredient in Epps’ Cocoa, the supremacy of Kino’s 11/- Trousers over Plumtree’s Potted Meat, Victorian advertising styles, Howard Bridgewater’s theory of advertising, Dr. Hy Frank’s remedy for the clap, numerology, Chris Callinan, the true meaning of K. 11, the parallax of Aldebaran, Lenehan being just the

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00:59:01

Elijah is Coming!

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/04/10

Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! Elijah is Coming!!!Topics in this episode include epiphanies in Dubliners, the transformative power of peristalsis, Leopold Bloom and the Prophet Elijah, the peculiar tale of John Alexander Dowie, God’s bloodlust, the also peculiar history of the Salvation Army, what religion and advertising have in common, phosphorescence, polygamy, monster trucks, Bloom as a redeemer for Ireland, and the surprising origin of the city of Zion, Illinois.Support us on Patreon to access

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00:42:19

The Lestrygonians

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/03/27

Who’s for dinner?Topics in this episode include revisiting Ulysses-themed tarot, Odysseus’ encounter with the Lestrygonians, being in Leopold Bloom’s head once more, the Homeric parallels found in Ulysses’ eighth episode, the dangers of being too hangry, translating The Odyssey into French, anthropomorphic geography, trophomorphism, the intersection of food and sexuality, bloody imagery, and why James Joyce connected fermentation to women.Support us on Patreon to access episodes early, bonus

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00:11:06

Dubliner #3 - “After the Race” & “Two Gallants"

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/03/23

Listen to the full episode now at patreon.com/barnaclecast

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01:13:36

THOSE SLIGHTLY RAMBUNCTIOUS FEMALES

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/03/13

Nelson supposes his toeses are roses, but Nelson supposes erroneously.Topics in this episode include Barcelona, revisiting James Joyce’s Guinness ad, the history of Nelson’s pillar, Horatio Nelson, the final resting place of Nelson’s head, possible replacements for Nelson atop the former pillar, failed attempts to raise the wind, A Pisgah Sight of Palestine or The Parable of the Plums, Mt. Pisgah, the 17th century origin of the title of Stephen’s parable, the Eucharist, the parable of the wise and

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00:10:45

Dubliners #2 - Araby & Eveline [TEASER]

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/02/21

We share our thoughts on Dubliners short stories "Araby" and "Eveline"Listen to the full episode at patreon.com/barnaclecast

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01:05:38

DEAR DIRTY DUBLIN

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/02/14

What if we held hands in the Akasic Record?Topics in this episode include too much information about the Freemasons, entering the Promised Land, Daniel O'Connell's mass meeting at Mullaghmast, political radicalism, the Akasic Record, Stephen's magic powers, rebutting John F. Taylor, Parnell's parliamentary finesse, argumentum ad pasiones, leaning into your own bias, the origin of the phrase "Dear Dirty Dublin," duplicitous newsies, disappointment for J.J. O'Molloy, Odysseus rebuffed by Aeolus, and

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00:42:44

FROM THE FATHERS

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/02/01

Featuring a surprise historical cameo!Topics in this episode include our final example of Aristotelian rhetoric, the only passage of Ulysses recorded by James Joyce, the battle of wits between Mr. Justice Fitzgibbon and John F. Taylor, misperceptions about Taylor’s oratory, the Gaelic Revival, Dreamy Jimmy, ferial tone, a Moses for Ireland, MacHugh can’t catch a break, the analogy of the Irish and the biblical Israelites, The Shade of Parnell, Irish Orientalism, antisemitism in the Irish Nationalist

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00:09:21

Dubliners #1 - The Sisters & An Encounter [TEASER]

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/01/28

We share our thoughts on the Dubliners short stories "The Sisters" and "An Encounter"Hear and watch the full episode at patreon.com/barnaclecast

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01:03:58

A MAN OF HIGH MORALE

Blooms & Barnacles ·

2024/01/17

“Speaking about me. What did he say? What did he say? What did he say about me? Don’t ask.”Topics in this episode include a rumor about Stephen, Professor Magennis, Æ the mastermystic, drama within Dublin’s occult circles, how Æ helped James Joyce get published, the opal hush poets, Joycean tarot cards, D.P. Moran and The Leader, the horror of a truly clever nickname, mocking bad poetry, the Opal Hush cocktail, Pamela Colman Smith, Helena Blavatsky’s old bag of tricks, theosophy, an American

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