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A chapter-by-chapter run-through of Herman Melville's 1851 epic about a big fish: Moby-Dick.

  1. Episode 17 - The Mast-Head

    11 giu

    Episode 17 - The Mast-Head

    Thirty-five chapters in, and we've seen no whales, but we're about to learn a lot about looking for whales. Also, the all-important question: plop or splat? This episode is the discussion about chapter 35 of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; The Mast-Head. Follow us on social media... Instagram: https://instagram.com/whale__pod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewhale1851.bsky.social

    44 min
  2. Episode 16 - The Cabin-Table

    4 giu

    Episode 16 - The Cabin-Table

    Professional blunders, WhaleTok, the Dutch language is not real, discipline, Power, "who's the captain?", flattened hierarchies, the Titanic sinks, give us a break, becoming one with The Force, Manuel from Fawlty Towers, Shakespearean comedy, the sound of rain in the background, men's mental health, Charles Dickens was a racist. This episode is the discussion about chapters 33 and 34 of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; The Specksynder, and The Cabin-Table. Follow us on social media... Instagram: https://instagram.com/whale__pod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewhale1851.bsky.social

    54 min
  3. Episode 15 - Cetology

    28 mag

    Episode 15 - Cetology

    One of the most maligned chapters of Moby-Dick is the litany of whales and Ishmael's taxonomy thereof. Is it that bad? This episode is the discussion about chapter 32 of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; Cetology. Follow us on social media... Instagram: https://instagram.com/whale__pod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewhale1851.bsky.social

    50 min
  4. Episode 14 - Ahab

    21 mag

    Episode 14 - Ahab

    Whale news, endorsing baleen whales, whale cocktails, David's crack, the Grand Tour, "...or Ishmael, rather...", finally clapping eyes on Ahab (who then does nothing), fighting the elements, modular man, warmer weather, Virgil's Georgics, Ahab speaks, Ahab threatens, Ahab hoys his pipe overboard, chewing your ear off with dream chat. This episode is the discussion about chapters 28, 29, 30 and 31 of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; Ahab, Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb, The Pipe and Queen Mab. Follow us on social media... Instagram: https://instagram.com/whale__pod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewhale1851.bsky.social

    43 min
  5. Episode 13 - Knights and Squires

    7 mag

    Episode 13 - Knights and Squires

    The litany of sailors, rationing danger, enraged and mighty men, Columbo, Dick Van Dyke, Mission: Impossible, whale-based erotica, Protestantism (again), John Bunyan, Don Quixote, Andrew Jackson pioneering ethnic cleansing, euphemism, Lyndon's Johnson, Norman Rockwell, prison, NPCs, don't worry worry, short man syndrome, fate, the racialised exotic, adventure literature, Ahasuerus and Morgan McSweeney, Anacharsis Cloots. This episode is the discussion about chapters 26 and 27 of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; both are called Knights and Squires. Follow us on social media... Instagram: https://instagram.com/whale__pod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewhale1851.bsky.social

    1h 1min
  6. Episode 12 - Whale Sandwich

    30 apr

    Episode 12 - Whale Sandwich

    The two Ishmaels, whale journalism, Simon "whaler" Bolivar, whale diplomacy, Wales (not whales), squirting jets of spunk, the university of life, Modernism (again), Melville's havin' a laff, Handel, George II, the Champions League, cruelty-free whale oil, the crown jewels, a theory of baldness, Pete's nana's lipstick, whale sandwiches, the Rain Man of guessing how many words are in a piece of copy. This episode is the discussion about chapters 24 and 25 of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; The Advocate and Postscript. Follow us on social media... Instagram: https://instagram.com/whale__pod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewhale1851.bsky.social

    47 min
  7. Episode 11 - Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animal

    23 apr

    Episode 11 - Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animal

    It's Christmas Day, we're 111 pages in, and we're finally going on a whaling voyage. This episode includes 'Jeeves and Wooster go whaling', pilots, blood and thunder, Charles Dickens, Isaac Watts, Toy Story 3, inevitable doom, waxing and waning, a six-incher, Bulkington returns (played by Channing Tatum), the existentialist manifesto. The whale graveyard can be seen here... https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260225-the-whale-graveyards-that-transform-the-deep-sea This episode is the discussion about chapters 22 and 23 of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; Merry Christmas and The Lee Shore. Follow us on social media... Instagram: https://instagram.com/whale__pod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewhale1851.bsky.social

    38 min
  8. Episode 10 - The Prophet etc

    16 apr

    Episode 10 - The Prophet etc

    The ongoing book club chatting about Moby-Dick. Elijah, prophecy, "Ahab's canny good at huntin' whales", don't show the monster, Alexander Armstrong, hyperreality, David Lynch, Brian Eno's elevator music, happy endings, "Holloa!", commodification, fattening people up, transformation, face versus arse. This episode is the discussion about chapters 19, 20 and 21 of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; The Prophet, All Astir and Going Aboard. Follow us on social media... Instagram: https://instagram.com/whale__pod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewhale1851.bsky.social

    31 min
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A chapter-by-chapter run-through of Herman Melville's 1851 epic about a big fish: Moby-Dick.

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  • Creatore
    Leigh Jones & Peter Mitchell
  • Anni di attività
    2K
  • Puntate
    18
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    © Leigh Jones & Peter Mitchell
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    The Whale Pod

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