Episodes

  • Episode 37: Book Three Recap

    Episode 37: Book Three Recap
    Feb 19 2025
    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 laughs aplenty, Book 3 has been all the fun you'd expect from the segment of the Wake set just before the dawn. With discussions that include global simulacra, along with legendary Wakeists like Bernard Benstock, Simon Loekle, Ben Watson, and Richard Harte, we throw the doors wide to encourage you to access the inaccessible here on Wake, where the Tap-Out button is no longer welcome. This week's chatters: Toby Malone, TJ Young Progress: 590 pages complete, 38 pages to go; 93.95% read. Contextual Notes Trent Dalton Brandon Nicklaus’s blog From Swerve of Shore to Bend of Bay r/jamesjoyce r/wakepod WAKE on YouTube WAKE Part 1 Supercut WAKE Part 2 Supercut Benstock, Bernard. Joyce Again’s Wake. Collard, David. Multiple Joyce. London: Sagging Meniscus P, 2022. The legacy of Simon Loekle The Wake in pictures, Peter Quadrino FW as simulacrum Katarzyna Bazarnik JOYCE, LIBERATURE AND WRITING OF THE BOOK Collected Epiphanies of James Joyce: A Critical Edition John Gordon filling the gaps Documents from Furina: i. Christmas Eve, written in Trieste in 1904 as attested to his brother Stanislaus; a short story (finished but fair copy incomplete) intended for Dubliners but withdrawn due to unknown reasons; a fragment was later reincorporated into Clay. ii. The Cat of Beaugency, dit The Cat and the Devil, written on 10 August 1936 in Villers-sur-Mer in a letter to his grandson, the late Stephen James Joyce; epistolary, infantile fable. iii. The Cats of Copenhagen, written on 5 September 1936 in Copenhagen's Turist Hotel in a postcard to his grandson (one may perhaps consider it a sort-of 'sequel' to the previous entry), the late Stephen James Joyce; epistolary, infantile fable. iv. The incipit of the holograph manuscript of The Dead, from the collections of Yale University. v. The original version of the short story The Sisters, as published (under the pseudonym Stephen Dædalus) in the "Our Weekly Story" section of The Irish Homestead on 13 August 1904; as commissioned by George William "Æ" Russell, who later appeared in Ulysses. vi. An extract from a letter (dated 14 August 1925) to Harriet Shaw Weaver: a poem called The Waste Land; a parody of T. S. Eliot's chef d'œuvre of the same name. vii. An extract from a similar, earlier letter (dated 13 June 1925) to the same recipient: a poem called Canto; a parody of Ezra Pound's modernist epic - it is not a parody of any particular canto but a general jab at the style. viii. The history and evolution of the poem "Tilly", the first and 'bonus' poem of Pomes Penyeach; written in Dublin in 1904. ix. A remastered and enhanced version of Joyce declaiming John F. Taylor's oration from the seventh episode, 'Aeolus', of Ulysses. x. A recording of Joyce's only other musical composition (aside from The Ballad of Persse O'Reilly) - Bid Adieu - setting the eleventh entry from his début collection of poetry, Chamber Music. The singer is tenor Kevin McDermott and the pianist is Ralph Richey. xi. The full text - part I and part II - of Finn's Hotel; eleven 'epicleti' which were sketches of the Work in Progress, written in Paris and Bognor Regis in 1923. .pdf available here. xii. C. K. Ogden's 1932 translation of the last four pages of the Anna Livia Plurabelle closing chapter of Book I, as supervised by the artist, intoBasic English, along with the translator's preface. Ben Watson and Frank Zappa Ben Watson: Finnegans Wake vs. Theory Here Comes Everybody’s Karma For early drops, community and show notes, join us at our free Patreon, at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/wakepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or check out our Linktree, at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/wake.pod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. We welcome comments from everyone: even, nay, especially, the dreaded purists. Come and "um actually" us!
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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • Episode 36: 3.4 (Part 2), p572-590

    Episode 36: 3.4 (Part 2), p572-590
    Feb 12 2025

    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 there is any actual use to academic summaries of the text, see Joyce's perspective on parenting, puzzle over more cricket innuendo than you could ever possibly need, and agree that without the Wake, there's no Star Wars. Join us for the thunderslog!

    This week's readers: Toby Malone, TJ Young, Nikhil Krishnaswamy, Patrick Robinson, Bridie Malone

    Progress: 590 pages complete, 38 pages to go; 93.95% read.

    Contextual Notes

    The Inseparables: https://newplayexchange.org/script/2031424/the-inseparables

    The Great Guinness heist: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/31/great-guinness-heist-thieves-stole-truck-carrying-20000-pints

    Three Castles Burning: https://threecastlesburning.libsyn.com

    Save Sweny! https://www.dublinbypub.ie/misc/save-swenys/

    Sweny’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/swenyspharmacy/home

    The Anna Livia tattoo: https://www.facebook.com/fantinitattoo/posts/is-there-any-fans-of-james-joyce-herethis-tattoo-is-my-interpretation-of-anna-li/2668790800036198/

    Multiple Joyce: https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/multiple_joyce/


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    1 hr and 59 mins
  • Bonus: Bobby Campbell and Maybe Night

    Bonus: Bobby Campbell and Maybe Night
    Feb 5 2025

    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 the overseer of the Weirdoverse, Bobby Campbell. For this bonus non-reading episode, we discuss the major role of Robert Anton Wilson in Joyce culture, psychedelics, language creation as class warfare, and ponder the questions over whether the Wake is written in English, whether Joyce had syphilis, whether Joyce was psychic, and whether Joseph Campbell was citing his insider sources. As we consider the mile-long Alka-Seltzer tablet that is the Wake, we settle on questions of the work’s place as a sacred text, whether Modernism remains unsolved, and gather our courage to brave the intimidating but friendly purists on Reddit.

    This week's chatters: Bobby Campbell, Toby Malone, TJ Young

    Contextual Notes

    Robert Anton Wilson: https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2018/07/23/robert-anton-wilson-the-last-great-irish-modernist/

    Maybe Night: https://www.maybeday.net/night/

    https://www.maybeday.net/night/WTF.html

    r/JamesJoyce: https://www.reddit.com/r/jamesjoyce/

    r/WAKEpod!: https://www.reddit.com/r/WAKEpod/

    Linda Lotiel’s Mind Maps: https://www.maybeday.net/night/mind_maps.html

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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • Episode 35: 3.4 (Part 1), p555-572

    Episode 35: 3.4 (Part 1), p555-572
    Jan 29 2025

    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: 'Dawn.' In typical incisive form, Jason unleashes insight and enthusiasm as James Joyce acquires himself a brand new fan. From considerations of Finnegans Wake comprehension akin to the Suzuki method of music instruction, to the Jabberwocky, the Marx Brothers, and André 3000's flute album, no topic is off limits, as we skim the surface, ponder translation, and think about how Joyce teaches us to "mean differently."

    This week's readers: Toby Malone, TJ Young, Jason Rothery

    Progress: 572 pages complete, 56 pages to go; 91.08% read.

    Contextual Notes

    Jason Rothery online: https://jasonpatrickrothery.com/

    Privilege: https://www.amazon.ca/Privilege-Jason-Patrick-Rothery/dp/1773370227/

    Reg: https://www.amazon.ca/REG-Jason-Patrick-Rothery/dp/B0DJK3QPLB/Jason on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonpatrickrothery/ The Jabberwocky: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42916/jabberwocky FWEET: Finnegans Wake Extensible Elucidation Treasury: http://www.fweet.org/


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    2 hrs and 7 mins
  • Episode 34: 3.3 (Part 4), p532-554

    Episode 34: 3.3 (Part 4), p532-554
    Jan 22 2025

    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" W.A.S.T.E Mailing List joins Toby to take on the maelstrom that is HCE's defensiveness masking desperation. With perspectives on Giambattista Vico, father-son power struggles, and Oedipus Rex, we allow ourselves to be surprised by the text, where turnintaxis pop up where you least expect them.

    This week's readers: Toby Malone, Seth Austin

    Contextual Notes

    W.A.S.T.E Mailing List on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wastemailinglist/

    W.A.S.T.E Mailing List on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6TqI_9Rj0jWXsAGTnNmodw W.A.S.T.E Mailing List on Substack: https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/

    W.A.S.T.E Mailing List on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5miLzV90JolgEsfCudyMU2

    Thomas Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2794.The_Crying_of_Lot_49 Vico’s New Science: https://fpa2014.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vico-the-new-science.pdf

    Finnegans Wake: untangling its histories of humans, the animal world and the environment in the Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2024/12/16/finnegans-wake-untangling-its-histories-of-humans-the-animal-world-and-the-environment/

    Richard Ellmann: James Joyce, New York,1959,1982.

    On Ellmann: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/00/01/09/specials/joyce-ellmann.html

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    1 hr and 47 mins
  • Bonus: Zoe Patterson and Joyce Reading Groups

    Bonus: Zoe Patterson and Joyce Reading Groups
    Jan 15 2025

    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 finally decided to get to the bottom of the phenomenon. Zoe Patterson is a PhD Candidate at Trinity College Dublin, whose doctoral studies centre on James Joyce reading groups. We talk about the varying usefulness of reading guides (which of course we here at WAKE pretend don't exist), people who jump on the "Joyce Train" halfway through the journey, how reading groups can resemble both Bible Study and Addiction meetings, and end on the earth-shattering revelation that this very podcast has now become academically relevant.

    This week's chatters: Zoe Patterson, Toby Malone, TJ Young

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Episode 33: 3.3 (Part 3), pp516-532

    Episode 33: 3.3 (Part 3), pp516-532
    Jan 8 2025

    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 everything, but we don't want to know what people would accuse HCE of doing with it. Join us to discuss the Smashing Pumpkins, one man shows, adaptation theory, Yinzers and their Jawns, hundred year old pornography, and whether or not Toby and TJ have become... gasp... purists?

    This week's readers: Toby Malone, TJ Young

    Progress: 532 pages complete, 96 pages to go; 84.71% read.

    Contextual Notes

    Thirty-three by the Smashing Pumpkins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYSbztCCTlA

    Billy Corgan’s insane podcast Thirty-Three: https://podbay.fm/p/thirty-three-with-william-patrick-corgan

    That numerology page we read from: https://www.worldnumerology.com/numerology-master-numbers/master-number-33/

    Jawn: https://www.allegiantgoods.co/blogs/news/jawn-definition?srsltid=AfmBOoorICuUMe0UEweSb_A1rToRcRwx2ql3WMoED3g5n0MibrCzTQr9

    WAKE on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/wakepod.bsky.social

    フィネガンズ・ウェイクを読む https://bsky.app/profile/finneganswake-jpn.bsky.social

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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • Bonus: Guinness and Finnegans Wake (or, Guinnessan’s Slake)

    Bonus: Guinness and Finnegans Wake (or, Guinnessan’s Slake)
    Dec 31 2024

    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 just how much of a role Guinness plays in Finnegans Wake. Through dozens of allusions, references, and cunning puns, the pride of St. James’s Gate bears out an outsized presence through the dream-life of HC Earwicker, and for this special New Years Eve episode, Toby and TJ take a break from reading the Wake to clean a glass, pour to the harp, let it settle, top it off, then try to split the G. Our hearts are full, and our glasses are too: let’s raise a glass to Joyce, the Wake, and a potential future Guinness sponsorship for the podcast! Sláinte!

    This week’s readers: Toby Malone, TJ Young

    References:

    FWEET: http://www.fweet.org/cgi-bin/fw_grep.cgi?srch=guinness&cake=&icase=1&accent=1&beauty=1&hilight=1&escope=1&rscope=1&dist=4&ndist=4&fontsz=100&shorth=0

    Peter Chrisp on Joyce and Guinness: https://peterchrisp.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-frothy-freshener-james-joyces.html

    Dannen, Catherine Gubernatis. “The Facts and Fiction Behind ‘the Free, the Flow, the Frothy Freshener’: The Guinness Company and the Story of Joyce’s Lost Ad.” James Joyce Quarterly, vol. 48, no. 4, 2011, pp. 711–26. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/24598886. Accessed 20 Dec. 2024.

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    46 mins