Latest Moby dick Podcast Episodes
Chapter 087-088
Moby Dick by Herman Melville - December 03, 2023 00:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 84 ratingsMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 089-091
Moby Dick by Herman Melville - December 02, 2023 00:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 84 ratingsMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 092-096
Moby Dick by Herman Melville - December 01, 2023 00:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 84 ratingsMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 097-100
Moby Dick by Herman Melville - November 30, 2023 00:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 84 ratingsMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 101-104
Moby Dick by Herman Melville - November 29, 2023 00:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 84 ratingsMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 105-108
Moby Dick by Herman Melville - November 28, 2023 00:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 84 ratingsMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 109-113
Moby Dick by Herman Melville - November 27, 2023 00:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 84 ratingsMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 114-118
Moby Dick by Herman Melville - November 26, 2023 00:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 84 ratingsMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 119-123
Moby Dick by Herman Melville - November 25, 2023 00:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 84 ratingsMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 124-127
Moby Dick by Herman Melville - November 24, 2023 00:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 84 ratingsMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 128-132
Moby Dick by Herman Melville - November 23, 2023 00:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 84 ratingsMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 133
Moby Dick by Herman Melville - November 22, 2023 00:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 84 ratingsMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 134
Moby Dick by Herman Melville - November 21, 2023 00:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 84 ratingsMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 135 and Epilogue
Moby Dick by Herman Melville - November 20, 2023 00:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 84 ratingsMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapters 55-57: "Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales; Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True Pictures of Whaling Scenes; Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Stars."
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - March 10, 2021 22:00 - 1 hourAfter a long hiatus, we're back! Talia talks with Byrd Pinkerton, amazing podcast producer and multimedia artist, about three chapters in which Melville rambles about how people depict whales. We dissect monstrous pictures rendered in florid language. A link to the slideshow Byrd made so lovin...
Chapters 52-54: "The Albatross," "The Gam," "The Town-Ho's Story"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - January 23, 2021 00:00 - 1 hourTalia talks with Beth Skwarecki, senior health editor at Lifehacker, about three fascinating chapters. That's right -- we're BACK! After 33 episodes last year, we're off on the second year of Moby Dick Energy, and with hellish strength we are taking another stab at this great book. This week, we...
Chapters 50 & 51: "Ahab’s Boat and Crew. Fedallah" & "The Spirit-Spout"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - December 10, 2020 18:00 - 51 minutesTalia talks to author and producer Jay Bushman, author the new book "Novel Advice," about two marvellous chapters of this book. We're back, babey!!!! With an Agony Aunt letter from Ishmael, an exploration of Melville's orientalism, and the haunting beauty of the spirit-spout.
Chapters 48 & 49: "The First Lowering" and "The Hyena"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - November 17, 2020 18:00 - 1 hourPrefacing this episode is Talia's prank call to the Trump Voter Fraud hotline. This episode Talia talks to the lovely, gentle-voiced and brilliant Lili Loofbourow, a staff writer at Slate, about THE FIRST TIME WE ENCOUNTER SOME REAL LIFE WHALES in the book and the racially fraught introduction ...
Chapters 46 & 47: "Surmises" and "The Mat-Maker"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - November 03, 2020 19:00 - 44 minutesTalia talks with Sarah Marshall, of the "You're Wrong About" and "Why Are Dads" podcasts, about 2 odd marooned mid-40s chapters of the book. It's Sarah's first experience with the book and we debunk some myths about Ahab -- as well as conveying that he's the ultimate Bad Dad of the Sea. "Man and...
Chapter 45: "The Affidavit"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - October 12, 2020 18:00 - 53 minutesTalia talks with New York Times bestselling author Morgan Jerkins about the bizarre and wonderful chapter "The Affidavit." With clips from "Matilda," asides about dairy, and as always, contemplation of the majesty and terror of The Sea.
Chapters 43 & 44: "Hark!" and "The Chart"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - September 28, 2020 20:00 - 51 minutesTalia talks to Justin Scheck (@ScheckWSJ) about a short chapter and a longer chapter, which are also a comical chapter and a profound chapter. In "Hark!" we see a bit more of daily life on the Pequod, while "The Chart" attempts to map Ahab's madness. Justin Scheck is a Wall Street Journal repo...
Chapter 42: "The Whiteness of the Whale"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - September 21, 2020 21:00 - 1 hourTalia talks to vaunted Melville scholar Christopher Freeburg about an infamous, complex and fascinating episode, "The Whiteness of the Whale." We discuss the meaning of whiteness, filled with both sinister and holy connotations. Has the author/protagonist line completely blurred? Is Ishmael goin...
Chapter 41: "Moby Dick"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - September 09, 2020 16:00 - 56 minutesTalia talks to James Beard Award nominated writer Rax King about Chapter 41, "Moby Dick." It's an encapsulation of the book in miniature: we talk about the feared whale himself, introduced to our antagonist at last; about the madness of Ahab; about the whaling industry; about sperm whales as the...
Chapter 40: "Midnight: Forecastle"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - August 27, 2020 16:00 - 56 minutesA RADIO PLAY. First, Talia talks to Akela Lacy, reporter at the Intercept, about the strange, drunken dream of this chapter; its racialized elements; and the feelings of Pip, the Black cabin-boy, about being alone on a ship of white madmen, threatening to knife each other. In the second half,...
Chapters 37-39: "Sunset," "Dusk," "First Night-Watch"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - August 14, 2020 19:00 - 1 hourTalia talks with grand dame of stage and screen Natalie Walker (@nwalks) about these three Very Dramatic chapters. Reading aloud and Singing ensue. Soundscape, editing and production by Ilana Weinstein.
Chapter 36: "The Quarter-Deck"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - July 30, 2020 17:00 - 54 minutesI talk with Donni Saphire (@donni on Twitter) about the beginning of a stellar run of theatrical chapters. In "The Quarter-Deck," Ahab emerges and presents his quest for vengeance to the crew of the Pequod. Donni says Ahab reminds him of a boss he had at Radio Shack. We explore!
Chapter 35: "The Mast-Head"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - July 14, 2020 03:00 - 59 minutesTalia talks to the smart and charming Maris Kreizman of the literary podcast the Maris Review about a curious and wonderful chapter, "The Mast-Head," about standing watch on a whaleship; the dangers of reverie; and scurrilous young Platonists. We also meditate about what Melville would write abo...
Chapter 34: "The Cabin-Table"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - July 08, 2020 18:00 - 1 hourTalia talks to Kristian Fischer about a wonderful & strange chapter about dinner on the Pequod; the sailor's Kristian's dated; Jungian analysis of Moby-Dick; and the power of literature in times of social upheaval. Production by Ilana Weinstein. Theme song by Noam Hassenfeld.
Chapter 32: "The Specksnyder"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - June 29, 2020 16:00 - 59 minutesTalia talks to Isaac, an Aussie comrade, about a curious chapter that feature's a capsule theory of the corrupting nature of power. Is Melville an anarchist? Is Australia upside down? We explore these and other questions. NO GODS NO CAPTAINS NO MASTERS
Chapter 32: "Cetology"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - June 15, 2020 19:00 - 52 minutesTalia talks to Lisa Munger, a marine biologist specializing in marine biological acoustics, about the legendary Chapter 32, "Cetology," featuring Ishmael's frankly bizarre, wonderful and inaccurate taxonomy of whales. We go into detail about whales from the Sulphur-Bottom to the Huzza Porpoise, ...
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