Latest Moby dick Podcast Episodes
Chapters 29-31: "Enter Ahab, to him Stubb," "The Pipe," "Queen Mab"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - June 12, 2020 17:00 - 1 hourTalia talks with Manu Saadia, author of "Trekonomics," about 2020's protests, the rot at the heart of America, the moral core of the country being on the streets, racism from America to Paris, and the role of literature in times of revolution. We also discuss three short and remarkable chapters ...
Chapter 28: "Ahab"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - May 29, 2020 18:00 - 1 hourWE FINALLY MEET CAPTAIN AHAB. Talia's guest is Mary Davenport, a seminary student at Yale Divinity School, and we talk about the Biblical burdens of kingship, Ahab's livid birthmark, Mary's brother who sails on antique tall-ships, AND MORE!
Chapters 26 & 27: "Knights and Squires"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - May 21, 2020 00:00 - 1 hourIn Moby Dick Energy's longest--and most leftist--episode to date, Talia talks with the writer and teacher Nandini Balial about the crew of the Pequod. We meet Starbuck, Stubb, Flask, Tashtego, and Daggoo; discuss the inalienable dignity of man; Buddhism; the carceral state; homoeroticism (as alw...
EMERGENCY EPISODE: Chapter 22!!
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - May 05, 2020 17:00 - 31 minutesTalia talks with our Bildad and Peleg correspondent Alexandra Petri in this emergency episode, which is an emergency episode because Talia is a bit of an idiot and skipped Chapter 22 by accident (that is why I am the skipper of this podcast boat!). We discuss the Godfather of English Hymnody, Is...
Chapters 23-25: "The Lee Shore," "The Advocate," "Postscript"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - May 01, 2020 19:00 - 55 minutesTalia talks with Adam Serwer, staff writer at the Atlantic, about three of the wildest and most delightful chapters in Moby-Dick: The Lee Shore, the Advocate, and Postscript. We talk about May Day, and Melville's passionate argument for the dignity of the common laborer; whether monarchs were tr...
Chapter 21: "Going Aboard"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - April 25, 2020 14:00 - 44 minutesTalia talks with journalist and author Jonathan Katz about a particularly strange and wonderful chapter, in which we learn that Queequeg sits on people's butts as a chaise lounge, and compare this favorably to the ravages of global capitalism. Once again we consider the use of nautical metaphors...
Chapters 19 & 20: "The Prophet" and "All Astir"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - April 17, 2020 02:00 - 51 minutesTalia hangs out with her good pal Jim Higdon and we talk about the on-the-nose foreshadowing of having a poxy sailor named Elijah prophesy about Ahab. We also talk about provisioning a whaleship; the way pickles resemble humpback whales; and a salty Quakeress with a whaling lance. And the Moby D...
Chapters 17 & 18: "The Ramadan" and "His Mark"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - April 08, 2020 21:00 - 42 minutesDespite some technical audio difficulties, Talia chats to historian Eric Rauchway about two chapters that are delightfully heavy on Queequeg. We discuss the tiki craze of mid-20th century America, Melville's experiences in Tahiti, snuggling, and whether hell was really born of an undigested appl...
Chapter 16: "The Ship"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - April 02, 2020 00:00 - 1 hourThese are ominous times, and difficult ones. I hope this podcast can provide some solace as we all ride in our lonely whaleboats through a storm-toss't sea. Talia talks with Alexandra Petri, an old friend and the humor columnist at the Washington Post, about "The Ship" -- in which we finally me...
Chapter 15: "Chowder"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - March 27, 2020 22:00 - 46 minutesIn a star-studded episode of the podcast, Talia talks with Kat Kinsman, senior editor of Food & Wine; Helen Rosner, food correspondent for the New Yorker; and Pete Wells, restaurant critic for the New York Times, about chowder, and also chapter 15, "Chowder," where Queequeg and Ishmael eat some ...
Chapter 14: "Nantucket"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - March 18, 2020 22:00 - 55 minutesHello my beloveds! Here is a new Moby Dick Energy for these troubled times. I don't have my podcast mic with me in self-isolation, so the sound quality is not ideal. Apologies! This episode, I speak to Sara David, Digitization Archivist at the Nantucket Historical Association, about that illustr...
Chapters 12 & 13: "Biographical" and "Wheelbarrow"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - March 09, 2020 17:00 - 54 minutesTalia talks to Jeet Heer, legendary Twitter personality and correspondent for the Nation, about two chapters that delve into Queequeg's biography. We talk about the Melville revival in the '20s, homoeroticism in nineteenth-century American literature, and what it's like to be two non-Christians ...
Chapters 10 & 11: "A Bosom Friend" and "The Nightgown"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - March 02, 2020 12:00 - 47 minutes"...he pressed his forehead against mine, clasped me round the waist, and said that henceforth we were married..." Things get hot and heavy -- physically and linguistically -- between Ishmael and Queequeg. Talia talks with brilliant Melville scholar Jordan Alexander Stein about Melville's wild...
Chapter 9: "The Sermon"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - February 24, 2020 23:00 - 56 minutesTalia talks with Noam Hassenfeld, reporter, producer and COMPOSER OF THE THEME SONG FOR THE SHOW, about Chapter 9 -- a fabulously nautical sermon on the Book of Jonah. We discuss faith, uncertainty, despair, penance, and several musical covers of the whale hymn contained in this chapter. What is...
Chapters 7 & 8: "The Chapel" and "The Pulpit"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - February 17, 2020 12:00 - 1 hourTalia talks with the brilliant Grace Lavery, associate professor of English at UC Berkeley, about chapters 7 & 8, "The Chapel" and "The Pulpit." We discuss the nature of mysterious disappearances at sea; asyndeton and the cave of Elephanta; Jove, stove boats, and the nature of immortality; the a...
Chapters 7 & 8: "The Chapel" and "The Pulpit"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - February 17, 2020 12:00 - 1 hourTalia talks with the brilliant Grace Lavery, associate professor of English at UC Berkeley, about chapters 7 & 8, "The Chapel" and "The Pulpit." We discuss the nature of mysterious disappearances at sea; asyndeton and the cave of Elephanta; Jove, stove boats, and the nature of immortality; the a...
Chapters 5 & 6: "Breakfast" and "The Street"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - January 21, 2020 03:00 - 34 minutesTalia talks with comedian Jamie Loftus about chapters 5 and 6, "Breakfast" and "The Street." We talk about breakfast, social anxiety, the New Bedford Whaling Museum, the false promises of capitalism and the musky, erotic smells of the women of Salem, Massachusetts. Theme song by Noam Hassenfeld.
Chapters 3 & 4: "The Spouter-Inn" and "The Counterpane"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - January 21, 2020 01:00 - 46 minutesTalia is joined by writer Moira Donegan to discuss chapters 3 and 4 of Moby-Dick, "The Spouter-Inn" and "The Counterpane." The book is starting to get delightfully gay and we talk about it! Other topics of discussion: Ishmael and Queequeg spooning, Melville's penchant for racist metaphor, being ...
Chapter 2: "The Carpet-Bag"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - January 21, 2020 00:00 - 48 minutesI'm joined by Connor Goldsmith, a senior literary agent at Fuse Literary who has never read Moby-Dick, to discuss chapter 2, "The Carpet-Bag." We talk about Vanderpump Rules, Judaism, the northeast wind known as Euroclydon, and how the word "podcast" is kind of a whale pun. Theme song by Noam H...
Chapter 1: "Loomings"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast - January 18, 2020 21:00 - 47 minutesTalia Lavin and David Roth discuss Chapter 1 of Moby-Dick, "Loomings." We also discuss the weird life of Herman Melville, how we fell in love with this book, and introduce the podcast. Theme song by Noam Hassenfeld.
32.2: Cetology, Pt. 2 (w/ Sean Morrow)
Whale, Whale, Whale - February 11, 2019 05:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsSean Morrow (@snmrrw) of NowThis and Facebook Watch's Apocalypse NowThis returns to help us finish chapter 32, "Cetology"! Join us as we indulge the rest of Ishmael's harebrained whale classifications and learn the important differences between the different types of whales! Spoiler: Th...
32.1: Cetology, Pt.1 (w/ Sean Morrow)
Whale, Whale, Whale - February 04, 2019 05:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsNowThis Producer and Host of Facebook Watch's Apocalypse NowThis Sean Morrow (@snmrrw) joins Kevin to read the first part of Chapter 32, "Cetology!" The mother of all long and boring chapters! We also discuss a cool nautical-themed bar in New York we recently ran into each other at, so ...
30 & 31: The Pipe / Queen Mab (w/ Will Huebner)
Whale, Whale, Whale - January 28, 2019 06:16 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsWill Huebner (@WillHuebner) of FREE THE SHOW and The Spooky Seven returns to enjoy two short but fun chapters, "The Pipe" and "Queen Mab"! Don't worry, we read slowly and savor the chapters - unlike Ahab and that pipe, am I right?!...Hello? Check out Will's podcasts FREE THE SHOW and T...
28 & 29: Ahab / Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb. (w/ Will Huebner)
Whale, Whale, Whale - January 21, 2019 17:14 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsWill Huebner (@WillHuebner) of FREE THE SHOW and The Spooky Seven joins us as we meet Ahab for the first time! Also, we ponder Ahab's sexual history and create our own fan-canon that Moby-Dick is a girl whale. Check out Will's podcasts FREE THE SHOW and The Spooky Seven! Visit our web...
26 & 27: Knights And Squires / Knights And Squires (w/ Stephen Sciortino)
Whale, Whale, Whale - November 12, 2018 05:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsFirst mate Stephen Sciortino returns to join Kevin in reading TWO chapters that are BOTH called "Knights and Squires". Are you kiddin' me?! Ishmael introduces us to the rest of the ship's crew, while Kevin and Stephen try to figure out what the exact opposite of "fisherman" is and devis...
24 & 25: The Advocate / Postscript (w/ Stephen Sciortino)
Whale, Whale, Whale - November 05, 2018 05:35 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsNew first mate, high school classmate and old friend Stephen Sciortino joins Kevin as Ishmael provides an unprompted, rambling defense of the profession of whaling that sounds a lot like a late night infomercial. Call now and get a free harpoon while supplies last! And check out BOOM C...
22 & 23: Merry Christmas / The Lee Shore (w/ Tim Sampson)
Whale, Whale, Whale - October 29, 2018 04:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsTim Sampson (The Onion, Comedy Central, [Crazy Christians] 5) returns to help us read Chapters 22 and 23, "Merry Christmas" and "The Lee Shore"! The Pequod FINALLY embarks, Ishmael has a second encounter with extremely memorable character Bulkington, and Kevin and Tim continue their ext...
20 & 21: All Astir / Going Aboard (w/ Tim Sampson)
Whale, Whale, Whale - October 22, 2018 04:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsNew first mate Tim Sampson (The Onion, Comedy Central, [Crazy Christians] 5) joins Kevin to read Chapters 20 and 21, "All Astir" and "Going Aboard"! The crew of the Pequod make final preparations to embark, Ishmael and Queequeg have a second encounter with the stranger Elijah, and Kevin...
18 & 19: His Mark / The Prophet (w/ Ben Meyerson)
Whale, Whale, Whale - October 15, 2018 19:03 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsFirst mate Ben Meyerson (The President Show, The Opposition with Jordan Klepper) returns to read Chapter 18, "His Mark", and Chapter 19, "The Prophet"! Queequeg AKA Quahog AKA Hedgehog signs up for service on the Pequod, and Ishmael gets accosted by a creepy stranger with a freakishly ...
17: The Ramadan (w/ Ben Meyerson)
Whale, Whale, Whale - October 08, 2018 17:54 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsComedian and friend Ben Meyerson (The President Show, The Opposition with Jordan Klepper) joins Kevin to read Chapter 17, "The Ramadan"! There's some slapstick humor, Ishmael's Frasier side takes over once again, and we decide that Queequeg is so much better than Ishmael and he could, ...
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