Frank Delaney's Re: Joyce

Episode 94: Walking Into Eternity

28 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen walks blindly in borrowed boots and trousers. Los demiurgos and William Blake.

Episode 93: Time And Space

21 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen closes his eyes and walks in the audible world. Nacheinander and Nebeneinander.

Episode 92: Another Maestro

14 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

More thoughts on Aristotle, by way of Berkeley, Johnson, and Boswell.

Episode 91: Seeing Through

07 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Slightly deeper into chapter 3. Diaphanous reality, and a quick lesson on Aristotle.

Episode 90: Time for a Change

29 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The beginning of chapter 3, Proteus. Stephen's stream of consciousness takes over as he walks along the beach.

Episode 89: Bye Bye Nestor

22 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

End of Chapter 2: Nestor. A brief summary.

Episode 88: Befriending Bullocks

15 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen finally pries himself away from Mr. Deasy, and a recurring theme is introduced. 

Episode 87: Women and Slogans

08 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Deasy's litany of women who ruined things for everybody. 

Episode 86: History's Nightmare

01 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Joyce the symbolist. History may or may not be moving towards God.

Episode 85: Golden Geese

25 Jan 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen reflects vividly upon Mr. Deasy's rant.

Episode 84a: Joyce Enjoying Joyce

20 Jan 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Frank unfolds Joyce's daily life in Zurich, which he in many ways abandoned to live in the Dublin of his Ulysses.

Episode 84: Light and Dark

18 Jan 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Deasy expounds upon the Jews.

Episode 83: Braggadocio and Bigotry

11 Jan 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Deasy, in addition to his other qualities, is a paranoid and a bigot.

Episode 82: Foot and Mouth and Modernism

04 Jan 2012

Contributed by Lukas

A letter to the editor, deconstructed.

Episode 81: Pluterperfect Predictions

28 Dec 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Reflections on hockey and history. Stephen reads - or at least scans - a letter.

Episode 80: Runners and Riders

21 Dec 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Waiting in Mr. Deasy's office, Stephen is transported by the art on the walls.

Episode 79: Rocky Roads and Rebels

14 Dec 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen fails to warm to Mr. Deasy's arguments.

Episode 78: Covenants and Croppies

07 Dec 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen debates Mr. Deasy - in his own mind, at least. 

Episode 77: Fogies and Torries

30 Nov 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Frank unpacks Mr. Deasy's politics.

Episode 76: Folds and Fillibegs

24 Nov 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Deasy and Stephen continue their exchange, and Frank unpacks the tartan from a painting of a prince.

Episode 75: Credit and Debt

16 Nov 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen tallies his debts - as does Joyce.

Episode 74: Proud English Words

09 Nov 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Deasy expounds on the power of money; Frank digresses.

Episode 73: Shy Haste

02 Nov 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen is paid, meticulously.

Episode 72a: Joyce the Impressionist

28 Oct 2011

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus episode, Frank draws from Frank Budgen's memoir to illuminate Joyce's painterly grasp of detail and language.

Episode 72: Shells and Shillings

26 Oct 2011

Contributed by Lukas

A little financial arrangement.

Episode 71: Of Coins and Spoons

19 Oct 2011

Contributed by Lukas

As Stephen waits in the headmaster's study, we learn something about its inhabitant.

Episode 70: At Last, Nestor

12 Oct 2011

Contributed by Lukas

A new character enters the stage in the longest and least complicated passage yet.

Episode 69: Dark Palaces

05 Oct 2011

Contributed by Lukas

More on mothers, their love, and secret childhoods.

Episode 68: A Trio of Dudes

28 Sep 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen dwells on ancient philosophers: Averroes, Moses Maimonides, Bruno.

Episode 67: Dance Music

21 Sep 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Moors, math, foxes, and the dead.

Episode 66: Mother Love

14 Sep 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Eyeing the student Sargent, Stephen considers saints, sons, and mothers.

Episode 65: Out of the Shell

07 Sep 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen's reflections on a poor student plumb the limits of a mother's love.

Episode 64: Blind Man's Bluff

31 Aug 2011

Contributed by Lukas

A boy stays after class, and Joyce toys with both authority and identity.

Episode 63: A Lot of Nonsense

24 Aug 2011

Contributed by Lukas

As Stephen's class lets out, a riddle is asked and answered, satisfying nobody.

Episode 62: God and Caesar

17 Aug 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen is a somewhat merciful teacher. Musings on Jesus, government, and riddles.

Episode 61: In a Paris Library

10 Aug 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen's classroom; a library in Paris; Blake and Aristotle; dragons and souls.

Episode 60a: The Writing of Ulysses

05 Aug 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Observations on the author, and the history of Ulysses.

Episode 60: Living at This Hour

03 Aug 2011

Contributed by Lukas

In Stephen's classroom, Joyce brings in Milton. Reflections on drowning.

Episode 59: A Tile Off the Roof

27 Jul 2011

Contributed by Lukas

In Stephen's musings on history, real and potential, Frank finds a recurring Joycean theme.

Episode 58: A Disappointed Bridge

20 Jul 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen muses on first-rate wit and second-hand history.

Episode 57: A Touch of Class

13 Jul 2011

Contributed by Lukas

In Stephen's classroom, four girls' names hint at religion, class, and sex.

Episode 56: The Cookie Crumbles

06 Jul 2011

Contributed by Lukas

In Stephen's classroom, Frank muses on the names of cookies and of boys.

Episode 55: Making the Point - of a Spear

29 Jun 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen continues his lesson, and we learn something of both Pyrrhus and Nestor.

Episode 54: Who is Nestor?

22 Jun 2011

Contributed by Lukas

We begin Chapter 2, and find Stephen in the classroom with old battles, radical poets, and the daughters of memory.

Episode 53a: Happy Bloomsday!

16 Jun 2011

Contributed by Lukas

June 16 is Bloomsday, as well as the one-year anniversary of this podcast.

Episode 53: Horns and Hooves

15 Jun 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Mulligan bathes, and Stephen takes his leave. The end of chapter 1.

Episode 52: A Side of Ribs

08 Jun 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Gossip at the swimming hole: an unlikely officer, redheads, supermen, and missing ribs.

Episode 51: A Little Exposure

01 Jun 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen, Mulligan, and Haines encounter bathers, and Joyce employs some foreshadowing with news of Mulligan's brother.

Episode 50: Weaving The Wind

25 May 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen fathoms the depths of both Hell and Dublin Bay, and Frank muses upon T. S. Eliot.

Episode 49: Holy Heresy

18 May 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen presents us with a roll call of heresiarchs.

Episode 48a: Matters of Character

13 May 2011

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus episode, Frank discusses the four characters we've met so far, along with their real-life antecedents.

Episode 48: Creeds Not Deeds

11 May 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen considers the Church.

Episode 47: Masters and Servants

04 May 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen claims to serve three masters.

Episode 46: Freethinking Walking Sticks

27 Apr 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Haines asks Stephen about a personal god, and Stephen answers - out loud, briefly, and to himself, at great length.

Episode 45: Faith and Cigarettes

20 Apr 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen and Haines share a moment and a smoke.

Episode 44: Only Joking

13 Apr 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Mulligan capers, versifies, and blasphemes.

Episode 43: More Fathers and Sons

06 Apr 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Haines dwells on Hamlet, and we are reminded of the famous sons of that play, the Odyssey, and - of course - the Bible. 

Episode 42: From Noah to Zeno

30 Mar 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Mulligan plays with paradox, and we get a foreshadowing of Stephen's father.

Episode 41: A Drink With Thomas Aquinas

23 Mar 2011

Contributed by Lukas

We learn the price of both a rented tower and a lecture on Hamlet.  

Episode 40: Eggs for Sale

16 Mar 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Punctuation obfuscates; but we press on, and find significance in Stephen's walking stick.  

Episode 39: A Latin Quarter Hat

09 Mar 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Mulligan is full of contradictions.  

Episode 38: Hammocks and Holdfasts

02 Mar 2011

Contributed by Lukas

We have a bit of a breather while Stephen and Buck debate what, if anything, Stephen's aphorisms are worth.  

Episode 37: A Touch of Inwit

23 Feb 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen's inner voice, a presumption of remorse, and a few words on Ireland's climate.  

Episode 36b: Joyce's Early Life

18 Feb 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Literature and lore in Joyce's Dublin.  

Episode 36: Quarts and Florins

16 Feb 2011

Contributed by Lukas

In a rare uncomplicated passage, milk is measured, and Frank describes the various types of junkets.  

Episode 35: Mulligan's Milk

09 Feb 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Levels of respect: for women, doctors, and the Irish language.

Episode 34: The Re: Joyce Rap

02 Feb 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Frank Delaney offers a special surprise in honor of James Joyce's Birthday.

Episode 33: Silken Kine

26 Jan 2011

Contributed by Lukas

The old woman carries, not just milk, but an allegory of Ireland herself - at least in the eyes of both Stephen and Joyce himself.

Episode 32: Old Mother Ireland

19 Jan 2011

Contributed by Lukas

More scholarship of folklore. The milk arrives, and its bearer is mocked by Mulligan and venerated by Stephen.

Episode 31: Something Fishy

12 Jan 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Mulligan gets mythic, and mocks exactly the sort of thing this podcast is doing.

Episode 30: Joking Joyce

05 Jan 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Petulance for breakfast, "pet" and "kip," and a dirty joke about the tea.

Episode 29: James Street

29 Dec 2010

Contributed by Lukas

A key is found, a door opened, breakfast is served, and various profanities are narrowly avoided, for once.

Episode 28: The Black Panther Returns

22 Dec 2010

Contributed by Lukas

We sit down to a fortified breakfast, and meet Haines and his dream. Also: more blasphemy.

Episode 27: Who's Serving Whom?

15 Dec 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen sees ceremony and symbolism in a shaving bowl.

Episode 26: The Buck is Back

08 Dec 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen is called to breakfast by Buck, and hit up for a loan at the same time. All is not forgiven.

Episode 25: Prayers for the Dying

01 Dec 2010

Contributed by Lukas

We translate Stephen's prayers for the dying from the Latin, and return immediately to both Homer and Shakespeare.

Episode 24a: 2nd Bonus Edition- Formation

26 Nov 2010

Contributed by Lukas

In his second bonus podcast, Frank discusses Joyce's formation on the Island of Saints and Scholars.

Episode 24: Don't Be Afraid

24 Nov 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen's mother is placed in the structure of the cosmos.

Episode 23: Thanks for the Memory

17 Nov 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen, still brooding, summons memories of his mother's life, and we learn something of pantomime.

Episode 22: Of Beads and Birdcages

10 Nov 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen remembers, poetically and tragically, his mother's deathbed.

Episode 21: Watch The Cloud

03 Nov 2010

Contributed by Lukas

As Stephen stands alone on the tower, we muse upon the painterly language of the seascape.

Episode 20: Fergus and Friends

27 Oct 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Mulligan, descending the stairs, trivializes his own insults - and musters considerable literary resources to do so.

Episode 19: Bacon and Hamlet

20 Oct 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen absorbs Mulligan's insults and, standing upon the tower by the sea, once again recalls his Shakespearean precedent.

Episode 18: Who's The Impossible Person?

13 Oct 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Mulligan boldly defends himself against Stephen's charge, and dissects death  - and Stephen himself - in the process.

Episode 17: Ideas and Sensations

06 Oct 2010

Contributed by Lukas

We touch on one of the most important themes of Ulysses, and perhaps in all of writing.

Episode 16: Now You See It, Now You Don't

29 Sep 2010

Contributed by Lukas

A few thoughts on the Celtic spirit, and on what, exactly, can be seen from Martello tower.

Episode 15: The Worst of Mulligan

22 Sep 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 14: What's in a Name?

15 Sep 2010

Contributed by Lukas

We dig through some more insults, and ponder the names of characters who don't, in fact, appear in the novel.

Episode 13: Is it All Greek to You?

08 Sep 2010

Contributed by Lukas

A single word produces lessons on the Greek language, politics, and cultural criticism.

Episode 12a: Baker's Dozen - James Joyce's Origins

03 Sep 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Stepping away from the narrative for a moment, Frank gives us a look at Joyce's education, his family, and his conflicted relationship with the Cathol...

Episode 12: The Schmoozing Buck

01 Sep 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen and Mulligan fence - or, alternately, joust.

Episode 11: A Cracked Looking Glass

25 Aug 2010

Contributed by Lukas

The looking glass evokes both Shakespeare's Caliban and Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray

Episode 10: Is Stephen Insane?

18 Aug 2010

Contributed by Lukas

As the insults mount, Stephen faces his own reflection.

Episode 9: James Joyce's Hamlet

11 Aug 2010

Contributed by Lukas

 We find meaning - and a Shakespearean precedent - in Stephen's black clothing.

Episode 8: The Voice Inside Stephen

04 Aug 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Getting past Mulligan's accusations of mummery, we enter Stephen's thoughts and encounter his dead mother.

Episode 7. Mulligan's Gigantic Insult

27 Jul 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 6: A Panther and a Gun

21 Jul 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Frank describes the real life figure behind the character Haines.

Episode 5: The Voice of Stephen

14 Jul 2010

Contributed by Lukas

In this next installment we hear from Stephen Dedalus.​

Episode 4: A Bit of Blasphemy

07 Jul 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Jame's Joyce's blasphemy still has power today.  Listen to Frank Delaney investigate the next section of Ulysses.

Episode 3: Getting to Know Stephen

30 Jun 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Three in which we learn more about Stephen Dedalus including the origins of his name.