Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
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."
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After a long hiatus, we're back! Talia talks with Byrd Pinkerton, amazing podcast producer and multimedia artist, about three chapters in which M...
Chapters 52-54: "The Albatross," "The Gam," "The Town-Ho's Story"
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Talia talks with Beth Skwarecki, senior health editor at Lifehacker, about three fascinating chapters. That's right -- we're BACK! After 33 ...
Chapters 50 & 51: "Ahab’s Boat and Crew. Fedallah" & "The Spirit-Spout"
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talia talks to author and producer Jay Bushman, author the new book "Novel Advice," about two marvellous chapters of this book. We're b...
Chapters 48 & 49: "The First Lowering" and "The Hyena"
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Prefacing this episode is Talia's prank call to the Trump Voter Fraud hotline.This episode Talia talks to the lovely, gentle-voiced and brilliant...
Chapters 46 & 47: "Surmises" and "The Mat-Maker"
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talia talks with Sarah Marshall, of the "You're Wrong About" and "Why Are Dads" podcasts, about 2 odd marooned mid-40s chapte...
Chapter 45: "The Affidavit"
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talia talks with New York Times bestselling author Morgan Jerkins about the bizarre and wonderful chapter "The Affidavit." With clips from &...
Chapters 43 & 44: "Hark!" and "The Chart"
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talia talks to Justin Scheck (@ScheckWSJ) about a short chapter and a longer chapter, which are also a comical chapter and a profound chapter. In &quo...
Chapter 42: "The Whiteness of the Whale"
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talia talks to vaunted Melville scholar Christopher Freeburg about an infamous, complex and fascinating episode, "The Whiteness of the Whale.&quo...
Chapter 41: "Moby Dick"
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talia talks to James Beard Award nominated writer Rax King about Chapter 41, "Moby Dick." It's an encapsulation of the book in miniatur...
Chapter 40: "Midnight: Forecastle"
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A RADIO PLAY.First, Talia talks to Akela Lacy, reporter at the Intercept, about the strange, drunken dream of this chapter; its racialized elements; a...
Chapters 37-39: "Sunset," "Dusk," "First Night-Watch"
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talia talks with grand dame of stage and screen Natalie Walker (@nwalks) about these three Very Dramatic chapters. Reading aloud and Singing ensue. S...
Chapter 36: "The Quarter-Deck"
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I talk with Donni Saphire (@donni on Twitter) about the beginning of a stellar run of theatrical chapters. In "The Quarter-Deck," Ahab emerg...
Chapter 35: "The Mast-Head"
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talia talks to the smart and charming Maris Kreizman of the literary podcast the Maris Review about a curious and wonderful chapter, "The Mast-He...
Chapter 34: "The Cabin-Table"
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talia talks to Kristian Fischer about a wonderful & strange chapter about dinner on the Pequod; the sailor's Kristian's dated; Jungian a...
Chapter 32: "The Specksnyder"
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talia talks to Isaac, an Aussie comrade, about a curious chapter that feature's a capsule theory of the corrupting nature of power. Is Melville a...
Chapter 32: "Cetology"
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talia talks to Lisa Munger, a marine biologist specializing in marine biological acoustics, about the legendary Chapter 32, "Cetology," feat...
Chapters 29-31: "Enter Ahab, to him Stubb," "The Pipe," "Queen Mab"
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talia talks with Manu Saadia, author of "Trekonomics," about 2020's protests, the rot at the heart of America, the moral core of the co...
Chapter 28: "Ahab"
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
WE FINALLY MEET CAPTAIN AHAB. Talia's guest is Mary Davenport, a seminary student at Yale Divinity School, and we talk about the Biblical burdens...
Chapters 26 & 27: "Knights and Squires"
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 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 Pe...
EMERGENCY EPISODE: Chapter 22!!
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talia talks with our Bildad and Peleg correspondent Alexandra Petri in this emergency episode, which is an emergency episode because Talia is a bit of...
Chapters 23-25: "The Lee Shore," "The Advocate," "Postscript"
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talia 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 A...
Chapter 21: "Going Aboard"
25 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talia talks with journalist and author Jonathan Katz about a particularly strange and wonderful chapter, in which we learn that Queequeg sits on peopl...
Chapters 19 & 20: "The Prophet" and "All Astir"
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talia 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....
Chapters 17 & 18: "The Ramadan" and "His Mark"
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Despite some technical audio difficulties, Talia chats to historian Eric Rauchway about two chapters that are delightfully heavy on Queequeg. We discu...
Chapter 16: "The Ship"
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
These 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&...
Chapter 15: "Chowder"
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a star-studded episode of the podcast, Talia talks with Kat Kinsman, senior editor of Food & Wine; Helen Rosner, food correspondent for the New...
Chapter 14: "Nantucket"
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hello 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 q...
Chapters 12 & 13: "Biographical" and "Wheelbarrow"
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talia talks to Jeet Heer, legendary Twitter personality and correspondent for the Nation, about two chapters that delve into Queequeg's biography...
Chapters 10 & 11: "A Bosom Friend" and "The Nightgown"
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"...he pressed his forehead against mine, clasped me round the waist, and said that henceforth we were married..."Â Things get hot and heavy...
Chapter 9: "The Sermon"
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talia talks with Noam Hassenfeld, reporter, producer and COMPOSER OF THE THEME SONG FOR THE SHOW, about Chapter 9 -- a fabulously nautical sermon on t...
Chapters 7 & 8: "The Chapel" and "The Pulpit"
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talia talks with the brilliant Grace Lavery, associate professor of English at UC Berkeley, about chapters 7 & 8, "The Chapel" and "...
Chapters 5 & 6: "Breakfast" and "The Street"
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talia talks with comedian Jamie Loftus about chapters 5 and 6, "Breakfast" and "The Street." We talk about breakfast, social anxie...
Chapters 3 & 4: "The Spouter-Inn" and "The Counterpane"
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talia is joined by writer Moira Donegan to discuss chapters 3 and 4 of Moby-Dick, "The Spouter-Inn" and "The Counterpane." The boo...
Chapter 2: "The Carpet-Bag"
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I'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...
Chapter 1: "Loomings"
18 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talia Lavin and David Roth discuss Chapter 1 of Moby-Dick, "Loomings." We also discuss the weird life of Herman Melville, how we fell in lov...