Bonus Ep. 39 - Henry V [TEASER] YouTube video by Blooms & Barnacles Podcast

Bonus Ep. 39 - Henry V (1944)

We round out our series on Shakespeare adaptations with a discussion of Laurence Olivier's take on Henry V.

We will now never speak of Shakespeare again.

Watch a preview on YouTube or watch the full video at patreon.com/barnaclecast

Ep. 172 - Lapwing — Blooms & Barnacles Agenbite of Lapwing.

New Podcast Episode - Lapwing

Why does Stephen call himself a lapwing? And why did the medievals hate lapwings so much?

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“Sirens” Songs: The Croppy Boy — Blooms & Barnacles This is part one of a two part series about select songs from the “Sirens” episode. You can read part one here.

New Blog Post in the use of the folk song "The Croppy Boy" in Ulysses. Enjoy Dermot's artwork that is likely causing St. Patrick to spin in his grave, on this day of all days

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The amount of events and festivals around the country using genAI for their promotional images is slightly maddening. All about supporting local, except their local artists.

I'm begging the small local community groups in Ireland to please consider reframing their use of AI design work this way. The amount of drama and theatre groups in my sphere that I see using AI posters now just makes me sad.

Ep. 171 - Richard and Gilbert and Edmund and Will — Blooms & Barnacles What if the Shakespeares were really a bunch of crumb-bums?

Ep. 171 - Richard and Gilbert and Edmund and Will

Stephen alleges that Shakespeare's brothers were so terrible, that he wrote two of them as his worst villains. Apparently Gilbert was alright, though. Is there any truth to this? Were the Shakespeare boys a bunch of dirtbags?

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Ep. 170 - Rutlandbaconsouthamptonshakespeare — Blooms & Barnacles In which, Stephen proves through algebra that Hamlet’s grandson is Shakespeare’s grandfather.

Ep. 170 - We explore Stephen's assertion that Anne Hathaway was a Puritan, what happened to Shakespeare's papers after his death, and who really wrote all those dang plays.

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"Sirens" Songs: M'Appari — Blooms & Barnacles This is part one of a two part series about select songs from the “Sirens” episode. You can read part two here. (Part two coming soon!)

New blog post, discussing Simon Dedalus' performance of "M'Appari" in the "Sirens" episode of Ulysses

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A woman with black hair, seated on a throne holding a book titled "The Sweets of Sin." Behind her is a black column labeled "M" and a white column labeled "B." Between the columns is a scroll of sheet music. At her feet are a black cat, a Plumtree's Potted Meat tub, and an orange-keyed chamber pot.

Hello listeners, normally we'd have a new episode out today, but it will be delayed for a week. Basically I had too much homework last week to record. Our Feb episodes will come out the last two weeks of the month. Enjoy Dermot's Molly Bloom tarot card in the mean time. -KB

James Joyce's Ulysses is cool. I wish Dublin was real :(

That's awesome! Thanks for listening!

Bonus Ep. 37 - Hamnet [TEASER] YouTube video by Blooms & Barnacles Podcast

Here's a preview from YouTube:
youtu.be/1uptbpmJ2y0

A white woman with brown hair snuggles against a white man with brown hair. They are surrounded by plants.

Bonus Ep. 37 - Hamnet

We review Chloe Zhao's 2025 film adaptation of the novel Hamnet. We've talked a lot about Shakespeare's family this year on the podcast, but this movie answers one question we neglected -- what if Shakespeare was magical?

Listen and watch at the link in our bio

Ep. 169 - Pray for us, Saint Thomas — Blooms & Barnacles Ora pro nobis! Pogue mahone! Acushla machree!

Ep. 169 - Pray for us, Saint Thomas

Paging Dr. Freud. We'd like to have a word his thoughts on Hamlet and the Oedipus Complex

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stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.

Ep. 168 - Why Stephen Talks about Shylock — Blooms & Barnacles Isn’t Carrotty Bess great?

Ep. 168 - Why Stephen Talks about Shylock

We're back from hiatus with a great episode. Stephen Dedalus claims that Shakespeare based Shylock on himself, but is this true?

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Keep up the good work, everyone!

Fewer Irish people using ChatGPT than in other countries, OpenAI told Taoiseach Micheál Martin was told application had been rolled out to all secondary school students in Estonia ‘to complement the curriculum’

Fewer Irish people using ChatGPT than in other countries, OpenAI told Taoiseach

Who were the real people in the Ormond Hotel in "Sirens"? — Blooms & Barnacles “ Sirens ,” the eleventh episode of Ulysses , is memorable for its musical prose, but it also stands out as an episode of revelry in the bar and restaurant of the Ormond Hotel. While Bloom cringes in...

Who were the real people in the Ormond Hotel in "Sirens"?

In this blog post, we explore the history of Dublin's Ormond Hotel and also the true story behind Ulysses' possibly most forgettable character.

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Ep. 167 - Secondbest Bed — Blooms & Barnacles Sometimes the secondbest bed is the better bed.

Ep. 167 - Secondbest Bed

We get to the bottom of Shakespeare's second-best bed, Anne Hathaway, and how Stephen is wrong about everything.

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Agreed. I do t think it's being managed well to say the least

Thanks Kenji, though personally I think that's too bad.

Bonus Ep. 35 - The Portrait of Mr. W.H. (Video) | Blooms & Barnacles Get more from Blooms & Barnacles on Patreon

November's Patreon episode is up!
We discuss Shakespeare's sonnets and Oscar Wilde's short story, "The Portrait of Mr. W.H."

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Street scene of Lower Ormond Quay in Dublin, showing a large painting of a man in a striped shirt, his head obscured by bricks, one of which reads "Do Not Remove"

I read today that the "Do Not Remove" guy was taken down from the facade of the former Ormond Hotel a couple months back. Can any Dubliner confirm or deny this?

#speirgorm

Personally: James Joyce. Bringing Dubliners to the world, etc etc

Street scene of Lower Ormond Quay in Dublin, showing a large painting of a man in a striped shirt, his head obscured by bricks, one of which reads "Do Not Remove"

I read today that the "Do Not Remove" guy was taken down from the facade of the former Ormond Hotel a couple months back. Can any Dubliner confirm or deny this?

#speirgorm

In Schwimmen Zwei Vögel YouTube video by MARKUS FISCHER FILM

*need* to find a copy of the austrian adaptation of At Swim-Two-Birds www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hvb...

Ulysses & The Odyssey - Sirens — Blooms & Barnacles “A musical episode was easy to place in Dublin, for Dublin is, or was, a musical town, with a particular passion for vocal music. A few Dubliners of the older generation meet in the lounge of the Ormo...

The first blog post in our series on "Sirens"

Who are the Sirens of Ulysses?

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Ulysses & The Odyssey - Sirens — Blooms & Barnacles “A musical episode was easy to place in Dublin, for Dublin is, or was, a musical town, with a particular passion for vocal music. A few Dubliners of the older generation meet in the lounge of the Ormo...

The first blog post in our series on "Sirens"

Who are the Sirens of Ulysses?

#booksky