The Whale Pod

Episode 14 - Ahab

Whale news, endorsing baleen whales, whale cocktails, David's crack, the Grand Tour, "...or Ishmael, rather...", finally clapping eyes on Ahab (who then does nothing), fighting the elements, modular man, warmer weather, Virgil's Georgics, Ahab speaks, Ahab threatens, Ahab hoys his pipe overboard, chewing your ear off with dream chat. This episode is the discussion about chapters 28, 29, 30 and 31 of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; Ahab, Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb, The Pipe and Queen Mab. Follow us on social media... Instagram: https://instagram.com/whale__pod [https://instagram.com/whale__pod] Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewhale1851.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/thewhale1851.bsky.social]

Episode 13 - Knights and Squires

The litany of sailors, rationing danger, enraged and mighty men, Columbo, Dick Van Dyke, Mission: Impossible, whale-based erotica, Protestantism (again), John Bunyan, Don Quixote, Andrew Jackson pioneering ethnic cleansing, euphemism, Lyndon's Johnson, Norman Rockwell, prison, NPCs, don't worry worry, short man syndrome, fate, the racialised exotic, adventure literature, Ahasuerus and Morgan McSweeney, Anacharsis Cloots. This episode is the discussion about chapters 26 and 27 of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; both are called Knights and Squires. Follow us on social media... Instagram: https://instagram.com/whale__pod [https://instagram.com/whale__pod] Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewhale1851.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/thewhale1851.bsky.social]

Episode 12 - Whale Sandwich

The two Ishmaels, whale journalism, Simon "whaler" Bolivar, whale diplomacy, Wales (not whales), squirting jets of spunk, the university of life, Modernism (again), Melville's havin' a laff, Handel, George II, the Champions League, cruelty-free whale oil, the crown jewels, a theory of baldness, Pete's nana's lipstick, whale sandwiches, the Rain Man of guessing how many words are in a piece of copy. This episode is the discussion about chapters 24 and 25 of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; The Advocate and Postscript. Follow us on social media... Instagram: https://instagram.com/whale__pod [https://instagram.com/whale__pod] Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewhale1851.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/thewhale1851.bsky.social]

Episode 11 - Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animal

It's Christmas Day, we're 111 pages in, and we're finally going on a whaling voyage. This episode includes 'Jeeves and Wooster go whaling', pilots, blood and thunder, Charles Dickens, Isaac Watts, Toy Story 3, inevitable doom, waxing and waning, a six-incher, Bulkington returns (played by Channing Tatum), the existentialist manifesto. The whale graveyard can be seen here... https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260225-the-whale-graveyards-that-transform-the-deep-sea [https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260225-the-whale-graveyards-that-transform-the-deep-sea] This episode is the discussion about chapters 22 and 23 of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; Merry Christmas and The Lee Shore. Follow us on social media... Instagram: https://instagram.com/whale__pod [https://instagram.com/whale__pod] Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewhale1851.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/thewhale1851.bsky.social]

Episode 10 - The Prophet etc

The ongoing book club chatting about Moby-Dick. Elijah, prophecy, "Ahab's canny good at huntin' whales", don't show the monster, Alexander Armstrong, hyperreality, David Lynch, Brian Eno's elevator music, happy endings, "Holloa!", commodification, fattening people up, transformation, face versus arse. This episode is the discussion about chapters 19, 20 and 21 of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; The Prophet, All Astir and Going Aboard. Follow us on social media... Instagram: https://instagram.com/whale__pod [https://instagram.com/whale__pod] Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewhale1851.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/thewhale1851.bsky.social]