The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. We're currently reading Moby-Dick and talking about each chapter. We also enjoy and discuss Melville's other works such as Typee, Omoo, Mardi, Redburn, Whitejacket, Pierre, Bartleby, Benito Cereno, The Confidence-Man, Billy Budd, and more!
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Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. This is a big one. Father Mapple is bringing down the house at the Whalemen's Chapel. We talk Jonah and Paul, Chronometricals and Horologicals, swinging lamps and more! If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/PequodPod Please also consider telling a friend about the show. Word of mouth is the best way to spread the word about Pequod...
29 Sept 2026
History of New Bedford with Rufai Shardow
Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this episode, we interview our special guest Rufai Shardow, park ranger at New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park. We talk about the history of New Bedford and cover a range of topics including the indigenous history of the area, Quakers, abolitionism, and whether Frederick Douglass and Herman Melville ever met! If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on ...
22 Sept 2026
Episode 9: The Pulpit
Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. This episode, we meet Father Mapple and see him mount his pulpit. But it is quite a special pulpit. If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/PequodPod Please also consider telling a friend about the show. Word of mouth is the best way to spread the word about PequodPod, and it helps us tremendously.
15 Sept 2026
Episode 8: The Chapel
Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. This week, PequodPod goes to church! We read some spooky cenotaphs, hear about Tristan's taphophobia, and consider getting hitched at the Seaman's Bethel in New Bedford. If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/PequodPod Please also consider telling a friend about the show. Word of mouth is the best way to spread the word about PequodPod, ...
8 Sept 2026
Call Me Starbucks, with Adam Mellion
Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this episode, we interview our special guest Adam Mellion from the blog All Visible Objects. We talk about his Melvillean sleuthing, from busts to Antarctica, and track down the true origin of the brand name Starbucks. While we do discuss the company Starbucks on this episode, this is in no way meant as an advertisement or product placement, and in fact we strongly encourage our audience to respect the boycott calle...
1 Sept 2026
Sailing without Ahab, but with Dr. Steve Mentz
Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this episode, we interview our special guest Dr. Steve Mentz about his excellent poetry collection Sailing without Ahab. We talk blue humanities, recasting Moby-Dick without its most tyrannical character, swimming, and more! Dr. Steve Mentz is department chair and professor of English at St John’s University. As well as Sailing Without Ahab, he is the author of several books, including At the Bottom of Shakespeare’s...
25 Aug 2026
Melville at the Movies: Moby Dick (1956) with Gregory Peck - Preview
Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. Here is a free preview of our inaugural Melville at the Movies episode. We discuss John Huston's 1956 Moby Dick, starring Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, Richard Basehart as Ishmael, Leo Genn as Starbuck, Orson Welles as Father Mapple, and with a knockout performance by Harry Andrews as Stubb. This is definitely a folio-sized bonus episode, clocking in at 99 minutes. The first 21 are free for you here on our n...
18 Aug 2026
Episode 7: The Street
Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. This week, we hit the streets of New Bedford and view some queer-looking nondescripts, especially some downright bumpkin dandies! If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/PequodPod Please also consider telling a friend about the show. Word of mouth is the best way to spread the word about PequodPod, and it helps us tremendously.
11 Aug 2026
Heated Rivalry: Moby-Dick, but make it hockey, with Dr. Hester Blum
Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. *SPOILERS for Moby-Dick and Game Changers Series* In this episode, we interview our special guest Dr. Hester Blum about her fascinating article “Heated Rivalry” Is the “Moby-Dick” of Canadian Gay Hockey Shows. We talk genre, MM Romance, queer eschatologies, and more! Dr. Hester Blum is the Lynne Cooper Harvey Distinguished Professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis; previously, she taught at Penn State ...
4 Aug 2026
Episode 6: Breakfast
Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. Hope you're hungry because this is a big boy breakfast! Hot rolls, pea coffee, beefsteaks done rare! In this episode, Tristan, Meg & Jonny talk Ishmael's reaction to Peter Coffin's skylarking, complexion as an indicator of nautical know-how, and what precisely their tummies rumble for in the morning. If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon at patreo...
28 Jul 2026
Hawthorne & His Melville with Dr. Mark Noble
Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. *SPOILERS for Moby-Dick and Mosses from an Old Manse* In this episode, we interview our special guest Dr. Mark Noble about why Melville dedicated Moby-Dick to somebody named Nathaniel Hawthorne. Dr. Mark Noble is Associate Professor of English at Georgia State University, where he teaches American literature and critical theory. He's the author of American Poetic Materialism from Whitman to Stevens (Cambridge UP, 2015)...
21 Jul 2026
Episode 5: The Counterpane
CONTENT WARNING: Tristan's spooky sleep paralysis story. Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this episode, our hosts Tristan Bavol-Marques, Meg Fancher, and Jonny Wiles analyze Chapter 5 of Moby-Dick, The Counterpane. In this chapter, Queequeg and Ishmael snuggle, Ishmael relates a striking childhood memory, and Queequeg shaves with his harpoon. If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon...
14 Jul 2026
Episode 4: The Spouter-Inn, Part II
Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this episode, our hosts Tristan Bavol-Marques, Meg Fancher, and Jonny Wiles dive deep into the second half of Chapter 3 of Moby-Dick: The Spouter-Inn. In this portion of the chapter, Ishmael snoops around his roommate's stuff, undresses while thinking about comely harpooneers, and finally has his fateful encounter with Queequeg himself. If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the sh...
9 Jul 2026
Go To Sea Once More — Lost in the Loop
PequodPod has some new music created by Lost in the Loop and sound engineer Lauren Ayton. Here is the full track.
7 Jul 2026
Episode 3: The Spouter-Inn, Part I
Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this episode, our hosts Tristan Bavol-Marques, Meg Fancher, and Jonny Wiles dive deep into the first half of Chapter 3 of Moby-Dick: The Spouter-Inn. In this portion of the chapter, Ishmael enters the Spouter-Inn, gets driven distracted by a boggy, soggy, squitchy picture, checks out a hunk named Bulkington, and is generally confounded by the inn's proprietor, one Peter Coffin. If you enjoy the show, please consider...
30 Jun 2026
Encyclopedic Raciality with Naima Karczmar
Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. *SPOILERS for Moby-Dick and Benito Cereno* In this episode, we interview our special guest Naima Karczmar about her Leviathan article “Encyclopedic Raciality: Geo-Ethnographic Speculation in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick.” Naima is a PhD candidate in English and Critical Theory at UC Berkeley, where she works on racial epistemologies of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. If you enjoy the show, please consider helpin...
23 Jun 2026
Episode 2: The Carpet-Bag
Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this episode, our hosts Tristan Bavol-Marques, Meg Fancher, and Jonny Wiles dive deep into Chapter 2 of Moby-Dick: The Carpet-Bag. In this chapter, Ishmael pokes around New Bedford looking for a not-too-jolly place to spend the night. If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/PequodPod Please also consider telling a friend about the sh...
16 Jun 2026
Episode 0: Etymology & Extracts
Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this episode, our hosts Tristan Bavol-Marques, Meg Fancher, and Jonny Wiles dive deep into the actual beginnings of Moby-Dick: the Etymology and Extracts sections. These are extremely interesting and not to be skipped or glossed over. If you enjoy the show, please consider helping us defray the costs of making it by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/PequodPod Please also consider telling a friend about the show....
12 Jun 2026
Episode 1: Loomings
Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this pilot episode, our hosts Tristan Bavol-Marques, Meg Fancher, and Jonny Wiles sound the depths of Chapter 1 of Moby-Dick, Loomings. We recognize that this is by no means the start of the book, and our next episode, Episode 0, is on the Etymology and Extracts. If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon. Also, please follow us on your preferre...
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