WAKE: Cold Reading Finnegans Wake

About WAKE: Cold Reading Finnegans Wake

A cold reading of James Joyce’s "Finnegans Wake" just to hear it out loud.

Publisher

Moon Street Media

Category

fiction

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 May 2024

Latest episode

13 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

59 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Oct 2026

   Bonus Episode: WAKE in Ireland

   Long-promised, finally delivered! No, Toby and TJ didn't get their Finnegans Wake tattoos yet (it might happen one day), but we are finally back to talk about half of WAKE's epic visit to Ireland! Listen to the audio podcast but also hop on over to YouTube to enjoy the first-ever visual WAKE, complete with the kind of holiday slideshow you might remember from your childhood, complete with one-sided narration and images of somewhere you didn't go. Toby discusses his favourite stops in Ireland, through Dublin, Kildare, Cork, Dingle, Limerick, Clare, and Galway, and all the amazing people he met along the way. Before we get there, though, join us through a rollicking discussion of classic literature, Pulitzer Prize winners, Hamlet's 'to be' speech, and plenty more. We are so glad to be back! Show Notes: WAKE on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WAKEpod (https://www.youtube.com/@WAKEpod) Obscure https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/obscure-with-michael-ian-black/id1388660385 (https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/obscure-with-michael-ian-black/id1388660385) We Burn So Bright by TJ Klune: https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=we+burn+so+bright&ref=nav_sb_noss_l_17 Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211004089-wild-dark-shore Angel Down: https://www.danielkraus.com/books/angel-down/ (https://www.danielkraus.com/books/angel-down/) Fitzgerald’s of Sandycove: https://fitzgeraldsofsandycove.com/blog/ (https://fitzgeraldsofsandycove.com/blog/) Anna Livia: https://www.olddublintown.com/anna-livia-sculpture.html (https://www.olddublintown.com/anna-livia-sculpture.html) The Hi-B Bar, Cork: https://www.instagram.com/hibbarcork/ (https://www.instagram.com/hibbarcork/) Saoirse https://www.giaf.ie/festival/event/saoirse (https://www.giaf.ie/festival/event/saoirse) Padaicin https://www.giaf.ie/festival/event/padraicin (https://www.giaf.ie/festival/event/padraicin) Nora Barnacle’s House https://thisisgalway.ie/the-history-of-nora-barnacle-house/ (https://thisisgalway.ie/the-history-of-nora-barnacle-house/) Nora by Nuala O’Connor https://nualaoconnor.com/home/novels/nora/ (https://nualaoconnor.com/home/novels/nora/)

2. 

   16 Mar 2026

   Episode 41: Pluribus and Finnegans Wake

   Vince Gilligan called, and WAKE answered! Toby and TJ are back for this special episode of WAKE, in response to the casual name-dropping of Finnegans Wake in the new Apple+ series, Pluribus. We spend some spoiler-filled time (spoiling the ending of both Pluribus AND Finnegans Wake) discussing this definitely-too-deliberate-to-be-accidental reference to Joyce’s final masterpiece, and what it might mean for the show as a whole. We’re talking falls, and loops, and morals, and humanity: all the things you’ve come to love about WAKE. SHOW NOTES: WAKE on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WAKEpod (https://www.youtube.com/@WAKEpod) GMWKS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gmwks/id1509334531 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gmwks/id1509334531) Georgia Malone’s Here Goes Nothing: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/georgia-malones-here-goes-nothing/id1794562157 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/georgia-malones-here-goes-nothing/id1794562157) Never Die Wondering: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/never-die-wondering-mick-malone-in-his-own-words/id1833715593 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/never-die-wondering-mick-malone-in-his-own-words/id1833715593) Abraham’s Tetramorfeus:  https://www.facebook.com/abrahamhosebr/posts/tetramorfeus/658179911649980/ (https://www.facebook.com/abrahamhosebr/posts/tetramorfeus/658179911649980/) Abraham on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/uk/book/show/236604119-liber-t (https://www.goodreads.com/uk/book/show/236604119-liber-t) Abraham's Joyce writings: https://abrahamhosebrlibrarium.wordpress.com/category/%d0%b4%d0%b6%d0%b5%d0%b9%d0%bc%d1%81-%d0%b4%d0%b6%d0%be%d0%b9%d1%81/ (https://abrahamhosebrlibrarium.wordpress.com/category/%d0%b4%d0%b6%d0%b5%d0%b9%d0%bc%d1%81-%d0%b4%d0%b6%d0%be%d0%b9%d1%81/) Pluribus: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22202452/ (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22202452/) The Suspended Sentence: https://thesuspendedsentence.com/2026/01/25/its-plurbin-time-pluribus-and-finnegans-wake/ (https://thesuspendedsentence.com/2026/01/25/its-plurbin-time-pluribus-and-finnegans-wake/) The Wake and Pluribus: https://www.soapcentral.com/shows/all-mankind-becomes-united-pluribus-fans-convinced-show-takes-inspiration-classic-novel-finnegans-wake (https://www.soapcentral.com/shows/all-mankind-becomes-united-pluribus-fans-convinced-show-takes-inspiration-classic-novel-finnegans-wake) Reddit Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/pluribustv/comments/1oxo1dv/finnegans_wake/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/pluribustv/comments/1oxo1dv/finnegans_wake/) Reddit Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/jamesjoyce/comments/1or08bk/anyone_watch_pluribus/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/jamesjoyce/comments/1or08bk/anyone_watch_pluribus/) Katarzyna Bazarnik’s JOYCE, LIBERATURE AND WRITING OF THE BOOK (diagram toward the bottom): http://hjs.ff.cuni.cz/archives/v8_2/main/essays.php?essay=bazarnik (http://hjs.ff.cuni.cz/archives/v8_2/main/essays.php?essay=bazarnik) Portergirl Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-portergirl-podcast/id1822951117 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-portergirl-podcast/id1822951117)

3. 

   30 Apr 2025

   Bonus: George Koors in the wake of the Wake

   As we bask in the wake of completing the Wake, Toby and TJ welcome renowned author, librarian, academic, and bookfluencer George Koors to discuss how to get into the Wake, as well as what to do after it's done. We discuss the benefits and risks of BookTok, Bookstagram, and BookTube, the egalitarian nature of Joyce ensuring that through complexity all readers are rendered the same, and consider the dangers of placing beloved texts on syllabi. We discuss Taylor Swift, Ben Jonson, and Fyodor Dostoevsky, and George hits us with two monumental recommendations that will rattle your brain and strain at your wallet. To top it all, we get the world exclusive scoop on TJ's new play, learn the term "typoglycemia" and consider the weight we can place on art that survives time. We'd like to think WAKE is one of those survivors, as we enter our end-of-series hiatus... This week's chatters: George Koors, Toby Malone, TJ Young References George's website: https://www.georgekoors.com/ (https://www.georgekoors.com/) George on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gbk7288/ (https://www.instagram.com/gbk7288/) Always the Wanderer: https://www.amazon.com/Always-Wanderer-George-Bernard-Koors/dp/1936135159 (https://www.amazon.com/Always-Wanderer-George-Bernard-Koors/dp/1936135159) George Koors - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@gbk7288) Let's Talk About James Joyce's Finnegans Wake (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XskNQCnfLGk&t=81s) James Joyce's Finnegans Wake In Less Than 2 Minutes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb8nQJKUrEw&t=20s) Arno Schmidt Zettels Traum (Bottom’s Dream) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6088384 (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6088384) https://www.georgekoors.com/ (https://www.georgekoors.com/) George’s petition to make Zettels Traum accessible! https://www.georgekoors.com/post/help-me-fight-literary-gatekeeping-let-s-make-arno-schmidt-s-zettels-traum-more-accessible (https://www.georgekoors.com/post/help-me-fight-literary-gatekeeping-let-s-make-arno-schmidt-s-zettels-traum-more-accessible) Carlos Fuentes Terra Nostra https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59415.Terra_Nostra?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=cbUx0TDs2A&rank=1 (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59415.Terra_Nostra?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=cbUx0TDs2A&rank=1) For early drops, community and show notes, join us at our free Patreon, at⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/wakepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (http://patreon.com/wakepod), or check out our Linktree, at⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/wake.pod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://linktr.ee/wake.pod). We welcome comments from everyone: even, nay, especially, the dreaded purists. Come and "um actually" us!

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

24 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100

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Quality

90

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

71

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