The Spouter-Inn

12b. Bonus: Damian Fleming on Moby-Dick.


Listen Later

I have been heard to say that there’s two types of people in the world:

People who love Moby-Dick, and people who have never read Moby-Dick. [At] the
same time, I never recommend anyone read Moby-Dick directly, because I feel
like if you’re not reading it at your own leisure and come to it willingly, it
could be really, really annoying._

Medievalist and Moby-Dick fan Damian Fleming joins us to keep the

conversation going about this great book. We discuss our favourite passages,
how Ishmael represents his labours, how we feel about whaling and cetology,
how potentially gross strawberries are, and all the humour in the novel and
what’s been done with the novel.

Show Notes.

Damian is a brilliant presence on Twitter.

@MobyDickatSea is also brilliant on

Twitter.

The Moby-Dick Big Read. Damian recommends

chapter 3, The Spouter-Inn, read by Nigel Williams.

Ron Swanson on Moby-Dick.

John Donne: To His Mistress Going to

Bed.

The Time I Spent on a Commercial Whaling Ship Totally Changed My Perspective

of the World.

Rockwell Kent’s illustrations for Moby-Dick.

Support The Spouter-Inn on Patreon and you

can join us on a members-only Slack where we will happily keep chatting with
you about Moby-Dick.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Spouter-InnBy Suzanne Conklin Akbari and Chris Piuma

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

30 ratings


More shows like The Spouter-Inn

View all
This American Life by This American Life

This American Life

91,109 Listeners

The Political Scene | The New Yorker by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

4,002 Listeners

In Our Time by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time

5,431 Listeners

Conversations with Tyler by Mercatus Center at George Mason University

Conversations with Tyler

2,423 Listeners

Philosophy Bites by Edmonds and Warburton

Philosophy Bites

1,542 Listeners

The TLS Podcast by The TLS

The TLS Podcast

185 Listeners

Chapo Trap House by Chapo Trap House

Chapo Trap House

8,848 Listeners

It’s Just A Show by Chris Piuma and Charlotte Wells (and Adam Clarke and Beth Martin)

It’s Just A Show

48 Listeners

Radio Atlantic by The Atlantic

Radio Atlantic

2,301 Listeners

Stay Tuned with Preet by Preet Bharara

Stay Tuned with Preet

32,374 Listeners

You’re Not Funny by Adam Clarke and Chris Piuma

You’re Not Funny

1 Listeners

And Thereby Hangs A Tale by Adam Clarke

And Thereby Hangs A Tale

1 Listeners

Why Theory by Why Theory

Why Theory

581 Listeners

Classical Stuff You Should Know by A.J. Hanenburg, Graeme Donaldson, and Thomas Magbee

Classical Stuff You Should Know

732 Listeners

Dear Reader by Michael Collins and Emily Gushue Whalen

Dear Reader

1 Listeners

This Is Your Mixtape by Michael Collins

This Is Your Mixtape

10 Listeners

By-The-Bywater: A Podcast about All Things J.R.R. Tolkien by Jared Pechaček, Oriana Scwindt, and Ned Raggett

By-The-Bywater: A Podcast about All Things J.R.R. Tolkien

32 Listeners

The Opposite Of Lonely by Nadia Halim

The Opposite Of Lonely

0 Listeners

A Part Of Our Scare-itage by Adam Clarke and Sarah Chamberlain

A Part Of Our Scare-itage

7 Listeners

The Scene of the Scene by Megaphonic

The Scene of the Scene

0 Listeners

HubrisWeen! by S Frost and Tim Lehnerer

HubrisWeen!

0 Listeners

The Rest Is History by Goalhanger

The Rest Is History

14,438 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

16,035 Listeners

The Atlas Obscura Podcast by SiriusXM and Atlas Obscura

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

1,711 Listeners

Game Show 1939! by Chris Piuma and Michael Collins

Game Show 1939!

2 Listeners

The Opinions by The New York Times Opinion

The Opinions

546 Listeners