Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast

Chapters 23-25: "The Lee Shore," "The Advocate," "Postscript"


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Talia talks with Adam Serwer, staff writer at the Atlantic, about three of the wildest and most delightful chapters in Moby-Dick: The Lee Shore, the Advocate, and Postscript. We talk about May Day, and Melville's passionate argument for the dignity of the common laborer; whether monarchs were truly anointed with whale oil; un-alienated whaling labor; essential workers; and more. "Drive down your hat in presence of the Czar, and take it off to Queequeg!"

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Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick PodcastBy Talia Lavin

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