Towards Thee I Roll: Four Friends Read Moby-Dick

Episode 11: Footnote City

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Ahoy! We're back to talk about this book again! Big surprise!

Let's just get right into it – this is a pretty big moment! We finally get the title card drop in chapter 41, Moby Dick, and what can only be described as Footnote City, in chapter 42, The Whiteness of the Whale.

Other talking points include, but are not limited to:

  • God
  • Modes of transformation in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom
  • The insightful parallels between shooting a gun and giving birth
  • Bringing it back to #TeamAhab
  • How Moby Dick is a Dragon’s Dogma-like (and vice versa!)
  • Ice cream and cat monoliths like in 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Matthew’s hatred (for horses)
  • Our definition of fortnight
  • Fortnite
  • Fireworks
  • And cycling!

    • Wow. How could they possibly cover all of that insightful knowledge in a mere hour and thirty nine minutes? Listen to find out.

    Until next time! :)

    Chapters covered: 41. Moby Dick to 42. The Whiteness of the Whale.

    Links and Notes:

    • Our theme music is by Josie Brechner. Find more of her work at ⁠josiebrechner.com⁠ and ⁠visager.bandcamp.com⁠.
    • Find the podcast on Cohost at ⁠cohost.org/mobydick⁠ or ⁠@TowardsThee⁠ on Twitter. And thanks to our followers for bearing with our increasingly cryptic posting that only makes sense weeks later.
    • CALL US at (510) 764-DICK [3425‬] if you've got any questions you'd like us to read on the air (or go to ⁠anchor.fm/towardsthee/message⁠)!
    • You can also send us questions the boring way at ⁠ej.uz/ttir⁠.

      • 🗣: Dibbs (at Edinburgh Fringe), Karlis (wandering the streets of Scotland), Lattner (twitch.tv/anlattner), and Matthew (⁠@mrfb⁠ and mrfb.itch.io).

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      Towards Thee I Roll: Four Friends Read Moby-DickBy Dibbs, Karlis, Lattner, and Matthew