tipsyturvy Ulysses

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  • Ulysses Ep. 16 Eumaeus: "I believe he is in Dublin somewhere"

    In a rushed but nonetheless delightful episode, Shinjini and Eric catch up with Barry McCrea, their Ph.D. advisor, and introduce Wendy. Together, the four discuss the queerness, sadness, and persistent optimism of "Eumaeus."

    Barry is the Keough Family Chair of Irish Studies, Professor of Comparative Literature, and Concurrent Professor of both Romance Languages and Literatures and Irish Language and Literature. (We joked off-mic that the long list of repetitive, overlapping titles is itself very much like "Eumaeus."


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    Theme song: “Come on Over” by Scalcairn, via Blue Dot Sessions

    Special thanks to Carin Goldberg, whose cover design for the Gabler edition of Ulysses inspired our logo.

    1 hr 9 min
  • Ulysses Ep. 16 Eumaeus: "To cut a long story short"

    Eric leads Wendy and Shinjini through the third-to-last episode of Ulysses, an ugly duckling episode defined by tiredness, cliché, and bad writing. According to Eric, it's all beautiful.

    Libations

    • Eric: Alice Blend, Green Bench Brewing
    • Wendy: Royal Blend Team, Fortnum & Mason
    • Shinjini: fake Earl Grey tea, from a tea bag

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      Theme song: “Come on Over” by Scalcairn, via Blue Dot Sessions

      Special thanks to Carin Goldberg, whose cover design for the Gabler edition of Ulysses inspired our logo.

      1 hr 40 min
    • Ulysses Ep. 15 Circe: "O go on! Give us some parleyvoo"

      Yorkshire girl Wendy ( ‘e by gum she’s a champion) leads the TTU team towards the closing scene of Circe. Unusually, Wendy finds something nice to say about Stephen and the team are excited to discover his playful, funny side (“Mark me. I dreamt of a watermelon”). Their heads “simply swirl” as they discuss music, dancing, and the significance of Shakespearean ventriloquy in this episode (“Hamlet, I am thy father’s gimlet”). Wendy, Shinijni and Eric illuminate the power of Stephen’s defiant spirit, his articulation of anti-colonial sentiment, and his inability to “retain the perpendicular.” Join the TTU team as they dance, sing, and fight their way to the end of our time on Circe’s magical isle.

      Libations:

      • Eric: Kaldi's coffee
      • Wendy: Yorkshire tea (because she's a Yorkshire girl)
      • Shinjini: Earl Grey tea (bagged rather than looseleaf, unfortunately)

        • Mentions:

        • “My Girl’s a Yorkshire Girl” (song)

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          Theme song: “Come on Over” by Scalcairn, via Blue Dot Sessions

          Special thanks to Carin Goldberg, whose cover design for the Gabler edition of Ulysses inspired our logo.

          1 hr 46 min
        • Ulysses Ep. 15 Circe: "Wandering Soap, pray for us"

          Eric leads Wendy and Shinjini through a second episode breaking down the subconscious of Ulysses in "Circe." They discuss Bloom's gender identity as the new womanly man, joy in the body, and Stephen's Telemachian interactions with various potential mentors throughout the day.

          Mentions:

          • The final episode of HBO's The White Lotus, season 1, in which a character evinces Ulyssean joy in the body and defecation, although according to Shinjinii, that one scene doesn't make the show worth watching
          • My Dad Wrote a Porno—an inspiration for tipsyturvy Ulysses that surprisingly illustrates similarly exaggerated misunderstandings of female anatomy, albeit for different reasons

            • Libations:

            • Eric: Ever Clever (double IPA, Bearded Iris Brewing, Nashville, TN)

            • Wendy: Smilin' Eyes, Vol. 2 (dry Irish stout, Wild Heaven Beer, Avondale Estates, GA)

            • Shinjini: nothing, because we recorded too late for caffeine

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              Theme song: “Come on Over” by Scalcairn, via Blue Dot Sessions

              Special thanks to Carin Goldberg, whose cover design for the Gabler edition of Ulysses inspired our logo.


              1 hr 39 min
            • Ulysses Ep. 15 Circe: “You have lashed the dormant tigress in my nature into fury”

              Eric, Wendy, and Shinjini break down the first third of “Circe,” the longest and arguably strangest episode of Ulysses. Along the way, they discuss Bloom's best friend (a bar of soap), naughty letters, Venuses in Furs, the unconscious of the text, and just who—if anyone—understands any of what is happening.

              Also, Eric and Shinjini discover just how talented of an actor Wendy is.

              Mentions:

              Like “Circe” itself, Wendy got referential and sing-songy in this one:

              • The theme to Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected
              • “Walk on the Wild Side,” Lou Reed

                • Eric, although similarly referential, focused on cinema:

                • George Méliès, "A Trip to the Moon"
                • The baby in the Sun on The Teletubbies

                  • Libations:

                  • Eric: Gates of S’Mordor (s’mores-inspired imperial stout, Westbrook Brewing Company, Mount Pleasant, SC)
                  • Wendy: Wake and Bake (coffee oatmeal imperial stout, Terrapin, Athens, GA)
                  • Shinjini: nothing, because we recorded too late for caffeine

                    • Please submit any pressing questions to our Twitter or [email protected].

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                    Theme song: “Come on Over” by Scalcairn, via Blue Dot Sessions

                    Special thanks to Carin Goldberg, whose cover design for the Gabler edition of Ulysses inspired our logo.

                    1 hr 42 min
                  • Ulysses Ep. 14 Oxen of the Sun: “Talis ac tanta depravatio hujus seculi”

                    This episode is an absolute classic, or should we say classicist? The team is joined this week by a teacher of classics, Shane Forde. We return to the National Maternity Hospital and the “Oxen of the Sun” episode where we discuss some of the source texts for the episode, from The Odyssey to anthologies, from Sallustian preludes to a speculative Jane Austen reference.

                    Shane tells us the surprising story of how he came to read Ulysses as a young lad in Ireland, and his story leads us to a new “Mark thesis” when reading some of the denser parts of the episode--tune in to find out what that is! Join Shane and the TTU hosts as they debate style and sources, reflect on why there are no women writers in the "birth of literature" episode, and discuss the philosophies and politics of the chapter.

                    Beverages

                    Shane: Ramsbury 506,’Currahee’ Blonde Beer

                    506 Ale | Blonde Beer | Shop | Ramsbury Estate (ramsburyestates.co.uk)

                    Wendy: Iron Maiden’s Trooper, Trooper – Premium beers from Iron Maiden (ironmaidenbeer.com) and the music video

                    Eric: Athena Paradiso, cherry and black currant sour, Creature Comforts, Athens, GA

                    Shinjini: a nice cup of tea

                    Mentions

                    Donna Tartt, The Secret History, https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-secret-history-donna-tartt/7827917?ean=978140003170

                    Imagining Ulysses, Documentary

                    IFI International | Imagining Ulysses

                    tipsyturvy Ulysses, Episode 14 Oxen of the Sun I https://open.spotify.com/episode/5HOfBpj3d0XDRx5T491xwh?si=ab7af9334eaf4788

                    Annotations to James Joyce’s Ulysses, edited by Slote, Mamigonian, Turner,

                    Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses - Sam Slote; Marc A. Mamigonian; John Turner - Oxford University Press (oup.com)

                    The Book About Everything: Eighteen Artists, Writers, and Thinkers on James Joyce’s Ulysses, edited by Kiberd, Terrinoni, Wilsdon

                    https://www.amazon.com/Book-About-Everything-Declan-Kiberd-ebook/dp/B097VVJ58L

                    1 hr 46 min
                  • Ulysses Ep. 14 Oxen of the Sun: “Hoopsa boyaboy hoopsa!”

                    Eric and Wendy reverse and complicate the gender roles in this maternity hospital-set episode as they discuss their complicated mixed feelings about it. This is our last major boundary for first-time readers: an episode about a drunken hangout that is presented in successive parodies tracing the development of literary style in English. It’s a metaphor for the gestation of a fetus, in an episode set in a maternity hospital–get it? Eric and Wendy each have things they love and things they hate, often in direct conflict with each other, and ultimately have a lot of fun discussing a difficult episode.

                    Libations:

                    • Eric: a “cup of what was temporarily supposed to be called coffee” (16.360), Donut Café Gourmet Coffee Medium Roast (a Kuerig K-Cup) with Land O’Lakes Half and Half (no refrigeration required)
                    • Wendy: Camden Hells Lager (Camden Town, London, UK)

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                      Theme song: “Come on Over” by Scalcairn, via Blue Dot Sessions

                      Special thanks to Carin Goldberg, whose cover design for the Gabler edition of Ulysses inspired our logo.

                      1 hr 16 min
                    • Anniversary Special: "What relation existed between their ages?"

                      February 2 is the birthday of Ulysses, James Joyce, tipsyturvy Ulysses, and one of our hosts! Coincidence? Ulysses is 101, tipsyturvy Ulysses is 1, and we won't specify anyone else's ages. To maintain that ratio of 101 to 1, if our podcast is as successful as Ulysses and is still listened to and discussed at the age of 101 in 2123, Ulysses will be obliged to be 10,201 years old and have been published in 8078 BCE. (Those of you who have read ahead to "Ithaca" are more likely to appreciate this joke.)

                      In this episode, Wendy, Eric, and Shinjini reflect on podcasting about Ulysses for a year, learning more about the novel and podcasting in the process, and having so much fun together. Fingers crossed it's not too self-indulgent!

                      Thanks for joining us to celebrate Ulysses this past year, and we look forward to continuing to do so with you!

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                      Theme song: “Come on Over” by Scalcairn, via Blue Dot Sessions

                      Special thanks to Carin Goldberg, whose cover design for the Gabler edition of Ulysses inspired our logo.

                      53 min
                    • Ulysses Ep. 13 Nausicaa: "What a brute he had been! At it again?"

                      “At it again” indeed. Wendy, Shinjini, and Eric revisit the "Nausicaa" episode but not before Eric exorcizes a few Cyclopian ghosts. Wendy leads the episode and goes rogue by selecting the themes she loves and hates rather than the extracts. This leads to a passionate defense of Gerty MacDowell, a titillating discussion of female pleasure and fantasy, and the friends "getting angry at all the right things." Join them for an in-depth discussion of love and lurid literature that might just be a bit “cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo.”

                      Libations

                      Wendy - immune-boosting herbal infusion (that includes blackcurrants!)

                      Eric - Athena Paradiso, Berliner Weisse, German-Style Tart Wheat Ale with Fruit, specifically blackberries and black currants (his new favorite!), Creature Comforts, Athens, GA

                      Shinjini - green tea with a literary twist

                      Mentions - “Why you couldn’t eat something p5oetical like violets or roses”

                      • What in God’s name is a currant?
                      • Black currants and red currants? Now it’s just getting silly.
                      • Eccles Street - O.K., but what is an Eccles Cake?

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                        Theme song: “Come on Over” by Scalcairn, via Blue Dot Sessions

                        Special thanks to Carin Goldberg, whose cover design for the Gabler edition of Ulysses inspired our logo.

                        1 hr 21 min
                      • Ulysses Ep. 12 Cyclops: “Love loves to love love”

                        Wendy loves “Cyclops.” Eric loves “Cyclops.” But do they love it for the same reasons? In a follow-up to our previous “Cyclops” episode, we discuss the parodies that interrupt the scene in Barney Kiernan’s pub.

                        Libations:

                        • Eric: Dad’s Original Scotch Oatmeal Cookie Stout (O’Fallon Brewery, Maryland Heights, MO)
                        • Wendy: A bit of Baileys Irish Cream

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                          Theme song: “Come on Over” by Scalcairn, via Blue Dot Sessions

                          Special thanks to Carin Goldberg, whose cover design for the Gabler edition of Ulysses inspired our logo.

                          1 hr 46 min

                        About tipsyturvy Ulysses

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                        Three friends, and an occasional guest, talk about the fun bits of James Joyce's Ulysses over a beer, episode by episode. In each episode, we—Eric, Wendy, and Shinjini—will explore the parts of…