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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