Podcasts by Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast
A chapter by chapter breakdown of the greatest, weirdest American novel, "Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale." Theme song by Noam Hassenfeld.
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Chapters 52-54:"The Albatross,""The Gam,""The Town-Ho's Story" from 2021-01-22T19:00
Talia talks with Beth Skwarecki, senior health editor at Lifehacker, about three fascinating chapters. That's right -- we're BACK! After 33 episodes last year, we're off on the se...
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Chapters 50&51:"Ahab’s Boat and Crew. Fedallah"&"The Spirit-Spout" from 2020-12-10T13:00
Talia talks to author and producer Jay Bushman, author the new book "Novel Advice," about two marvellous chapters of this book. We're back, babey!!!! With an Agony Aunt letter fro...
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Chapters 48&49:"The First Lowering"and"The Hyena" from 2020-11-17T13:00
Prefacing this episode is Talia's prank call to the Trump Voter Fraud hotline.
This episode Talia talks to the lovely, gentle-voiced and brilliant Lili Loofbourow, a staff writer a...
Chapters 46&47:"Surmises"and"The Mat-Maker" from 2020-11-03T14:00
Talia talks with Sarah Marshall, of the "You're Wrong About" and "Why Are Dads" podcasts, about 2 odd marooned mid-40s chapters of the book. It's Sarah's first...
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Chapter 45:"The Affidavit" from 2020-10-12T14:00
Talia talks with New York Times bestselling author Morgan Jerkins about the bizarre and wonderful chapter "The Affidavit." With clips from "Matilda," asides about dairy, and ...
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Chapters 43&44:"Hark!"and"The Chart" from 2020-09-28T16:00
Talia talks to Justin Scheck (@ScheckWSJ) about a short chapter and a longer chapter, which are also a comical chapter and a profound chapter. In "Hark!" we see a bit more of daily lif...
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Chapter 42:"The Whiteness of the Whale" from 2020-09-21T17:00
Talia talks to vaunted Melville scholar Christopher Freeburg about an infamous, complex and fascinating episode, "The Whiteness of the Whale." We discuss the meaning of whiteness, fill...
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Chapter 41:"Moby Dick" from 2020-09-09T12:00
Talia talks to James Beard Award nominated writer Rax King about Chapter 41, "Moby Dick." It's an encapsulation of the book in miniature: we talk about the feared whale himself, i...
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Chapter 40:"Midnight: Forecastle" from 2020-08-27T12:00
A RADIO PLAY.
First, Talia talks to Akela Lacy, reporter at the Intercept, about the strange, drunken dream of this chapter; its racialized elements; and the feelings of Pip, the B...
Chapters 37-39:"Sunset,""Dusk,""First Night-Watch" from 2020-08-14T15:00
Talia talks with grand dame of stage and screen Natalie Walker (@nwalks) about these three Very Dramatic chapters. Reading aloud and Singing ensue.
Soundscape, editing and production b...
Chapter 36:"The Quarter-Deck" from 2020-07-30T13:00
I talk with Donni Saphire (@donni on Twitter) about the beginning of a stellar run of theatrical chapters. In "The Quarter-Deck," Ahab emerges and presents his quest for vengeance to t...
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Chapter 35:"The Mast-Head" from 2020-07-13T23:00
Talia talks to the smart and charming Maris Kreizman of the literary podcast the Maris Review about a curious and wonderful chapter, "The Mast-Head," about standing watch on a whaleshi...
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Chapter 34:"The Cabin-Table" from 2020-07-08T14:00
Talia talks to Kristian Fischer about a wonderful & strange chapter about dinner on the Pequod; the sailor's Kristian's dated; Jungian analysis of Moby-Dick; and the power of liter...
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Chapter 32:"The Specksnyder" from 2020-06-29T12:00
Talia talks to Isaac, an Aussie comrade, about a curious chapter that feature's a capsule theory of the corrupting nature of power. Is Melville an anarchist? Is Australia upside down? We ex...
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Chapter 32:"Cetology" from 2020-06-15T15:00
Talia talks to Lisa Munger, a marine biologist specializing in marine biological acoustics, about the legendary Chapter 32, "Cetology," featuring Ishmael's frankly bizarre, wonder...
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Chapters 29-31:"Enter Ahab, to him Stubb,""The Pipe,""Queen Mab" from 2020-06-12T13:00
Talia talks with Manu Saadia, author of "Trekonomics," about 2020's protests, the rot at the heart of America, the moral core of the country being on the streets, racism from Amer...
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Chapter 28:"Ahab" from 2020-05-29T14:00
WE FINALLY MEET CAPTAIN AHAB. Talia's guest is Mary Davenport, a seminary student at Yale Divinity School, and we talk about the Biblical burdens of kingship, Ahab's livid birthmark, M...
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Chapters 26&27:"Knights and Squires" from 2020-05-20T20:00
In Moby Dick Energy's longest--and most leftist--episode to date, Talia talks with the writer and teacher Nandini Balial about the crew of the Pequod. We meet Starbuck, Stubb, Flask, Tashte...
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EMERGENCY EPISODE: Chapter 22!! from 2020-05-05T13:00
Talia talks with our Bildad and Peleg correspondent Alexandra Petri in this emergency episode, which is an emergency episode because Talia is a bit of an idiot and skipped Chapter 22 by accident...
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Chapters 23-25:"The Lee Shore,""The Advocate,""Postscript" from 2020-05-01T15:00
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 D...
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Chapter 21:"Going Aboard" from 2020-04-25T10:00
Talia talks with journalist and author Jonathan Katz about a particularly strange and wonderful chapter, in which we learn that Queequeg sits on people's butts as a chaise lounge, and compa...
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Chapters 19&20:"The Prophet"and"All Astir" from 2020-04-16T22:00
Talia hangs out with her good pal Jim Higdon and we talk about the on-the-nose foreshadowing of having a poxy sailor named Elijah prophesy about Ahab. We also talk about provisioning a whaleship...
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Chapters 17&18:"The Ramadan"and"His Mark" from 2020-04-08T17:00
Despite some technical audio difficulties, Talia chats to historian Eric Rauchway about two chapters that are delightfully heavy on Queequeg. We discuss the tiki craze of mid-20th century Americ...
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Chapter 16:"The Ship" from 2020-04-01T20:00
These are ominous times, and difficult ones. I hope this podcast can provide some solace as we all ride in our lonely whaleboats through a storm-toss't sea.
Talia talks with Alexan...
Chapter 15:"Chowder" from 2020-03-27T18:00
In a star-studded episode of the podcast, Talia talks with Kat Kinsman, senior editor of Food & Wine; Helen Rosner, food correspondent for the New Yorker; and Pete Wells, restaurant critic f...
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Chapter 14:"Nantucket" from 2020-03-18T18:00
Hello my beloveds! Here is a new Moby Dick Energy for these troubled times. I don't have my podcast mic with me in self-isolation, so the sound quality is not ideal. Apologies! This episode...
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Chapters 12&13:"Biographical"and"Wheelbarrow" from 2020-03-09T13:00
Talia talks to Jeet Heer, legendary Twitter personality and correspondent for the Nation, about two chapters that delve into Queequeg's biography. We talk about the Melville revival in the ...
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Chapters 10&11:"A Bosom Friend"and"The Nightgown" from 2020-03-02T07:00
"...he pressed his forehead against mine, clasped me round the waist, and said that henceforth we were married..."
Things get hot and heavy -- physically and linguistically -...
Chapter 9:"The Sermon" from 2020-02-24T18:00
Talia talks with Noam Hassenfeld, reporter, producer and COMPOSER OF THE THEME SONG FOR THE SHOW, about Chapter 9 -- a fabulously nautical sermon on the Book of Jonah. We discuss faith, uncertai...
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Chapters 7&8:"The Chapel"and"The Pulpit" from 2020-02-17T07:00
Talia talks with the brilliant Grace Lavery, associate professor of English at UC Berkeley, about chapters 7 & 8, "The Chapel" and "The Pulpit." We discuss the nature of ...
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Chapters 5&6:"Breakfast"and"The Street" from 2020-01-20T22:00
Talia talks with comedian Jamie Loftus about chapters 5 and 6, "Breakfast" and "The Street." We talk about breakfast, social anxiety, the New Bedford Whaling Museum, the fals...
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Chapters 3&4:"The Spouter-Inn"and"The Counterpane" from 2020-01-20T20:00
Talia is joined by writer Moira Donegan to discuss chapters 3 and 4 of Moby-Dick, "The Spouter-Inn" and "The Counterpane." The book is starting to get delightfully gay and we...
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Chapter 2:"The Carpet-Bag" from 2020-01-20T19:00
I'm joined by Connor Goldsmith, a senior literary agent at Fuse Literary who has never read Moby-Dick, to discuss chapter 2, "The Carpet-Bag." We talk about Vanderpump Rules, Juda...
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Chapter 1:"Loomings" from 2020-01-18T16:00
Talia Lavin and David Roth discuss Chapter 1 of Moby-Dick, "Loomings." We also discuss the weird life of Herman Melville, how we fell in love with this book, and introduce the podcast....
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Chapter 1:"Loomings" from 2020-01-18T16:00
Talia Lavin and David Roth discuss Chapter 1 of Moby-Dick, "Loomings." We also discuss the weird life of Herman Melville, how we fell in love with this book, and introduce the podcast....
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