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Kelly Bryan
Kelly Bryan
On a Very Special Episode of the Blooms & Barnacles podcast - it's Dermot's first time leading an episode. He chose ... Read more
27 Feb 2019
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Joyce v. Gogarty
Joyce v. Gogarty
In this episode we tackle the falling out between James Joyce and Oliver St John Gogarty, the origins of the character B... Read more
24 Oct 2018
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Perviest Breakfast
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Nestor
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The Complex Life of Lucia Joyce- (w/Linus Ignatius & Llewie Nuñez)
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Translating Finnegans Wake into Japanese (w/ Kenji Hayakawa)
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Big Words Which Make Us So Unhappy
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Ineluctable Modalities
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Ineluctable modality of the podcast! A discussion of the first paragraph of "Proteus," in which Kelly and Dermot try to ... Read more
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Contransmagnificandjewbangtantiality
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The Nostalgia Trap (w/ Tom O'Leary)
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Nacheinander and Nebeneinander
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Heresiarchs
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Bloomsday in Melbourne (w/ Steve Carey)
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