PequodPod

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this episode, we interview our special guest Dr. Jonathan A. Cook about the biblical sources of Moby-Dick . Dr. Cook is the author of Inscrutable Malice: Theodicy, Eschatology, and the Biblical Sources of Moby-Dick  and many other fascinating articles on Melville's oeuvre. We talk Jonah & Job, Peleg & perorat...

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. This is a big one. Father Mapple is bringing down the house at the Whaleman's Chapel. We talk Jonah and Paul, Chronometricals and Horologicals, swinging lamps and more!  If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/PequodPod Please also consid...

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this episode, we interview our special guest Rufai Shardow, park ranger at New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park . We talk about the history of New Bedford and cover a range of topics including the indigenous history of the area, Quakers, abolitionism, and whether Frederick Douglass and Herman Melville ever met! If...

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. This episode, we meet Father Mapple and see him mount his pulpit. But it is quite a special pulpit.  If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/PequodPod Please also consider telling a friend about the show. Word of mouth is the best way to sprea...

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. This week, PequodPod goes to church! We read some spooky cenotaphs, hear about Tristan's taphophobia, and consider getting hitched at the Seaman's Bethel in New Bedford. If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/PequodPod Please also c...

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this episode, we interview our special guest Adam Mellion from the blog All Visible Objects . We talk about his Melvillean sleuthing, from busts to Antarctica, and track down the true origin of the brand name Starbucks. While we do discuss the company Starbucks on this episode, this is in no way meant as an advertisement...

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this episode, we interview our special guest Dr. Steve Mentz about his excellent poetry collection Sailing without Ahab . We talk blue humanities, recasting Moby-Dick without its most tyrannical character, swimming, and more! Dr. Steve Mentz is department chair and professor of English at St John’s University. As well as...

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. Here is a free preview of our inaugural Melville at the Movies episode. We discuss John Huston's 1956 Moby Dick, starring Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, Richard Basehart as Ishmael, Leo Genn as Starbuck, Orson Welles as Father Mapple, and with a knockout performance by Harry Andrews as Stubb.  This is definitely a folio-...

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. This week, we hit the streets of New Bedford and view some queer-looking nondescripts, especially some downright bumpkin dandies! If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/PequodPod Please also consider telling a friend about the show. Word of m...

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. *SPOILERS for Moby-Dick and Game Changers Series* In this episode, we interview our special guest Dr. Hester Blum about her fascinating article “Heated Rivalry” Is the “Moby-Dick” of Canadian Gay Hockey Shows . We talk genre, MM Romance, queer eschatologies, and more! Dr. Hester Blum is the Lynne Cooper Harvey Distinguished...

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. Hope you're hungry because this is a big boy breakfast! Hot rolls, pea coffee, beefsteaks done rare! In this episode, Tristan, Meg & Jonny talk Ishmael's reaction to Peter Coffin's skylarking, complexion as an indicator of nautical know-how, and what precisely their tummies rumble for in the morning. If yo...

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. *SPOILERS for Moby-Dick and Mosses from an Old Manse* In this episode, we interview our special guest Dr. Mark Noble about why Melville dedicated Moby-Dick to somebody named Nathaniel Hawthorne. Dr. Mark Noble is Associate Professor of English at Georgia State University, where he teaches American literature and critical the...

CONTENT WARNING: Tristan's spooky sleep paralysis story. Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this episode, our hosts Tristan Bavol-Marques, Meg Fancher, and Jonny Wiles analyze Chapter 5 of Moby-Dick, The Counterpane. In this chapter, Queequeg and Ishmael snuggle, Ishmael relates a striking childhood memory, and Queequeg shaves with his harpoon. If you...

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this episode, our hosts Tristan Bavol-Marques, Meg Fancher, and Jonny Wiles dive deep into the second half of Chapter 3 of Moby-Dick : The Spouter-Inn. In this portion of the chapter, Ishmael snoops around his roommate's stuff, undresses while thinking about comely harpooneers, and finally has his fateful encounter w...

PequodPod has some new music created by Lost in the Loop  and sound engineer Lauren Ayton. Here is the full track.

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this episode, our hosts Tristan Bavol-Marques, Meg Fancher, and Jonny Wiles dive deep into the first half of Chapter 3 of Moby-Dick : The Spouter-Inn. In this portion of the chapter, Ishmael enters the Spouter-Inn, gets driven distracted by a boggy, soggy, squitchy picture, checks out a hunk named Bulkington, and is gener...

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. *SPOILERS for Moby-Dick and Benito Cereno* In this episode, we interview our special guest Naima Karczmar about her Leviathan article “Encyclopedic Raciality: Geo-Ethnographic Speculation in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick.” Naima is a PhD candidate in English and Critical Theory at UC Berkeley, where she works on racial ep...

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this episode, our hosts Tristan Bavol-Marques, Meg Fancher, and Jonny Wiles dive deep into Chapter 2 of Moby-Dick : The Carpet-Bag. In this chapter, Ishmael pokes around New Bedford looking for a not-too-jolly place to spend the night. If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by j...

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this episode, our hosts Tristan Bavol-Marques, Meg Fancher, and Jonny Wiles dive deep into the actual beginnings of Moby-Dick : the Etymology and Extracts sections. These are extremely interesting and not to be skipped or glossed over. If you enjoy the show, please consider helping us defray the costs of making it by join...

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this pilot episode, our hosts Tristan Bavol-Marques, Meg Fancher, and Jonny Wiles sound the depths of Chapter 1 of  Moby-Dick , Loomings. We recognize that this is by no means the start of the book, and our next episode, Episode 0, is on the Etymology and Extracts. If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the...