Bread & Barricades: A Les Mis Podcast

Cw: reference to domestic and child abuse, discrimination against incarcerated people,  Nemo and Stevie are together at long last! This week we stare at a wall! It's the day after the wedding and Hugo immediately comes at us with his usual  gross bullshit. Valjean makes his confession because he’s a (stupidly) honest man, and Cosette is transformed into … “a woman”. Marius thinks he’s galaxy brain...

Cw: descriptions of grief, dehumanisation and incarceration Jean Valjean goes home to have sad flashbacks about Cosette's childhood, then wrestles with a new dilemma. Then we talk about Murderbot quite a bit before going back to him being sad, untherapised and traumatised.   This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi . It is a Captain's Collect...

Cw: suicide reference, racism mention, anti-LGBT policits reference,  Straight out the gate with derailed impure thoughts about Valjean, then it's onto the wedding of a century. It's Mardis Gras and this old man needs to yell at a cloud before another old man gives a wedding speech!    This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi . It is a Captai...

Cw: suicide mention, referenced homophobia Burying gold in forests, shipper's goggles make us sad, and we get obsessed with numbers yet again (p0ur 1 6ut 4 2avert). Hugo thrills us with civil status, violet scents and an old man dresses his granddaughter-in-law in his mistress's clothes, then we talk for a while about masculinity.   Listen to Asian Pirate Musical now!  This podcast was produced by...

Cw: death mention, graphic injury description, drug use mention We made a joke about never coming back…. And then went away for a while. But we’re back and with more chaotic energy than ever! Javert’s ghost haunts other characters in the hunt for Valjean, and Hugo says happy pride before we settle in for our hardest job yet… caring about Marius.    This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin. The aud...

Cw: conversations about death, suicide, Trump mention Our favourite girly goes through it… for the last time. Just like Javert, we are quite thoroughly derailed.  The Penal Code document mentioned  Henri Gisquet   This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi . It is a Captain's Collection Creation . Bread & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitt...

Cw: implications of suicide, death,  Hugo starts us off with some equal opportunity foot fetish, the return of a knob, and Javert and Valjean meet again in filthy circumstances. Javert and Valjean have a tense cab ride around town, Marius narrowly escapes becoming the protagonist of a different musical and if an old man can change, then so can other people. I talk about Nestor. It's not Nestor, it...

Cw: description of drowning, death, sewage,  [re-uploaded, apologies for the incorrect audio] Hugo sucks us in with a horrifying account of the sewers, Jean Valean struggles through the sewers, gets down on his knees, only to be met with a familiar and talkative face. Order The Construction of Race in Les Mis Fanworks here  ER Martian fic   This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin. The audio direc...

Cw: discussions of sewage, getting lost in the dark, references to suicide, death,  Hugo takes us into the horrors of the sewers, where our smart boy is led by the hand of God. A criminal goes for a stroll by the Seine, pursued by a tall man who is more attractive than Chris Evans… and we finally reach the culmination of a bready bit.    This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin. The audio directio...

Cw: sinophobia, discussion of sewage,  We dive into the sewers and for the first time ever, Hugo might be right about science, and also teaches us some new words?? We say the word cloaca about seventy thousand times, the English are respectable, and we find Javert's Inspection Chamber ;) Also, did you know the origin of the word OOZE? Prepare yourself because Nemo and Stevie have a LOT of passion...

Cw: discussions of death, blood, battle wounds Open your death notes because it's time to catalogue some boy death! Someone is lost in translation, Marius is bloodied and Hugo is epic. Enjolras canonically kisses a man twice… and then the iconic scene we've all been waiting for. Tumblr post mentioned: https://www.tumblr.com/killingsboys/759352148052033536   This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin...

Cw: death mention, discussion of racism/colonialist mentality,  Valjean and Javert explore some bondage together in the alleyway behind the tavern. We delight in this. And then Hugo reminds us that he was indeed a white man from the nineteenth century as he teaches us about protest and colonial power.  This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi...

Cw: descriptions of break-ups, drug use and addiction, body dysmorphia and weight, self-hatred, alcohol drinking, suicide mention Two people who are, at heart, sixty years old, go to the digital club to give YOU the rundown of which Les Miserables character corresponds to which song from Charlie XCX's album brat. Featuring angsty breakup ER, egg Marius and many romcom realisations.  This podcast w...

Cw: drug mention, child death mention, description of child poverty, starvation, blood mention, injury description, suicide mention We discuss an album that was not made for us (but which becomes increasingly more imprinted on our souls), another person has pissed off Hugo so we get another session of Opinion Time, and it's time to get sad about bread. We rejoin the barricade and witness the prepa...

Cw: descriptions of warfare, gun violence, death, child death, race riots,  Nemo and Stevie boil in their own sweat as the barricade comes under cannon fire. Valjean performs some sick snipes, the National Guard cause unnecessary bloodshed, there's some hope – and then despair. Pull the Trigger piglet https://iguanamouth.tumblr.com/post/72395907923     This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin. The...

Cw: description of death, war mention, misogyny This week Hugo predicts the 2024 UK election, the barricade is filled with autistic men who appreciate the engineering of a canon, and Gavroche makes all the boys tremble. And hold on to your garters because we have an extended portion where Victor Hugo tells us in extreme detail what he thinks of young womens' bedrooms.  This podcast was produced by...

Cw: mention of plane crash, war mention Nemo and Stevie record the first cross-continental episode, we talk about Hugo's hatred of Taylor Swift's lifestyle, lions and phoenixes, and Hugo/Enjolras' hope for a united states of Europe. There's some thinking about politics and then Javert and Enjolras have some kinky times on a table with some rope.   'The worse side, [Enjolras] cannot imagine. He’s p...

Cw: death, execution, children dying of starvation, sex work discrimination,   Welcome to season 5, in which there are some new barricade men to ship, which Providence means Nemo has links to them. These barricades are inspired by our main boy barricade, which has some leadership issues. Mods are asleep, alcohol is banned, and some student boys do some pontification before choosing who should leav...

Cw: threats to a child, descriptions of gun warfare This episode is mostly about a Sumo! Grantaire AU. If you want to cut straight back to the actual story, it begins at 14:15. Valjean reads a letter and struggles with the overwhelming desire to murder Marius (mood) before getting dressed and heading out. The little King of the Barricades shows us how it’s done and takes us to the end of the fourt...

Cw: death, references to incest and implied pedophilia,  Eponine becomes a mermaid, cursed Marriage AUs, and the most heroic child (and secret leader of the barricade) goes on a mission. We solve a mystery involving a blotter, and then Hugo gives us a moral conundrum to really chew on.    This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasab...

Cw: death, warfare, descriptions of injury, Put on your mourning clothes, lads, it’s time for THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (aka time for everyone to die). Bravo to an old man, live slug reactions, an isekai’d Marius and Fs in the chat for our bestest gal. Au Clair de la lune (not the Dubussy): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Au_clair_de_la_lune   Mabeuf images: https://secoursrouge.org/wp-content/uploads/s...

Cw: police brutality, description of injury, death, suicidal ideation, disassociation, warfare, emotional manipulation in a relationship,  We build the WORLD’S STRONGEST AU to start this (unfortunate rerecord episode). The barricades are up and (surprise!) we’re already facing death. Enjolras shows us what leadership means to him, Hugo has a lot of hope for the future (yikes), and Marius tests our...

Cw: distant firework noises, misogyny, description of protest, guns, references to antisemitic conspiracy theories, references to zionism, Nemo does some live foley work as we BUILD A BARRICADE! That’s right! Furniture is turned upside down! Cobblestones are uprooted! Hugo is a misogynist! There are tanned, sexy dockworkers and pale twinks, and Javert wishes he had the hands of a linen-maid!    Th...

Cw: death mention, misogyny, fatphobia, racism, Islamophobia, sex work, reference to war,  alcohol abuse, imperialism, referenced eugenicism / nazism In a strange turn of events, it’s back to in-person recordings as we get the history of the Corinthe, including an excellent chef, a new old man we love (RIP), some new Hugolian women, before we head over to the Brunch Before the Revolution where we...

Cw: fatphobia, descriptions of war wounds, gender essentialism, descriptions of protest This week, Nemo encounters a time loop version of themself before starting a fun fact corner about Hugo, dates and revolution. What if Victor Hugo was President of France?? Lamarque’s funeral continues and we get some precious time with our son Gavroche as he goes on some adventures.    This podcast was produce...