Bread & Barricades: A Les Mis Podcast

Cw: conversation about death, mention of death by cholera and covid, discussion of police brutality Today we announce Stevie’s anticipated Kill List, where they anticipate what order the Barricade Boys will die in. We finally learn who General Lamarque is, just in time for his funeral to get started. Let’s get this rebellion/insurrection/riot started! This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and J...

Cw: death mention, coloniser apologism, depressing British politics,  Doctor Javert reveals their real name, and Stevie airs some quality, freshly minted fanfic. And then it’s time for a Hugo essay. This time it’s about riots and insurrection. There’s a lot of “Hugo what?” and “:( Hugo, yeah,” and “oh Hugo you naive fool…” as we ask where was Hugo on January 6th? This podcast was produced by Nemo...

The barricade boys meet for brunch and prinks before going to Lamarque’s funeral, but who cares about that, it’s time for Marius to be sad (again!) Also, Mabeuf is here, and it’s only downhill for him . Nemo is elated, Stevie is devastated. This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi . It is a Captain's Collection Creation . Bread...

Cw: dysfunctional / emotional abusive family,  Some distance made the heart grow fonder, right? Our unexplained absence was just method acting for this chapter, in which Marius returns to beg his daddy for money. There’s some funky gender, some inability to be sincere and what people will do for inheritance. This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro com...

Cw: threatened violence against a woman, antisemitism (?), slavery, threatening suicide, references to domestic abuse A totally normal amount of time has passed since our last episode, don’t even worry about it. Marius is back, back again to our unending pleasure, and he continues to hate crime our girl Éponine right in time for the attack on Rue Plumet, and we conceptualise our new favourite bit:...

Cw: death and suicide mention This week, Nemo and Stevie talk the West End show as seen in Feb 2023, including its updated staging, the pros/cons of a revolve, and Javert’s desperate grunting (in a homoerotic kind of way).  This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing was by JDWasabi . It is a Captain's Collection Creation . Bread & Barricades (@...

Cw: islamophobia mention, antisemitism mention, misogyny, amanormativity, sex work mention, death mention We start strong this week with VOLTAIRE FACTS,  and then we go into a real AROMANTIC WEEK celebration with Hugo being SO NORMAL about some CHASTE ROMANCING, thus beginning the downwards spiral of feminism.  This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro...

Cw: discussions of incarceration, childhood poverty, anti-Blackness, death,  We make some excellent AUs, then dive back into Hugo’s big brain essay, which then devolves, as ever, into Hugo’s Going Off about Truth, Enlightenment, and Revolution, which we try really, really hard to understand. Plus, some quotes to make you sad about our present, and some quotes to give you hope. Noli Me Tangere Led...

Cw: prisons, incarceration in Australia and in the UK, depictions of classism, racism, descriptions of wounds, antiziganism, discussion of homophobic language,  This week we think about Australia, and then go deep, deep into Hugo’s fun world of slang. As usual, he has opinions. Some of them we agree with but. Not like this. Never like this, Hugo.    définition : dévisser le coco     This podcast w...

Cw: child poverty, use of slur for Inuit people, human zoos, freak shows, minstrel performances, anti-Indigenous thought, incarceration, violence, Nemo goes to see a little-known musical, and we continue to love our boy Gavroche, who lives in an elephant. We apologise to another White Man for their interpretation of the novel, get really, really sad about children, then pivot to a prison heist.  ...

Cw: stalking being romanticised, referenced child abuse, descriptions of childhood poverty and homelessness,  It’s finally time for two lovebirds to meet. The wettest, most effervescent event of the century. Then a real pivot to some boys. Some actual boys. Some sad boys, wet boys, cold cold boys - and we have a wild revelation about our bestest boy, made canonical.   This podcast was produced by...

Cw: stalking, Romani stereotypes, descriptions of a woman in peril (spoilers she’s fine),  Cosette is home alone and some spooky, scary goings on happen around her… Hugo brings up blood quantum,  we all know that Cosette is about to have some werewolf love encounters, and Touissant is a true crime podcast aficionado. Also, screw poetry.    Cosette’s blood post by Pilf  The quote about Hugo, Olympu...

cw: unreality, stalking, death mention Welcome to our super special 100th episode of C'est-à-dire: A Marius Watch Podcast, brought to you by your hosts Courfeyrac and Combeferre! SFX: Sea: https://freesound.org/people/Philip_Goddard/sounds/277443/ Chair: https://freesound.org/people/JohnsonBrandEditing/sounds/173940/ Door slam: https://freesound.org/people/k398jfks93hfbvk/sounds/465346/ Forest amb...

Cw: injury detail, discussion of sex work, imprisonment, poverty (including child poverty), anti-Blackness,  This week some Dads being dads and not going to therapy, Gavroche is back in time to witness the formation of a brand new ship, Hugo talks about the 2022 Cost of Living Crisis, Nemo gets protective about Montparnasse and we return to our favourite canonical trans man.   Gavroche musical  Nè...

Cw: death by drowning, incest discussion, incarceration, descriptions of abuse and police violence, discussion of racism, PTSD and disassociation Welcome to the new era (aka the Queen is dead), peasants. Today we do a deep dive into the trauma of Victor Hugo’s daughter’s death, its effect on Hugo’s “squalid” sexual behaviour and Valjean’s treatment of Cosette. Andrew Davies comes up again. It kind...

Cw: discussion of ableism, paedophilia and colonialism,  In an alternate world, Ariel and Nemo would be running a Disney podcast. As it is, you’re stuck with us, talking about Les Mis, until such time as Dark! Benji and Autumn rise. We start with some disability theory, Hugo’s ghost permeates all, some ruminations on the podcast. Also, Les Mis is a comedy when it’s at its best.  Schor, Naomi. “Bli...

Cw:  referenced sex work, death mention, Hugo the lolicon We attempt to solve the sexy mystery of Chad Sexy Garden versus Virginal tick Garden, we get Hugo’s opinions on the education of women and Catholic schoolgirls, and Jean Valjean is a prolific reader (aka Autistic King). We touch upon some complex thoughts about Cosette, who she is, and how we talk about her.  This podcast was produced by Ne...

Cw: mention of death in childbirth, Nazi mention, genocide mention, disability discussion, ableism mention, sexual content  That’s right it’s another Voltaire-heavy episode because once the obsession starts, it just won’t stop. We’ve got catty gossip, disability privilege, and we have more sad fanfic ideas for our boy Fauchelevent. Nemo quotes a lot from the book ‘Passionate Minds’ by David Bodani...

Cw: abortion as metaphor, depression mention, conversations about incarceration, NSFW conversations Slutty slutty Javert is back, and he’s got a criminal to catch and a jail of men to get secrets out of. We then move over for some Daddy Beef and little Gremlin action, and then we become drunk girls in a bathroom telling Eponine she can do better.  (ps. Go listen to Trice Forgotten ;D)  This podcas...

Cw:  racism (specifically anti-Blackness and slavery discussion), Christianity and colonisation discussion, sex work mention, misogyny, grooming mention,  We start off with a mini-special, looking at reviews of Les Mis that came out in the South of the USA in the Civil War, including the most radical takedown of Marius we’ve ever seen, before finally bringing the story back to the barricade boys,...

Cw:  imperialism, conversation about “savages”, and “darkness” Our final foray into Hugo’s sexy twink, REALITY. This :) book :) is :) relatable :) as we talk about monarchy, poverty and communism in a week where the UK celebrates the Queen’s Jubilee. Glad we :) live in the future :) and none of Hugo’s issues are current issues :)) Les Mis Jubilee plate (they got ratio’d and deleted lmao) Joe Biden...

Cw: extended conversation about war, protests and revolutions, transness, COVID, paedophilia mention,  This week we talk about sheds for a bit, which becomes relevant, for sure. Stevie is a man of the people, we push through chats about Enj’s pepis and Nemo tries real hard to concentrate as we learn about a “few” pages of grossly relevant history and his thoughts on REALITY. Blorbo on white backgr...

Stevie lays their plans for their one man panto, continues to have a breakdown over their cop boyfriend, Javert, and we watch the ultimate police procedural full of 100% hot people. Also, a revelation about Javert’s canonically being gay…   Barricades Convention  This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi . It is a Captain's Coll...

Cw: suicide mention, familial loss, racism inc anti-Indigenous and anti-Blackness, vivid description of branding,  Nemo and Stevie are perhaps their most feral this episode. They start out as sewer rats, Valjean is trapped in a trap and becomes the Batman, and Nemo wins their great, 4-year-in-the-making con.  Barricades Convention  Sewer photos of Nemo and Stevie   This podcast was produced by Nem...

Cw:  child abuse reference, suicide reference,  Stevie, Nemo and Marius are brave little meow meows. Stevie remembers their obsession with lighting, we think about some long… sharp… sticks, and there’s a clown car of boys. We also get into a conversation about who Valjean’s actual foil is.  Barricades Convention    This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and in...