Bread & Barricades: A Les Mis Podcast

Cw:  NSFW,  We’re derailed by NSFW before we even start this episode. Genuinely unhinged from minute one and it’s all downhill from there. Seriously, don’t start on this episode if you’re new here. But, in VERY exciting news, it’s time for DAME JAVERT APPRECIATION HOURS. Minato flame decals  Hayden Tee   Barricades Convention    This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio di...

Cw:  child abuse, death mention, stalking, poverty Speaking of life getting out of people’s hands - Nemo embodies the fanfic “oh… oh”, our pantomime takes centre stage and it only takes one double entendre to change how we see Thérnadier getting “on his knees” for Valjean.  Actors weren’t allowed to be buried   This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro...

Cw: misogyny, anti-Indigenous racism, children in poverty, child abuse We start on a real furry-themed high. We assign characters to cosy British cartoon characters, there’s some cave-sexy times, and a painting that we slowly try to decode with zero art historian know-how.  Why Do Birds  This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi...

Cw: misogyny, descriptions of child poverty, implied underage sex work,  Nemo starts by ritualistically humiliating himself and it’s all downhill from there. Éponine is a little non-binary creechure, in spite of Hugo’s real great misogyny, and Stevie and Nemo work real, real hard to push out one cohesive point about class consciousness.  Kim Kitsuragi  Taboo - Hannah Thompson This podcast was prod...

Cw: discussion of poverty and racism Winter has come for Marius, so he goes for a dance before his life becomes a Soulmate AU with a mysterious man with magnificent white hair. We learn about some more holidays including the presentation of the presenting of the presentation of jesus and Marius starts a true crime podcast.   BBC Trans protest speech  Hobbies that don’t hurt you  Bungo Stray Dog is...

cw: description of needles/injection, death mention, anti-Blackness This week we present each other with secondary research all about the festive traditions of 1830s Paris! Perfect for all your fic-writing needs. We learn a lot about fruit, shaving foam and coal mining, and Jean Valjean subscribes to Teen Vogue. Then there’s a distinct tonal change from holiday cheer to anti-war propaganda and the...

Cw: classism, racism, anti-Blackness, anti-Indigenous thought,  Hugo goes down to some depths in an extended metaphor about theatre, and along the way he does some of his greatest hits, including his wittle twinky OCs, some evil poor people and finally some big boi bear OCs. There’s a lot of bad French in this ep, gang! This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction a...

Cw: Hugo’s misogyny, stalking We get more Cosette Watch as Marius trembles for an hour straight. Some nannies fall in love, there’s mud on some boots and Courfeyrac remains the cattiest gay.  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 & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter Bread &...

Cw: mentioned pet death, Hugo’s sexualisation of underage girls, animal death,   Stevie doesn’t defend Marius but Nemo gets assassinated anyway. Hugo has a pantheon of voluptuously-lipped boys, self-confident girls are disagreeable, and Marius loves a DILF.  This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi . It is a Captain's Collectio...

Cw: transphobia, anti-Indiginous racism In a shocking turn of events, it’s another episode about our love of soft old men. We decipher some dreams, we discover more terrible rat facts about Marius, and there’s a betrayal unlike anything you’ve ever heard before. This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi . It is a Captain's Colle...

Cw: discussions of poverty, slavery mention, discussions of unhealthy family dynamics, eating disorder mention, discussion of unhealthy diets,  Hugo does some poverty porn: Marius sells the shirt off his back, learns English and eats half a plate of vegetables. There is some short-lived camaraderie and sympathy, replaced with our constant disdain for Hugo and Marius gets with his dad’s lover’s bro...

Stevie remembers the name of both les Amis and the members of kpop boyband BTS, little boy Marius is adopted into the House of Drag Mama Courfeyrac, Grantaire has a looooooong rant which just proves he’s our ADHD boy and J-Hope Prouvaire takes the stage.   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...

We can’t put it off any longer, it’s finally time to revel in some BOYS! Hugo writes some trope-heavy fics, we relate all of them to our new bae Volataire, and Enjolras doesn’t even notice tiddies!? 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 (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter...

We pay remembrance to the only man who matters,: Marius’ dad, and Marius has a massive hard on for Napoleon. We hate that this novel’s politics is so goddamn relevant in the 21st century and we get massively derailed by an incest subplot, twice.  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...

Cw: death discussion inc. parental death,  We try desperately to pronounce one word, there’s a raunchy tea party that’s protecting pride from corporations, and then Hugo swings to politics that are so present day, it’s almost unbearable.  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...

Hugo crams more about the old man in, and then crams another couple of old men in on top! Oh boy do we have to pronounce a lot of words in this episode, and Nemo gets to talk about their favourite headcanon. 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 (@LesMisPodcast) |...

cw: references to anti-Blackness, anti-Asian and anti-Indigineous thought, descriptions of child abuse, death mention, brief conversation about Christianity We CRACK this novel WIDE open once again. Voltaire makes his goddamn presence known again, we take more stabs at terrible French pronunciation, and we fantasise about another really really tenuous old man (derogatory) ship.  This podcast was p...

cw: rape mentions, racism discussion (specifically anti-ziganism), discussions of anti-sexworker discrimination, death mention, suicide mention, child abuse  Nemo has read CA Shilton’s novel, a prequel of the late Hugo’s novel, and gives it a, uh, compliment open sandwich so you don't have to. This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing was by J...

cw: discussions of child neglect More of the same, says Hugo, leading up to the last chapter, the whole point, the boy, the legend, Gavroche, and we meet our new favourite totally-recurring character: Madame Burgon and her three parrots. 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 &...

cw: homophobic slurs, discussion of ableism, classism, racism, police brutality mention,  From a bundle of sticks to a slur, a smattering of Orientalism, we follow some children and we really, really should know who Voltaire is by this point. Also, a monologue on fandom and a conversation about nationality. This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro comp...

Cw: discussion of class, classism, poverty, child poverty, racism, slavery mention, antisemitism mention,  Foot fetish on main, high speed shuttles, salamander hell, and we dunk on Marius continuously for nearly an hour. Also, the state of theatre, and Gavroche is there. Also, Nemo keeps saying Royal National Opera, but actually means Royal Opera House This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and...

Cw:  discussion about alcohol, death, religion, suicide mention, domestic abuse reference, rape mention, discussion of slavery and incarceration, misogynoir,  We struggle once again to pronounce French words, there’s a frankly unbelievably good dad and go on the most hijinks-iest Cemetery adventure, except Hugo says Tell don’t Show! Though to be fair, we do our words bad too.  This podcast was pro...

Cw:  briefly mentioned antisemitism, extended conversation about religion, death mentions, extremely ableist language, discussion about disability  Being older than twink faceclaims, bad acting, worse word play, some highly erotic amateur softcore porno and the heist finally gets PLANNED. Warning for some extremely English cold reads of words in French, Latin AND Spanish.  This podcast was produce...

Cw: anti-ziganism, anti-Blackness and anti-Asian racism, brief mention of suicide completion, police brutality Nemo reads a paper they gave at Royal Holloway’s Arts and Decolonisation symposium 2021, titled ‘Decidedly, I am beautiful!’, exploring the use of identity euphoria in literary criticism. For a transcript of this episode including references, please go here: https://docs.google.com/docume...

Cw: death mention, discussion of classism and ableism, reference to sexual abuse,  We apologise to Victor Hugo, quickly take the apology back, Jean Valjean and his husband Fauchelevent huddle together for warmth, there’s only one bed, there’s whispered secrets… and the beginning of a heist uwu  This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing was by...