Bread & Barricades: A Les Mis Podcast

Cw: long discussions about religion, abuse in a religious context, religious trauma, orientalism, racism, islamophobia, suicide mention,  Hugo finds a way to specifically make both Stevie and Nemo inscened in 1 (one) paragraph when he totally doesn’t go off at an “unreasonable length” about religion, both local and foreign (racist). The USA says they’ll take abuse from Daddy Britain, nuns’ breasts...

Cw: religion (Catholicism/Christianity), religious intolerance, reference to paedophilia, discussion of child abuse,  Petit Peepuss… peepis….. Pepus….. Picpus…. Here is a story that has no bearing on the plot. Ghost nuns, the deuteronomy of man and Homer gets a boyfriend. Hugo does faceclaims, 8tracks and a pinterest.  This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction an...

Cw: descriptions of racism, transphobia, homophobia, misogyny, ableism, acephobia, incest, paedophilia, domestic violence, child abuse, police brutality, holocaust mention,  Huge spoilers for the BBC adaptation! We try for some ASMR, then that quickly dissolves as we talk about ‘colourblind’ casting, Davies completely missing the point, scientific racism and Javert being GAY? This podcast was prod...

Cw: death mention, references to police brutality We celebrate three of the most important birthdays, there’s a big reveal of true identities and then we start reading Les Mis. We fine Jean Valjean’s salvation in vore and Javert has a new man on the brain. This one’s got vore, edgeplay, dark! AU, scenting, the lot. This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and in...

The chase continues, there are contrived devices, Valjean is Asian, and Angels approach in the darkness in this, Hugo’s supernatural horror show and our newest best boy: a man with his (dirty voice) melons. 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) |...

Secret lil pocketses, Valjean invests in bitcoin then goes to Comicon, and the author is RELUCTANTLY OBLIGED to insert himself into the text.  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 Bread & Barricades | Tumblr Nemo Martin (@zeus_japonic...

Cw: mention of forced incarceration, discussion of death, religion Architecture! World Building! Huge spiders! A guillotine! Nothing that concerns the plot of Les Mis!! Victor Hugo goes foot fetish on main, makes birdsonas and he considers what he believes is THE MOST OPPRESSIVE, MOST TERRIBLE grief. Spoiler: it’s not rich people. This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio...

Cw: Food mention, discussion of child abuse, references to paedophilia, references to child trafficking, discussion of racism  The Mysterious Old Man has a walk of shame, there’s some lawful child acquisition, Hugo is (surprise surprise) inconsistent about his characterisation of women, and we compare Les Mis to the 2020 literary masterpiece, Sonic the Hedgehog. Also, the most ambitious fanfic eve...

cw: descriptions of child abuse, classism, discussion of anti-Black racism, misogyny, ableism, death mention Stevie shakes the bottle that is Nemo, Hugo brings out his swole ‘old man’, we stan a nameless carter who deserves a thousand fanfics, Jean Valjean buys some socks and Stevie begins her Magnum Opus.  This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro comp...

Cw: discussion of child abuse, apartheid mention Cosette goes to get some water. It’s just one sad chapter after another, lads. Blame it on a planet being in Retrograde. There’s a startling amount of kissable, soft, supple, humble, serene, lips.  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: graphic descriptions of child abuse, extended conversation about child abuse, fatphobic language, discussion of classism, mention of homophobia, rampant misogyny.  The Scene! Christmas! The Year! 1823! Nemo wages war against mosquitoes, Hugo despises Hipsters, hides a murder mystery plot in the middle of the novel, there’s sad foreshadowing and Madame Thenardier gets her hair did. VH has his i...

Cw: discussion of slavery, mass incarceration, discussion of Hugo’s anti-Blackness, discussion of racism, mention of war,  Welcome to season 2! Stevie deliberately antagonises kpop stans, Hugo continues to piss us off so Nemo continues to mangle French in retaliation.  This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing was by JDWasabi . It is a Captain...

Cw: alcohol drinking, discussion of death, mentioned ableism, reference to slavery, description of injection/needles, discussion of racism, So you don’t want to catch up with every episode we’ve done in the last 3 years? Don’t know anything about Les Mis? No problem! Join us while we explain the story so far to our Audio Director Jade, who can’t even name the protagonist! We forget our helpful mne...

Cw: discussions of war, death mention Bet you thought you saw the last of Waterloo! Surprise! More history!! Napoleon gets f*ed by Waterloo and Hugo but hey, he’s got 2 hands. Stevie throws down at Horrible Histories, Nemo reads a book.  [We talk a lot about a picture in this episode. Image description: A large, lavish room decorated entirely in red and gold. There are several large bronze statues...

Cw: discussion about death in war, discussion of xenophobia,   Just when you thought Waterloo was over, we get some post-game commentary! Basically France won. Finally, FINALLY we get a glimpse of some semblance of plot. But don’t read into it too much.   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...

Cw: discussion of war, mentions of death, referenced animal death More Napoleonic fanfic, more Iliad fanfic, more fighting,  and wet….. wet…. roads. We do most of our fact checking via Hetalia. Hugo is thirsty for some ruffled men in ripped shirts. As the great poet Victor Hugo once said: MERDE. We get financially dommed. This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction...

Cw: discussion of war, mentions of death, discussion of protest, referenced animal death Listen as someone who’s not studied history tries to explain the study of History! Victor (noted ouiaboo) uses stylism for credibility, Friendship is Ended With Destiny, the jokes and japes of war, and Hugo calls Napoleon a short bitch. This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio directi...

cw: reference to religious cult, discussion of death in war, reference to antisemitic thought,  Part 2, Book 1, Waterloo, Chapter 1. Waterloo. We’re in Waterloo, and boy will you hear about it. Hugo goes for a walk. He tries to write a war epic. There’s a little drop of rain. The French didn’t acccttualllllyyyyy lose the war, and we go into the power of being wrong.  This podcast was produced by N...

cw: mentions of police brutality, anti-black racism, islamophobia, slavery, death, war, anti-ziganism In what is potentially my favourite episode yet, we talk about translations: intent, poetics, Medieval interests, censorship, roasting Victor Hugo, propaganda, Death of the Author, time and digressions, and Tumblr. This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and in...

Cw: mentions of COVID-19, mention of child death, prolonged discussion about death, Catholicism,    We finish Part One: Fantine with plant propagation, sad awoos, Jesus not taking the wheel, some really cool canon mama/papa gender stuff, stage manager rights, a great big huge discussion about what Javert means, a confrontation and... Fantine dies. #5timesJavert #and1timeIt’sValjean #Switching #Dom...

Cw: references to death, criminal injustice, mention of forced sex work, brief mention of COVID-19.  Of all the times to leave the brick at Stevie’s house, right before Quarantine was not the best - but here we are, and Stevie takes charge to lead us through Champmathieu’s case! We’re unhappy with Norman Denny, Hugo writes a Phoenix Wright game, we talk the physiognomy question, scaring small boys...

Cw: discussions of child poverty  Nemo gets colonised by their white genes, Stevie unleashes her ultimate weeby might, we think about some random plot-less dogs and we talk about what makes a good adaption.  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: drug use, illness, death mention Your favourite true crime podcast is back! For the third episode in a row we go off on one about horses, insta-influencer Jean Valjean, mourning over blue and yellow lighting and Hugo turns a screw, a lot. …. A moment of silence for Brexit. This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing was by JDWasabi . It is a...

Today’s mini is an interview with Hamada Hideya, screenwriter of ‘Les Miserables: Owarinaki Tabiji’ [The Neverending Journey].  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 Bread & Barricades | Tumblr Nemo Martin (@zeus_japonicus) | Twitter Jad...

Cw: death mention, reference to incest,    “The thing that’s tripping me up is that he’s naked.” This week we talk about absolute bastard boy Jean Valjesus’s dream diary, how everyone is canonically naked in Les Mis, a cart that looks like (I think) a termite, and some road rage.   This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing was by JDWasabi . It...