WAKE: Cold Reading Finnegans Wake

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Episode 39: 4.1 (Part 2), p613-628
There's nothing quite like ticking off a bucket list item, and today is the day, where Toby and TJ come to the end of the long reading road to finally finish Finnegans Wake. Before we get there, though, we have superstar guest Neil Wechsler to guide us through his favourite section of the book, along with passionate opinions on Hollywood hypocrisy, problematic shortcuts, and how the unique structure of the Wake is not a joke, nor a gimmick, but in fact proof that the human race is not entirely doomed. Joyce gives us an ending that's worth the wait, and feels well earned, as the pain of the cycle ends in a note of hope. We may have finished with the Wake, but we have a feeling it's not quite finished with us yet.This week's readers: Neil Wechsler, Toby Malone, TJ YoungProgress: 628 pages complete, 0 pages to go; 100% read.Contextual NotesJames Joyce Collection at the University at Buffalo: https://library.buffalo.edu/jamesjoyce/The Wake at the UB collection: https://library.buffalo.edu/jamesjoyce/catalog/vi-finnegans-wake/A proposed JJ museum through the Buffalo collection: https://library.buffalo.edu/jamesjoyce/pdf/james-joyce-museum.pdf Joyce-again's wake: An analysis of Finnegans wake, Bernard Benstock: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/331509.Joyce_again_s_wake A Reader's Guide to Finnegans Wake, William York Tindall: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59480.A_Reader_s_Guide_to_Finnegans_Wake Jeffrey Jarome Cohen: Monster Culture: Seven Theses: https://ptfaculty.gordonstate.edu/rscoggins/Cohen,%20Monster%20Culture%20(Seven%20Theses),%203-20.pdf Sorry Finn https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/persons/finn-fordham Benstock, Bernard. Joyce Again’s Wake. https://www.loc.gov/item/65023908/Neil Wechsler’s website: https://wechslerprojects.com/Neil on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wechslerprojects/Our favourite play, Grenadine: https://www.amazon.ca/Grenadine-Neil-Wechsler/dp/0300149921Neil on New Play Exchange: https://newplayexchange.org/users/37010/neil-wechslerFor early drops, community and show notes, join us at our free Patreon, at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/wakepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or check out our Linktree, at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/wake.pod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. We welcome comments from everyone: even, nay, especially, the dreaded purists. Come and "um actually" us!
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Bonus: WAKE: The Album with Tommy Mackay
In the grand tradition of Finnegans Wake, WAKE has looped back around on itself to become a self-generating machine, as we welcome back musical innovator and the most reckless of stramashers, Tommy Mackay, to talk about WAKE: the Album! Yes, this very podcast is honoured to be the inspiration for at least half the tracks on Tommy's new (stra)mash-up album of music, smashing WAKE readings into the music of Taylor Swift, Wham!, Devo, and more, with more groan-worthy dad-joke pun titles than you could possibly handle. There's a sailor on a horse! There's an invitation to suck a sugarstick! There's Gráinne O'Malley's girl power! Join us for a track-by-track odyssey through WAKE: the Album, in the hope that no takedown notices emerge to ruin anyone's fun.This week's chatters: Tommy Mackay, Toby Malone, TJ YoungReferencesWAKE: the Album on Bandcamp WAKE: the Album on the Daily Reckless Album details:A collection of stramash-ups by Tommy Mackay drawn from readings of James Joyce's 'Finnegans Wake'Main sources:WAKE podcast - www.youtube.com/@WAKEpod One Little Goat Theatre Company - www.onelittlegoat.org/finneganswake Released April 4, 2025Clips used by permission from the WAKE podcast by Toby Malone and TJ Young and also the audio-visual book by One Little Goat Theatre Company read by Richard Harte, directed by Adam Seelig.Individual credits in song info.all rights reservedFinnegan's Wake 03:38. trad. Played and sung by Kevin Kennedy from the One Little Goat theatre company production, directed by Adam Seelig. www.onelittlegoat.org/finneganswakeWake Me Up Before You Goan 03:13. performed by Richard Harte from the One Little Goat theatre company production. Music - Maucoli the pianoman's version of Wham's 'Wake Me Up Before You Go Go.''The Ballad Of Persse O'Reilly 06:31. performed by Meg Logue from the Wake podcast.Thunderwords 01:58. read by Adam Harvey, Joyce Geek - joycegeek.com/thundervideos/ Music - Thunderbirds theme tuneTip It! 04:37. performed by Richard Harte from the One Little Goat theatre company production. Backing track - 'Whip It!' by Devo.Denti Alligator 02:43. From the Wake podcast, read by Toby Malone, TJ Young, Tommy Mackay. Music - 'See You Later Alligator' Bill Haley and The CometsThunderslog 04:06. from the Wake podcast -Toby Malone, TJ Young. Music Steve 'n' Seagulls live cover of AC/DC's 'Thunderstruck.' Lady Macbeth - Kate Fleetwood from the 2010 Rupert Goold production.Cunstuntonoplies 02:48. read by Patrick Horgan, 1985. Music - 'Istanbul Not Constantinople' by They Might Be Giants.Wake It Off 03:45. performed by Richard Harte from the One Little Goat theatre company production. Backing track 'Shake It Off ' by Taylor Swift.Respectable 03:20. Seth Austin from the Wake podcast. Music - 'Respectable' by Mel and Kim.Suck It Yourself, Sugarstick! 03:48. Toby Malone, Sarah Kane from the Wake podcast. Music - 'Suck It And See' by Arctic Monkeys.Wake That 06:20. performed by Richard Harte from the One Little Goat theatre company production. Music - 'Never Forget instrumental' by Take That.Bonus Tracks:Hi Ho Silver Sailor https://www.dailyreckless.com/2025/04/06/hi-ho-silver-sailor/ Fanfare for ALPOlwen Fouéré’s riverrun: ⁠https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/feb/14/riverrun-joyce-finnegans-wake-olwen-fouere-national-theatre⁠ Other references:Allaster Mckallester: https://www.instagram.com/mckallaster/ ReWiggled: https://open.spotify.com/album/7pMmcRjBt41hvqnFQHqYb2 Finnegans Dreams: https://www.dailyreckless.com/2024/08/15/finnegans-dreams/ McCourt, John. ‘Denti Alligator' or ‘Airtight Alligator': Reading Dante with Joyce and Beckett. For early drops, community and show notes, join us at our free Patreon, at⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/wakepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or check out our Linktree, at⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/wake.pod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. We welcome comments from everyone: even, nay, especially, the dreaded purists. Come and "um actually" us!
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Episode 38: 4.1 (Part 1), p593-613
Book Four is upon us, and it is with mixed feelings, both excited and sad, that we launch into the final segments of Finnegans Wake. Helping us along the way is fan-favourite WAKE veteran, internationally-acclaimed author, Lucy "old rubberskin" Brazier, who helps us get into a typically ribald discussion of Simlish, Instagram thots, tortoise dreams, terrible superhero names, fan fiction, and a plan for a Biddy the Hen statue in Phoenix Park. Come for the reading, stay for our brutal takedown of the Oxford World's Classic: it's more fun than a sailor on a horse!This week's readers: Lucy Brazier, Toby Malone, TJ YoungProgress: 613 pages complete, 15 pages to go; 97.61% read.Contextual NotesBrancusi’s Whirligig https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/online/ulysses/brancusis-symbol-joyce AO3 James Joyce Fanfic: https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Finnegans%20Wake%20-%20James%20Joyce/works Finnegans Wake and Spongebob Fanfic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/9436142 Mutt and Jeff https://www.loc.gov/exhibitions/comic-art/about-this-exhibition/early-years-1890s-to-1920s/mutt-and-jeff-an-unlikely-pair/Three Castles Burning on early houses: https://threecastlesburning.libsyn.com/the-dawning-of-the-day-last-orders-at-the-early-house Lucy Brazier’s website https://portergirl.com/Finnegans What?: Finnegans Wake - A guide by an idiot https://www.amazon.ca/Finnegans-What-Wake-guide-idiot/dp/1092156100/Lucy on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/brazierlucy/Lucy on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/@lucybrazierauthor/Lucy on Twitter https://twitter.com/@portergirl100/If Movies Ended When Someone Said the Title: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DMndH8QiI4If Movies Ended When Someone Said the Title Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzMsbdAQRg4&t=0s If Movies Ended When Someone Said the Title 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT41rqh-Udk For early drops, community and show notes, join us at our free Patreon, at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/wakepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or check out our Linktree, at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/wake.pod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. We welcome comments from everyone: even, nay, especially, the dreaded purists. Come and "um actually" us!
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2:06:48
Bonus: Professors Adrien Peyrache and Arjun Krishnaswamy on Wake and the Sleeping Brain
If sleep is the panacea of all ills, WAKE has found the very experts who can tell you exactly why that’s the case! On this week’s special bonus episode, Toby and TJ welcome internationally renowned neuroscientists, Professors Adrian Peyrache and Arjun Krishnaswamy, to talk about what’s going on inside our brains while we sleep. In an episode that’s part TED Talk and part HCE Talk, we break down insights into the sleeping brain, including how memory relies on good sleep hygiene, sleep paralysis, brain compasses, real-time dreaming, and how mice dream of mazes. We hear Adrien’s critique of the science of ‘Inception,’ position the Wake as the first-ever Large Language Model, and finally gain definitive proof of who the dreamer is. Oh, and with a whole section on erotic dream-infused cave paintings, this is a discussion that will definitely not put you to sleep. This week's chatters: Adrien Peyrache, Arjun Krishnaswamy, Toby Malone, TJ YoungReferencesAdrien’s bio: https://www.mcgill.ca/neurology-neurosurgery/adrien-peyrache-phd Adrien’s lab: https://www.peyrachelab.com/researchArjun’s bio: https://www.mcgill.ca/physiology/directory/core-faculty/arjun-krishnaswamy Arjun’s lab: https://www.swamylab.com/ Sleep’s Hidden Superpower: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbpidNKc5cwWhat a Sleep Specialist Has to Say About the Dreaminess of Finnegans Wake https://lithub.com/what-a-sleep-specialist-has-to-say-about-the-dreaminess-of-finnegans-wake/Joyce’s Book of the Dark, John Bishop: https://archive.org/details/joycesbookofdark00bish The Nighttime madness of “Finnegans Wake” https://argumentativeoldgit.wordpress.com/2021/10/13/the-nighttime-madness-of-finnegans-wake/ The Bluesky account recreating the Wake on LLMshttps://bsky.app/profile/funferall.bsky.social The Lascaux cave painting of a dream (including the erection)https://www.reddit.com/r/Naturewasmetal/comments/fct360/lascaux_cave_painting_depicts_a_hunter_getting/#lightbox Stan Carey’s Putting language to sleep in Finnegans Wakehttps://stancarey.wordpress.com/2011/06/16/putting-language-to-sleep-in-finnegans-wake/For early drops, community and show notes, join us at our free Patreon, at⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/wakepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or check out our Linktree, at⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/wake.pod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. We welcome comments from everyone: even, nay, especially, the dreaded purists. Come and "um actually" us!
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Bonus: Fionnán O’Connor on Whiskey and the Wake (or, Jamessan’s Slake)
Flushed with their firestuffostered friendship, WAKE celebrates St. Patrick’s Day by exploring all of the many ways that Finnegans Wake refers to whiskey: Ireland’s beloved, potent créatúr. Joined by world whiskey historian and former Sweny’s volunteer Fionnán O’Connor, we explode some myths regarding monks, St Patrick, and potatoes, brush off our pub stool wisdom, prepare the worm on our darling little stills, and consider the role trust plays in what is simultaneously the oldest and youngest whiskey industry in the world. So, tuck yourself into a snug in your local shebeen with a ball of malt, and don’t forget to get in on a round: we bet you can’t stay for just one. Happy St. Paddy’s!Today's chatters: Fionnán O'Connor, Toby Malone, TJ YoungReferences:The Amber Isle Teaser https://vimeo.com/1029613764 James Joyce’s whiskey connections https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/culture/25971/james-joyce-s-whiskey-connections/Ulysses Whiskey https://www.ulysseswhiskey.com/our-storyDave Broom https://thewhiskymanual.uk/James Joyce’s whiskey connections | Scotch Whiskyhello-everyone/ Finnegan’s Wake and Joycehttps://steemit.com/finneganswake/@harlotscurse/finnegan-s-wake-and-joyceThe Fall and Rise of Irish Whiskey: https://liquorstore.com/blog/the-fall-and-rise-of-irish-whiskey/ A Sense of Place: a journey around Scotland’s whisky https://the-right-spirit.com/2023/10/06/book-a-sense-of-place-by-dave-broom/ Fionnán’s forthcoming Créatúr: https://creatur.ie/Fundraising for Créatúr: https://whiskymag.com/articles/irish-whiskey-historian-launches-fundraiser-for-new-book-creatur/ Fionnán gets emotional: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVbkxCU6BV4 For early drops, community and show notes, join us at our free Patreon, at⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/wakepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or check out our Linktree, at⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/wake.pod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. We welcome comments from everyone: even, nay, especially, the dreaded purists. Come and "um actually" us!
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