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Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this episode, we interview our special guest Dr. Jonathan A. Cook about the biblical sources of Moby-Dick. Dr. Cook is the author of Inscrutable Malice: Theodicy, Eschatology, and the Biblical Sources of Moby-Dick and many other fascinating articles on Melville's oeuvre. We talk Jonah & Job, Peleg & peroration, eschatology & Ecclesiastes. Hop on in 'cause we're going to Sunday school! If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/PequodPod Please also consider telling a friend about the show. Word of mouth is the best way to spread the word about PequodPod, and it helps us tremendously.

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. This is a big one. Father Mapple is bringing down the house at the Whaleman's Chapel. We talk Jonah and Paul, Chronometricals and Horologicals, swinging lamps and more!  If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/PequodPod Please also consider telling a friend about the show. Word of mouth is the best way to spread the word about PequodPod, and it helps us tremendously. N.B. Tristan was holding his copy of Moby-Dick a little too close to his face at times, which is why he sometimes sounds a little muffled while quoting things.

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this episode, we interview our special guest Rufai Shardow, park ranger at New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park. We talk about the history of New Bedford and cover a range of topics including the indigenous history of the area, Quakers, abolitionism, and whether Frederick Douglass and Herman Melville ever met! If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/PequodPod Please also consider telling a friend about the show. Word of mouth is the best way to spread the word about PequodPod, and it helps us tremendously.

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. This episode, we meet Father Mapple and see him mount his pulpit. But it is quite a special pulpit.  If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/PequodPod Please also consider telling a friend about the show. Word of mouth is the best way to spread the word about PequodPod, and it helps us tremendously.

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this episode, we interview our special guest Dr. Steve Mentz about his excellent poetry collection Sailing without Ahab. We talk blue humanities, recasting Moby-Dick without its most tyrannical character, swimming, and more! Dr. Steve Mentz is department chair and professor of English at St John’s University. As well as Sailing Without Ahab, he is the author of several books, including At the Bottom of Shakespeare’s Ocean, An Introduction to the Blue Humanities, Break Up the Anthropocene, and Ocean. If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/PequodPod Please also consider telling a friend about the show. Word of mouth is the best way to spread the word about PequodPod, and it helps us tremendously.

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. Here is a free preview of our inaugural Melville at the Movies episode. We discuss John Huston's 1956 Moby Dick, starring Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, Richard Basehart as Ishmael, Leo Genn as Starbuck, Orson Welles as Father Mapple, and with a knockout performance by Harry Andrews as Stubb.  This is definitely a folio-sized bonus episode, clocking in at 99 minutes. The first 21 are free for you here on our normal feed. We really put a lot of effort into this one, and it's really rather excellent. You can enjoy the full bonus episode by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/PequodPod at the Stubb, Starbuck, or Ahab levels. Please also consider telling a friend about the show. Word of mouth is the best way to spread the word about PequodPod, and it helps us tremendously.

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. This week, we hit the streets of New Bedford and view some queer-looking nondescripts, especially some downright bumpkin dandies! If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/PequodPod Please also consider telling a friend about the show. Word of mouth is the best way to spread the word about PequodPod, and it helps us tremendously.

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. *SPOILERS for Moby-Dick and Game Changers Series* In this episode, we interview our special guest Dr. Hester Blum about her fascinating article “Heated Rivalry” Is the “Moby-Dick” of Canadian Gay Hockey Shows. We talk genre, MM Romance, queer eschatologies, and more! Dr. Hester Blum is the Lynne Cooper Harvey Distinguished Professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis; previously, she taught at Penn State University for twenty-two years. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2002 and her B.A. from Princeton University in 1995. Her scholarship and teaching focus on oceanic and polar studies, nineteenth-century U.S. literature and culture, Herman Melville, and the environmental humanities.  If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/PequodPod Please also consider telling a friend about the show. Word of mouth is the best way to spread the word about PequodPod, and it helps us tremendously.

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. Hope you're hungry because this is a big boy breakfast! Hot rolls, pea coffee, beefsteaks done rare! In this episode, Tristan, Meg & Jonny talk Ishmael's reaction to Peter Coffin's skylarking, complexion as an indicator of nautical know-how, and what precisely their tummies rumble for in the morning. If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/PequodPod Please also consider telling a friend about the show. Word of mouth is the best way to spread the word about PequodPod, and it helps us tremendously.

CONTENT WARNING: Tristan's spooky sleep paralysis story. Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this episode, our hosts Tristan Bavol-Marques, Meg Fancher, and Jonny Wiles analyze Chapter 5 of Moby-Dick, The Counterpane. In this chapter, Queequeg and Ishmael snuggle, Ishmael relates a striking childhood memory, and Queequeg shaves with his harpoon. If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/PequodPod Please also consider telling a friend about the show. Word of mouth is the best way to spread the word about PequodPod, and it helps us tremendously.

PequodPod has some new music created by Lost in the Loop and sound engineer Lauren Ayton. Here is the full track.

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. *SPOILERS for Moby-Dick and Benito Cereno* In this episode, we interview our special guest Naima Karczmar about her Leviathan article “Encyclopedic Raciality: Geo-Ethnographic Speculation in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick.” Naima is a PhD candidate in English and Critical Theory at UC Berkeley, where she works on racial epistemologies of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/PequodPod Please also consider telling a friend about the show. Word of mouth is the best way to spread the word about PequodPod, and it helps us tremendously.

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this episode, our hosts Tristan Bavol-Marques, Meg Fancher, and Jonny Wiles dive deep into Chapter 2 of Moby-Dick: The Carpet-Bag. In this chapter, Ishmael pokes around New Bedford looking for a not-too-jolly place to spend the night. If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/PequodPod Please also consider telling a friend about the show. Word of mouth is the best way to spread the word about PequodPod, and it helps us tremendously. Nota Bene: The discerning listener may detect that Tristan's audio sounds like he recorded it on his toaster. Somehow, Tristan did indeed select his toaster instead of his mic as the input audio for this recording. Tristan, our foremost audiophile, has deeply offended the podcasting divinities for his arrogance and persnicketiness and has had to endure editing four episodes in which his audio is the only lousy audio in penance. Starting with our Episode 3, his audio will start sounding good.

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this episode, our hosts Tristan Bavol-Marques, Meg Fancher, and Jonny Wiles dive deep into the actual beginnings of Moby-Dick: the Etymology and Extracts sections. These are extremely interesting and not to be skipped or glossed over. If you enjoy the show, please consider helping us defray the costs of making it by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/PequodPod Please also consider telling a friend about the show. Word of mouth is the best way to spread the word about PequodPod, and it helps us tremendously. Nota Bene: The discerning listener may detect that Tristan's audio sounds like he recorded it on his toaster. Somehow, Tristan did indeed select his toaster instead of his mic as the input audio for this recording. Because Episode 0 and Episode 2 were recorded back to back, this lower-quality audio will recur in Episode 2. Tristan, our foremost audiophile, has deeply offended the podcasting divinities through his arrogance and persnicketiness and has had to endure editing four episodes in which his audio is the only lousy audio in penance. Starting with our Episode 3: The Spouter-Inn Part I, his audio will start sounding good.

Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. In this pilot episode, our hosts Tristan Bavol-Marques, Meg Fancher, and Jonny Wiles sound the depths of Chapter 1 of Moby-Dick, Loomings. We recognize that this is by no means the start of the book, and our next episode, Episode 0, is on the Etymology and Extracts. If you enjoy the show, please consider helping defray the costs of making the show by joining us on Patreon. Also, please follow us on your preferred social media platform: InstagramYouTubeTikTokBlueskyTwitterFacebook Nota Bene: The discerning listener may detect that Tristan's audio sounds a bit out of joint with Meg's and Jonny's. This was due to a pilot episode–recording SNAFU that required some parts be re-recorded. Tristan, our foremost audiophile, has been plagued by the gods of pod for his arrogance and persnicketiness and has had to endure editing four episodes in which his audio is the only lousy audio in penance. Starting with our Episode 3, his audio will start sounding good.