Long-promised, finally delivered! No, Toby and TJ didn't get their Finnegans Wake tattoos yet (it might happen one day), but we are finally back to talk about half of WAKE's epic visit to Ireland! Listen to the audio podcast but also hop on over to YouTube to enjoy the first-ever visual WAKE, complete with the kind of holiday slideshow you might remember from your childhood, complete with one-sided narration and images of somewhere you didn't go. Toby discusses his favourite stops in Ireland, through Dublin, Kildare, Cork, Dingle, Limerick, Clare, and Galway, and all the amazing people he met along the way. Before we get there, though, join us through a rollicking discussion of classic literature, Pulitzer Prize winners, Hamlet's 'to be' speech, and plenty more. We are so glad to be back!

Show Notes:

WAKE on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WAKEpod

Obscure https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/obscure-with-michael-ian-black/id1388660385

We Burn So Bright by TJ Klune: https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=we+burn+so+bright&ref=nav_sb_noss_l_17

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211004089-wild-dark-shore

Angel Down: https://www.danielkraus.com/books/angel-down/

Fitzgerald’s of Sandycove: https://fitzgeraldsofsandycove.com/blog/

Anna Livia: https://www.olddublintown.com/anna-livia-sculpture.html

The Hi-B Bar, Cork: https://www.instagram.com/hibbarcork/

Saoirse https://www.giaf.ie/festival/event/saoirse

Padaicin https://www.giaf.ie/festival/event/padraicin

Nora Barnacle’s House https://thisisgalway.ie/the-history-of-nora-barnacle-house/

Nora by Nuala O’Connor https://nualaoconnor.com/home/novels/nora/

Vince Gilligan called, and WAKE answered! Toby and TJ are back for this special episode of WAKE, in response to the casual name-dropping of Finnegans Wake in the new Apple+ series, Pluribus. We spend some spoiler-filled time (spoiling the ending of both Pluribus AND Finnegans Wake) discussing this definitely-too-deliberate-to-be-accidental reference to Joyce’s final masterpiece, and what it might mean for the show as a whole. We’re talking falls, and loops, and morals, and humanity: all the things you’ve come to love about WAKE.

SHOW NOTES:

WAKE on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WAKEpod

GMWKS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gmwks/id1509334531

Georgia Malone’s Here Goes Nothing: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/georgia-malones-here-goes-nothing/id1794562157

Never Die Wondering: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/never-die-wondering-mick-malone-in-his-own-words/id1833715593

Abraham’s Tetramorfeus: https://www.facebook.com/abrahamhosebr/posts/tetramorfeus/658179911649980/

Pluribus: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22202452/

The Suspended Sentence: https://thesuspendedsentence.com/2026/01/25/its-plurbin-time-pluribus-and-finnegans-wake/

The Wake and Pluribus: https://www.soapcentral.com/shows/all-mankind-becomes-united-pluribus-fans-convinced-show-takes-inspiration-classic-novel-finnegans-wake

Reddit Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/pluribustv/comments/1oxo1dv/finnegans_wake/

Reddit Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/jamesjoyce/comments/1or08bk/anyone_watch_pluribus/

Katarzyna Bazarnik’s JOYCE, LIBERATURE AND WRITING OF THE BOOK (diagram toward the bottom): http://hjs.ff.cuni.cz/archives/v8_2/main/essays.php?essay=bazarnik
Portergirl Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-portergirl-podcast/id1822951117

As we bask in the wake of completing the Wake, Toby and TJ welcome renowned author, librarian, academic, and bookfluencer George Koors to discuss how to get into the Wake, as well as what to do after it's done. We discuss the benefits and risks of BookTok, Bookstagram, and BookTube, the egalitarian nature of Joyce ensuring that through complexity all readers are rendered the same, and consider the dangers of placing beloved texts on syllabi. We discuss Taylor Swift, Ben Jonson, and Fyodor Dostoevsky, and George hits us with two monumental recommendations that will rattle your brain and strain at your wallet. To top it all, we get the world exclusive scoop on TJ's new play, learn the term "typoglycemia" and consider the weight we can place on art that survives time. We'd like to think WAKE is one of those survivors, as we enter our end-of-series hiatus...

This week's chatters: George Koors, Toby Malone, TJ Young

References

George's website: https://www.georgekoors.com/

George on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gbk7288/

Always the Wanderer: https://www.amazon.com/Always-Wanderer-George-Bernard-Koors/dp/1936135159

George Koors - YouTube

Let's Talk About James Joyce's Finnegans Wake

James Joyce's Finnegans Wake In Less Than 2 Minutes

Arno Schmidt Zettels Traum (Bottom’s Dream) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6088384

https://www.georgekoors.com/

George’s petition to make Zettels Traum accessible! https://www.georgekoors.com/post/help-me-fight-literary-gatekeeping-let-s-make-arno-schmidt-s-zettels-traum-more-accessible

Carlos Fuentes Terra Nostra https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59415.Terra_Nostra?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=cbUx0TDs2A&rank=1

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