Bloomcast Holiday Special: Watt by Samuel Beckett, Episode 2
For the second part of this yearâs Bloomcast Holiday Special, Alice, Lex, and Adam get help from Claire-Louise Bennett and Foad Dizadji-Bahmani to explore how it challenges conventional ideas of narra...
13 Jan 20251h 1min
Bloomcast Holiday Special: Watt by Samuel Beckett, Episode 1
Happy Joycension Day!For this yearâs Bloomcast Holiday Special, Alice, Lex, and Adam reunited for a lively discussion of Watt by Samuel Beckett, asking: How does Beckettâs minimalist, disintegrative s...
6 Jan 202558min
BEASTCAST! Lex and Alice quiz Adam about his novel Beasts of England
In this special episode, the Bloomcasters take on their trickiest task yet : criticizing one of their own. Adam Bilesâ âBeasts of Englandâ, a canny and hilarious sequel to George Orwellâs âAnimal Farm...
3 Maj 20241h 20min
BLOOMCAST | HOLIDAY SPECIAL | THE DEAD
Our Bloomcasters reconvene on January 6th, âJoycension Dayâ, to discuss The Dead : the final piece in Joyceâs Dubliners, described by T. S. Eliot as "one of the greatest short stories ever written". L...
5 Jan 20241h 40min
Bonus Episode: Lex Paulson on Cicero and the Future of Democracy
A few weeks back we had our dear friend, Bloomsday MC, and eminent Bloomcaster Prof. Lex Paulson as a guest in the library to give a talk on Cicero, drawing on his book Cicero and the Peopleâs Will: P...
15 Juni 20231h
BLOOMCAST | HOLIDAY SPECIAL
This Decemberâsix months after saying goodbyeâBloomcast is back for a Holiday Special! Join Alice, Lex and Adam as they answer your questions, play games, tease each other, drink (tea, whiskey, Gimber...
15 Dec 20221h 19min
Bloomcast | Episode 10 | Live at the American Library in Paris
Welcome to Bloomcast, a ten-part plunge into James Joyce's Ulysses presented by Adam Biles, Alice McCrum, and Lex Paulson, live from Shakespeare and Company bookshop in Paris. Join them as they muddle...
21 Juni 20221h 23min
