Podcast
The James Joyce Library
Hosted by James Joyce · EN
Step softly into The James Joyce Library, where the pages breathe and the city murmurs beneath every word. Here the books unfold aloud - Dublin’s streets, its wandering minds, its sudden flashes of revelation - carried on the human voice as river-current and memory entwine. From first sentence to final cadence, each episode invites the listener to drift through language itself: playful, searching, awake to the music of ordinary life. Open your ears, and walk awhile among stories that refuse to stand still.
50episodes
Episodes
Newest firstAll episodes
Ulysses Episode 15 - Circe Part 7
4d ago00:38:58Tap to summarizeIn which a tempest of unspoken rancours and jarring voices erupts in a crowded lodging house, where Stephen’s fervent defiance ignites a cacophonous mêlée amongst soldiers, townsfolk, and watchmen, their shouts mingling with spectral visions and ancient grievances of Ireland’s past. Through the clatter and chaos, Bloom assumes the wary role of guardian, tending to the fallen Stephen beneath the moon’s watchful eye as fleeting shadows of innocence and memory appear to stir the night’s somber air.
Transcribe →Ulysses Episode 15 - Circe Part 6
6d ago00:43:13Tap to summarizeIn which a motley company of characters convenes in a lively establishment, their interactions weaving between bawdy jest, spirited dance, and the subtle undercurrents of past and present. Amidst the whirl of music, mirth, and spectral visitations, the shadows of memory and mortality quietly entwine with the exuberance of the hour.
Transcribe →Ulysses Episode 15 - Circe Part 5
1w ago00:47:17Tap to summarizeIn which the wandering, wistful Bloom finds himself entwined in a nebulous dreamscape of commanding femmes fatales and wistful phantoms, his past desires and present anxieties enfolding him like the whispering yews on a languorous summer’s day. Amid furtive glances, shifting shadows, and whispered secrets, he surrenders to a tormented inner dialogue, where memory, loss, and the inescapable passage of time dance in a chiaroscuro of both humour and despair.
Transcribe →Ulysses Episode 15 - Circe Part 4
1w ago00:52:09Tap to summarizeIn which a motley troupe of characters converge in a dimly lit room, their disjointed voices and spectral antics weaving a murmur of mysticism, irreverence, and strange camaraderie beneath the flickering gaslight. Amid masked sages, singing whores, and ribald jests, the absurd dance of language and lore unfolds like a fevered dream, caught between the sacred and the profane, the comic and the cosmic.
Transcribe →Ulysses Episode 15 - Circe Part 3
2w ago00:48:30Tap to summarizeIn which the streets of Dublin burst into a grandiose and tumultuous celebration, as a certain Mr Bloom is exalted amid a procession of pageantry, ceremonies, and boisterous acclaim, his figure both venerated and beset by controversy and fanciful allegations. Amid well-meaning speeches, medical testimonies, and dramatic allegories, Bloom navigates a labyrinth of public fervour, private doubts, and shadowy intimations beneath the flare of festive lights and whispered secrets.
Transcribe →Ulysses Episode 15 - Circe Part 2
2w ago00:48:08Tap to summarizeIn which a beleaguered man named Bloom finds himself embroiled in a wild and surreal courtroom drama, beleaguered by accusations and bizarre characters, each clamouring to besmirch or defend his honour with a mix of farce and pungent wit. Through a phantasmagoria of voices and visions—a trial, spectral visitations, and flirtatious encounters—his uneasy figure wends its way through the foggy streets and tangled social webs of Dublin’s evening.
Transcribe →Ulysses Episode 15 - Circe Part 1
2w ago00:35:33Tap to summarizeIn which a nocturnal scene unfolds along a grimy city street alive with a motley crowd of characters—drunken navvies, singing women, tricksy children, and wandering watchmen—while the ambient glow of lamps and distant flashes mingle with whispered secrets and local banter. Amidst this stirring milieu, Bloom threads his way cautiously through mishaps and encounters, marking a delicate balance between comic misadventure and quiet introspection in the company of spectral memories and inscrutable acquaintances.
Transcribe →Ulysses Episode 14 - Oxen of the Sun Part 6
3w ago00:20:18Tap to summarizeIn which the gentle passage of time and the solemn dignity of family life mingle with the vivid bustle of Dublin streets, where memories cling like lilac fragrances amidst bursts of youthful clamour and nightly revelry. Here, amid solemnity and merriment, the varied choir of voices—from scholarly to streetwise—offer a rich tapestry of human longing, labour, and fleeting joy beneath a star-shimmered sky.
Transcribe →Ulysses Episode 14 - Oxen of the Sun Part 5
3w ago00:19:39Tap to summarizeIn which the gentle tides of memory and myth mingled with lively discourse, as friends and scholars gathered to muse on the mysteries of birth, fate, and the mercies of science amid the ordinary brightness of a spring day. The shadows of past lives and the hopes for the future flicker softly through their talk, while the quiet joys and trials of motherhood shine with a tender light, cradled beneath the ancient constellations.
Transcribe →Ulysses Episode 14 - Oxen of the Sun Part 4
3w ago00:23:42Tap to summarizeIn which a modest and dignified presence tempers a raucous gathering of wayward souls, while a newly born infant’s arrival stirs both earnest reflections and ribald conjectures about life’s mysteries and human folly. Amid discourse on birth and mortality, the past entwines with the present as a haunted confession unfolds, revealing the burdens borne by a restless conscience and the mutable spirit of a man lost in time’s mirror.
Transcribe →