Episodes: 59
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000
Gender skew: Male
Listener location: USA
YouTube: 70 subscribers
Instagram: 401 followers
Publicly listed emails
tobypmalone@gmail.com
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Toby Malone - Co-host of WAKE, a project dedicated to performing a cold reading of James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake. Focuses on reader access, interpretation, and community-building around a famously complex text.
TJ Young - Co-host of WAKE, where TJ and Toby read Finnegans Wake aloud from start to finish and discuss its themes, structure, and the experience of reading it. Also active in theater/playwriting and Joyce-i...
George Koors - How To Get Into Finnegans Wake; What To Do After Finishing; Benefits/risks Of Booktok/bookstagram/booktube; Joyce’s Accessibility Via Complexity; Dangers Of Placing Beloved Texts On Syllabi; Additional Literary Recommendations
Michael Ian Black - Patron Saint Of WAKE / Congratulations (referenced In Show As A Congratulatory Visit)
Bonus Episode: WAKE in Ireland
October 13, 2026
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...
Episode 41: Pluribus and Finnegans Wake
March 16, 2026
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 t...
Bonus: George Koors in the wake of the Wake
April 30, 2025
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...
WAKE: Cold Reading Finnegans Wake is hosted by Toby Malone and TJ Young. Its publicly listed email is tobypmalone@gmail.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.
The publicly listed email for WAKE: Cold Reading Finnegans Wake: tobypmalone@gmail.com.
Podseeker estimates WAKE: Cold Reading Finnegans Wake reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
WAKE: Cold Reading Finnegans Wake typically books working professionals with real expertise. Typical guest background: Book-world public intellectuals and makers: authors of Joyce/literary scholarship or books-for-the-public; librarians/academics who teach Joyce or help readers access it; credible BookTok/BookTube educators; sometimes notable writers/performers with strong public reach in literary culture. Common among recent guests: Published books (fiction or literary scholarship); Academic or library affiliation; Significant public-facing literary influence (e.g., BookTok/BookTube). Recent guests include George Koors and Michael Ian Black.
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