Declan Kiberd, famed Irish public intellectual and Shinjini and Eric’s professor at Notre Dame, joins the Three Friends for what was originally a “Calypso” episode but eventually becomes an episode about three episodes of Ulysses: one Declan loves, one he hates, and one he doesn’t get. Does everyone agree? Do your favorite and least favorite make the list?

There’s also a lot of Bob Dylan talk.

Libations:

• Shinjini: Darjeeling tea
• Eric: English Breakfast tea
• Wendy: Pamplemousse sparkling water
• Declan: iced tea

Mentions:

• The Book About Everything: Eighteen Artists, Writers and Thinkers on James Joyce’s Ulysses (edited by Declan Kiberd, Enrico Terrinoni, and Catherine Wilsdon, featuring essays by Shinjini and Eric)

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