Aug 24, 2026 · 11 min · 7 segments
We tell the story of Silken Thomas' rebellion in 1534. To listen to the full episode or watch a video version, please visit [patreon.com/barnaclecast]()
Welcome to a bonus episode of the Blooms and Barnacles podcast.
Today we are going to talk about a topic adjacent to Ulysses, which is often what we do in these.
You help us keep the lights on and help us produce these extra episodes that we hope will give you a little bit of insight into what the heck James Joyce is talking about in the many, many, in this case, historical references in Ulysses.
So we've done a series of history episodes now, including historical game.
to accompany our Wandering Rocks episodes, which Wandering Rocks is not the history episode.
Yeah.
It's the mechanics episode.
We talked about game mechanics.
Does that count? In the game Labyrinth.
In the game Labyrinth, which is the technique.
Yeah.
But there is so much history in Wandering Rocks that having this little companion series, I think is really helpful to go a little bit deeper.
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Welcome to a bonus episode of the Blooms and Barnacles podcast.
Today we are going to talk about a topic adjacent to Ulysses, which is often what we do in these.
You help us keep the lights on and help us produce these extra episodes that we hope will give you a little bit of insight into what the heck James Joyce is talking about in the many, many, in this case, historical references in Ulysses.
So we've done a series of history episodes now, including historical game.
to accompany our Wandering Rocks episodes, which Wandering Rocks is not the history episode.
Yeah.
It's the mechanics episode.
We talked about game mechanics.
Does that count? In the game Labyrinth.
In the game Labyrinth, which is the technique.
Yeah.
But there is so much history in Wandering Rocks that having this little companion series, I think is really helpful to go a little bit deeper.
