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 in Ireland, through Dublin, Kildare, Cork, Dingle, Limerick, Clare, and Galway, and all the amazing people he met along the way. Before we get there, though, join us through a rollicking discussion of classic literature, Pulitzer Prize winners, Hamlet's 'to be' speech, and plenty more. We are so glad to be back!

Show Notes:

WAKE on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WAKEpod

Obscure https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/obscure-with-michael-ian-black/id1388660385

We Burn So Bright by TJ Klune: https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=we+burn+so+bright&ref=nav_sb_noss_l_17

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211004089-wild-dark-shore

Angel Down: https://www.danielkraus.com/books/angel-down/

Fitzgerald’s of Sandycove: https://fitzgeraldsofsandycove.com/blog/

Anna Livia: https://www.olddublintown.com/anna-livia-sculpture.html

The Hi-B Bar, Cork: https://www.instagram.com/hibbarcork/

Saoirse https://www.giaf.ie/festival/event/saoirse

Padaicin https://www.giaf.ie/festival/event/padraicin

Nora Barnacle’s House https://thisisgalway.ie/the-history-of-nora-barnacle-house/

Nora by Nuala O’Connor https://nualaoconnor.com/home/novels/nora/