Zooms & Podcasts
Weekly conversations. Participant voices. Ongoing podcasts throughout the 80 days.
Live Zoom Conversations
Each Wednesday during the 80-day reading of Ulysses, participating readers join live conversations with Joyce scholars, guests, writers, artists, and fellow readers from around the world.
Questions, observations, discoveries, and discussion are all part of the experience.
Intimate, optional, and shared as part of the reading.
Wednesdays, June 3rd – August 19th, 2026
11 AM California • 7 PM Dublin
Each conversation is later shared as a podcast—so you can return, or join in your own time.
Season 5 Guest Conversations
The Final Conversation
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Clare Hutton
Clare Hutton is Professor of Literature and Book History at Loughborough University and author of Serial Encounters.
Join us for the final Season 5 conversation.
Meeting ID: 256 850 4778 · Passcode: 605286
Still to Come
Bonus episodes to be announced — stay tuned.
Recent Conversations
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Daniel Mulhall
By the way, if you're curious about a few things Daniel mentioned…
- Theodore Roosevelt — “The Ancient Irish Sagas” (1907)
- T. S. Eliot — “Tradition and the Individual Talent” (1919)
- R. F. Foster — Vivid Faces: The Revolutionary Generation in Ireland, 1890–1923
- Claire Connolly — Irish Romanticism: A Literary History (2025)
- Daniel Mulhall — Ulysses: A Reader's Odyssey
- “Jots and tittles”An expression meaning the smallest details or minutiae. It comes from Matthew 5:18: a “jot” refers to the smallest letter or written stroke (from the Greek iota, associated with the Hebrew yod), while a “tittle” is a tiny stroke or mark used in writing. The phrase entered English through early Bible translations and came to mean attending to every last detail.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Daragh O'Connell
By the way, if you're curious about a few things Daragh mentioned…
- Centre for Dante Studies in IrelandThe research centre at University College Cork, directed by Daragh O'Connell.Learn more
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Joseph Valente
By the way, if you're curious about a few things Joe mentioned…
- Quare JoyceEdited by Joseph Valente (University of Michigan Press, 1997).
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Colin Murphy
The United States v. Ulysses
By the way, if you're curious about a few things Colin mentioned…
- ExilesA play by James JoyceLearn more
The United States v. UlyssesColin Murphy's play about the landmark 1933 court case that cleared the way for the publication of Ulysses in the United States. The play will be touring in 2027 — details will be posted on the Once Off Productions site later this year.- The United States v. Ulysses (radio version)The radio adaptation of Colin Murphy's play, produced by RTÉ Drama on OneListen now
- Set at Random: The Book That Wouldn't Lie DownBy Declan DunneLearn more
- Ulysses in NighttownMarjorie Barkentin's landmark 1958 stage adaptation of the “Circe” episodeLearn more
- The Annotated UlyssesBy Don Gifford and Robert J. SeidmanLearn more
- Annotations to James Joyce's UlyssesBy Sam SloteLearn more
- The War of the WorldsThe 1938 radio adaptation by Orson WellesLearn more
- The March of TimeThe dramatized radio news seriesLearn more
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Patrick Hastings
The Guide to James Joyce's Ulysses.
By the way, if you're curious about a few things Patrick mentioned…
- The Guide to James Joyce's UlyssesPatrick Hastings
- ulyssesguide.comCreated by Patrick HastingsLearn more
- James Joyce's Dublin: A Topographical Guide to the Dublin of UlyssesIan Gunn and Clive Hart
- The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanLaurence Sterne
- English Prose: Mandeville to RuskinEdited by William Peacock
- Dear Miss Weaver: Harriet Shaw Weaver, 1876–1961Jane Lidderdale and Mary Nicholson
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Catherine Flynn
Nausicaa.
By the way, if you're curious about a few things Catherine mentioned…
The Cambridge Centenary UlyssesThe 1922 Text with Essays and Notes, edited by Catherine Flynn- U22: The Centenary Ulysses PodcastCo-hosted by Catherine FlynnLearn more
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Robert Spoo
The Time of the Story, the Time of the Writing.
By the way, if you're curious about a few things Bob mentioned…
- Without Copyrights: Piracy, Publishing, and the Public DomainRobert Spoo
- James Joyce and the Language of History: Dedalus's NightmareRobert Spoo
- James Joyce: A Political LifeFrank Callanan (Introduction by Robert Spoo)
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Matthew Campbell
Dublin: The Real and the Fictional.
By the way, if you're curious about a few things Matthew mentioned…
Books, poems, places, people, images, and links mentioned by Matthew Campbell during our conversation.
LEGO National Library of DublinA remarkable LEGO recreation of Dublin's National Library, where Stephen Dedalus and the literary figures of Scylla and Charybdis gather. Matthew used this model to begin our conversation about the real people who found their way into Ulysses.
J. M. Synge's HouseMatthew shared the story of Oliver St. John Gogarty relieving himself against Synge's front door—one of the many anecdotes that brought Dublin's literary world vividly to life during our conversation.
W. B. Yeats — In the Seven Woods (1903)Matthew introduced Yeats's 1903 collection, including the poem "Baile and Aillinn," whose closing lines inspired Buck Mulligan's irreverent parody in Ulysses.
George Russell (AE) — New Songs- Padraic Colum — "The Drover"
Dana
James Joyce — Chamber Music- James Joyce — The Holy Office
- Matthew Campbell & Chris WoganLearn more about Matthew CampbellUniversity of York ProfileWatch Chris Wogan's presentationTrees in the Works of James Joyce
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Robert Nicholson
Joyce's Dublin, Real People, and the Tower.
By the way, if you're curious about a few things Robert mentioned…
- The Ulysses Guide: Tours Through Joyce's DublinRobert Nicholson
- The Real People of Joyce's Ulysses: A Biographical GuideVivien Igoe
- Tales from the TowerVivien Igoe and Robert Nicholson
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Sam Slote
Reading Joyce, Annotation, and Living with Difficult Books.
By the way, if you're curious about a few things Sam mentioned…
- Annotations to James Joyce's UlyssesSam Slote, Marc A. Mamigonian, and John Turner
- Joyce's Nietzschean EthicsSam Slote
The join details for each week's conversation are posted near the top of this page.
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Participant Voices — Podcast Conversations
Along the way, Ulysses in 80 participants from around the world continue the conversation through shared podcast episodes and reflections.
Organic, casual, and often recorded in real time, these conversations emerge directly from the reading experience itself—exploring questions, frustrations, discoveries, favorite passages, editions, halfway thoughts, and the experience of reading Ulysses together over 80 days.
Episodes have included:
Why Read Ulysses?
What Edition Should I Read?
Halfway Through
…and conversations inspired by readers everywhere.