Whale, Whale, Whale

Good pal (and producer of this podcast!) Pedro Alcocer (@thepedroalcocer) joins Kevin for a reading of chapter 4 of Moby-Dick, "The Counterpane." Things still have a bit of a sitcom vibe. Visit our website! whalewhalewhale.wales Follow us on Twitter! @WhaleThreeTimes Like us on Facebook!

Returning guest (and our producer) Pedro Alcocer (@thepedroalcocer) joins Kevin for a thrilling double feature of chapters 5 and 6 of Moby-Dick, "Breakfast" and "The Street." Visit our website! whalewhalewhale.wales Follow us on Twitter! @WhaleThreeTimes Like us on Facebook!

Kevin is joined by Heather Potts (@hkpotts) for yet another thrilling double-feature of chapters 7 and 8, "The Chapel" and "The Pulpit." Also we discover that Captain Morgan was a real person. Visit our website! whalewhalewhale.wales Follow us on Twitter! @WhaleThreeTimes Like us on Facebook!

Kevin is joined by returning guest Heather Potts (@hkpotts) for chapter 9, "The Sermon", delivered by Father Mapple, the undisputed Coolest Man Alive.™ Visit our website! whalewhalewhale.wales Follow us on Twitter! @WhaleThreeTimes Like us on Facebook!

Comedian and friend Zach Kohn (@kohnisrad) joins Kevin for a double dose of chapters 10 and 11, "A Bosom Friend" and "Nightgown". Ishmael is starting to treat Queequeg like a human being! Imagine that! Visit our website! whalewhalewhale.wales Follow us on Twitter! @WhaleThreeTimes Like us on Facebook!

First mate Zach Kohn (@kohnisrad) returns to break down chapters 12 and 13, "Biographical" and "Wheelbarrow". Queequeg teaches us about his backstory and demonstrates how cool smoking is! Visit our website! whalewhalewhale.wales Follow us on Twitter! @WhaleThreeTimes Like us on Facebook!

First mate Ali Gordon (@msalicenutting) joins us to read chapter 14, "Nantucket". Ishmael doesn't talk to anybody but he has a lot of thoughts to share, as always. Also, we learn what the moon smells like! Visit our website! whalewhalewhale.wales Follow us on Twitter! @WhaleThreeTimes Like us on Facebook!

Ali Gordon (@msalicenutting) returns to help us read Chapter 15, "Chowder", and to ponder some important questions, like, "What would Ishmael be like if he were alive today?" and, "Does milk secretly taste like grass?" Visit our website! whalewhalewhale.wales Follow us on Twitter! @WhaleThreeTimes Like us on Facebook!

An important update! The show lives on! New episodes resume September 24th!

Graham Starr (@GrahamStarr) of New York Magazine joins us for a very special radio-drama-style reading of Chapter 16, "The Ship"! Adventure creeps closer as Ishmael sets foot aboard the whaleship Pequod and meet one of its (several) captains. Part 1 of 2! Visit our website! whalewhalewhale.wales Follow us on Twitter! @WhaleThreeTimes Like us on Facebook!

Graham Starr (@GrahamStarr) of New York Magazine returns for the exciting radio-drama-style conclusion of Chapter 16, "The Ship"! Plus: Graham and Kevin discuss .horse website domains, errors and discrepancies between editions of Moby Dick, 19th century whaleship economics, and more. Part 2 of 2! Visit our website! whalewhalewhale.wales Follow us on Twitter! @WhaleThreeTimes Like us on Facebook!

Comedian and friend Ben Meyerson (The President Show, The Opposition with Jordan Klepper) joins Kevin to read Chapter 17, "The Ramadan"! There's some slapstick humor, Ishmael's Frasier side takes over once again, and we decide that Queequeg is so much better than Ishmael and he could, like TOTALLY do better than him. Visit our website! whalewhalewhale.wales Follow us on Twitter! @WhaleThreeTimes Like us on Facebook!

First mate Ben Meyerson (The President Show, The Opposition with Jordan Klepper) returns to read Chapter 18, "His Mark", and Chapter 19, "The Prophet"! Queequeg AKA Quahog AKA Hedgehog signs up for service on the Pequod, and Ishmael gets accosted by a creepy stranger with a freakishly large arm. Cool! Visit our website! whalewhalewhale.wales Follow us on Twitter! @WhaleThreeTimes Like us on Facebook!

New first mate Tim Sampson (The Onion, Comedy Central, [Crazy Christians] 5) joins Kevin to read Chapters 20 and 21, "All Astir" and "Going Aboard"! The crew of the Pequod make final preparations to embark, Ishmael and Queequeg have a second encounter with the stranger Elijah, and Kevin and Tim discuss in depth which Muppets would star in an all-Muppet adaptation of Moby Dick. Visit our website! whalewhalewhale.wales Follow us on Twitter! @WhaleThreeTimes Like us on Facebook!

Tim Sampson (The Onion, Comedy Central, [Crazy Christians] 5) returns to help us read Chapters 22 and 23, "Merry Christmas" and "The Lee Shore"! The Pequod FINALLY embarks, Ishmael has a second encounter with extremely memorable character Bulkington, and Kevin and Tim continue their extremely important work of finding Muppet and other pop culture analogs to the characters in this book! Visit our website! whalewhalewhale.wales Follow us on Twitter! @WhaleThreeTimes Like us on Facebook!