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Podcast: Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill
Episode: 376: The Dead by James Joyce
Description: The boys review Crowhill's 2023 Christmas beer, then discuss a short story from James Joyce.
Pigweed starts off with some biographical information about Joyce, and how "The Dead" fits into his collected works. The story was finished in 1907.
Gabriel Conroy is the main character, and we see some of the action through his eyes.
The whole story takes places in one snowy evening. It might have been the feast of Epiphany. The hosts have an annual musical celebration.
Joyce sets...