Bread & Barricades: A Les Mis Podcast

Cw: distant firework noises, misogyny, description of protest, guns, references to antisemitic conspiracy theories, references to zionism, Nemo does some live foley work as we BUILD A BARRICADE! That’s right! Furniture is turned upside down! Cobblestones are uprooted! Hugo is a misogynist! There are tanned, sexy dockworkers and pale twinks, and Javert wishes he had the hands of a linen-maid!    This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi. It is a Captain's Collection Creation. Bread & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter Bread & Barricades | Tumblr Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lesmispodcast  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LesMisPodcast

Cw: death mention, misogyny, fatphobia, racism, Islamophobia, sex work, reference to war,  alcohol abuse, imperialism, referenced eugenicism / nazism In a strange turn of events, it’s back to in-person recordings as we get the history of the Corinthe, including an excellent chef, a new old man we love (RIP), some new Hugolian women, before we head over to the Brunch Before the Revolution where we drink some brandy-stout-absinthe cocktails. This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi. It is a Captain's Collection Creation. Bread & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter Bread & Barricades | Tumblr Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lesmispodcast  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LesMisPodcast

Cw: fatphobia, descriptions of war wounds, gender essentialism, descriptions of protest This week, Nemo encounters a time loop version of themself before starting a fun fact corner about Hugo, dates and revolution. What if Victor Hugo was President of France?? Lamarque’s funeral continues and we get some precious time with our son Gavroche as he goes on some adventures.    This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi. It is a Captain's Collection Creation. Bread & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter Bread & Barricades | Tumblr Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lesmispodcast  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LesMisPodcast

Cw: conversation about death, mention of death by cholera and covid, discussion of police brutality Today we announce Stevie’s anticipated Kill List, where they anticipate what order the Barricade Boys will die in. We finally learn who General Lamarque is, just in time for his funeral to get started. Let’s get this rebellion/insurrection/riot started! This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi. It is a Captain's Collection Creation. Bread & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter Bread & Barricades | Tumblr Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lesmispodcast  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LesMisPodcast

Cw: death mention, coloniser apologism, depressing British politics,  Doctor Javert reveals their real name, and Stevie airs some quality, freshly minted fanfic. And then it’s time for a Hugo essay. This time it’s about riots and insurrection. There’s a lot of “Hugo what?” and “:( Hugo, yeah,” and “oh Hugo you naive fool…” as we ask where was Hugo on January 6th? This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi. It is a Captain's Collection Creation. Bread & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter Bread & Barricades | Tumblr Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lesmispodcast  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LesMisPodcast

The barricade boys meet for brunch and prinks before going to Lamarque’s funeral, but who cares about that, it’s time for Marius to be sad (again!) Also, Mabeuf is here, and it’s only downhill for him . Nemo is elated, Stevie is devastated. This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi. It is a Captain's Collection Creation. Bread & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter Bread & Barricades | Tumblr Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lesmispodcast  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LesMisPodcast

Cw: dysfunctional / emotional abusive family,  Some distance made the heart grow fonder, right? Our unexplained absence was just method acting for this chapter, in which Marius returns to beg his daddy for money. There’s some funky gender, some inability to be sincere and what people will do for inheritance. This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi. It is a Captain's Collection Creation. Bread & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter Bread & Barricades | Tumblr Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lesmispodcast  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LesMisPodcast

Cw: threatened violence against a woman, antisemitism (?), slavery, threatening suicide, references to domestic abuse A totally normal amount of time has passed since our last episode, don’t even worry about it. Marius is back, back again to our unending pleasure, and he continues to hate crime our girl Éponine right in time for the attack on Rue Plumet, and we conceptualise our new favourite bit: The Drag House of Javert.  Slave Play  This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi. It is a Captain's Collection Creation. Bread & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter Bread & Barricades | Tumblr Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lesmispodcast  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LesMisPodcast

Cw: death and suicide mention This week, Nemo and Stevie talk the West End show as seen in Feb 2023, including its updated staging, the pros/cons of a revolve, and Javert’s desperate grunting (in a homoerotic kind of way).  This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing was by JDWasabi. It is a Captain's Collection Creation. Bread & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter Bread & Barricades | Tumblr Nemo Martin (@zeus_japonicus) | Twitter Jade Leamcharaskul (@JDWasabi) | Twitter Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lesmispodcast  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LesMisPodcast Theme song: https://jdwasabi.bandcamp.com/track/bread-barricades-a-les-mis-podcast-intro-theme-song-full  Transcripts and Bibliogs: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pgYo6VOqUk_XtnjcG4Gm6ng8KeHRjFrn?usp=sharing

Cw: islamophobia mention, antisemitism mention, misogyny, amanormativity, sex work mention, death mention We start strong this week with VOLTAIRE FACTS,  and then we go into a real AROMANTIC WEEK celebration with Hugo being SO NORMAL about some CHASTE ROMANCING, thus beginning the downwards spiral of feminism.  This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi. It is a Captain's Collection Creation. Bread & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter Bread & Barricades | Tumblr Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lesmispodcast  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LesMisPodcast

Cw: discussions of incarceration, childhood poverty, anti-Blackness, death,  We make some excellent AUs, then dive back into Hugo’s big brain essay, which then devolves, as ever, into Hugo’s Going Off about Truth, Enlightenment, and Revolution, which we try really, really hard to understand. Plus, some quotes to make you sad about our present, and some quotes to give you hope. Noli Me Tangere Led By Donkeys  Physiocracy  On Being Unreasonable Tamarama This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi. It is a Captain's Collection Creation. Bread & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter Bread & Barricades | Tumblr Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lesmispodcast  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LesMisPodcast

Cw: prisons, incarceration in Australia and in the UK, depictions of classism, racism, descriptions of wounds, antiziganism, discussion of homophobic language,  This week we think about Australia, and then go deep, deep into Hugo’s fun world of slang. As usual, he has opinions. Some of them we agree with but. Not like this. Never like this, Hugo.    définition : dévisser le coco    This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi. It is a Captain's Collection Creation. Bread & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter Bread & Barricades | Tumblr Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lesmispodcast  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LesMisPodcast

Cw: child poverty, use of slur for Inuit people, human zoos, freak shows, minstrel performances, anti-Indigenous thought, incarceration, violence, Nemo goes to see a little-known musical, and we continue to love our boy Gavroche, who lives in an elephant. We apologise to another White Man for their interpretation of the novel, get really, really sad about children, then pivot to a prison heist.   This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi. It is a Captain's Collection Creation. Bread & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter Bread & Barricades | Tumblr Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lesmispodcast  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LesMisPodcast

Cw: stalking being romanticised, referenced child abuse, descriptions of childhood poverty and homelessness,  It’s finally time for two lovebirds to meet. The wettest, most effervescent event of the century. Then a real pivot to some boys. Some actual boys. Some sad boys, wet boys, cold cold boys - and we have a wild revelation about our bestest boy, made canonical.   This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi. It is a Captain's Collection Creation. Bread & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter Bread & Barricades | Tumblr Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lesmispodcast  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LesMisPodcast

Cw: stalking, Romani stereotypes, descriptions of a woman in peril (spoilers she’s fine),  Cosette is home alone and some spooky, scary goings on happen around her… Hugo brings up blood quantum,  we all know that Cosette is about to have some werewolf love encounters, and Touissant is a true crime podcast aficionado. Also, screw poetry.    Cosette’s blood post by Pilf  The quote about Hugo, Olympus and queer poetry is from Strangers by Graham Robb   This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi. It is a Captain's Collection Creation. Bread & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter Bread & Barricades | Tumblr Nemo Martin (@zeus_japonicus) | Twitter Jade Leamcharaskul (@JDWasabi) | Twitter Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lesmispodcast  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LesMisPodcast Theme song: https://jdwasabi.bandcamp.com/track/bread-barricades-a-les-mis-podcast-intro-theme-song-full  Transcripts and Bibliogs: https://drive.google.com/drive/folde

cw: unreality, stalking, death mention Welcome to our super special 100th episode of C'est-à-dire: A Marius Watch Podcast, brought to you by your hosts Courfeyrac and Combeferre! SFX: Sea: https://freesound.org/people/Philip_Goddard/sounds/277443/ Chair: https://freesound.org/people/JohnsonBrandEditing/sounds/173940/ Door slam: https://freesound.org/people/k398jfks93hfbvk/sounds/465346/ Forest ambience: https://freesound.org/people/KieranKeegan/sounds/434563/ This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi. It is a Captain's Collection Creation. Bread & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter Bread & Barricades | Tumblr Nemo Martin (@zeus_japonicus) | Twitter Jade Leamcharaskul (@JDWasabi) | Twitter Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lesmispodcast  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LesMisPodcast Theme song: https://jdwasabi.bandcamp.com/track/bread-barricades-a-les-mis-podcast-intro-theme-song-full  Transcripts and Bibliogs: https://drive.google.c

Cw: injury detail, discussion of sex work, imprisonment, poverty (including child poverty), anti-Blackness,  This week some Dads being dads and not going to therapy, Gavroche is back in time to witness the formation of a brand new ship, Hugo talks about the 2022 Cost of Living Crisis, Nemo gets protective about Montparnasse and we return to our favourite canonical trans man.   Gavroche musical  Nègre, négrier, traite des nègres  - Françoise Vergès Lancer uniform   This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi. It is a Captain's Collection Creation. Bread & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter Bread & Barricades | Tumblr Nemo Martin (@zeus_japonicus) | Twitter Jade Leamcharaskul (@JDWasabi) | Twitter Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lesmispodcast  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LesMisPodcast Theme song: https://jdwasabi.bandcamp.com/track/bread-barricades-a-les-mis-podcast-intro-theme-song-full  Transcripts and Bibliogs: https://drive.google.

Cw: death by drowning, incest discussion, incarceration, descriptions of abuse and police violence, discussion of racism, PTSD and disassociation Welcome to the new era (aka the Queen is dead), peasants. Today we do a deep dive into the trauma of Victor Hugo’s daughter’s death, its effect on Hugo’s “squalid” sexual behaviour and Valjean’s treatment of Cosette. Andrew Davies comes up again. It kind of ruins the whole rest of the episode, and our ongoing love of Valjean, ngl.  Douceur d’un autre monde: Sexuality, Disembodiment, and the Young Woman’s Voice in Les Misérables by Briana Lewis Choses Vues - Victor Hugo   This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi. It is a Captain's Collection Creation. Bread & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter Bread & Barricades | Tumblr Nemo Martin (@zeus_japonicus) | Twitter Jade Leamcharaskul (@JDWasabi) | Twitter Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lesmispodcast  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LesMisPodcast

Cw: discussion of ableism, paedophilia and colonialism,  In an alternate world, Ariel and Nemo would be running a Disney podcast. As it is, you’re stuck with us, talking about Les Mis, until such time as Dark!Benji and Autumn rise. We start with some disability theory, Hugo’s ghost permeates all, some ruminations on the podcast. Also, Les Mis is a comedy when it’s at its best.  Schor, Naomi. “Blindness as Metaphor.” Differences, vol. 11, no. 2, 1999, pp. 76–105., https://doi.org/10.1215/10407391-11-2-76.  Andrew Kaye Kauffmann: https://untoldlgbtqtales.wordpress.com/presenters-abstracts/  Paul Gaugain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gauguin    This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi. It is a Captain's Collection Creation. Bread & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter Bread & Barricades | Tumblr Nemo Martin (@zeus_japonicus) | Twitter Jade Leamcharaskul (@JDWasabi) | Twitter Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lesmispodcast  Patreon: http

Cw:  referenced sex work, death mention, Hugo the lolicon We attempt to solve the sexy mystery of Chad Sexy Garden versus Virginal tick Garden, we get Hugo’s opinions on the education of women and Catholic schoolgirls, and Jean Valjean is a prolific reader (aka Autistic King). We touch upon some complex thoughts about Cosette, who she is, and how we talk about her.  This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi. It is a Captain's Collection Creation. Bread & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter Bread & Barricades | Tumblr Nemo Martin (@zeus_japonicus) | Twitter Jade Leamcharaskul (@JDWasabi) | Twitter Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lesmispodcast  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LesMisPodcast Theme song: https://jdwasabi.bandcamp.com/track/bread-barricades-a-les-mis-podcast-intro-theme-song-full  Transcripts and Bibliogs: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pgYo6VOqUk_XtnjcG4Gm6ng8KeHRjFrn?usp=sharing