036: chs 61-63 – Moby [Premium]

  • Heather Ordover
  • PREMIUM BOOK – Moby Dick
  • March 7, 2026

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CHAPTERS 61-63: Moby Dick

Premium chapter audio can be found on the Moby Dick book page.

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 01:02 Start of book talk
  • 4:31 The calm before the chaos
  • 7:00 “All men live enveloped in whale lines”
  • 11:49 Ch 61 shatters the illusion
  • 16:53 Who does what in the whale boat
  • 20:41 Harpooner vs. Mate
  • 24:22 Chapters 61-63 audio
  • 44:46 Post-chapter booktalk
  • 48:02 Stubb’s painful rope burn
  • 50:37 The whale’s final moment
  • 53:43 Melville calls out the absurdity
  • 58:03 First blood in Moby Dick
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  • Intro music: Upon a Nameless Tide by Aaron Ordover
  • Outro: Adrift in Blue Hours by Aldrin Adolfo
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