Cw: conversations about death, suicide, Trump mention Our favourite girly goes through it… for the last time. Just like Javert, we are quite thoroughly derailed. The Penal Code document mentioned Henri Gisquet This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin. 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.c...
Apr 01, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Cw: implications of suicide, death, Hugo starts us off with some equal opportunity foot fetish, the return of a knob, and Javert and Valjean meet again in filthy circumstances. Javert and Valjean have a tense cab ride around town, Marius narrowly escapes becoming the protagonist of a different musical and if an old man can change, then so can other people. I talk about Nestor. It's not Nestor, it's Priam. War and Peace Daily This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin. The audio direction and intro...
Mar 01, 2025•54 min•Season 5Ep. 11
Cw: description of drowning, death, sewage, [re-uploaded, apologies for the incorrect audio] Hugo sucks us in with a horrifying account of the sewers, Jean Valean struggles through the sewers, gets down on his knees, only to be met with a familiar and talkative face. Order The Construction of Race in Les Mis Fanworks here ER Martian fic This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi . It is a Captain's Collection Creation . Bread & Barricades...
Feb 01, 2025•47 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Cw: discussions of sewage, getting lost in the dark, references to suicide, death, Hugo takes us into the horrors of the sewers, where our smart boy is led by the hand of God. A criminal goes for a stroll by the Seine, pursued by a tall man who is more attractive than Chris Evans… and we finally reach the culmination of a bready bit. This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi . It is a Captain's Collection Creation . Bread & Barricades (@...
Jan 01, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 9
Cw: sinophobia, discussion of sewage, We dive into the sewers and for the first time ever, Hugo might be right about science, and also teaches us some new words?? We say the word cloaca about seventy thousand times, the English are respectable, and we find Javert's Inspection Chamber ;) Also, did you know the origin of the word OOZE? Prepare yourself because Nemo and Stevie have a LOT of passion about sewers. Human compost: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/05/07/182010827/is-it-safe-to-...
Dec 01, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Cw: discussions of death, blood, battle wounds Open your death notes because it's time to catalogue some boy death! Someone is lost in translation, Marius is bloodied and Hugo is epic. Enjolras canonically kisses a man twice… and then the iconic scene we've all been waiting for. Tumblr post mentioned: https://www.tumblr.com/killingsboys/759352148052033536 This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi . It is a Captain's Collection Creation . Bre...
Nov 01, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Cw: death mention, discussion of racism/colonialist mentality, Valjean and Javert explore some bondage together in the alleyway behind the tavern. We delight in this. And then Hugo reminds us that he was indeed a white man from the nineteenth century as he teaches us about protest and colonial power. This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi . It is a Captain's Collection Creation . Bread & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter Bread &am...
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Cw: descriptions of break-ups, drug use and addiction, body dysmorphia and weight, self-hatred, alcohol drinking, suicide mention Two people who are, at heart, sixty years old, go to the digital club to give YOU the rundown of which Les Miserables character corresponds to which song from Charlie XCX's album brat. Featuring angsty breakup ER, egg Marius and many romcom realisations. This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi . It is a Captain'...
Oct 01, 2024•52 min•Season 5Ep. 50
Cw: drug mention, child death mention, description of child poverty, starvation, blood mention, injury description, suicide mention We discuss an album that was not made for us (but which becomes increasingly more imprinted on our souls), another person has pissed off Hugo so we get another session of Opinion Time, and it's time to get sad about bread. We rejoin the barricade and witness the preparations of the barricade boys as the soldiers prepare their final assault – and Valjean offers to bl...
Sep 15, 2024•56 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Cw: descriptions of warfare, gun violence, death, child death, race riots, Nemo and Stevie boil in their own sweat as the barricade comes under cannon fire. Valjean performs some sick snipes, the National Guard cause unnecessary bloodshed, there's some hope – and then despair. Pull the Trigger piglet https://iguanamouth.tumblr.com/post/72395907923 This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi . It is a Captain's Collection Creation . Bread &...
Sep 01, 2024•49 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Cw: description of death, war mention, misogyny This week Hugo predicts the 2024 UK election, the barricade is filled with autistic men who appreciate the engineering of a canon, and Gavroche makes all the boys tremble. And hold on to your garters because we have an extended portion where Victor Hugo tells us in extreme detail what he thinks of young womens' bedrooms. This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi . It is a Captain's Collection C...
Jun 17, 2024•50 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Cw: mention of plane crash, war mention Nemo and Stevie record the first cross-continental episode, we talk about Hugo's hatred of Taylor Swift's lifestyle, lions and phoenixes, and Hugo/Enjolras' hope for a united states of Europe. There's some thinking about politics and then Javert and Enjolras have some kinky times on a table with some rope. 'The worse side, [Enjolras] cannot imagine. He’s part of it already. The blond hair, fair skin and fine profile that Hugo gives him’ adds to ‘his exclus...
Jun 01, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Cw: death, execution, children dying of starvation, sex work discrimination, Welcome to season 5, in which there are some new barricade men to ship, which Providence means Nemo has links to them. These barricades are inspired by our main boy barricade, which has some leadership issues. Mods are asleep, alcohol is banned, and some student boys do some pontification before choosing who should leave wearing a uniform. This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin and Julian Yap. The audio direction and ...
Mar 15, 2024•59 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Cw: threats to a child, descriptions of gun warfare This episode is mostly about a Sumo!Grantaire AU. If you want to cut straight back to the actual story, it begins at 14:15. Valjean reads a letter and struggles with the overwhelming desire to murder Marius (mood) before getting dressed and heading out. The little King of the Barricades shows us how it’s done and takes us to the end of the fourth of five parts. We talk about the remastered 2012 film, have a retrospective about what we’ve come a...
Mar 01, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 25
Cw: death, references to incest and implied pedophilia, Eponine becomes a mermaid, cursed Marriage AUs, and the most heroic child (and secret leader of the barricade) goes on a mission. We solve a mystery involving a blotter, and then Hugo gives us a moral conundrum to really chew on. 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 &...
Feb 15, 2024•57 min•Season 4Ep. 24
Cw: death, warfare, descriptions of injury, Put on your mourning clothes, lads, it’s time for THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (aka time for everyone to die). Bravo to an old man, live slug reactions, an isekai’d Marius and Fs in the chat for our bestest gal. Au Clair de la lune (not the Dubussy): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Au_clair_de_la_lune Mabeuf images: https://secoursrouge.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2000/01/jpg_works_of_victor_hugo__1864___14802643303_.jpg https://www.tumblr.com/pilferingappl...
Feb 01, 2024•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 23
Cw: police brutality, description of injury, death, suicidal ideation, disassociation, warfare, emotional manipulation in a relationship, We build the WORLD’S STRONGEST AU to start this (unfortunate rerecord episode). The barricades are up and (surprise!) we’re already facing death. Enjolras shows us what leadership means to him, Hugo has a lot of hope for the future (yikes), and Marius tests our patience as he goes to find his death. WHO-HOO! EEEE!! Song used: Music Director Thomas Dausgaard an...
Jan 15, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 22
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 JD...
Dec 01, 2023•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 21
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. ...
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 20
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 Capta...
Nov 01, 2023•56 min•Season 4Ep. 19
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 Cre...
Sep 15, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 18
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 Col...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 17
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.co...
Jul 15, 2023•49 min•Season 4Ep. 16
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 (@LesMisPodcas...
Jul 01, 2023•53 min•Season 4Ep. 15
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 a...
Jun 15, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 14
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 ...
Mar 15, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 103
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 (@LesMisPodc...
Mar 01, 2023•59 min•Season 4Ep. 13
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 Ju...
Feb 15, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 12
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 ...
Feb 01, 2023•58 min•Season 4Ep. 11
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...
Jan 15, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 102
