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Published: July 28, 2021, noon

Is a picnic really just picnic?\n\nIn this episode, Dermot and Kelly discuss Milly\u2019s letter from Mullingar, those lovely seaside girls, Milly\u2019s purpose in the narrative of Ulysses, the implication of a picnic, whether or not Milly is a poor substitute for Rudy, the significance of Milly\u2019s fifteenth birthday, how Milly\u2019s maturity has affected her parents\u2019 marriage, Freud\u2019s concepts of censorship and projection, Leopold and Molly projecting their insecurities onto Milly, Milly as a looking glass, whether or not Milly is nothing but a mini-Molly, whether or not incest is a major theme in Ulysses, Leopold and Milly\u2019s jaunt on the Erin\u2019s King, how concerned Bloom should be about Bannon, and Bloom\u2019s knowledge that he can\u2019t control Milly.