Buckle up, it’s time. You are a grownup. You will read Ulysses. Nay, you will listen to it! We promise it won’t hurt, and people will know you are brilliant. RTE’s 1982 definitive version of James Joyce’s masterwork is available on Spotify, and the dramatization makes a confounding novel comprehensible. Plus, each episode is paired with helpful ‘splainin from dear departed Dublin treasure Gerry O’Flaherty and Joyce expert Fritz Senn. It’s a revelation. —Carmen Sternwood