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ODYSSEY: THE PODCAST

Jeff Wright

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14 episodes

EPISODE 1 PENELOPE
23/8/2019 | 1h 33 mins.
STORY 1:14:49 listening time Odysseus – “the polytropus man” – sets sail for home. Adventures at Ismarus and in the Land of the Lotus Eaters follow. A detailed flashback takes us to Ithaka, to explore Penelope’s three duties in her husband’s absence: stewardship, sexual fidelity, and raising an heir. The episode concludes with Odysseus and...

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EPISODE 2 CYCLOPS
23/8/2019 | 1h 25 mins.
STORY 1:03:45 listening time This episode includes all of the adventures – the horror, the comedy, and the strategy – inside the cyclops Polyphemus’ cave. The episode concludes with Odysseus being cursed, followed by a short primer on how to curse one’s enemies, Bronze Age style. COMMENTARY: UNDERSTANDING XENIA 21:49 listening time The Odyssey’s most...

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EPISODE 3 AEOLUS and THE LASTRYGONIANS
02/8/2019 | 1h 13 mins.
STORY 46:05 listening time The Great Wanderings continue, and disaster follows disaster. First Odysseus squanders opportunity for easy homecoming via King Aeolus’ magical bag of wind. And then Odysseus loses most of his ships and crew, in the Lastrygonian harbor of death. COMMENTARY: THE ODYSSEY AS LITERATURE’S DEFINING QUEST STORY 27:13 listening time I offer...

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EPISODE 4 CIRCE
01/8/2019 | 1h 17 mins.
STORY 55:57 listening time Odysseus’ crew arrive on Circe’s island, where they are transformed into pigs (most likely for behaving like pigs). After rescuing his crew, Odysseus decides to postpone his homecoming a full year, unwilling to resist the pleasures of the Circe’s “gorgeous bed”. COMMENTARY: MARITAL FIDELITY IN THE BRONZE AGE 21:45 listening time...

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EPISODE 5 ODYSSEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD
31/7/2019 | 1h 12 mins.
STORY 53:00 listening time Odysseus visits the underworld and has some interesting conversations with the dead. His mom warns him about the deteriorating situation in Ithaka; Agamemnon warns him about the fidelity of wives (an Odyssey “recurring theme); and Achilles shares his post-life existential crisis: “was all of my earthly kleos really worth anything?”. COMMENTARY: ...

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About ODYSSEY: THE PODCAST

Odyssey: The Podcast is a serialized telling in contemporary language, of Homer’s Odyssey. Over twenty-three hours, master storyteller Jeff Wright delivers a fast-paced, literate, and addictive performance. Each episode features a continuation of the story arc, followed by engaging commentary on the social, cultural and political contexts helpful to maximizing your fun with Homer’s story. Odyssey: The Podcast works brilliantly as a free-standing story, or as a sequel to Trojan War: The Podcast.

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