The Endless Knot

We’re jumping into the Odyssey movie discourse, finally! We discuss our reactions to the Nolan movie and what we found interesting about it, and then chat with some podcasters who’ve just released relevant books! Oh, and Marcie has a song about Odysseus.
Doug Metzger’s podcast
The Odyssey: An Illustrated Guide
Jeff Wright’s website
Mythtake podcast
Liv Albert’s website
The Odyssey: A Modern Retelling
Joel Christensen’s new book The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer’s Odyssey
Erica Stevenson’s new book The Odyssey Effect: How Homer's Epic Poem Shaped the World
The theme song from the 60’s Hercules cartoon
Marcie’s song “Can’t See No Blues”
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We talked to Kory Stamper, lexicographer and author, about the unexpectedly gripping story of the struggle to define colours and wrestle the kaleidoscope of our social, scientific, artistic, sartorial, and commercial understanding of hues into some sort of order. This is truly one of our favourite books we’ve ever read for this podcast!
Kory’s book True Color
Kory Stamper’s website
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What does your accent say about you? (And yes, you DO have an accent!) Why do accents develop, and what is the history behind the wide range of modern American accents? We talked to Valerie Fridland about all of these questions and more, covered in her delightful new book “Why We Talk Funny”.
Valerie’s book “Why We Talk Funny”
Like, Literally, Dude! and our interview with her about it
Dr. Valerie Fridland’s website
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We spoke with linguist, writer and podcaster Dr Danny Bate about his debut book, Why Q Needs U, a “linguistico-historical non-fiction book” that sets out to answer two big questions: Where did we get the letters of the alphabet from? And why does English use them so strangely? We had a delightful conversation about the book, his podcast, Indo-European, and cats!
Danny’s book “Why Q Needs U”
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An apology for absence, some personal news, and the guests coming in the next few months.
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