ODYSSEY: THE PODCAST

By: Jeff Wright
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  • 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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  • EPISODE 1 PENELOPE

    EPISODE 1 PENELOPE
    Aug 23 2019

    STORY  0:00 – 1:15:00 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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    1 hr and 33 mins
  • EPISODE 2 CYCLOPS

    EPISODE 2 CYCLOPS
    Aug 23 2019

    STORY  0:00 – 1:03:45 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. POST-STORY COMMENTARY:  UNDERSTANDING XENIA  1:03:45 – 1:25:37 The Odyssey’s...

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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • EPISODE 3 AEOLUS and THE LASTRYGONIANS

    EPISODE 3 AEOLUS and THE LASTRYGONIANS
    Aug 2 2019

    STORY  0:00 – 45:00 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. POST-STORY COMMENTARY:  THE ODYSSEY AS LITERATURE’S DEFINING QUEST STORY  45:00 – 1:13:00 I...

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    1 hr and 13 mins

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A go-to podcast - the best Odyssey commentary

This is a fantastic podcast. The story of the Odyssey brought to life by a professional story teller. If you have read the Odyssey you'll really enjoy hearing the story you kind-of remember brought back to full memory with additional story highlights brought along for the ride. Jeff Wright also has a podcast on the Iliad delivered in this same style. Both are top 10 podcasts.

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