WINNOW: A Couple’s Close Reading of the Iliad and Odyssey

Content Warning: This episode contains descriptions of violence. Listen at your own discretion. 
Odysseus is back in his true form in Book 22. His first act back in business is to kill almost everyone in his house. Ouch... how does this change our view of Odysseus?
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Edited by Isabella Gemmer

Enjoy Book 22 of Homer's Odyssey. These audiobooks are also available on YouTube with text on-screen.
Thank you to Project Gutenberg for the full text of the Samuel Butler (1900) translation. 
Narrated by Owen Gemmer.

It's the moment you've all been waiting for. The King is back in Book 21 of the Odyssey.
Listen to Book 22 of the Odyssey to be prepared for next week's episode on YouTube.
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Thank you to Nat Copeland for our theme song.
Edited by Isabella Gemmer

Enjoy Book 21 of Homer's Odyssey. These audiobooks are also available on YouTube with text on-screen.
Thank you to Project Gutenberg for the full text of the Samuel Butler (1900) translation. 
Narrated by Owen Gemmer.

This episode we're talking about foreshadowing. How is it used effectively in stories? How is it used in the Odyssey? Does knowing the suitors' fate make the story experience better or worse?
Listen to Book 21 of the Odyssey to be prepared for next week's episode on YouTube.
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Thank you to Nat Copeland for our theme song.
Edited by Isabella Gemmer

Enjoy Book 20 of Homer's Odyssey. These audiobooks are also available on YouTube with text on-screen.
Thank you to Project Gutenberg for the full text of the Samuel Butler (1900) translation. 
Narrated by Owen Gemmer.

In Book 19 of the Odyssey we get to see Odysseus and Penelope's first conversation, but it is not a reunion. And we ask the hot questions: Does Penelope recognize Odysseus? And if she does, why doesn't she say anything?
Listen to Book 20 of the Odyssey to be prepared for next week's episode on YouTube.
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Check out our bonus podcast on Patreon, CHONKERS a mini podcast about thick books
Thank you to Nat Copeland for our theme song.
Edited by Isabella Gemmer

Enjoy Book 19 of Homer's Odyssey. These audiobooks are also available on YouTube with text on-screen.
Thank you to Project Gutenberg for the full text of the Samuel Butler (1900) translation. 
Narrated by Owen Gemmer.

Odysseus begins to make small moves in the palace in Book 18 of the Odyssey. Thigh reveal! And Penelope scams the suitors for more gifts.
Listen to Book 19 of the Odyssey to be prepared for next week's episode on YouTube.
Watch this episode on YouTube.
Check out our bonus podcast on Patreon, CHONKERS a mini podcast about thick books
Thank you to Nat Copeland for our theme song.
Edited by Isabella Gemmer

Enjoy Book 18 of Homer's Odyssey. These audiobooks are also available on YouTube with text on-screen.
Thank you to Project Gutenberg for the full text of the Samuel Butler (1900) translation. 
Narrated by Owen Gemmer.