First podcast November 10, 2008.
Listening to these again I’m noticing a few patterns.
HERE are the shownotes.
Posted by Jesse Willis
First podcast November 10, 2008.
Listening to these again I’m noticing a few patterns.
HERE are the shownotes.
Posted by Jesse Willis
First podcast November 3, 2008.
Our talk with Bill Hollweg of BrokenSea Audio Productions.
HERE are the shownotes.
Posted by Jesse Willis
First podcast October 27, 2008.
Like Batman, but with less hypocrisy.
HERE are the shownotes.
Posted by Jesse Willis
The SFFaudio Podcast #148 – Scott and Jesse, in the first of a six part series, discuss the first four books of The Odyssey by Homer (books I, II, III and IV).
Talked about on today’s show:
Odysseus doesn’t appear in the first four books of The Odyssey, planting the seeds for the end of the story, The Iliad, and the missing epics, why not read The Iliad first?, novel vs. tragedy, Robert Fagles, E.V. Rieu, Ian Mckellan’s narration, The Apology Of Socrates by Plato, Telemachus’ dilemma, The Teaching Company, The Telemache (the first four books of The Odyssey), xenia, xenos (guest, host, foreigner, and friend), hospitality and the ancient world, an exploration of the concept of xenia, Pallas Athena, disguised, “he’s a suitor”, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, war orphans, embracing the stranger, xenophilia, the recurring turns of phrase, “the wine dark sea” and “bright eyed Athena”, the wise don’t lie, Basil Fawlty is not a very wise man, gearing down, Dan Simmons’s Hyperion, a story for a nation of city states, Nestor’s son was the fastest runner, wisdom comes in many flavours, Helen as a host, was Helen complicit with her kidnapping?, how should we read Helen?, dosing the household, the status of women in ancient Greece, the Entitled Opinions podcast (on Homer And Homeric Epics), The Odyssey is the story of a marriage, adventure with gods, the role of The Odyssey in ancient Greek religion, Socrates was convicted (in part) of denying the gods, miracles as an intervention, why do the gods disguise themselves?, are the gods simply external manifestations of human thought?, were the ancient Greeks more gullible than we?, the editorial introduction by E.V. Rieu, one of the greatest books ever, next time will be books V, VI, VII and VIII.
Posted by Jesse Willis
First podcast October 13, 2008.
Includes a bonus peppy start (yeah that’s the ticket) and lots of arguments about DRM, libraries, and used bookstores.
HERE are the original shownotes.
Posted by Jesse Willis