What happens when a classicist, novelist, and pundit enter a bar? (ha ha) Bad jokes aside, we are living through a *moment* in popular culture, fraught with man-splaining, flooded with click-bait nonsense, and—most worryingly—oozing sexism, racism, and transphobia. Who better to guide you through a close read of Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” but your favorite Tertiary hosts, Heaven-Leigh and Justin?

The good news is, between our hot takes on Nolan’s adaptation, we also debate progressive tax systems and whether or not Jason Statham should make any more movies.

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Assigned Reading

• Buy “The Odyssey,” translated by Emily Wilson on Bookshop here.
• Explore “Homer: The Iliad and The Odyssey (Different Translations of the Opening Lines)” here.
• Read Emily Wilson’s scathing review of Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey, “An Uncomplicated Man,” here.
• Read Joyce Carol Oates’ response to Wilson’s review here.

Further Reading

• Read Claudia Dreifus’s exit interview with Ben and Jerry, “Passing the Scoop,” for The New York Times here.
• Watch the entirety of Jason Statham’s filmography, duh.
• Compare Kilmartin and Cox’s translation of Stanislaw Lem’s “Solaris” (here) with an ebook version of Bill Johnston’s translation (here).
• Buy Lydia Davis’ brilliant collection of essays on translating Proust, “Essays Two,” on Bookshop here.

Our intro and outro music comes from “Cloud Dancer” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0.