In today's episode, we're making an argument that might surprise you. The Odyssey - the 2,700-year-old poem that Christopher Nolan just spent $250 million adapting for IMAX - was never really about gods and monsters. It was about a guy who just wanted to go home. And the reason it's still the most influential story in Western civilization is because it was built like a podcast - crowd-tested in front of live audiences for centuries until every scene hit exactly right. We'll give you the cheat code for understanding the story even if you never plan to read it. And we'll give you our pre-release take on the Nolan film before you spend $25 on an IMAX ticket. By the end, you'll understand why a blind poet in 700 BC is the reason every story you've ever loved is structured the way it is.

• (00:00:00) - The Odyssey
• (00:02:16) - Pre-Release Take on The Book
• (00:02:29) - Sword Sophisticated: The Wicket and Cricket
• (00:02:42) - Wise Word of the Week
• (00:04:08) - PODCAST: Follow Us
• (00:04:27) - The Odyssey: An Oral Tradition
• (00:07:33) - Seriously, Homer Didn't Even Exist
• (00:09:15) - Odysseus vs The Odyssey
• (00:12:16) - Odysseus: The Journey Home
• (00:14:47) - What's The Story Behind 'Why Do We Care?'
• (00:15:03) - The Iliad and The Odyssey
• (00:17:42) - 24 Books
• (00:18:51) - The Story That Invented Stories
• (00:20:22) - Odysseus Returns Home
• (00:22:16) - Pepelope in The Book
• (00:22:52) - Joss Whedon on The Inventor
• (00:24:32) - The Cast of The Odyssey
• (00:26:35) - Fun Facts For Kids
• (00:26:48) - The Origins of the Word Odyssey
• (00:27:11) - The Odyssey: Story of the flashback
• (00:28:23) - The Odyssey
• (00:30:01) - Odyssey: What Else To Do?
• (00:31:10) - The Odyssey: The Story That Invented All Stories
• (00:33:05) - The Odyssey: A Film Review

In today's episode, we're making an argument that might genuinely change how you feel the next time someone cuts you off in traffic and doesn't wave. Every social interaction you've ever had runs on rules that nobody wrote down, nobody voted on, and nobody can fully explain - they just exist. And somehow, breaking them feels like a crime. Today, we'll get into where these invisible rules actually came from, who benefits when you follow them, and what it says about you when you don't. From who gets the airplane armrest to whether you're actually obligated to return the shopping cart in the rain - by the end of this episode you'll understand why the merge wave is a moral act, why returning an empty dish to your neighbor is basically a war crime, and why the elevator thing bothers everyone and no one can explain why.

• (00:00:00) - Unwritten Rules of Social Life
• (00:02:14) - Fooling Around With Money
• (00:02:35) - Sort of Sophisticated
• (00:02:58) - Cavalcade
• (00:04:12) - Social Norms
• (00:05:43) - How long should you stay at a party? What's the expectation
• (00:07:00) - How To Get Out Of An Irish Party Without Saying Goodbye
• (00:08:39) - How To Deal With a Forgetful Person's Birthday
• (00:10:04) - Should You Tell Someone Their Flip Is Down?
• (00:11:27) - The Social Contract
• (00:13:14) - What's The Talk Of Splitting The Bill
• (00:15:27) - Do You Tell Your Friends How Much Money You Make?
• (00:17:02) - Is It RUDE To Ask How Much Something Costs?
• (00:19:56) - Can You Cancel Plans With Friends Because You're tired?
• (00:21:14) - Do You Have To Attend Every Wedding?
• (00:23:18) - No One Will Replace Gabby
• (00:25:03) - In the Elevator With Real People
• (00:26:01) - Travel F faux pas
• (00:26:27) - Airplane Armrests
• (00:27:04) - Is It Okay To recline The Seat On Airplanes?
• (00:27:48) - 9 Tips For Swapping Seats On An Airplane
• (00:30:51) - Pool Chair Sit Down
• (00:31:56) - People Talk About Their Phones
• (00:33:49) - 5 Rules For Shopping With Kids
• (00:35:05) - What Drivers Weren't Waving While Merging
• (00:36:48) - Is It Okay to Eat Somebody's Leftovers In The Office Fr
• (00:37:54) - The Broken Window Theory
• (00:41:04) - Waving the Car Window
• (00:41:50) - Fun Facts! Don't Discuss Money or Politics At Dinner
• (00:44:45) - Five Things You Didn't Know About Social Norms
• (00:47:09) - A Few Unwritten Rules for Life

In today's episode, we're asking a question that's gonna mess with you a little: is luck actually real, or are "lucky" people just paying closer attention than the rest of us? We dig into a psychologist who spent years studying lucky versus unlucky people - and found the difference wasn't intelligence, it was whether you notice the giant sign in front of your face. We'll break down the four specific habits that separate lucky people from everyone else, explain why your brain is basically wired to misread probability, and give you a real answer on whether you can actually make yourself luckier. Spoiler - you can. And it has nothing to do with buying lottery tickets.

• (00:00:00) - Who Is The Luckiest Person You Know?
• (00:01:46) - Why Lucky People Are Smarter Than Lucky People
• (00:02:23) - Sophisticated
• (00:03:37) - WORD OF THE WEEK: Gainsay
• (00:04:23) - Luck
• (00:05:47) - The Luck vs Luck Experiment by Richard Weissman
• (00:09:13) - The Four Habits of Lucky People
• (00:10:55) - 4 Habits That Make Lucky People So Much Happier
• (00:14:16) - Are You Luckier If You Expect to Get rejected?
• (00:15:10) - Lucky People Focus On Their Luck More Than Ordinary People
• (00:17:52) - Why We SUCK at Probability and Survivorship Bias
• (00:20:55) - Why Do We Think We're Lucky?
• (00:24:29) - The Luck Factor
• (00:25:42) - Oh, The Luck Test
• (00:26:06) - How Lucky Is It To Be Married?
• (00:26:50) - Talking About Meeting Your Wife
• (00:27:21) - Is Being Born in America Luck?
• (00:28:55) - The Importance of Reframing Luck
• (00:29:51) - 4 Fun Facts on Luck
• (00:32:22) - Lucky Ear: The Luck Factor
• (00:32:48) - What Makes Lucky People So Successful?
• (00:33:33) - How to Win the Lottery