The Odyssey: XVII-XVIII

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2019

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

The saga continues. On this week's episode, David, Heidi, and a very special guest discuss books XVII and XVIII of the Odyssey. Conversation touches on the patience of Odysseus and Telemachus, Athena's role in the story, whether the suitors are worthy adversaries, and Penelope's beauty.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Close Reeds here.
0:04.8	I'm the Close Reads podcast Network.
0:06.4	I'm David Kern and I'm joined by Heidi White.
0:09.6	Hi, David.
0:10.6	And this is so exciting.
0:13.4	And a special guest who is here because Tim couldn't make it and no one else wanted to do it. And I didn't have a lot
0:24.7	of choices. And Brandon's here. That was the worst introduction ever. Brandon's here. Brandon's here.
0:35.4	Brandon's here. Brandon in the Blanc. Let's start the show now, so we're going to talk about the Odyssey.
0:39.7	No, Brandon.
0:41.2	Brandon LeBlanc is here.
0:43.3	Brandon LeBlanc.
0:44.6	Hello.
0:45.8	That's all you get.
0:47.1	He's only going to say two-word answers because he's on a quota.
0:50.3	He's only allowed to say 112 total words on the podcast.
0:53.7	So he's going to be using very
0:55.5	short sentences throughout this episode. Yeah, no, Brandon, Brandon's here. He's joining us. He is
1:00.5	filling in for Tim, but also we are happy to have him, I guess. But there's a Mary War
1:06.1	betwixt us by popular demand. He says, so Heidi, say how to, say how to Brandon. Welcome to the show. Make him feel better than I'm going to make him feel.
1:15.3	Seriously, Brandon, welcome to the show. I'm so thrilled you're here. Well deserved. This is, I mean, you may peak in your life on this day.
1:24.4	It's a very big deal to be on close streets. Yeah. Yeah. It's a long time coming, I guess.
1:30.8	Really nervous. I turned the wrong way out of my street this morning on the way the office. Everything
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