{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67d1eebcba1ef91ed0701189/6a6baf330d497875ebbe87c4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Odyssey (2026), Reception Battle, Part 1, with Joel Christensen, Joe Goodkin and Amy Pistone","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67d1eebcba1ef91ed0701189/1785669535511-c3e02d40-833e-4265-89eb-4d5f9988032a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>What's more Homeric than ending up right back where you started? Or wandering an endless sea of textual criticism? Or your co-hosts and guests fighting you every step of the way as you struggle to bring the ship to port? (sorry Christie!)</p><p>We reconvene our Homeric council (see our episode on <a href=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67d1eebcba1ef91ed0701189/67d1eed5288f0479392ba588?\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Return</em></a>) for the first part of our great debate of this summer/year/decade/Age of Bronze: Do We Dig Christopher Nolan's <em>The Odyssey</em> (2026)?</p><p>You can find more thoughts from Amy and Joel on Homer and other subjects at <a href=\"https://www.amypistone.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">amypistone.com</a> and <a href=\"https://sententiaeantiquae.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sententiae Antiquae</a>, and Joe's music and merch at <a href=\"https://joesodyssey.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Joe's Odyssey</a>.</p><p>For those looking for links specific to Homer and the Odyssey, here's everything our trio have done thus far:</p><p><strong>Joe Goodkin Links:</strong></p><ul><li>Re-recording of <a href=\"https://ffm.to/theodysseysong?utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e0_tv1_a1dennhb8kjvjr&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawTdiNVwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMWVoQk8yT3NKNEZ4cjk1RDJzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeWCCQF0PtCondUBn_kSZa126bYPS_lcl7Cn53meV5Snc8xRASCQFu3O_x9fk_aem_SXh4vCnStr8Xm-TrJT8gKA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Odyssey: Songs of Odysseus</a></li><li>Interview in the Chicago Sun Times- <a href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/06/10/christopher-nolan-odyssey-adaptation-film-homer-joe-goodkin?fbclid=IwY2xjawTdiT1wZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMWVoQk8yT3NKNEZ4cjk1RDJzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeZmCSzW1KlQeFi_IUGo4qd8f5M8Lvx1fOdPEx00UyuthgHLd99FJlgEHGeL4_aem_8_bGZWckQG4AxCPINRUtNw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Backlash against Christopher Nolan's 'Odyssey' misses the point</a></li></ul><p><strong>Amy Pistone Link:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.amypistone.com/some-preliminary-thoughts-on-nolans-odyssey/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTdiYVwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR404MxkxKALMEVnNzEcFHva3xJ2IMZbxJ911146l09CLwYlxJsFPJkhQgk9XA_aem_weLgr8GAGqOZz_bM3nYRrg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Some Preliminary Thoughts on Nolan’s Odyssey</a></li></ul><p><strong>Joel Christensen Links:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\" https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-20987-0?fbclid=IwY2xjawTdilZwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMWVoQk8yT3NKNEZ4cjk1RDJzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeZmCSzW1KlQeFi_IUGo4qd8f5M8Lvx1fOdPEx00UyuthgHLd99FJlgEHGeL4_aem_8_bGZWckQG4AxCPINRUtNw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Why Odysseus? Survivor, Scoundrel, (Anti)hero</a></li><li>Interview in Variety- <a href=\"https://variety.com/2026/film/news/christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-adaptation-scholars-react-1236815190/?utm_id=97757_v0_s00_e0_tv2_a1dennhb50y99v&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawTdi1lwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6z6kSW-JpgFU68Tg6m8pJ1uh4h7chX7WetkTqcRRu_tSozuOrbbLBYPRg8AA_aem_P1OnRwt5jS91CyyLHoQLCA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘The Odyssey’: What Academics Are Saying About Christopher Nolan’s Epic</a>:</li><li>Review in Hyperallergic- <a href=\" https://hyperallergic.com/a-homerist-reacts-to-christopher-nolans-the-odyssey/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTdi5hwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6VlfddZPfhVIHz_oByQUcEKnQQXfV43GrrjCH56ko2eAw0I5L58gbqMu0R_w_aem_0PX8iTVv4S-bMPM4bG9zCA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">A Homerist Reacts to Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”</a></li><li>Review in Today-<a href=\" https://www.today.com/popculture/movies/the-odyssey-classics-professors-review-rcna588405?utm_campaign=trueAnthem_manual&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawTdjApwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5MkMsduwGnM4SsWJHFECPg91rZ7kwEh18_ZmZmdRSaz4iQz299yAsWzAtd2w_aem_PvpkafI_-qCTc7kGnjgE6A\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> I’m a Classics Professor. This Is What I Really Think of ‘The Odyssey’</a></li><li>Review in Sententiae Antiquae- <a href=\"https://sententiaeantiquae.com/2026/07/24/on-viewing-nolans-odyssey/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTdjHZwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5v20lQS6jTvbmaQeZFyPdQWfbKJvn2VzJzb3eEdtoxhwwMGIFVDorlN5o9zA_aem_yBjpq7Wd1e8mzoshC2DISQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">On viewing Nolan’s Odyssey</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1qSog2a4a0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Big Ol' Odyssey Review with Flint Dibble</a></li></ul>","author_name":"Movies We Dig"}