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The Characters of “The Odyssey,” Ranked By Suckability

A jam-packed episode devoted solely to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey — and the original Homeric text? You’re welcome! Stories are so powerful.

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In this episode we discuss:

Why there was no butt sex in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey?

Zeus’s Law, and what the film tries (and fails) to say about war. Spoiler alert: war bad

Background on the collapse of the Bronze Age and how…

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