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We're back! Cramming ourselves once more into the water-logged, toilet-water horse that is podcasting, we return once again to finish our conversation on Christopher's The Odyssey (2026). The whole gang's here: Amy, Joe, Joel, Kermit, Piggy, Spider-man (listen through, it'll make sense). We talk the women of Homer, the nature of adaptation and why Plato keeps showing up in our group chat.
You can find more thoughts from Amy and Joel on Homer and other subjects at amypistone.com and Sententiae Antiquae, and Joe's music and merch at Joe's Odyssey.
For those looking for links specific to Homer and the Odyssey, here's everything our trio have done thus far:

Joe Goodkin Links:
Re-recording of The Odyssey: Songs of Odysseus
Interview in the Chicago Sun Times- Backlash against Christopher Nolan's 'Odyssey' misses the point

Amy Pistone Link:
Some Preliminary Thoughts on Nolan’s Odyssey

Joel Christensen Links:
Why Odysseus? Survivor, Scoundrel, (Anti)hero
Interview in Variety- ‘The Odyssey’: What Academics Are Saying About Christopher Nolan’s Epic:
Review in Hyperallergic- A Homerist Reacts to Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”
Review in Today- I’m a Classics Professor. This Is What I Really Think of ‘The Odyssey’
Review in Sententiae Antiquae- On viewing Nolan’s Odyssey
The Big Ol' Odyssey Review with Flint Dibble
As always, if you like what you hear, please be sure to rate, review, and subscribe to the show! Stay up-to-date on all the Movies We Dig news by visiting movieswedig.com or checking out our socials.

Movies We Dig is also part of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective, a podcast network and creator collective for historians, archaeologists, artists, and other creators and educators dedicated to sharing content about and featuring the ancient world that is accurate, accessible, and inclusive. To learn more about the collective and its contributors, check out collectivemem.com.

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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!)
We reconvene our Homeric council (see our episode on The Return) for the first part of our great debate of this summer/year/decade/Age of Bronze: Do We Dig Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey (2026)?
You can find more thoughts from Amy and Joel on Homer and other subjects at amypistone.com and Sententiae Antiquae, and Joe's music and merch at Joe's Odyssey.
For those looking for links specific to Homer and the Odyssey, here's everything our trio have done thus far:
Joe Goodkin Links:
Re-recording of The Odyssey: Songs of Odysseus
Interview in the Chicago Sun Times- Backlash against Christopher Nolan's 'Odyssey' misses the point
Amy Pistone Link:
Some Preliminary Thoughts on Nolan’s Odyssey
Joel Christensen Links:
Why Odysseus? Survivor, Scoundrel, (Anti)hero
Interview in Variety- ‘The Odyssey’: What Academics Are Saying About Christopher Nolan’s Epic:
Review in Hyperallergic- A Homerist Reacts to Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”
Review in Today- I’m a Classics Professor. This Is What I Really Think of ‘The Odyssey’
Review in Sententiae Antiquae- On viewing Nolan’s Odyssey
The Big Ol' Odyssey Review with Flint Dibble
As always, if you like what you hear, please be sure to rate, review, and subscribe to the show! Stay up-to-date on all the Movies We Dig news by visiting movieswedig.com or checking out our socials.

Movies We Dig is also part of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective, a podcast network and creator collective for historians, archaeologists, artists, and other creators and educators dedicated to sharing content about and featuring the ancient world that is accurate, accessible, and inclusive. To learn more about the collective and its contributors, check out collectivemem.com.

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What can be said about Nolan's Odyssey that hasn't already been said? Well hopefully a few things! The MWD crew gives their initial impressions on the biggest thing to hit the world of film and Classical studies since probably Gladiator. The main question on our mind: What version of Odysseus ended up coming home? Just beware of any sirens (spoilers) you may run into along the way if you have not had a chance to see the film yet!
As always, if you like what you hear, please be sure to rate, review, and subscribe to the show! Stay up-to-date on all the Movies We Dig news by visiting movieswedig.com or checking out our socials.

Movies We Dig is also part of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective, a podcast network and creator collective for historians, archaeologists, artists, and other creators and educators dedicated to sharing content about and featuring the ancient world that is accurate, accessible, and inclusive. To learn more about the collective and its contributors, check out collectivemem.com.

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It's more podcast for your buck! That's right, in anticipation of a certain small-budget indie film coming out this month, we're not talking about one movie, but five! We quest out in search of Matt Damon as he appears in Good Will Hunting (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Bourne Identity (2002), Interstellar (2014) and The Martian (2015), all in service of the great question: "Do We Dig Odysseus?"
As always, if you like what you hear, please be sure to rate, review, and subscribe to the show! Stay up-to-date on all the Movies We Dig news by visiting movieswedig.com or checking out our socials.

Movies We Dig is also part of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective, a podcast network and creator collective for historians, archaeologists, artists, and other creators and educators dedicated to sharing content about and featuring the ancient world that is accurate, accessible, and inclusive. To learn more about the collective and its contributors, check out collectivemem.com.

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Hop on board listeners as we take a look at another early 2000s animated film that maybe should have just fallen off the edge of the world. Helping us to discuss yet another problematic man lost at sea is none other than Liv Albert, the host of Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! and founding member of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective. If, like us, you missed this swashbuckling-adventure in favor of another pirate film, than hold on to your harem pants! This film's got it all: blatant misogyny, erasure of Arabic culture, and a lovable crew! But hey, you can't get much more epic than Eris, Goddess of Discord.

If you want to learn more about Liv and her work, be sure to visit her website at mythsbaby.com. And if you would like to get your hands on her brand new book,The Odyssey: A Modern Retelling, you can order it here or find it wherever books are sold!
As always, if you like what you hear, please be sure to rate, review, and subscribe to the show! Stay up-to-date on all the Movies We Dig news by visiting movieswedig.com or checking out our socials.

Movies We Dig is also part of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective, a podcast network and creator collective for historians, archaeologists, artists, and other creators and educators dedicated to sharing content about and featuring the ancient world that is accurate, accessible, and inclusive. To learn more about the collective and its contributors, check out collectivemem.com.

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