{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Cost of Glory","title":"122 - Odyssey 1: Society on the Brink","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5621,"description":"Something is very wrong in the opening scenes of the Odyssey. \nThe master of the house is gone. His wife is besieged. His son is powerless. And the men eating him out of house and home are waiting for the right moment to strike. \nWelcome to Part 1 (of 6!) of our new series, where we cover Homer's great epic. \nPart 1 covers Books 1 to 4, the monsters haven't arrived yet — but the groundwork for everything is laid here. What does it take to reestablish order once it has fallen? What kind of man can do it? \nFollow Telemachus as he learns to speak, to threaten, and to travel among serious men, and meet the figures who shape his fate: Athena, Penelope, Nestor, Menelaus, Helen, and the doomed suitors led by Antinous. \nAs Christopher Nolan's film approaches, it's a perfect time to dust off a copy of Homer's Odyssey, and follow along this epic story in our 6-part retelling.\nTimestamps:\n0:00 Why the Odyssey begins with Odysseus's absence\n1:08 Introducing the show\n1:25 Book One: Athena visits Ithaca\n4:05 Telemachus welcomes the stranger\n7:33 The poem's opening lines and Odysseus's epithets\n10:06 Odysseus and the wrath of Poseidon\n11:43 The Council of the Gods\n13:58 Athena's plan to help Telemachus\n17:20 Athena's instructions: call an assembly\n19:08 The story of Orestes and Telemachus's zeal\n22:08 Penelope's first appearance\n27:00 Telemachus finds his courage\n29:25 Book Two: The Assembly begins\n31:56 Antinous defends the suitors\n35:59 The omen of the eagles\n37:55 Telemachus's plan revealed\n40:16 Athena returns as Mentor\n45:15 Telemachus sets sail for Pylos\n46:48 Book Three: Arrival at Pylos\n52:41 The story of Agamemnon and Aegisthus\n1:02:17 Book Four: Arrival in Sparta\n1:05:28 Helen's grand entrance\n1:11:41 Helen's magic drug\n1:19:50 Menelaus and Proteus, the shapeshifting sea god\n1:27:08 Menelaus's fate: the Elysian Fields\n1:32:09 The suitors plot to kill Telemachus\n1:33:23 Closing thoughts\nCallouts:\nSpecial thanks to Dr. Richard Johnson for his longtime support of the...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/e9Sa4TjcD2AANYwBKeHjinbdJ-h9gAVExpbmhJYgOAg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80OWZm/NGFjZDE3Yzk3MTdm/N2ExOTNlY2U4NTZh/OTgwMS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}