New studio, same two listeners. James and I both hit 40 this year, so this one starts with the two moments in life where you cross over and completely forget what things were like before. Getting married is one. Having a kid is the other.
Then we get into The Odyssey. Why Odysseus doesn't go straight home, and why I think shame is the whole answer. What Agamemnon does to his daughter, which hits differently now that we both have girls. The Trojan horse from the inside, with the tide coming up. And the fact that the scene where they turn into pigs was practical effects, not CGI.
Somewhere in there we ask ChatGPT what The Odyssey cost to make, find out GTA 6 might be four or five times that, and then lose fifteen minutes to Ecco the Dolphin and Turok 2.
Then the game. Thirteen Nolan movies. The Library of Alexandria is about to burn and you can save four. James saves The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar, and Memento. I save Interstellar, The Odyssey, Inception, and one that's going to make people angry.
What is The Generalists Podcast?
We’re the Seinfeld of podcasts — about everything and nothing, all at once. Two best friends, Jonathan and James, who’ve known each other for 25 years, sit down to laugh, question, and wander through life’s biggest (and strangest) topics.
From AI to ancient literature, politics to video games, culture to UFOs & Bigfoot — nothing’s off the table. Sometimes deep, sometimes ridiculous, always driven by curiosity and the conversations of two best friends who’ve known each other for 25 years.
It’s unedited, unscripted, and real — the same conversations we’ve been having for decades, now with you invited. Tune in, laugh with us, think with us, and maybe even hear your ideas featured in a future episode.