Jul 24, 2026 · 1 hr 57 min · 15 segments
So there's a movie that just came out. You may have heard of it. It's called The Odyssey. You probably saw it. It's pretty good and your hosts dig deep on the film, its themes, and its chances at this…
Claire Mae LewisHost
Dean CoburnHost
Morgan WardHost
And yet I think that what Nolan does in terms of unlocking what it means to tell an Odyssey story in 2026 is really interesting.
It has been adapted 8,000 different ways, except in film, which is kind of the thing that I want to talk about.
But that's kind of the thing is that Nolan is kind of the first person to my recollection to turn the entirety of the Odyssey into a film.
There's movies that have adapted parts of the Odyssey, but never anything that is like, I am doing the Odyssey from like beginning to end, which is very interesting.
And I'm curious, like, what does it mean for Nolan to take on the entirety of the text? And that's kind of a, that's like a question I want to like, pause it to you guys.
I mean, I think like, Nolan is, You watch his movies and you understand that he wants to tell a story, a complete story, not in the sense that it's a story with a start, middle, and end, but in the sense that it's an encapsulation of a person's life.
And yet I think that what Nolan does in terms of unlocking what it means to tell an Odyssey story in 2026 is really interesting.
It has been adapted 8,000 different ways, except in film, which is kind of the thing that I want to talk about.
But that's kind of the thing is that Nolan is kind of the first person to my recollection to turn the entirety of the Odyssey into a film.
There's movies that have adapted parts of the Odyssey, but never anything that is like, I am doing the Odyssey from like beginning to end, which is very interesting.
And I'm curious, like, what does it mean for Nolan to take on the entirety of the text? And that's kind of a, that's like a question I want to like, pause it to you guys.
I mean, I think like, Nolan is, You watch his movies and you understand that he wants to tell a story, a complete story, not in the sense that it's a story with a start, middle, and end, but in the sense that it's an encapsulation of a person's life.
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