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Back to SearchAd Navseam Episode 32: Swined and Dined—Homer’s Odyssey, part 8 (Books 12-14)
Episode 32
This week Odysseus wraps up his epic yarn for the Phaeacians by threading the needle between the “dog-trunked” Scylla and the gulping maelstrom of Ch…
5 years, 2 months ago
Ad Navseam Episode 31: Mortal Republic, How Rome Fell into Tyranny - a Conversation with Dr. Ed Watts of UC San Diego
Episode 31
In this episode we welcome Dr. Ed Watts into the vomitorium. A highly respected historian of Rome from UCSD, Ed talks with Jeff and Dave about his fa…
5 years, 2 months ago
Ad Navseam Episode 30: More Pain in the Nekuia—Odysseus in the Underworld, Part 2 (Homer’s Odyssey, part 7)
Episode 30
Dave and Jeff katabisate back into Hades where we watch a parade of mythic women, but no marching bands or fun-size Snickers in this parade, just mor…
5 years, 3 months ago
Ad Navseam Episode 29: A Pain in the Nekuia—Odysseus in the Underworld, Part 1 (Book 11)
Episode 29
Come along as we follow Odysseus on his ultimate journey—a trip to the LAND OF THE DEAD (cue screeching violins or maybe even Michael Jackson’s “Thri…
5 years, 3 months ago
Ad Navseam Episode 28: The Well-Trained Mind: A Conversation with Susan Wise Bauer
Episode 28
This week Jeff and Dave welcome author, teacher, musician, farm guru, and mini-Aristotle Susan Wise Bauer via Zoom from her home in Virginia. Jeff an…
5 years, 3 months ago
Ad Navseam Episode 27: “HOLY MOLY!” — Homer’s Odyssey, part 5 (Book 10)
Episode 27
After giving the Cyclops everything short of his credit card information, Odysseus and the boys are in for more bumps and bruises. First it’s a visit…
5 years, 3 months ago
Ad Navseam Episode 26: “It’s all Fun and Games Till Someone Pokes an Eye Out” - Homer’s Odyssey, Part 4 (Book 9)
Episode 26
This week Dave and Jeff find themselves trapped with Odysseus and his men in the cave of the dreaded chatterbox Cyclops. Here they're confronted not …
5 years, 3 months ago
Ad Navseam Episode 25: Schmidt-en with the Classics
Episode 25
This week we welcome our first in-studio guest (and it’s a big one)—Newberry Award winning young adult author (and Calvin University English Professo…
5 years, 4 months ago
Ad Navseam Episode 24: "A Toast to the Host who can Boast the Most Roast” — Homer’s Odyssey, Part 3 (Books 5-8)
Episode 24
In this week's episode Zeus sends Hermes to demand that the fair-tressed Calypso release weeping Odysseus (still with us?) after seven years of islan…
5 years, 4 months ago
Ad Navseam Episode 23: Down on the Pharmaka—Homer’s Odyssey, Part 2
Episode 23
This week Dave and Jeff clamber aboard a trireme and follow Telemachus as he leaves Ithaca (for the first time?) and heads to the Peloponnese in sear…
5 years, 4 months ago