All The Gods Suck, Except "Circe"
Alienating the Audience · Andrew Heaton, Alexandra August, Isabella Reinhardt
August 5, 20241h 23mExplicit
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Show Notes
Madeline Miller's "Circe" novelizes the mysterious character from the Odyssey who turns men into swine, but also helps Odysseus get home. The book shows the feckless, narcissistic nature of the Greek pantheon, what is the true nature of self, and the divine patriarchy.
Alexandra August and Isabella Reinhardt join to discuss.