{"podcast":{"title":"Eyes on Screen","slug":"eyes-on-screen-7796008","podcast_index_feed_id":7796008,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/69cf4c491d7024f1a708a762","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/eyes-on-screen","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1775192882041-08782618-0caa-49ca-a765-ec93cc6b9bc4.jpeg","author":"Second Look Media","episode_count":31,"summary":"From the team behind Eyes on Gilead: The Handmaid’s Tale Companion, the award-winning podcast known for deep-dive analysis and sharp observations, comes a new weekly TV and film podcast: Eyes on Screen. Hosted by Fiona Williams, Sana Qadar, Haidee Ireland and Natalie Hambly, this is a new independent show, and the next chapter for the team known for watching closely, a bit obsessively, and always with plenty to say. As The Handmaid’s Tale expands into The Testaments, we’ll be following along week by week with episode recaps, analysis and yes, dubious predictions. Alongside that, Eyes on Screen covers new TV shows, movie releases and what to watch next, as well as older favourites worth revisiting. Each week we talk through storytelling, performance, cinematography, score and the details that make a show or film work, mixing analysis with conversation, a few theories, and the kind of thoughts that come from watching something with other people who notice everything. We’ll also be speaking with cast and creators, sharing interviews and insider insight to deepen the connection to the TV shows and movies we love, and explore how they’re made behind the scenes. Because sometimes the be…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-16T22:21:06.815909+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eyes-on-screen-7796008"},"episode":{"title":"The Odyssey: We Loved It (And We're Shocked)","slug":"the-odyssey-we-loved-it-and-we-re-shocked","published_at":"2026-08-05T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eyes-on-screen-7796008/the-odyssey-we-loved-it-and-we-re-shocked","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eyes-on-screen-7796008","url":"https://shows.acast.com/eyes-on-screen/episodes/the-odyssey-we-loved-it-and-were-shocked","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69cf4c491d7024f1a708a762/e/6a71c3e647235c354d4343ed/media.mp3","summary":"Blame it on the lotus flowers! We've all been to see Christopher Nolan's epic The Odyssey — and we have thoughts. Fiona Williams, Haidee Ireland and Natalie Hambly (Sana is off on her own odyssey, hopefully remembering the way home) unpack a film that is packing out cinemas worldwide and asking some very big questions. Is it a war film? An anti-war film? A midlife crisis film? All three? We discuss Matt Damon as Odysseus — America's most decent man playing antiquity's most complicated one — and whether that's a feature or a bug, the women of the Odyssey and what Christopher Nolan does and doesn't do with them, why all the sex was taken out, and whether Zendaya's Athena is the emotional heart the film didn't know it had. We also get into the stunning score, the sirens sequence, the memes, and what it means to watch a story that was written for men — and find yourself moved by it anyway. Plus: a Margaret Atwood connection you may not have known about, and a teaser for next week when we discuss Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma . Don't look a big wooden horse in the mouth when you can just use your sense of smell instead! Follow Eyes on Screen on Instagram: @eyesonscreenpod or email us at hello@eyesonscreen.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Blame it on the lotus flowers! We've all been to see Christopher Nolan's epic The Odyssey — and we have thoughts. Fiona Williams, Haidee Ireland and Natal…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3674,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/eyes-on-screen-7796008/episodes/the-odyssey-we-loved-it-and-we-re-shocked/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eyes-on-screen-7796008/the-odyssey-we-loved-it-and-we-re-shocked.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}