{"podcast":{"title":"Stateside with Kai and Carter","slug":"stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609","podcast_index_feed_id":7845609,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/69f1f631d7e73f5a692d1d3c","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/stateside-with-kai-and-carter","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/69f1f631d7e73f5a692d1d3c/1777551850775-938db07e-46a9-4185-9bdb-724602b6bdd7.jpeg","author":"The Guardian","episode_count":30,"summary":"The news is stressful. Talking about it doesn’t have to be. Join The Guardian’s Kai Wright and Carter Sherman for conversations with the best journalists and biggest thinkers. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T20:20:55.335272+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609"},"episode":{"title":"Mary Beard on The Odyssey, Trump's America and how empires fall","slug":"mary-beard-on-the-odyssey-trump-s-america-and-how-empires-fall","published_at":"2026-07-20T20:50:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609/mary-beard-on-the-odyssey-trump-s-america-and-how-empires-fall","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/series/stateside","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69f1f631d7e73f5a692d1d3c/e/6a5e7295e19f9cb2d4865c6b/media.mp3","summary":"Christopher Nolan’s new adaption of The Odyssey is an absolute monster of a hit, grossing $264m in its opening weekend. But celebrated classicist Mary Beard tells host Carter Sherman that while Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s ancient Greek epic poem comes with plenty of action-packed battle scenes, the film is missing the original's \"elusive sexiness\" – and its approach to women left her disappointed. Carter and Beard also explore why rightwing politicians – and people like Elon Musk – are so obsessed with co-opting the ancient world. They ask: who gets to own the classics? Commentary and criticism about Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey from the Guardian: The Odyssey’s review Christopher Nolan interview Will women also love The Odyssey? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Christopher Nolan’s new adaption of The Odyssey is an absolute monster of a hit, grossing $264m in its opening weekend. But celebrated classicist Mary Bea…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2923,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609/episodes/mary-beard-on-the-odyssey-trump-s-america-and-how-empires-fall/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609/mary-beard-on-the-odyssey-trump-s-america-and-how-empires-fall.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}