{"podcast":{"title":"The Daily","slug":"the-daily-743229","podcast_index_feed_id":743229,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/54nAGcIl","website_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7f2f4c05-9c2f-4deb-82b7-b538062bc22d/73549bf1-94b3-40ff-8aeb-b4054848ec1b/3000x3000/the-daily-album-art-original.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"The New York Times","episode_count":2932,"summary":"This is what the news should sound like. The biggest stories of our time, told by the best journalists in the world. Hosted by Michael Barbaro, Rachel Abrams and Natalie Kitroeff. Twenty minutes a day, six days a week, ready by 6 a.m. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T20:18:13.372418+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-743229"},"episode":{"title":"What’s Epic About the ‘Odyssey’? Everything.","slug":"what-s-epic-about-the-odyssey-everything","published_at":"2026-07-12T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-743229/what-s-epic-about-the-odyssey-everything","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-743229","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pfx.vpixl.com/6qj4J/pscrb.fm/rss/p/nyt.simplecastaudio.com/03d8b493-87fc-4bd1-931f-8a8e9b945d8a/episodes/3858e1bf-c330-4894-97b2-4ff0276127df/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=03d8b493-87fc-4bd1-931f-8a8e9b945d8a&awEpisodeId=3858e1bf-c330-4894-97b2-4ff0276127df&feed=54nAGcIl","summary":"This Friday, “The Odyssey,” directed by Christopher Nolan, hits theaters. Even before the movie’s release, though, it’s proving to be a cultural event. Spirited discussions of Nolan’s cinematic interpretation of the epic poem already abound online, and they are likely to intensify after the public sees the film. Why does a 12,000-line poem that is nearly 3,000 years old still feel resonant today? In this episode of “The Sunday Daily,” Natalie Kitroeff talks about the “Odyssey” with two writers who have produced some critically acclaimed and widely read modern interpretations of Greek classics: Emily Wilson, the first woman to translate the “Odyssey” from ancient Greek, and Madeline Miller, the author of the best-selling novels “Circe” and “Song of Achilles.”","meta_description":"This Friday, “The Odyssey,” directed by Christopher Nolan, hits theaters. Even before the movie’s release, though, it’s proving to be a cultural event. Sp…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3040,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-daily-743229/episodes/what-s-epic-about-the-odyssey-everything/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-743229/what-s-epic-about-the-odyssey-everything.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}