Wheaton College Core Book Podcast

Wheaton College Core Book Podcast, Odyssey Episode 9 – The Whole Community Enjoys a Banquet

Content Warning: mention of suicide 5:35, discussion of sexual assault 24:58-27:29 IX Integrating Epic and Faith – Dislocation, Homesickness – Weeping on the Shores of Babylon – Ethical Posture of Humility – Costly Hospitality – Stop the Violence – Why Christians Should Read the Odyssey – A Text in Common – Genesis 19:1-22 – Classics and Christian Thought – Classics and the English Poetic Tradition – Reading Together, Poems on Food Pantry Shelves – Golden Verses (Once Again) – Heavenly Book Club Works mentioned: Emily Wilson's Odyssey Translation: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-francis-caulfeild/18217775?ean=9780393356250 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-francis-caulfeild/18217775?ean=9780393356250] Robert Fagles's Odyssey Translation: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-homer/15509341?ean=9780140268867 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-homer/15509341?ean=9780140268867] Richmond Lattimore's Odyssey Translation: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-iliad-of-homer-homer/18775243?ean=9780226470498 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-iliad-of-homer-homer/18775243?ean=9780226470498] C.S. Lewis' Introduction to De Incarnatione (On the Incarnation) by St. Athanasius: https://credomag.com/2022/07/preface-to-on-the-incarnation-by-c-s-lewis/ [https://credomag.com/2022/07/preface-to-on-the-incarnation-by-c-s-lewis/] Aldhelm's treatise on poetry: Epistola ad Acircium: https://bookshop.org/p/books/aldhelm-the-prose-works-michael-lapidge/11843634?ean=9781843841999 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/aldhelm-the-prose-works-michael-lapidge/11843634?ean=9781843841999] The Penelope Project: An Arts-Based Odyssey to Change Elder Care edited by Anne Basting, Maureen Toweywas, and Ellie Rose: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-penelope-project-an-arts-based-odyssey-to-change-elder-care-ellie-rose/12542184?ean=9781609384135 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-penelope-project-an-arts-based-odyssey-to-change-elder-care-ellie-rose/12542184?ean=9781609384135] Do you have questions about the Odyssey? Email us at core.studies@wheaton.edu [core.studies@wheaton.edu] Find more about what we're doing this year with Core Book at https://www.wheaton.edu/academics/the-liberal-arts-at-wheaton-college/christ-at-the-core-liberal-arts-at-wheaton/core-book/ [https://www.wheaton.edu/academics/the-liberal-arts-at-wheaton-college/christ-at-the-core-liberal-arts-at-wheaton/core-book/] Host: Dr. Tiffany Eberle Kriner, Associate Professor of English, Wheaton College https://www.eerdmans.com/9781467466196/in-thought-word-and-seed/ [https://www.eerdmans.com/9781467466196/in-thought-word-and-seed/] https://www.ivpress.com/balm-in-gilead [https://www.ivpress.com/balm-in-gilead] https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781451470321/The-Future-of-the-Word-An-Eschatology-of-Reading [https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781451470321/The-Future-of-the-Word-An-Eschatology-of-Reading] Conversation Partners: Dr. Benjamin Weber, Associate Professor of English, Wheaton College Dr. Alexander Loney, Associate Professor of Modern and Classical Languages, Wheaton College https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-ethics-of-revenge-and-the-meanings-of-the-odyssey-9780190909673?cc=us&lang=en& [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-ethics-of-revenge-and-the-meanings-of-the-odyssey-9780190909673?cc=us&lang=en&] Credits: The Core Book podcast is a production of the Core Book program at Wheaton College in partnership with the Aequitas Fellows Program in Public Humanities and Arts. Aequitas PHA is a creative studio and scholarship program that brings together four-year cohorts of undergraduate student artists, theater makers, musicians, writers, and scholarly nerds to build publicly engaged projects in the humanities and arts. Find out more about the program--and all the Aequitas themes, including Global Public Health; Sustainability; Politics, Philosophy, and Economics; and Urban Leadership--at www.wheaton.edu/aequitas [http://www.wheaton.edu/aequitas]. Executive Producer: Emma Smith Music: Tristen Guzman Art: Lily Groves and Cecilia Waidatt Audio Editing: Emma Smith Sassy Student Summarizers: Zoe Foster-Whiddon, Houston Heinrich, Emma Smith Special thanks to the Wheaton College Aequitas Fellows Program in Public Humanities and Arts, Bailey Garrison, Mariah Sray, Linda Bretz, Sherry Austriaco, Rebecca Larson, Les Barker, and Wheaton College Marketing and Communications.

Wheaton College Core Book Podcast, Odyssey Episode 8 – The Time Had Come

Content Warning: mentions of sexual assault 17:48-18:30, 20:18-20:39, 26:28-29:00 VIII Books 21-24 – Archery Contest – The Bow's Revenge, Bad Archers – Sons Supplant Fathers – The Bow and the Lyre, Instruments of Truth – Tactical Stripping – Restitution and Vengeance – A Poet Spared, a Priest Slaughtered – The Serving Women – Jarring Transition – Another Test (For the Early-Recognition Thesis) – The Bed – Facing Forward – Endings – Storytelling – Back to the Underworld – Revenge Cycles and Requirements for Peace Works mentioned: Emily Wilson's Odyssey Translation: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-francis-caulfeild/18217775?ean=9780393356250 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-francis-caulfeild/18217775?ean=9780393356250] Robert Fagles's Odyssey Translation: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-homer/15509341?ean=9780140268867 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-homer/15509341?ean=9780140268867] Richmond Lattimore's Odyssey Translation: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-iliad-of-homer-homer/18775243?ean=9780226470498 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-iliad-of-homer-homer/18775243?ean=9780226470498] Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison: https://bookshop.org/p/books/invisible-man-ralph-ellison/6697209?ean=9780679732761 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/invisible-man-ralph-ellison/6697209?ean=9780679732761] Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston: https://bookshop.org/p/books/their-eyes-were-watching-god-zora-neale-hurston/18554113?ean=9780060838676 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/their-eyes-were-watching-god-zora-neale-hurston/18554113?ean=9780060838676] Song Of Solomon by Toni Morrison: https://bookshop.org/p/books/song-of-solomon-toni-morrison/285447?ean=9781400033423 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/song-of-solomon-toni-morrison/285447?ean=9781400033423] Do you have questions about the Odyssey? Email us at core.studies@wheaton.edu [core.studies@wheaton.edu] Find more about what we're doing this year with Core Book at https://www.wheaton.edu/academics/the-liberal-arts-at-wheaton-college/christ-at-the-core-liberal-arts-at-wheaton/core-book/ [https://www.wheaton.edu/academics/the-liberal-arts-at-wheaton-college/christ-at-the-core-liberal-arts-at-wheaton/core-book/] Host: Dr. Tiffany Eberle Kriner, Associate Professor of English, Wheaton College https://www.eerdmans.com/9781467466196/in-thought-word-and-seed/ [https://www.eerdmans.com/9781467466196/in-thought-word-and-seed/] https://www.ivpress.com/balm-in-gilead [https://www.ivpress.com/balm-in-gilead] https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781451470321/The-Future-of-the-Word-An-Eschatology-of-Reading [https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781451470321/The-Future-of-the-Word-An-Eschatology-of-Reading] Conversation Partners: Dr. Benjamin Weber, Associate Professor of English, Wheaton College Dr. Alexander Loney, Associate Professor of Modern and Classical Languages, Wheaton College https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-ethics-of-revenge-and-the-meanings-of-the-odyssey-9780190909673?cc=us&lang=en& [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-ethics-of-revenge-and-the-meanings-of-the-odyssey-9780190909673?cc=us&lang=en&] Credits: The Core Book podcast is a production of the Core Book program at Wheaton College in partnership with the Aequitas Fellows Program in Public Humanities and Arts. Aequitas PHA is a creative studio and scholarship program that brings together four-year cohorts of undergraduate student artists, theater makers, musicians, writers, and scholarly nerds to build publicly engaged projects in the humanities and arts. Find out more about the program--and all the Aequitas themes, including Global Public Health; Sustainability; Politics, Philosophy, and Economics; and Urban Leadership--at www.wheaton.edu/aequitas [http://www.wheaton.edu/aequitas]. Executive Producer: Emma Smith Music: Tristen Guzman Art: Lily Groves and Cecilia Waidatt Audio Editing: Emma Smith, Zoe Foster-Whiddon Sassy Student Summarizers: Zoe Foster-Whiddon, Houston Heinrich, Emma Smith Special thanks to the Wheaton College Aequitas Fellows Program in Public Humanities and Arts, Bailey Garrison, Mariah Sray, Linda Bretz, Sherry Austriaco, Rebecca Larson, Les Barker, and Wheaton College Marketing and Communications.

Wheaton College Core Book Podcast, Odyssey Episode 7 – But I Spin Schemes

Content Warning: death of a dog: 19:53-20:15, examination of slavery in the ancient world 20:16-23:42 VII Books 17-20 – Tension, Recognition, Condemnation – Lion Among Fawns, Revenge Reciprocity – Entertaining Gods Unawares – Telemachus Sneezes – Faithful Argos – Slavery and Arete – A Boxing Match – Athena Hardens Amphinomus's Heart – Odysseus's Scar – Odussomai and a Boarhunt – When and What Does Penelope Know? – Irony Over Psychology – A Fugitive Prophesies – Telemachus Finally Gives a Good Speech Works mentioned: Emily Wilson's Odyssey Translation: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-francis-caulfeild/18217775?ean=9780393356250 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-francis-caulfeild/18217775?ean=9780393356250] Robert Fagles's Odyssey Translation: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-homer/15509341?ean=9780140268867 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-homer/15509341?ean=9780140268867] Richmond Lattimore's Odyssey Translation: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-iliad-of-homer-homer/18775243?ean=9780226470498 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-iliad-of-homer-homer/18775243?ean=9780226470498] Erich Auerbach's "Odysseus' Scar" from Mimesis: https://classic.westmont.edu/~fisk/Articles/OdysseusScar.html [https://classic.westmont.edu/~fisk/Articles/OdysseusScar.html] Argos: The Story of Odysseus as Told by His Loyal Dog by R. K. Hardy: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/argos-ralph-hardy?variant=32128384630818 [https://www.harpercollins.com/products/argos-ralph-hardy?variant=32128384630818] Do you have questions about the Odyssey? Email us at core.studies@wheaton.edu Find more about what we're doing this year with Core Book at https://www.wheaton.edu/academics/the-liberal-arts-at-wheaton-college/christ-at-the-core-liberal-arts-at-wheaton/core-book/ [https://www.wheaton.edu/academics/the-liberal-arts-at-wheaton-college/christ-at-the-core-liberal-arts-at-wheaton/core-book/] Host: Dr. Tiffany Eberle Kriner, Associate Professor of English, Wheaton College https://www.eerdmans.com/9781467466196/in-thought-word-and-seed/ https://www.ivpress.com/balm-in-gilead https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781451470321/The-Future-of-the-Word-An-Eschatology-of-Reading [https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781451470321/The-Future-of-the-Word-An-Eschatology-of-Reading] Conversation Partners: Dr. Benjamin Weber, Associate Professor of English, Wheaton College Dr. Alexander Loney, Associate Professor of Modern and Classical Languages, Wheaton College https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-ethics-of-revenge-and-the-meanings-of-the-odyssey-9780190909673?cc=us&lang=en& [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-ethics-of-revenge-and-the-meanings-of-the-odyssey-9780190909673?cc=us&lang=en&] Credits: The Core Book podcast is a production of the Core Book program at Wheaton College in partnership with the Aequitas Fellows Program in Public Humanities and Arts. Aequitas PHA is a creative studio and scholarship program that brings together four-year cohorts of undergraduate student artists, theater makers, musicians, writers, and scholarly nerds to build publicly engaged projects in the humanities and arts. Find out more about the program--and all the Aequitas themes, including Global Public Health; Sustainability; Politics, Philosophy, and Economics; and Urban Leadership--at www.wheaton.edu/aequitas [https://www.wheaton.edu/aequitas]. Executive Producer: Emma Smith Music: Tristen Guzman Art: Lily Groves and Cecilia Waidatt Audio Editing: Emma Smith Sassy Student Summarizers: Zoe Foster-Whiddon, Houston Heinrich, Emma Smith Special thanks to the Wheaton College Aequitas Fellows Program in Public Humanities and Arts, Bailey Garrison, Mariah Sray, Linda Bretz, Sherry Austriaco, Rebecca Larson, Les Barker, and Wheaton College Marketing and Communications.

Wheaton College Core Book Podcast, Odyssey Episode 6 – The Land I Love

VI Book 13-16 – Complication in Homecoming – Questioning Athena – Father-Son Parallels – Why the Phaecians Are Punished, or Divine Contradiction – Fully Rendered Deceptions – Purposes of Storytelling – Fellowship – The Hospitable Golden Mean – Theoclymenus – Oh My Swineherd – A Tale of Two Similes – Eumaeus Like a Father – Telamachus and Odysseus Like Eagles – Helen, Arete, Penelope Works mentioned: Emily Wilson's Odyssey Translation: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-francis-caulfeild/18217775?ean=9780393356250 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-francis-caulfeild/18217775?ean=9780393356250] Robert Fagles's Odyssey Translation: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-homer/15509341?ean=9780140268867 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-homer/15509341?ean=9780140268867] Richmond Lattimore's Odyssey Translation: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-iliad-of-homer-homer/18775243?ean=9780226470498 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-iliad-of-homer-homer/18775243?ean=9780226470498] The Ethics of Revenge and the Meanings of the Odyssey by Alexander Loney: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-ethics-of-revenge-and-the-meanings-of-the-odyssey-9780190909673?cc=us&lang=en& [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-ethics-of-revenge-and-the-meanings-of-the-odyssey-9780190909673?cc=us&lang=en&] An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic by Daniel Mendelsohn: https://bookshop.org/p/books/an-odyssey-a-father-a-son-and-an-epic-daniel-mendelsohn/8631679?ean=9780345806215 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/an-odyssey-a-father-a-son-and-an-epic-daniel-mendelsohn/8631679?ean=9780345806215] The Penelopiad by Margaret Attwood: https://bookshop.org/p/books/penelopiad-margaret-atwood/7183907?ean=9780571239498 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/penelopiad-margaret-atwood/7183907?ean=9780571239498] The Odyssey: A Stage Version by Derek Walcott: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-a-stage-version-homer/10384209?ean=9780374523879 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-a-stage-version-homer/10384209?ean=9780374523879] Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) by Suzan-Lori Parks: https://bookshop.org/p/books/father-comes-home-from-the-wars-parts-1-2-3-suzan-lori-parks/10469736?ean=9781559365000 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/father-comes-home-from-the-wars-parts-1-2-3-suzan-lori-parks/10469736?ean=9781559365000] Do you have questions about the Odyssey? Email us at core.studies@wheaton.edu Find more about what we're doing this year with Core Book at https://www.wheaton.edu/academics/the-liberal-arts-at-wheaton-college/christ-at-the-core-liberal-arts-at-wheaton/core-book/ [https://www.wheaton.edu/academics/the-liberal-arts-at-wheaton-college/christ-at-the-core-liberal-arts-at-wheaton/core-book/] Host: Dr. Tiffany Eberle Kriner, Associate Professor of English, Wheaton College https://www.eerdmans.com/9781467466196/in-thought-word-and-seed/ [https://www.eerdmans.com/9781467466196/in-thought-word-and-seed/] https://www.ivpress.com/balm-in-gilead [https://www.ivpress.com/balm-in-gilead] https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781451470321/The-Future-of-the-Word-An-Eschatology-of-Reading [https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781451470321/The-Future-of-the-Word-An-Eschatology-of-Reading] Conversation Partners: Dr. Benjamin Weber, Associate Professor of English, Wheaton College Dr. Alexander Loney, Associate Professor of Modern and Classical Languages, Wheaton College https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-ethics-of-revenge-and-the-meanings-of-the-odyssey-9780190909673?cc=us&lang=en& [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-ethics-of-revenge-and-the-meanings-of-the-odyssey-9780190909673?cc=us&lang=en&] Credits: The Core Book podcast is a production of the Core Book program at Wheaton College in partnership with the Aequitas Fellows Program in Public Humanities and Arts. Aequitas PHA is a creative studio and scholarship program that brings together four-year cohorts of undergraduate student artists, theater makers, musicians, writers, and scholarly nerds to build publicly engaged projects in the humanities and arts. Find out more about the program--and all the Aequitas themes, including Global Public Health; Sustainability; Politics, Philosophy, and Economics; and Urban Leadership--at www.wheaton.edu/aequitas [https://www.wheaton.edu/aequitas]. Executive Producer: Emma Smith Music: Tristen Guzman Art: Lily Groves and Cecilia Waidatt Audio Editing: Emma Smith Sassy Student Summarizers: Zoe Foster-Whiddon, Houston Heinrich, Emma Smith Special thanks to the Wheaton College Aequitas Fellows Program in Public Humanities and Arts, Bailey Garrison, Mariah Sray, Linda Bretz, Sherry Austriaco, Rebecca Larson, Les Barker, and Wheaton College Marketing and Communications.

Wheaton College Core Book Podcast, Odyssey Episode 5 – To the House of Death

Content Warning: mention of suicide (7:32-7:40) V Books 11-12 – Katabasis – Why So Many Ghosts? – The List of Women – A Break in the Telling – Moving on to the Men – Agamemnon's Questionable Advice – Achilles, a Perspective on Glory – Shades and Sons – Responsibility and Lies – Scylla, a Rock and a Hard Place – Hearing the Sirens – Cattle and the Tale's End Works mentioned: Emily Wilson's Odyssey Translation: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-francis-caulfeild/18217775?ean=9780393356250 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-francis-caulfeild/18217775?ean=9780393356250] Robert Fagles's Odyssey Translation: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-homer/15509341?ean=9780140268867 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-homer/15509341?ean=9780140268867] Richmond Lattimore's Odyssey Translation: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-iliad-of-homer-homer/18775243?ean=9780226470498 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-iliad-of-homer-homer/18775243?ean=9780226470498] Bird Odyssey by Barbara Hamby: https://bookshop.org/p/books/bird-odyssey-barbara-hamby/9731408?ean=9780822965251 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/bird-odyssey-barbara-hamby/9731408?ean=9780822965251] Meadowlands by Louise Gluck: https://bookshop.org/p/books/meadowlands-louise-gluck/7779500?ean=9780880015066 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/meadowlands-louise-gluck/7779500?ean=9780880015066] Do you have questions about the Odyssey? Email us at core.studies@wheaton.edu [core.studies@wheaton.edu] Find more about what we're doing this year with Core Book at https://www.wheaton.edu/academics/the-liberal-arts-at-wheaton-college/christ-at-the-core-liberal-arts-at-wheaton/core-book/ [https://www.wheaton.edu/academics/the-liberal-arts-at-wheaton-college/christ-at-the-core-liberal-arts-at-wheaton/core-book/] Host: Dr. Tiffany Eberle Kriner, Associate Professor of English, Wheaton College https://www.eerdmans.com/9781467466196/in-thought-word-and-seed/ [https://www.eerdmans.com/9781467466196/in-thought-word-and-seed/] https://www.ivpress.com/balm-in-gilead [https://www.ivpress.com/balm-in-gilead] https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781451470321/The-Future-of-the-Word-An-Eschatology-of-Reading [https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781451470321/The-Future-of-the-Word-An-Eschatology-of-Reading] Conversation Partners: Dr. Benjamin Weber, Associate Professor of English, Wheaton College Dr. Alexander Loney, Associate Professor of Modern and Classical Languages, Wheaton College https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-ethics-of-revenge-and-the-meanings-of-the-odyssey-9780190909673?cc=us&lang=en& [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-ethics-of-revenge-and-the-meanings-of-the-odyssey-9780190909673?cc=us&lang=en&] Credits: The Core Book podcast is a production of the Core Book program at Wheaton College in partnership with the Aequitas Fellows Program in Public Humanities and Arts. Aequitas PHA is a creative studio and scholarship program that brings together four-year cohorts of undergraduate student artists, theater makers, musicians, writers, and scholarly nerds to build publicly engaged projects in the humanities and arts. Find out more about the program--and all the Aequitas themes, including Global Public Health; Sustainability; Politics, Philosophy, and Economics; and Urban Leadership--at www.wheaton.edu/aequitas [http://www.wheaton.edu/aequitas]. Executive Producer: Emma Smith Music: Tristen Guzman Art: Lily Groves and Cecilia Waidatt Audio Editing: Emma Smith Sassy Student Summarizers: Zoe Foster-Whiddon, Houston Heinrich, Emma Smith Special thanks to the Wheaton College Aequitas Fellows Program in Public Humanities and Arts, Bailey Garrison, Mariah Sray, Linda Bretz, Sherry Austriaco, Rebecca Larson, Les Barker, and Wheaton College Marketing and Communications.