You Are Odysseus: a retelling of the Odyssey where YOU are the hero – Details, episodes & analysis

CW: implied references to physical and s*xual abuse, as per historical context and mythology and the original story.

Listen and become Odysseus, the many-minded man, the most famous adventure hero of all time. Enjoy this second-person retelling of Homer's Odyssey with a fully atmospheric audio backdrop, hear Odysseus' options at each story juncture, and see if you can make the same choices - based on the hero's own in the original epic.

From the teacher (and illustrator) behind GreekMythComix comes this beautiful retelling, featuring characterisations, literary features, scenarios and episodes directly from and inspired by translations of the original poem, from Troy to Ithaca. This audiobook podcast features the main Odyssey storyline from the interactive novel YOU ARE ODYSSEUS, in which you can read the story as your version of Odysseus, making the choices you think he should make, and seeing the outcome - original, alternative story elements based on suggestions from the original poem, the Epic Cycle, ancient authors and playwrights, and sparkling with additions from Ancient Greek mythology - https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/publications/you-are-odysseus/

Proudly part of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective podcast collective, creators and educators dedicated to sharing knowledge that is accessible, contextualized, socially conscious, and inclusive. To find more from the Memory Collective, go to collectivemem.com

Sound effects courtesy of epidemicsound.com, freesound.org, and the author’s own recordings.

Intro/Outtro: TIME TRAVELLER, Tellsonic

For show notes, references and credits go to laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/you-are-odysseus-audiobook-podcast/

This audiobook podcast features the main Odyssey storyline from the interactive novel YOU ARE ODYSSEUS, in which you can read the story as your version of Odysseus, making the choices you think he should make, and seeing the outcome - https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/publications/you-are-odysseus/

Proudly part of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective podcast collective: https://www.mythsbaby.com/mnemosyne

For show notes and references go to https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/you-are-odysseus-audiobook-podcast/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A taste of what’s to come in episode 1…

YOU ARE ODYSSEUS - the immersive, interactive audiobook podcast.

Listen and become Odysseus, the many-minded man, the most famous adventure hero of all time. Enjoy this second-person retelling of Homer's Odyssey with a fully atmospheric audio backdrop, hear Odysseus' options at each story juncture, and see if you can make the same choices - based on the hero's own in the original epic.

From the teacher (and illustrator) behind GreekMythComix comes this beautiful retelling, featuring characterisations, literary features, scenarios and episodes directly from and inspired by translations of the original poem, from Troy to Ithaca.

This audiobook podcast features the main Odyssey storyline from the interactive novel YOU ARE ODYSSEUS, in which you can read the story as your version of Odysseus, making the choices you think he should make, and seeing the outcome - original, alternative story elements based on suggestions from the original poem, the Epic Cycle, ancient authors and playwrights, and sparkling with additions from Ancient Greek mythology - https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/publications/you-are-odysseus/

Proudly part of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective podcast collective: https://www.mythsbaby.com/mnemosyne

This audiobook podcast features the main Odyssey storyline from the interactive novel YOU ARE ODYSSEUS, in which you can read the story as your version of Odysseus, making the choices you think he should make, and seeing the outcome - https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/publications/you-are-odysseus/

Proudly part of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective podcast collective: https://www.mythsbaby.com/mnemosyne

For show notes and references go to https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/you-are-odysseus-audiobook-podcast/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A taste of what’s to come…

YOU ARE ODYSSEUS - the immersive, interactive audiobook podcast.

Listen and become Odysseus, the many-minded man, the most famous adventure hero of all time. Enjoy this second-person retelling of Homer's Odyssey with a fully atmospheric audio backdrop, hear Odysseus' options at each story juncture, and see if you can make the same choices - based on the hero's own in the original epic.

From the teacher (and illustrator) behind GreekMythComix comes this beautiful retelling, featuring characterisations, literary features, scenarios and episodes directly from and inspired by translations of the original poem, from Troy to Ithaca.

This audiobook podcast features the main Odyssey storyline from the interactive novel YOU ARE ODYSSEUS, in which you can read the story as your version of Odysseus, making the choices you think he should make, and seeing the outcome - original, alternative story elements based on suggestions from the original poem, the Epic Cycle, ancient authors and playwrights, and sparkling with additions from Ancient Greek mythology - https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/publications/you-are-odysseus/

Proudly part of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective podcast collective: https://www.mythsbaby.com/mnemosyne

This audiobook podcast features the main Odyssey storyline from the interactive novel YOU ARE ODYSSEUS, in which you can read the story as your version of Odysseus, making the choices you think he should make, and seeing the outcome - https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/publications/you-are-odysseus/

Proudly part of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective podcast collective: https://www.mythsbaby.com/mnemosyne

For show notes and references go to https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/you-are-odysseus-audiobook-podcast/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A note before we begin...

You are Odysseus, the many-minded man, the most famous adventure hero of all time. Join me, L. Jenkinson Brown, for this atmospheric interactive audiobook podcast. You'll become Odysseus. You'll try and make the same choices as he does in the original story... and discover the consequences.

You are Odysseus, an interactive retelling of the Odyssey, coming in 2026.

Find out more at https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/you-are-odysseus-audiobook-podcast/

This audiobook podcast features the main Odyssey storyline from the interactive novel YOU ARE ODYSSEUS, in which you can read the story as your version of Odysseus, making the choices you think he should make, and seeing the outcome - https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/publications/you-are-odysseus/

Proudly part of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective podcast collective: https://www.mythsbaby.com/mnemosyne

For show notes and references go to https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/you-are-odysseus-audiobook-podcast/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You are Odysseus, the many-minded man, the most famous adventure hero of all time.  Join me, L. Jenkinson Brown, for this atmospheric interactive audiobook podcast. You'll become Odysseus. You'll try and make the same choices as he does in the original story... and discover the consequences.

You are Odysseus, an interactive retelling of the Odyssey, coming in 2026.

Find out more at https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/you-are-odysseus-audiobook-podcast/

This audiobook podcast features the main Odyssey storyline from the interactive novel YOU ARE ODYSSEUS, in which you can read the story as your version of Odysseus, making the choices you think he should make, and seeing the outcome - https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/publications/you-are-odysseus/

Proudly part of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective podcast collective: https://www.mythsbaby.com/mnemosyne

For show notes and references go to https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/you-are-odysseus-audiobook-podcast/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CW: coercive relationship

This episode is an invention of sorts: Odysseus does not give an account of these years spent with Calypso, and so I have attempted to do so, and get Odysseus from the man we hear about in Books 9-12 to the deeply damaged man we meet in Book 5.

Listen and become Odysseus, the many-minded man, the most famous adventure hero of all time. Enjoy this second-person retelling of Homer's Odyssey with a fully atmospheric audio backdrop, hear Odysseus' options at each story juncture, and see if you can make the same choices - based on the hero's own in the original epic.

From the teacher (and illustrator) behind GreekMythComix comes this beautiful retelling, featuring characterisations, literary features, scenarios and episodes directly from and inspired by translations of the original poem, from Troy to Ithaca. This audiobook podcast features the main Odyssey storyline from the interactive novel YOU ARE ODYSSEUS, in which you can read the story as your version of Odysseus, making the choices you think he should make, and seeing the outcome - original, alternative story elements based on suggestions from the original poem, the Epic Cycle, ancient authors and playwrights, and sparkling with additions from Ancient Greek mythology - find the book at laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/publications/you-are-odysseus/

Proudly part of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective podcast collective, creators and educators dedicated to sharing knowledge that is accessible, contextualized, socially conscious, and inclusive. To find more from the Memory Collective, go to collectivemem.com

Sound effects courtesy of epidemicsound.com, freesound.org, and the author’s own recordings.

For show notes, references and credits go to laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/you-are-odysseus-audiobook-podcast/

This audiobook podcast features the main Odyssey storyline from the interactive novel YOU ARE ODYSSEUS, in which you can read the story as your version of Odysseus, making the choices you think he should make, and seeing the outcome - https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/publications/you-are-odysseus/

Proudly part of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective podcast collective: https://www.mythsbaby.com/mnemosyne

For show notes and references go to https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/you-are-odysseus-audiobook-podcast/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CW: sounds of violent death, despair. Do not listen while operating heavy machinery.

This episode covers episodes of Book 12 - Odysseus' return to Circe, and her explanation of what is to come on the next leg of their journey; the encounter with the Sirens; Scylla and Charybdis; and the Island of the Sun God... and his immortal cattle...

Listen and become Odysseus, the many-minded man, the most famous adventure hero of all time. Enjoy this second-person retelling of Homer's Odyssey with a fully atmospheric audio backdrop, hear Odysseus' options at each story juncture, and see if you can make the same choices - based on the hero's own in the original epic.

From the teacher (and illustrator) behind GreekMythComix comes this beautiful retelling, featuring characterisations, literary features, scenarios and episodes directly from and inspired by translations of the original poem, from Troy to Ithaca. This audiobook podcast features the main Odyssey storyline from the interactive novel YOU ARE ODYSSEUS, in which you can read the story as your version of Odysseus, making the choices you think he should make, and seeing the outcome - original, alternative story elements based on suggestions from the original poem, the Epic Cycle, ancient authors and playwrights, and sparkling with additions from Ancient Greek mythology - find the book at laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/publications/you-are-odysseus/

Proudly part of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective podcast collective, creators and educators dedicated to sharing knowledge that is accessible, contextualized, socially conscious, and inclusive. To find more from the Memory Collective, go to collectivemem.com

Sound effects courtesy of epidemicsound.com, freesound.org, and the author’s own recordings.

Intro/Outtro: TIME TRAVELLER, Tellsonic

For show notes, references and credits go to laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/you-are-odysseus-audiobook-podcast/

This audiobook podcast features the main Odyssey storyline from the interactive novel YOU ARE ODYSSEUS, in which you can read the story as your version of Odysseus, making the choices you think he should make, and seeing the outcome - https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/publications/you-are-odysseus/

Proudly part of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective podcast collective: https://www.mythsbaby.com/mnemosyne

For show notes and references go to https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/you-are-odysseus-audiobook-podcast/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An extra-long episode!

CW: discussion of sexual assault (as per most Ancient Greek myths), self harm, self killing.

This episode covers the entirety of Book 11 - Odysseus' visit to the entrance to the underworld (without going inside, hence Nekiya, not Katabasis). It includes every one of the accounts of the Great Women of Myth, often left out of retellings, as well as the encounters with Elpenor, his mother, his former friends and even Heracles.

Note: the rest of his crew, eaten by the Laestrygonians two episodes prior, are not there. 

Listen and become Odysseus, the many-minded man, the most famous adventure hero of all time. Enjoy this second-person retelling of Homer's Odyssey with a fully atmospheric audio backdrop, hear Odysseus' options at each story juncture, and see if you can make the same choices - based on the hero's own in the original epic.

From the teacher (and illustrator) behind GreekMythComix comes this beautiful retelling, featuring characterisations, literary features, scenarios and episodes directly from and inspired by translations of the original poem, from Troy to Ithaca. This audiobook podcast features the main Odyssey storyline from the interactive novel YOU ARE ODYSSEUS, in which you can read the story as your version of Odysseus, making the choices you think he should make, and seeing the outcome - original, alternative story elements based on suggestions from the original poem, the Epic Cycle, ancient authors and playwrights, and sparkling with additions from Ancient Greek mythology - find the book at laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/publications/you-are-odysseus/

Proudly part of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective podcast collective, creators and educators dedicated to sharing knowledge that is accessible, contextualized, socially conscious, and inclusive. To find more from the Memory Collective, go to collectivemem.com

Sound effects courtesy of epidemicsound.com, freesound.org, and the author’s own recordings.

Intro/Outtro: TIME TRAVELLER, Tellsonic

For show notes, references and credits go to laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/you-are-odysseus-audiobook-podcast/

This audiobook podcast features the main Odyssey storyline from the interactive novel YOU ARE ODYSSEUS, in which you can read the story as your version of Odysseus, making the choices you think he should make, and seeing the outcome - https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/publications/you-are-odysseus/

Proudly part of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective podcast collective: https://www.mythsbaby.com/mnemosyne

For show notes and references go to https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/you-are-odysseus-audiobook-podcast/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The legendary goddess gives you hospitality... but at what cost?

CW: sounds of implied violence, accidental death.

This episode covers the first two episodes of book 10, and the start of the third: Aeolus, King of the Winds, nearly getting to Ithaca but the crew letting the winds out of Aeolus' bag, Aeolus' rejection of Odysseus a second time; the Laestrygonians, where Odysseus loses the rest of his fleet; and the start of Aeolia, the island of Circe, with Hermes' appearance.

Listen and become Odysseus, the many-minded man, the most famous adventure hero of all time. Enjoy this second-person retelling of Homer's Odyssey with a fully atmospheric audio backdrop, hear Odysseus' options at each story juncture, and see if you can make the same choices - based on the hero's own in the original epic.

From the teacher (and illustrator) behind GreekMythComix comes this beautiful retelling, featuring characterisations, literary features, scenarios and episodes directly from and inspired by translations of the original poem, from Troy to Ithaca. This audiobook podcast features the main Odyssey storyline from the interactive novel YOU ARE ODYSSEUS, in which you can read the story as your version of Odysseus, making the choices you think he should make, and seeing the outcome - original, alternative story elements based on suggestions from the original poem, the Epic Cycle, ancient authors and playwrights, and sparkling with additions from Ancient Greek mythology - find the book at laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/publications/you-are-odysseus/

Proudly part of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective podcast collective, creators and educators dedicated to sharing knowledge that is accessible, contextualized, socially conscious, and inclusive. To find more from the Memory Collective, go to collectivemem.com

Sound effects courtesy of epidemicsound.com, freesound.org, and the author’s own recordings.

Intro/Outtro: TIME TRAVELLER, Tellsonic

For show notes, references and credits go to laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/you-are-odysseus-audiobook-podcast/

This audiobook podcast features the main Odyssey storyline from the interactive novel YOU ARE ODYSSEUS, in which you can read the story as your version of Odysseus, making the choices you think he should make, and seeing the outcome - https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/publications/you-are-odysseus/

Proudly part of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective podcast collective: https://www.mythsbaby.com/mnemosyne

For show notes and references go to https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/you-are-odysseus-audiobook-podcast/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CW: sounds of implied shipwreck and cannibalistic massacre.

This episode covers the first two episodes of book 10, and the start of the third: Aeolus, King of the Winds, nearly getting to Ithaca but the crew letting the winds out of Aeolus' bag, Aeolus' rejection of Odysseus a second time; the Laestrygonians, where Odysseus loses the rest of his fleet; and the start of Aeolia, the island of Circe, with Hermes' appearance.

Listen and become Odysseus, the many-minded man, the most famous adventure hero of all time. Enjoy this second-person retelling of Homer's Odyssey with a fully atmospheric audio backdrop, hear Odysseus' options at each story juncture, and see if you can make the same choices - based on the hero's own in the original epic.

From the teacher (and illustrator) behind GreekMythComix comes this beautiful retelling, featuring characterisations, literary features, scenarios and episodes directly from and inspired by translations of the original poem, from Troy to Ithaca. This audiobook podcast features the main Odyssey storyline from the interactive novel YOU ARE ODYSSEUS, in which you can read the story as your version of Odysseus, making the choices you think he should make, and seeing the outcome - original, alternative story elements based on suggestions from the original poem, the Epic Cycle, ancient authors and playwrights, and sparkling with additions from Ancient Greek mythology - find the book at laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/publications/you-are-odysseus/

Proudly part of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective podcast collective, creators and educators dedicated to sharing knowledge that is accessible, contextualized, socially conscious, and inclusive. To find more from the Memory Collective, go to collectivemem.com

Sound effects courtesy of epidemicsound.com, freesound.org, and the author’s own recordings.

Intro/Outtro: TIME TRAVELLER, Tellsonic

For show notes, references and credits go to laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/you-are-odysseus-audiobook-podcast/

This audiobook podcast features the main Odyssey storyline from the interactive novel YOU ARE ODYSSEUS, in which you can read the story as your version of Odysseus, making the choices you think he should make, and seeing the outcome - https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/publications/you-are-odysseus/

Proudly part of Mnemosyne: The Memory Collective podcast collective: https://www.mythsbaby.com/mnemosyne

For show notes and references go to https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/you-are-odysseus-audiobook-podcast/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.