With millions of downloads, and hundreds of hours of soundtracked content, Literature and History is one of the most popular independent literature podcasts.
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Before Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey drops next week, you need to know about Helen of Troy’s most awesome, and forgotten scene in the Homeric epics. 🏛️🎬
Summary below! ⬇️
#TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan #HelenOfTroy #GreekMythology
To celebrate Homer's Odyssey before Christopher Nolan's new movie comes out next week! youtube.com/watch?v=_1H0W0yX… - much love for Homer from Literature and History!
Published today, "The Odyssey: An Illustrated Guide," a new book organized by characters, complete with full-page illustrations! Thanks to @adamsmedia and @simonschuster for terrific support in producing this, and to @charliv_illustration for bringing Homer's Odyssey to life!
My new book with @adamsmedia and @simonschuster comes out tomorrow. It's a guide to Homer's Odyssey, organized around the characters in the story! There's a coloring book version, too. Details at simonandschuster.com/authors….
For almost ten years, I've wanted to publish a book in line with what I do in the Literature and History podcast. Now I'm doing it!
My first book, The Odyssey: An Illustrated Guide releases 06-23-2026 with Simon and Schuster. I wrote it for all ages and backgrounds. More soon!
The darkest, bloodiest mythological cycle from ancient Greece, retold @greecepodcast and I in a new interview!
youtube.com/watch?v=dK7e8WOO…
Also available as an audio podcast at greecepodcast.com.
Yay! Literatureandhistory.com just got a write up in the New York Times!♥️
nytimes.com/2025/12/27/arts/…
Just released, part 2 of a 3-part podcast series on THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD!: literatureandhistory.com/epi…. Based on classical and modern biographies and hadiths, 02:16:00, soundtracked, peer reviewed, and part of our long series on early Islamic history. 😀
New podcast episode from literatureandhistory.com! This one covers the life of the Prophet Muhammad from ~570-622 CE. 02:22:00, soundtracked, no ads, peer-reviewed, AND SUPPORTED BY MY AWESOME LISTENERS! ❤️ I hope you like it! Links to the show are here: literatureandhistory.com/epi…
It's #bloomsday - the day on which James Joyce's novel Ulysses takes place (June 16th, 1904). Everyone can and should read this book - here's why! #jamesjoyce #ulysses
I wrote this song about my dog, who passed away a few weeks ago. I hope you'll watch it and see what a magnificent creature he was. ♥️ youtube.com/watch?v=bTVWrxfb… #chocolatelab #doglife
Happy birthday, Gwendolyn Brooks! (June 7th, 1917) She was one of my favorite poets growing up. #GwendolynBrooks #poetryisnotdead
Happy birthday, Thomas Hardy! (June 2nd, 1840) Here's a synopsis of his career and a reading of my favorite poem in literature! #thomashardy
Happy birthday, Ralph Waldo Emerson! (May 25th, 1803.) Here's a three-minute summary of why Emerson was such a colossus. #ralphwaldoemerson #philosophy
After millions of downloads, and 300 hours of episodes, I thought I'd finally give a look behind the scenes at literatureandhistory.com! Nothing glamorous - just lots of hard work and fun.❤️
I interviewed Lantern Jack of Ancient Greece Declassified recently. We talked about his show and both being PhDs turned podcasters - he's a really interesting guy!: youtube.com/watch?v=KufanIVf…. He also interviewed me about ancient novels recently, too: youtube.com/watch?v=0zrUMtCp…
Happy birthday to Honoré de Balzac! Here's a summary of one of literature's greatest novelists in three minutes.
#balzac Links to Père Goriot:
(Read it for free:) google.com/books/edition/Old…
(Listen to it for free:)
librivox.org/father-goriot-b…
Ever wanted to learn about Arabic literature? Here's a good place to start!
literatureandhistory.com/epi…
#arabicpoetry