• Teacher Talk with Paul and Jay

  • By: Paul Kelly
  • Podcast

Teacher Talk with Paul and Jay

By: Paul Kelly
  • Summary

  • Paul and Jay discuss literature and ideas from the perspective of their years in the high school classroom. Teachers and students alike will learn a great deal from their lively and insightful discussions. Join us for the discussions as we work to grow a community readers, writers, and educators.
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Episodes
  • The Odyssey Book 24: Order in Ithaca Through Piety & Strength
    Feb 19 2025

    Odysseus wakes up to the final challenges to his household and to Ithaca. With the help of his son and his father, and conceding as always to Athena, he finds an unlikely resolution. We end our coverage of Homer's epic with this final episode. Thanks for listening and let us know what you think.

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    58 mins
  • The Odyssey Book 23: The Intimacies of Love and Death
    Feb 17 2025

    Follow along with Jay and Paul through one of the most satisfying episodes in Odysseus' journey. Back home, having faced down his mortal enemies, he finds himself face to face with the deepest test of all. Penelope removes herself from the narrative shroud and takes the stage, pushing Odysseus further than any other challenge has thus far. Jay opens with Ken Nye's "The Marriage Bed Poem", which couldn't be more apt.

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    46 mins
  • The Odyssey Book 22: The Dilatory Bloodbath
    Feb 13 2025

    Well, it is finally here, and you probably saw it coming. The suitors get what's coming to them and they get it good and blood. Paul and Jay walk us through the satisfying chapter in which evil pays and justice is done. Jay opens, once again with and excellent set up poem. Join us in the comments -- great to have you along for the discussion!

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    59 mins

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