Madeline Miller
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219 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 12 Jul
Madeline Miller’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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She offers them a place of peace and a haven.
And then when they do decide to go, she doesn't hold them at all.
She says, fine.
And she gives them incredibly valuable advice for the journey ahead.
So in the epic story, she represents an obstacle that he has to kind of tame or overcome.
And then she offers him her help.
It kind of unlocks her help for him, which then she offers freely.
But we get nothing about, like, why is she turning men into pigs?
Odysseus, the most curious man in ancient literature, doesn't ask her.
And so part of what really drew me to that is that all we get is Odysseus's version.
It's literally him telling the story to some other people to make himself look good.
And so I really wanted to know, who is Circe?
Why is she doing these things?
How did she come to have this witchy power?
You know, I wanted to understand from her perspective, not from his perspective,
The guiding principle for me was Cersei's agency and the fact that this was her story and the idea that the story of a woman's life and growth into sort of her vocation and her role as an artist, which is how witchcraft functions for me, is enough.
That is story.
When you are adapting, there really are no rules.
You can write very close to the text and not be successful and very far from the text and be completely successful.
I feel like what makes for a successful retelling...
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