This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. Controversy surrounding the state of American literacy has stirred following Christopher Nolan's announcement of his Odyssey adaptation, with many prominent social media users having⁠ no clue what The Odyssey is⁠. TikToker and Twitch streamer ⁠@hzjoe03⁠ says: The way people are acting around this book is insane. So what if people don’t know what it is? Are people supposed to be aware of every single piece of literature? You understand schools teach different things right? Bet a lot of you haven’t read Macbeth, An Inspector Calls and so on[.] Is The Odyssey really that important? And will this film adaptation help raise awareness of the classics? We asked an American high school student, who proceeded to meow at us for over 30 minutes. At the very least, Homer will appreciate those royalty cheques, however few may come in. This podcast is sustained by sales of our debut work, Meow: A Novel.

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