TROJAN WAR: THE PODCAST

TROJAN WAR:  THE PODCAST


Latest Episodes

EPISODE 20 “THE SACK OF TROY”
July 08, 2016

THE STORY and A MESSAGE FROM JEFF WRIGHT  (100 minutes)   Odysseus confronts Priam, Menelaus confronts Helen, and Agamemnon confronts Fate and Deadly Destiny …. all on the night when the mighty city of Troy finally falls. And so,

EPISODE 19 “THE TROJAN HORSE”
July 01, 2016

THE STORY   (60 minutes) Odysseus finally decodes the cryptic prophecy that “Troy’s walls will never be destroyed by an enemy force”, then sets to work on implementing the most audacious – and famous – “con” in the history of war.

EPISODE 18 “ODYSSEUS ASCENDANT”
June 24, 2016

THE STORY  (59 minutes)   A dispute over honour leads to a leadership shift (and a profound tragedy) in the Greek army.  Meanwhile, Paris Prince of Troy discovers that “nemesis” is a word of particularly Greek origin.

EPISODE 17 “ACHILLES’ HEEL”
June 17, 2016

THE STORY  (59 minutes)   With Hector dead, the desperate Trojans grasp on to increasingly ridiculous deus ex machina solutions to save their city from the Greeks.  And then old King Priam hatches the most hair-brained (or brilliant) scheme of them all...

EPISODE 16 “PRIAM”
June 10, 2016

THE STORY (50 minutes)   This episode traces the personal griefs of two bitter enemies:  Achilles, who has lost his best friend and soul mate, Patroclus; and King Priam, who has lost his son and his heir, Hector.

EPISODE 15 “THE WRATH OF ACHILLES”
June 03, 2016

THE STORY  (65 minutes)   Homer’s Iliad opens with the storyteller’s invocation to the Muse: “The wrath of Achilles – sing it now, goddess, sing through me ….”  When Achilles learns that his beloved Patroclus is dead – at the hands of Hector –Achilles ...

EPISODE 14 “DEADLY DESTINY”
May 27, 2016

THE STORY: (57 minutes) This episode, pivotal to the entire Trojan War Epic, features philosophy, bedroom farce, and genuine tragedy — all in equal measure.  Temptation plays the lead:  Agamemnon tempts Achilles; Hera tempts Zeus; and Patroclus tempts ...

EPISODE 13 “TERRIBLE, GLORIOUS WAR”
May 20, 2016

THE STORY:  (56 minutes)   As Greek and Trojan forces openly clash on the plains of Troy the goddess Athena imbues a Greek warlord – Diomedes – with fearsome, godlike powers of combat.  So with the Trojan forces in disarray and on the verge of wholesca...

EPISODE 12 “PARIS: PRINCE OF TROY”
May 13, 2016

THE STORY:  (58 minutes)   Hector proposes an audacious “exit strategy” to Agamemnon: a deal to end the war with just one man dead.  Intense diplomatic negotiations follow.  And just when it appears that Greek and Trojan have agreed to terms, a third,

EPISODE 11 “ACHILLES DISHONORED”
May 06, 2016

THE STORY:  (47 minutes)   Ten years into the siege of Troy a priest of Apollo arrives at the command tent of Agamemnon, Commander in Chief of the Greeks.  The priest makes a simple request of Agamemnon. Agamemnon refuses,