Greeks and Geeks

How do you make the end of the world funny, comforting and downright delightful? This episode we look at the world of Sir Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's Good Omens book and TV show adaptation and its view of humanity as a whole.
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Sources:
Good Omens- Neil Gailman and Terry Pratchett
Adapting Revelation: Good Omens as Comic Corrective- Amy Lea Clemons
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/148125942
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-omen-1976
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/revelation/8
https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/26/archives/the-screen-omen-is-nobodys-baby.html
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Revelation-to-John

Sally Jackson named Percy after the original hero from Greek mythology, Perseus. But are there more comparisons to be made? Welcome to the second episode of our two-part opener.
The next episode will be up next Tuesday! See you then!
Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Perseus-Greek-mythology

https://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus2.html#4
https://www.jstor.org/stable/9d45c8c2-bcb3-349b-83ff-45092414814b?read-now=1&seq=9
Mythos- Stephen Fry
Heroes- Stephen Fry
Percy Jackson and the Olympians- Rick Riordan
https://www.theoi.com/

Hello and welcome to Greeks and Geeks the podcast that takes us on a persnikity but fun journey deep diving into the lore of our favourite myth and fantasy stories. I’m Sabrina, a teacher, writer and all around nerd and in this, our first series of the podcast, we’ll be answering important questions such as, how does Percy Jackson really compare to his namesake, the Greek hero Perseus? Is there more to the Greek witch Circe than modern and ancient male writers have portrayed? In a battle of Prometheus and Frankenstein, who infuriates me more and on the fantasy side of things, what does Kiki’s Delivery Service have to do with the Satanic Panic? What the heck is cozy fantasy and does Good Omens count? And will I stop asking rhetorical questions? All this and more will be discovered. But for now I’m off to get buried under more research in true Daughter-of-Athena fashion. See you for the first two episodes, coming out December 19th. For now I’m Geeking out! Bye!!!

Epic the Musical is a Greek Mythology inspired concept musical written by Jorge Rivera-Herrans. It is loosely based on the Odyssey and other Greek stories which revolve around the central character- Odysseus, the King of Ithica. In this episode, Jorge Rivera-Herrans geeks out with me over Epic: The Musical. What does it take to create a modern, hugely successful musical based on such a dense, ancient story?
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High stakes vs low stakes stories, LGBT+ and an extreme case of the warm, fuzzy feelings. What makes a cozy fantasy book and why have these books exploded in popularity over the past few years (especially on booktok )? In this episode, Sabrina talks about all the criteria of a cozy fantasy book along with some of her favourites in the genre...though some may be a bit controversial!
Grab a cuppa/hot chocolate and a warm blanket and lets get snuggly!
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Sources:
Legends and Lattes
The Hobbit
The House in the Cerulean Sea
Good Omens