The Odyssey

Ones and Tooze by Foreign Policy

Jul 31, 202639:27Business

The poem written some 2,700 years ago and the contemporary film directed by Christopher Nolan are the topic of this week’s show. Adam and Cameron discuss the economic and philosophical underpinnings of the story. Learn m...

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