We have successfully failed to properly prepare for our grand discussion of The Odyssey. Nonetheless, we managed to cover quite a bit: Odysseus’s epic journey, its representation on screen, and the archetypes hiding underneath stories told across the world.
This is a rant episode — as most of our duo episodes tend to be.
Enjoy :)
Mentions & recommendations from the episode:
Troy (2004), dir. Wolfgang Petersen
The Real Story Behind the Trojan War — YouTube, Stephen Fry
The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories (2004) — Christopher Booker
26 Sept 2026
S3E6. Weird Things That Work
Hey, we are back with an episode featuring Frans Kangasniemi — a Finnish and Sámi artist, photographer, and sole business owner based in Helsinki (at least according to Google’s AI overview).
We covered quite a bit: from life across Finland and abroad,to the education system, entrepreneurship, art, and everything somewhere inbetween. Featuring views on artistic practices, current musical obsessions, andthe practical question of how one actually puts together an exhibition.
You can probably tell we just went with the flow in thisepisode. As one should.
Mentions & recommendations from the episode:
La Haine (1995) by Mathieu Kassovitz
The Fall (2006) by Tarsem Singh
Films by Wong Kar-wai
Check out Frans’s work:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fransmikaell/
Kajo — a non-profit for unheard voices and freshperspectives: https://kajo-art.com/
21 Aug 2026
S3E4. The Science of Cloning
We are back with our deep dives into science, and this time we have the perfect guest for it: Cleo — a research assistant in the biotech field and a fellow sports enthusiast.
This episode takes us from carrot cloning and PhD possibilities to calisthenics and fungi recipes, with plenty of scientific detours along the way. We had so much to talk about that we even promised a second episode. Stay tuned!
Mentions & recommendations from the episode:
Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake — for all things fungi
The Three-Body Problem trilogy by Cixin Liu — for a dive into science fiction
Check out Cleo’s work:
https://linktr.ee/cleoSS
Otanko.fi
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