043 Circe by Madeline Miller

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Julia and Victoria are joined this week by women’s health advocate Elizabeth Endara to dive into the bestselling second novel by Madeline Miller, Circe, about an often-misunderstood figure from Greek Mythology and her experience of being a woman on the margins. They discuss the ways Miller plays with tradition, Circe’s complicated relationships with men, and the surprising experience of relating to a woman stranded alone for years with no contact with the chaotic outside world who starts teaching herself magic and talking to plants to pass the time. It’s time to get witchy!

Mentioned in the Episode:

• Elizabeth Endara’s website and her guest minisode

• Mulan trailer

• Lena Headey (actress)

• Frozen songwriters

• Gilmore Girls by Amy Sherman-Palladino

• Balrog from The Lord of the Rings

Recommendations:

• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

• The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

• The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

• Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan

• A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley

Life Recs:

• Room to Breathe Chicago

• Love Island (UK)

• Troye Sivan’s new EP

• Unseen (by Wolf359 podcast team) crowdfunding page

• Hamilton film on Disney+

Next Week:

• Come the Slumberless to the Land of Nod by Traci Brimhall