The Odyssey

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Deep Questions with Cal Newport, 6 July 2026. The book comes up at 38 min 16 sec in.

Guest Chris Moody describes reading Daniel Mendelsohn's translation of The Odyssey aloud to his three-year-old son, who loves it. Moody values giving his child access to enduring stories that can be revisited at different ages—as a toddler, a teenager, and as an adult—contrasting this rich content with passive screen consumption.

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