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Cost of Glory Podcast Transcripts

Alex Petkas · 121 episodes with transcripts

The most influential biographies ever written, admired by leaders, creators, soldiers, and thinkers for nearly 2,000 years: Plutarch’s Parallel lives. Essential listening for anyone striving after greatness.

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123 - Odyssey 2: Man of Wiles

September 14, 2026

Alex Petkas (0:00)

Imagine there is a gorgeous goddess trying to convince you to become her immortal boyfriend. Would you do it? Well, the man might think, I still have so much to accomplish, rockets to build, novels to write. Well, what if you had already accomplished your greatest deed? Been the man personally responsible for…

You might have heard someone say these days, oh, Homer doesn't care about the women's perspective. He sidelines the women in his stories. But that's not true at all. Even at the Iliad, but especially at the Odyssey. And part of the reason is to be the kind of hero that Odysseus was, you need to be intimately…

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