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Touching Grass

The worst Odyssey reactions and the Washington Post’s very bad YouTube channel

This week Lucy Reade unpacks the very worst online reactions to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, and James Ball introduces us to the Washington Post’s very bad YouTube channel.

22 July 2026 12:00 AM

Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week Lucy Reade unpacks the very worst online reactions to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, and James Ball introduces us to the Washington Post’s very bad YouTube channel. Odyssey posts: https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/2079385765402833029?s=20 https://x.com/RealAlexJones/status/2018281925488631853?s=20 https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/2077320379748790543?s=20 Make it Make Sense: https://www.youtube.com/@mimsshow https://bsky.app/profile/bencollins.bsky.social/post/3mqx6j3d2gc2r https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuxVLumbP5U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk9U88GJuSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slYGWyliHJ4 https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/1894757287052362088 https://x.com/davejorgenson/status/1478840095499247621?s=21 Presented by James Ball and Lucy Reade Produced by Matt Withers Subscribe to The New World for just £5 for five weeks here

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