Mythic Mind

195 - Eschatology in Arda: Did Middle-earth Know Its Ending?

Did the people of Middle-earth know how their story ends? Rev. Jeffrey Wade joins Andrew Snyder and Josh to discuss his master's thesis on eschatology in Arda. His questi

194 - The Death of Ivan Ilyich: Am I Guilty?

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/mIgiz_wQbXk We all know we will die one day. It is another thing to consider that it is I who am going to die. In this Mythic Mind con

193 - Kierkegaard on Man's Highest Perfection

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/lJXOC2PfR3M We are pressed to dissolve into the mass, to wear a demographic as a self, or to win identity from whatever community we mo

192 - Exploring the Psyche: Why Socialism Is Poison to the Soul

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/Juoxi8xM5eQ Socialism is often sold as justice, necessity, or the only way to win. This Exploring the Psyche episode asks a harder ques

191 - Exploring the Psyche: Identity and Becoming a Self

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/iXr8KuutfW0 When Boethius lost everything, Lady Philosophy told him the wound beneath the wound: you have forgotten who you are. That d

190 - Exploring the Psyche: The Importance of Home

In this Mythic Mind Exploring the Psyche conversation, Dr. Andrew Snyder talks with licensed therapists Jeremy Kee and Tyler Finders about the value of home: roots and re

189 - Anxiety Means You Can Choose

Anxiety is usually treated as a disease to be eliminated. Medication and psychotherapy have their place, but what if, in our pursuit of so-called mental health, we are lo

188 - A Life Well Lived

In this inaugural episode of our fall "Exploring the Psyche" season, I discuss "living well" with Tyler Finders and Jeremy Key, both of whom are clinical psychotherapists

187 - Fall Season: Exploring the Psyche

Between podcasts with professionals in the field, discussions of philosophy, film, and video games, Inkwell articles, a course on Kierkegaard, and more, Mythic Mind will

186 - A Review of the BBC's That Hideous Strength (Readings from the Inkwell)

C.S. Lewis's That Hideous Strength is a profound, still very underread story that provides penetrating insights into the growing forces of dehumanization that drive much

185 - The Mythic Mind Fellowship is Moving!

[This episode is best as video. Watch at https://youtu.be/tFrz6G_Avg4 Starting at the beginning of August, we will begin transitioning to our new home at http://www.myth

184 - English Romanticism w/ Josh Traylor

In this lecture from his "English Poems and Poets" course, classical teacher Josh Traylor provides a broad overview of literary Romanticism 19th century England. Enroll

183 - What is Romanticism? w/ Josh Traylor

In this lecture from his "English Poems and Poets" course, classical teacher Josh Traylor explains what Romanticism is, what it is not, why it is ambiguous, and how we sh

182 - The Two Towers, Part 2: Helm's Deep and the Palantir

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/_XTGWHb0iDY Tolkien once wondered whether a film could cut Helm's Deep. In the book it still teaches how hope arrives at dawn, and how

181 - J.R.R. Tolkien and the Long Defeat

What does the future hold? What has been let go by the past? How should we view the moving horizon? In this episode, I draw from Tolkien's letters, The Lord of the Rings

180 - AI Storytelling: What Remains Properly Human

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/1jTkmfAQ9SI We live amid tribal AI arguments: every machine-made frame is "slop," or every model is just a new paintbrush. This Mythic

179 - The American Heritage: 250 Years of Liberty

What is the American heritage? To whom does it belong? For this special episode of Mythic Mind, we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of I

178 - The Two Towers, Part 1: The Departure of Boromir to The King of the Golden Hall

We are continuing our Lord of the Rings study with the Book III, Chapters 1-6. Take the entire course, including our recorded live meetings, with a Mythic Mind Fellowshi

177 - Earendil the Mariner

From Norse legend to Christian Anglo-Saxon poetry to the skies of Middle-earth, we are taking a look at Earendil the Mariner, the first enduring character of Tolkien's le

176 - The Fellowship of the Ring, Part 4: Lothlórien to The Breaking of the Fellowship

We are continuing our Lord of the Rings study with the Book II, Chapters 6-10. Take the entire course, including our recorded live meetings, with a Mythic Mind Fellowshi