Philosophy · Boston Blake
Mythic
by Boston Blake
Ancient myths don't stay in the past. They are retold again and again in contemporary media. They also play out in the real world — our relationships, our politics, and in the moments when life suddenly feels larger than ordinary explanation can account for. Mythic is a podcast about meaningful living through the power of myth. I'm Boston Blake — a certified coach, a lifelong student of depth psychology, and someone who has spent most of his adult life studying what makes humans tick. Sometimes I sit down with mythologists, Jungian scholars, artists, and practitioners to trace the archetypal patterns alive in our world right now. Other times I go in alone — following a myth or an archetype wherever it leads, into ancient legend and modern headlines alike. We've explored the Heroine's Journey and what Barbie got right about it. We've looked at Dionysus moving through San Francisco, the Trickster energy driving our cultural moment, the decolonization of mythology, and what it means to integrate a peak experience when you have to return to ordinary life. The conversations move between depth psychology, pop culture, personal transformation, and the mythic imagination — because that's how the psyche actually works. It doesn't sort things into tidy categories. If you've ever felt like there's more going on beneath the surface of your life — and that the right story, told in the right way, might help you understand what it is — this podcast is for you. Journey on. Topics explored: Jungian psychology, archetypal psychology, depth psychology, mythology, the hero's journey, the heroine's journey, Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, ancient mythology, Greek mythology, meaningful living, personal transformation, myth and culture, shadow work, individuation, myth and media, pop culture and archetypes, depth psychology podcast.
