Mythic Mind
by Andrew Snyder
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197 - Who Failed Anakin Skywalker?
197 - Who Failed Anakin Skywalker?
About this podcast
Pursuing wisdom through primary and secondary worlds.
Mythic Mind is a conversation about stories, thought, and the inner life. We read literature and philosophy, talk through film and games when they help, and ask what these works reveal about the soul, the good life, and the Christian imagination. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings, C.S. Lewis and Narnia, Kierkegaard, Beowulf, myth and fairy stories, Tolstoy, and the great books all take their turn at the table.
Hosted by Andrew Snyder, Ph.D., the show gathers fellow readers and thinkers around a common table. Some episodes are lessons. Most are recorded discussions. All of them aim at seeing more clearly, not merely consuming more content.
New seasons take up a shared theme across the Fellowship. Listen on your own, then join the wider conversation in the Mythic Mind Fellowship: https://mythicmindfellowship.com/membership
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Episodes
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- 197 - Who Failed Anakin Skywalker? · 30 minRight-wing X has been full of pro-Anakin posts, including one Elon Musk shared of an AI image of Emperor Anakin with Padme and their children in Imperial uniforms, captioned…
- 196 - Kierkegaard's Concept of Anxiety: Anxiety Is Not an Ailment to Be Removed · 34 minWatch the video: https://mythicmindfellowship.com/kierkegaards-concept-of-anxiety-anxiety-is-not-an-ailment-to-be-removed-mythic-mind-ep-196/ Today I'm giving you a free look…
- 195 - Eschatology in Arda: Did Middle-earth Know Its Ending? · 45 minDid 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 question is…
- 194 - The Death of Ivan Ilyich: Am I Guilty? · 39 minWatch the video: https://mythicmindfellowship.com/the-death-of-ivan-ilyich-am-i-guilty-mythic-mind-ep-194/ We all know we will die one day. It is another thing to consider that…
- 193 - Kierkegaard on Man's Highest Perfection · 55 minWatch the video: https://mythicmindfellowship.com/kierkegaard-on-mans-highest-perfection-mythic-mind-ep-193/ We are pressed to dissolve into the mass, to wear a demographic as a…
- 192 - Exploring the Psyche: Why Socialism Is Poison to the Soul · 44 minWatch the video: https://mythicmindfellowship.com/exploring-the-psyche-why-socialism-is-poison-to-the-soul-mythic-mind-ep-192/ Socialism is often sold as justice, necessity, or…
- 191 - Exploring the Psyche: Identity and Becoming a Self · 1 h 15 minWatch the video: https://mythicmindfellowship.com/exploring-the-psyche-identity-and-becoming-a-self-mythic-mind-ep-191/ When Boethius lost everything, Lady Philosophy told him…
- 190 - Exploring the Psyche: The Importance of Home · 1 h 16 minIn 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…
- 189 - Anxiety Means You Can Choose · 1 h 17 minAnxiety 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…
- 188 - A Life Well Lived · 1 h 25 minIn 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 and…
- 187 - Fall Season: Exploring the Psyche · 6 minBetween podcasts with professionals in the field, discussions of philosophy, film, and video games, Inkwell articles, a course on Kierkegaard, and more, Mythic Mind will be…
- 186 - A Review of the BBC's That Hideous Strength (Readings from the Inkwell) · 13 minC.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 of our…
- 185 - The Mythic Mind Fellowship is Moving! · 20 min[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…
- 184 - English Romanticism w/ Josh Traylor · 17 minIn this lecture from his "English Poems and Poets" course, classical teacher Josh Traylor provides a broad overview of literary Romanticism 19th century England. Enroll in…
- 183 - What is Romanticism? w/ Josh Traylor · 35 minIn 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 should…
- 182 - The Two Towers, Part 2: Helm's Deep and the Palantir · 35 minWatch the video: https://mythicmindfellowship.com/the-two-towers-part-2-helms-deep-and-the-palantir-mythic-mind-ep-182/ Tolkien once wondered whether a film could cut Helm's…
- 181 - J.R.R. Tolkien and the Long Defeat · 11 minWhat 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, and…
- 180 - AI Storytelling: What Remains Properly Human · 1 h 38 minWatch the video: https://mythicmindfellowship.com/ai-storytelling-what-remains-properly-human-mythic-mind-ep-180/ We live amid tribal AI arguments: every machine-made frame is…
- 179 - The American Heritage: 250 Years of Liberty · 34 minWhat 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…
- 178 - The Two Towers, Part 1: The Departure of Boromir to The King of the Golden Hall · 35 minWe 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 Fellowship…
