EPISODE 15: MYTH AND THE MODERN WORLD (JOSEPH CAMPBELL) w/ ELIOTT DOYLE
Episode description
EVERY EPISODE OF BIG NATE'S SHORT STORY CLUB IS SPECIAL: BUT SOME EPISODES ARE MORE SPECIAL THAN OTHERS. THIS, DEAR LISTENER, IS ONE OF THOSE EPISODES. JOIN ELIOTT AND I AS WE DISCUSS JOSEPH CAMPBELL'S MYTH AND THE MODERN WORLD, THE FIRST CHAPTER OF CAMPBELL'S BESTSELLING BOOK (AS WELL AS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SERIES IN THIS HISTORY OF TELEVISION): THE POWER OF MYTH. WE DISCUSS A NUMBER OF TOPICS INCLUDING WHAT IS MYTHOLOGY, MYTHOLOGY IN THE MODERN WORLD, THE VALUE OF MYTHOLOGY, SOCIETY'S LACK OF SPIRITUALITY, THE NATURE OF RELIGION, PROBLEMS OF ACADEMIA AND SOCIETY, THE MYHOLOGICAL ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND WHOLE LOTTA OTHER DOPE ASS SHIT !! HANG THIS ONE UP IN THE BIG NATE HALL OF FAME: BIG NATE'S SHORT STORY CLUB AT ITS BEST.
IF YOU LIKED THIS CONVERSATION, ELIOTT AND I WILL BE DISCUSSING EACH CHAPTER OF THE BOOK ON MY PATREON: https://patreon.com/big_nate
LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS CONVERSATION AT [email protected]. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE VALUE OF MYTHOLOGY? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE LIVE IN A DEMYTHOLOGIZED WORLD? ARE MYTHS 'JUST' STORIES, OR IS THERE REAL VALUE THAT CAN GAINED FROM THEM?
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music by jake young.