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Mythic Mind — 173 episodes

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1

171 - Tolkien on Allegory and Application

2

170 - The Fellowship of the Ring, Part 1

3

169 - The Ainulindalë and the Theology of Tolkien's Legendarium

4

168 - The Lord of the Rings (Introduction)

5

167 - Has Science Answered the Religious Question?

6

166 - C.S. Lewis, Conspiracies, and the Power of Friendship

7

165 - C.S. Lewis on Aliens, A.I., and Personhood

8

164 - ICE Becomes NICE and King Charles Comes to America

9

163 - C.S. Lewis and the News

10

162 - The Consolation of Philosophy, Book V

11

161 - How to Study Literature (w/ Classical Teacher Josh Traylor)

12

160 - Augustine on Time, Eternity, and Freedom

13

159 - Paradise Lost, Books XI & XII

14

158 - Fate & Providence (The Consolation of Philosophy, Book IV)

15

157 - Paradise Lost, Book X

16

156 - Tolkien & Athanasius: Arda Healed, not Arda Unmarred

17

155 - Paradise Lost, Book IX

18

154 - Epicureanism & Stoicism

19

153 - Paradise Lost, Books VII & VIII

20

152 - The Consolation of Philosophy, Books II & III

21

151 - Paradise Lost, Book VI

22

150 - Boethius & the Emergence of Neoplatonism

23

149 - Paradise Lost, Book V

24

148 - The Consolation of Philosophy, Book I

25

147 - Paradise Lost, Book IV

26

146 - Introduction to Boethius & Medieval Cosmology

27

145 - Paradise Lost, Book III

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144 - Beowulf: Life, Death, and Meaning

29

143 - Paradise Lost, Book II

30

142 - Beowulf Baldur, and Christ

31

141 - Paradise Lost, Book I

32

140 - Beowulf and the Doom-Worm of Geatland

33

139 - Paradise Lost: The Theology of John Milton

34

138 - Beowulf & the Saga of the Volsungs

35

137 - Paradise Lost: Milton's Other Works

36

136 - Beowulf: Grendel's Mother and Winter's Ending

37

135 - Silmarillion Course Overview

38

134 - Classical Education with John Milton

39

133 - The Monsters and the Critics

40

132 - The Life of John Milton

41

131 - Beowulf to the Death of Grendel

42

130 - Introduction to Paradise Lost w/ Josh Traylor

43

129 - Introduction to Beowulf

44

128 - Life, Death, and Meaning with Beowulf and Boethius

45

127 - Mythic Mind's Book, Movie, and Game Recommendations from 2025!

46

126 - A Look Back and a Look Ahead

47

125 - The Last Battle: Further Up & Further In

48

124 - The Magician's Nephew

49

123 - The Horse and His Boy

50

122 - The Silver Chair

51

121 - Intro to The Silver Chair & The Horse and His Boy

52

120 - Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

53

119 - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

54

118 - Introduction to Narnia, Books 1-3

55

117 - The Great Divorce

56

116 - Myth Became Fact

57

115 - Till We Have Faces, Part Two

58

114 - Till We Have Faces, Part One

59

113 - Introduction to Till We Have Faces

60

112 - The Abolition of Man, Part II

61

Bonus: The Elder Scrolls & Philosophy - Course Introduction

62

111 - The Abolition of Man

63

110 - Charlie Kirk, Iryna Zarutska, and the Abolition of Man

64

109 - That Hideous Strength, Pt 3

65

108 - That Hideous Strength, Part 2

66

107 - That Hideous Strength, Part 1

67

106 - Introduction to That Hideous Strength

68

105 - The Screwtape Letters & Screwtape Prepares a Toast

69

104 - Introduction to The Screwtape Letters

70

103 - Perelandra

71

102 - Augustine's Confessions, Books 7-8

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101 - Introduction to Perelandra

73

100 - The Stories that Enchant Us

74

99 - Out of the Silent Planet

75

Bonus: Tolkien's Mad Hobby that Spawned Middle-earth

76

98 - Augustine's Confessions, Books 5-6

77

97 - Introduction to Out of the Silent Planet

78

96 - Its All in Plato: An Introduction to C.S. Lewis

79

95 - Star Wars: A New Hope

80

94 - Why the Christian Humanities Matter

81

93 - Knights of the Old Republic

82

92 - Augustine's Confessions, Books 3-4

83

91 - Introductory Latin with Hannah Gilmore

84

90 - A Brief History of Ideas

85

89 - Introduction to Paradise Lost (feat. Josh Traylor)

86

88 - C.S. Lewis, Star Wars, and Postmodern Storytelling (feat. Spencer Askew)

87

87 - Star Wars Livestream

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86 - Augustine's Confessions, Books 1-2

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85 - Latin, Paradise Lost, and U.S. Government

90

84 - The Poetic Edda, Part 7

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83 - On Fairy-Stories (feat. Thomas Salerno and Elisabeth Dawson)

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82 - The BBC's That Hideous Strength

93

81 - The Poetic Edda, Part 6

94

80 - Video Games, Tolkien, and Sub-Creation

95

79 - Plato and KOTOR

96

78 - The Art of Video Games (feat. Master Samwise and Joshua Traylor)

97

77 - The Future of Mythic Mind

98

76 - The Poetic Edda, Part 5

99

75 - J.R.R. Tolkien & the Long Defeat

100

74 - Philosophy, Lewis, Elder Scrolls, and Latin!

101

73 - On Fairy-Stories (feat. Thomas Salerno and Elisabeth Dawson)

102

72 - Sauron

103

71 - The Ainulindalë

104

70 - The Poetic Edda, Part 4

105

69 - The Poetic Edda, Part 3

106

68 - The Poetic Edda, Part 2

107

67 - The War of the Rohirrim

108

66 - The Poetic Edda

109

65 - Legacy and the Hero's Journey (feat. Chris Jackson)

110

64 - The Middle-earth Mixer

111

63 - Beowulf and Boethius Course Review

112

62 - A Joyful Outpost (feat. Aaron Bair)

113

61 - The Meaning of Meaning

114

60 - Boethius and Neoplatonism

115

59 - Introduction to Boethius (Updated)

116

58 - C.S. Lewis's Ransom Series

117

57 - The Doom of Beowulf

118

56 - Grendel's Mother

119

55 - The Disarming of Grendel

120

54 - Abolition of Man Part 2

121

53 - The Abolition of Man, Part 1

122

Tolkien Letter 1

123

52 - Fellowship Chat with Elisabeth Dawson

124

51 - Fallout

125

50 - The World of C.S. Lewis

126

Special: The Classical Life

127

49 - Grendel and the Shadow of the Past

128

48 - Beowulf

129

47 - Smith of Wootton Major (feat. Aaron Irber)

130

46 - Roverandom (feat. Thomas Salerno)

131

45 - Summer Plans & Recommendations

132

44 - Mythopoeia

133

43 - Little Red Riding Hood

134

Special - Mythic Mind Guild Podcast

135

42 - Updates & Recommendations

136

41 - The Unseen Realm

137

40 - Tom Bombadil, Pt. 2 (feat. Jeremy Kee)

138

39 - Quality Over Quantity

139

38 - Farmer Giles of Ham (feat. David Rowe & Aaron Bair)

140

The Mythic Mind Humanities Guild

141

37 - In the House of Tom Bombadil (feat. C.R. Wiley)

142

Bonus Episode - Mythic Mind Grows & Little Brier-Rose

143

Special: Through the Keyhole

144

36 - On Fairy-Stories (feat. John Carswell)

145

35 - Leaf by Niggle (feat. Thomas Salerno)

146

34 - Tales from the Perilous Realm

147

32 - The Next Chapter

148

31 - I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

149

29 - Being Human

150

27 - The Christian View of the World

151

25 - From Heraclitus to Kierkegaard

152

23 - Hansel and Gretel

153

21 - Despair and Anxious Hope

154

20 - The Forms of Despair

155

19 - The Sickness unto Death

156

18 - The Crownless Again Shall Be King

157

17 - Tolkien Reading Day

158

16 - The Sorrow that Makes for Joy

159

15 - To Need God is a Human Being's Highest Perfection

160

14 - Anxiety as Saving Through Faith

161

13 - The Good, The Bad, and the Anxious

162

12 - Yes, The Lord of the Rings is Christian

163

11 - What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?

164

10 - Philosophy & Christian Thought

165

09 - The Existential Moment

166

08 - The Frog-King, or Iron Henry

167

07 - I'm Still Here

168

06 - The Dizziness of Freedom

169

05 - The Concept of Anxiety (Finally)

170

04 - We Need More Butter and Responsibility

171

03 - The Concept of Anxiety, Introduction

172

02 - The Concept of Anxiety, Preface

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01 - Introduction to Mythic Mind