All Episodes
Mythic Mind — 193 episodes
189 - Anxiety Means You Can Choose
188 - A Life Well Lived
187 - Fall Season: Exploring the Psyche
188 - August Update
186 - A Review of the BBC's That Hideous Strength (Readings from the Inkwell)
186 - Exploring the Psyche
185 - The Mythic Mind Fellowship is Moving!
184 - English Romanticism w/ Josh Traylor
183 - What is Romanticism? w/ Josh Traylor
182 - The Two Towers, Part 2: Helm's Deep and the Palantir
181 - J.R.R. Tolkien and the Long Defeat
180 - AI Storytelling: What Remains Properly Human
179 - The American Heritage: 250 Years of Liberty
178 - The Two Towers, Part 1: The Departure of Boromir to The King of the Golden Hall
177 - Earendil the Mariner
176 - The Fellowship of the Ring, Part 4: Lothlórien to The Breaking of the Fellowship
175 - Sauron and the Passing Shadow
174 - The Fellowship of the Ring, Part 4: Many Meetings to The Bridge of Khazad-dûm
173 - Tolkien, Plato and the Ring of Gyges
172 - The Fellowship of the Ring, Part 2: Bombadil & Ringwraiths
171 - Tolkien on Allegory and Application
170 - The Fellowship of the Ring, Part 1
169 - The Ainulindalë and the Theology of Tolkien's Legendarium
168 - The Lord of the Rings (Introduction)
167 - Has Science Answered the Religious Question?
166 - C.S. Lewis, Conspiracies, and the Power of Friendship
165 - C.S. Lewis on Aliens, A.I., and Personhood
164 - ICE Becomes NICE and King Charles Comes to America
163 - C.S. Lewis and the News
162 - The Consolation of Philosophy, Book V
161 - How to Study Literature (w/ Classical Teacher Josh Traylor)
160 - Augustine on Time, Eternity, and Freedom
159 - Paradise Lost, Books XI & XII
158 - Fate & Providence (The Consolation of Philosophy, Book IV)
157 - Paradise Lost, Book X
156 - Tolkien & Athanasius: Arda Healed, not Arda Unmarred
155 - Paradise Lost, Book IX
154 - Epicureanism & Stoicism
153 - Paradise Lost, Books VII & VIII
152 - The Consolation of Philosophy, Books II & III
151 - Paradise Lost, Book VI
150 - Boethius & the Emergence of Neoplatonism
149 - Paradise Lost, Book V
148 - The Consolation of Philosophy, Book I
147 - Paradise Lost, Book IV
146 - Introduction to Boethius & Medieval Cosmology
145 - Paradise Lost, Book III
144 - Beowulf: Life, Death, and Meaning
143 - Paradise Lost, Book II
142 - Beowulf, Baldur, and Christ: Myth Became Fact
141 - Paradise Lost, Book I
140 - Beowulf and the Doom-Worm of Geatland
139 - Paradise Lost: The Theology of John Milton
138 - Beowulf & the Saga of the Volsungs
137 - Paradise Lost: Milton's Other Works
136 - Beowulf: Grendel's Mother and Winter's Ending
135 - Silmarillion Course Overview
134 - Classical Education with John Milton
133 - The Monsters and the Critics
132 - The Life of John Milton
131 - Beowulf to the Death of Grendel
130 - Introduction to Paradise Lost w/ Josh Traylor
129 - Introduction to Beowulf
128 - Life, Death, and Meaning with Beowulf and Boethius
127 - Mythic Mind's Book, Movie, and Game Recommendations from 2025!
126 - A Look Back and a Look Ahead
125 - The Last Battle: Further Up & Further In
124 - The Magician's Nephew
123 - The Horse and His Boy
122 - The Silver Chair
121 - Intro to The Silver Chair & The Horse and His Boy
120 - Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
119 - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
118 - Introduction to Narnia, Books 1-3: Wardrobe, Caspian, Dawn Treader
117 - The Great Divorce
116 - Myth Became Fact: The Incarnation as True Myth
115 - Till We Have Faces, Part Two
114 - Till We Have Faces, Part One: Orual Behind the Veil
113 - Introduction to Till We Have Faces
112 - The Abolition of Man, Part II
Bonus: The Elder Scrolls & Philosophy - Course Introduction
111 - The Abolition of Man
110 - Charlie Kirk, Iryna Zarutska, and the Abolition of Man
109 - That Hideous Strength, Pt. 3: Logres Against Belbury
108 - That Hideous Strength, Part 2
107 - That Hideous Strength, Pt. 1: Mark, Jane, and the NICE
106 - Introduction to That Hideous Strength
105 - The Screwtape Letters & Screwtape Prepares a Toast
104 - Introduction to The Screwtape Letters
103 - Perelandra
102 - Augustine's Confessions, Books 7-8
101 - Introduction to Perelandra
100 - The Stories that Enchant Us
99 - Out of the Silent Planet: Cosmic Hierarchy and Human Bentness
Bonus: Tolkien's Mad Hobby that Spawned Middle-earth
98 - Augustine's Confessions, Books 5-6
97 - Introduction to Out of the Silent Planet: The First Cosmic Voyage
96 - Its All in Plato: An Introduction to C.S. Lewis
95 - Star Wars: A New Hope
94 - Why the Christian Humanities Matter
93 - Knights of the Old Republic: Choice, Jolee, and the Light
92 - Augustine's Confessions, Books 3-4
91 - Introductory Latin with Hannah Gilmore
90 - A Brief History of Ideas
89 - Introduction to Paradise Lost (feat. Josh Traylor)
88 - C.S. Lewis, Star Wars, and Postmodern Storytelling (feat. Spencer Askew)
87 - Star Wars Livestream
86 - Augustine's Confessions, Books 1-2
85 - Latin, Paradise Lost, and U.S. Government
84 - The Poetic Edda, Part 7
83 - On Fairy-Stories (feat. Thomas Salerno and Elisabeth Dawson)
82 - BBC That Hideous Strength: What the Audio Drama Left Out
81 - The Poetic Edda, Part 6
80 - Video Games, Tolkien, and Sub-Creation
79 - Plato and KOTOR
78 - The Art of Video Games: Craft Worth Taking Seriously
77 - The Future of Mythic Mind
76 - The Poetic Edda, Part 5
75 - Tolkien's Long Defeat: Northern Courage and Christian Hope
74 - Philosophy, Lewis, Elder Scrolls, and Latin!
73 - On Fairy-Stories (feat. Thomas Salerno and Elisabeth Dawson)
72 - Sauron
71 - The Ainulindalë
70 - The Poetic Edda, Part 4
69 - The Poetic Edda, Part 3
68 - The Poetic Edda, Part 2
67 - War of the Rohirrim: The Lord of the Rings Anime
66 - The Poetic Edda
65 - Legacy and the Hero's Journey (feat. Chris Jackson)
64 - Middle-earth Mixer: What Makes Tolkien Great
63 - Beowulf and Boethius Course Review
62 - A Joyful Outpost (feat. Aaron Bair)
61 - The Meaning of Meaning
60 - Boethius and Neoplatonism
59 - Introduction to Boethius (Updated)
58 - C.S. Lewis's Ransom Series
57 - The Doom of Beowulf
56 - Grendel's Mother
55 - The Disarming of Grendel
54 - Abolition of Man Part 2
53 - The Abolition of Man, Part 1
Tolkien Letter 1
52 - Fellowship Chat with Elisabeth Dawson
51 - Fallout
50 - The World of C.S. Lewis
Special: The Classical Life
49 - Grendel and the Shadow of the Past
48 - Beowulf
47 - Smith of Wootton Major (feat. Aaron Irber)
46 - Roverandom (feat. Thomas Salerno)
45 - Summer Plans & Recommendations
44 - Mythopoeia
43 - Little Red Riding Hood
Special - Mythic Mind Guild Podcast
42 - Updates & Recommendations
41 - The Unseen Realm
40 - Tom Bombadil, Pt. 2 (feat. Jeremy Kee)
39 - Quality Over Quantity
38 - Farmer Giles of Ham (feat. David Rowe & Aaron Bair)
The Mythic Mind Humanities Guild
37 - In the House of Tom Bombadil (feat. C.R. Wiley)
Bonus Episode - Mythic Mind Grows & Little Brier-Rose
Special: Through the Keyhole
36 - On Fairy-Stories: Subcreation, Escape, and Consolation
35 - Leaf by Niggle: The Little Painter and the Great Tree
34 - Tales from the Perilous Realm
32 - The Next Chapter
31 - I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
29 - Being Human
27 - The Christian View of the World
25 - From Heraclitus to Kierkegaard
23 - Hansel and Gretel
21 - Despair and Anxious Hope
20 - The Forms of Despair
19 - The Sickness unto Death
18 - The Crownless Again Shall Be King
17 - Tolkien Reading Day
16 - The Sorrow that Makes for Joy
15 - To Need God is a Human Being's Highest Perfection
14 - Anxiety as Saving Through Faith
13 - The Good, The Bad, and the Anxious
12 - Yes, The Lord of the Rings is Christian
11 - What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?
10 - Philosophy & Christian Thought
09 - The Existential Moment
08 - The Frog-King, or Iron Henry
07 - I'm Still Here
06 - The Dizziness of Freedom
05 - The Concept of Anxiety (Finally)
04 - We Need More Butter and Responsibility
03 - The Concept of Anxiety, Introduction
02 - The Concept of Anxiety, Preface
01 - Introduction to Mythic Mind