Beautiful Animals Pod

A short little episode with no topic.

Today we finish our unconscious conversation about the mind with some talk about placebo and mindset and all that.

Special guest: a big bag of M&Ms

...and maybe a little bit of bonus content about cults and quantum physics.

Today we talk about the more wooey stuff about the subconscious and how maybe the dang hippies might be on to something.

On today's episode, we talk about the unconscious mind and all the devious stuff it does.

Source: Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior (2012) by Leonard Mlodinow

Today we're talking about one of the MOST beautifulest animal: the redwood friggin tree. They're big and cool, and people like to climb them.

Source: The Wild Trees (2007) by Richard Preston

Ok now we can talk about Joan of Arc and her influence on the outcome of the Hundred Years War. (Spoiler: she lets them eat cake)

Source: Joan of Arc, A History (2014) by Helen Castor

Before we can talk about Joan of Arc, we have to have a 1400s french history lesson, so that's what we did. Lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-have-yous.

Source: Joan of Arc, A History (2014) by Helen Castor

We finish up our conversation about narratology with a little discussion about archetypes, whatever those are...

It's the hero's journey on a universal scale. Join us as we talk about various creation myths and un-creation myths from history and how they compare to where the universe quote unquote "actually came from."

In this bonus episode, we quickly examine Ernest Shackleton's story through the lens of the hero's journey. We also chat about how the model applies to the saeculum and all that