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This week we take a look at the epic poem, The Odyssey. Walking through the history, the plot, the themes and the meaning we slot it into the format of Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces.

Through this journey we run into connections with the Sioux epic: Black Elk Speaks, Joseph Conrad’s The Heart of Darkness, and even The Big Lebowski. Just a whirlwind journey through many of the ways The Odyssey impacts us today and through the ages.

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Time Stamps:

0:00 Intro

2:24 Overview of the Odyssey

10:48 Who was Homer?

11:30 Is this even important?

13:20 The Plot

21:00 Themes of the Odyssey

25:00 Deeper Meaning of the Odyssey

28:42 The Odyssey & The Hero With A Thousand Faces

32:05 Odyssey Mystical and Pop Culture Easter Eggs

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Links & Attributions:

The Odyssey Ship: Drakkar

https://www.drakenhh.com

Did We Forget the Myths? Part I: The Hero’s Journey

https://youtu.be/QZd3kNALy8Y

The Heart of Darkness & Apocalypse Now. The Real Meaning Uncovered.

https://youtu.be/zyC4Dzyb910

Black Elk Speaks. And What He Says Is Both Tragic & Beautiful

https://youtu.be/8Asn8mmAQhI

The Big Lebowski: The Definitive Meaning, Themes & Philosophy

https://youtu.be/fshETNiFC9k

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#literature, #theodyssey, #history, #philosophy, #spirituality, #mysticism, #ancientgreece, #thebiglebowski, #homer, #iliad

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This week, we take a sad look back at the tragic events of September 11, 2001. We will walk through some news clips from that day and remember the thoughts that raced through our heads. In the second part we will analyze the subsequent War on Terror and consider what the United States did (or didn’t) achieve in this war as well as analyze whether or not the goals of Al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden were met.  

#history, #9/11, #september11, #neverforget, #currentevents, #middleeast, #politics, #internationalaffairs, #terrorism, #unitedstates 

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Time Stamps:

00:00 Introduction

6:00 Where I was on 9/11

7:30 News Clips and My Memories Of That Day

17:24 A Brief History of 9/11, Al Qaeda, and World Events

23:40 Goals of Al Qaeda

24:42 The War on Terror Begins

27:28 The War in Afghanistan

29:55 The Iraq War

32:16 The War on Terror Continues

34:33 What Did The United States Achieve in the War on Terror?

38:22 Did Bin Laden Win

48:40 Conclusion and My Thoughts

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Links and Attributions:

Video/Audio Clips:

The Towers Are Hit: CBS News.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eTzV7HvKHU

Fox 4 Good Day: September 11, 2001

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo-v9Nge6Zw

Good Morning America: 9-11-01

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K5rSpuXTgg&sttick=0

9/11 First Impact 8:46am

World Trade Center Flashback

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6Bg824b2BY

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This week, we review the second part of Joseph Campbell’s epic ‘The Hero With 1000 Faces’ with a focus on the birth and death of the universe. The myths tell us where the universe came from, where it will dissolve to, and even what happens when we die.

Part I of the series focused on the first half of ‘The Hero with a Thousand Faces’ which described ‘The Hero’s Journey’, a common archetype across all myth and religion, according to Campbell. And in Part III we will look at Homer’s Odyssey and the movie by Christopher Nolan and apply the Hero’s Journey to its plot and theme.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

2:03 Part I Recap

4:55 The Cosmogenic Cycle

5:41 How the Universe Starts and Ends

10:30 Aum and Amen

12:10 From Void To Something

15:22 Where Life Comes From

19:52 Creation Myths / Native American Myth

23:45 Universal Mother and the Virgin Birth

28:18 Back to our Hero

53:53 Jicarilla Apache Myth

35:44 St. Thomas Aquinas

37:03 Death of Abraham

38:55 Death of the Buddha

40:40 The Universe Dissolves

41:15 Norse Ragnarok

43:18 Gospel of Matthew

44:35 The End

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Links & Attributions:

Black Elk Speaks, and What He Says Is Both Tragic And Beautiful

https://youtu.be/8Asn8mmAQhI

The Big Lebowski: The Definitive Meaning

https://youtu.be/fshETNiFC9k

Was Einstein a Mystic?

https://youtu.be/cuNlfpL3j-c

Photo: Jain Temples Palitana, India

By Malaiya at en.wikipedia - JAINA, GFDL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11868391

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#odyssey, #josephcampbell . #herosjourney, #herowithathousandfaces, #literature, #religion, #comparativereligions , #folklore , #myth, #spirituality, #history, #mythology, #literature

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This week, we review the first part of Joseph Campbell’s epic ‘The Hero With A Thousand Faces' with a focus on the Hero’s Journey, the archetype that Campbell created which seeks to attach a single meaning to all myth, religion, and spiritual traditions through the ages.

This archetype has then be used for creative projects across film, literature and music.

Part 2 of the series will focus on the second half of ‘The Hero With A Thousand Faces' which deals with myth describing the birth and death of the universe. And in Part 3 we will look Homer’s Odyssey and the movie by Christopher Nolan and apply the Hero’s Journey to its plot and theme.

#odyssey, #josephcampbell, #herosjourney, #herowithathousandfaces, #religion, #comparativereligion, #folklore, #myth, #spirituality, #history, #mythology, 

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Time Stamps:

00:00 Introduction

02:15 Background of Joseph Campbell

05:30 Definition of Myth

07:30 The Hero’s Journey

12:20 The Departure and The Call To Adventure

14:05 Refusal of the Call

14:53 Supernatural Help

15:30 The Navajo Spiderwoman

17:05 Crossing of the First Threshold

18:30 The Belly of the Whale

20:00 The Initiation and The Road of Trials

20:37 The Meeting of the Goddess

23:08 Woman as Temptress

25:58 Atonement with the Father

30:19 Apotheosis (Exalted - Divine Rank)

31:44 The Ultimate Boon

33:12 The Return and Refusal of the Return

34:20 The Magic Flight

35:48 Rescue from Without

36:17 The Return Threshold

37:00 Master of the Two Worlds

39:02 Freedom To Live

39:18 The Keys

41:09 A Full Myth - The Inuit Myth of Raven

44:53 My Criticism of Campbell

47:52 Final Thoughts

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Links and Attributions:

The Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now - The Real Meaning Uncovered

https://youtu.be/zyC4Dzyb910

Black Elk Speaks, and What He Says Is Both Tragic And Beautiful

https://youtu.be/8Asn8mmAQhI

The Big Lebowski: The Definitive Meaning

https://youtu.be/fshETNiFC9k

Was Einstein a Mystic?

https://youtu.be/cuNlfpL3j-c

Attributions:

Bill Moyers: Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth

Link: https://billmoyers.com/series/joseph-campbell-and-the-power-of-myth-1988/

Joseph Campbell Photo

By Joan Halifax - flickr_url: [1], CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17242629

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In our episode this week we dissect the movie, The Big Lebowski, and find that it is much deeper than we thought at first glance. We know that Maud is tough, that Walter’s got issues, and that the Dude is lazy, but the reason why is quite mind boggling. 

Oh and Donny and The Stranger played by Sam Elliott are much more important to the meaning of the movie than we thought…

You will never look at this movie the same way. We hope you join us and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

#thebiglebowski, #biglebowski, #movies, #cinema, #philosophy, #religion, #spirituality, #history, #coenbrothers, #nihilists, #absurdism, #dudeism, #gender, 

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Time Stamps:

00:00 Intro

2:44 Overview of The Big Lebowski

4:40 The Plot

6:45 Socio-Political Commentary

7:27 1960s Bums v 1980s Capitalists

8:14 Male Aggression

10:22 Gender Commentary - Battle of the Sexes

13:40 Maud

14:13 Jesus

14:55 Walter

17:33 Walter versus Nihilists

18:50 The Dude

 23:17 The Stranger (Sam Elliott)

27:47 Donny

31:18 The Meaning

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Links:

Was Einstein a Mystic? (FS Episode)

https://youtu.be/cuNlfpL3j-c

The Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now - The Real Meaning Uncovered (FS Episode)

https://youtu.be/zyC4Dzyb910

Attributions:

Coen Brothers Photo:

Created by Rita Molnár 2001 - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=395747

Joel Coen Quote:

- Stone, Doug (March 9, 1998). "The Coens Speak (Reluctantly)". Indie Wire.  

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In our episode this week, we review the book, Black Elk Speaks. This is a tragic, beautiful, and contemplative telling of the cataclysmic fate of the Native American peoples as seen through the eyes of one of their spiritual leaders, Black Elk, and the words of the white man who wrote down his thoughts.

We journey from the Battle of the Little Bighorn to Victorian, England. From the Black Hills of South Dakota to ghost worlds in the sky. Epic journeys and tragic events.

This episode shook me to the core to produce and I hope you find this as fascinating and thought provoking as I did.

#nativeamericans, #wildwest, #blackelk, #blackelkspeaks, #religion, #lakota, #sioux, #spirituality, #history, #literature

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Time Stamps:

0:00 Introduction

2:00 Quick History Colonization and American Expansion

07:20 Black Elk and the Oglala, Lakota

09:15 Background of Black Elk Speaks

13:40 Black Elk Speaks and the Sacred Pipe

16:03 Black Elk’s Childhood and his Great Vision

22:05 The Black Hills and the Breaking a Treaty

24:35 The Sun Dance

26:22 War and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

30:19 Winter, Starvation, and Retreat

32:15 A Medicine Man, Lakota Ritual & Bison

40:00 Black Elk Goes to Europe

42:13 The Ghost Dance & Wounded Knee

47:50 Black Elk’s Epic Traumatic Life 

49:45 What Black Elk is Telling Us Today

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Hello!

In our episode this week, we examine the question:

As scientists, particularly those at the forefront of theoretical physics, mathematics, and astrophysics, get deeper and deeper into the nature of reality, do they become more reflective, more spiritual, more.... religious?

In short, was Albert Einstein a mystic...

#astrophysics, #philosophy, #quantummechanics, #science, #religion, #spirituality, #tesla, #neildegrassetyson, #mysticism, #poetry, #shakespeare, #williamblake, #history

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Timestamps:

0:00: Intro

5:07: A Very Brief History of Western Science

07:25 Leonard Da Vinci

08:53 Paracelsus

11:11 Nikola Tesla

13:12 Definition of Mysticism

17:20 Max Planck and Quantum Theory

21:16 Albert Einstein

26:10 Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington

28:56 Max Born

29:41 Niels Bohr

30:49 Erwin Schrodinger

35:17 Werner Heisenberg

35:37 John Wheeler

36:23 Sir Roger Penrose

36:55 Carl Sagan

37:25 Neil deGrasse Tyson

38:00 Conclusion on Science, Religion and Mysticism 

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In our series a ‘Search for A Theory of Everything’ we dive into the astronomy, history and meaning of the Midsummer holiday which, to this day, constitutes a massive party in Sweden, Norway, and elsewhere, but is largely absent in large parts of the world.

Then we ask, why don’t we celebrate this in the United States? Perhaps coming to some profound conclusions.

Also, come see the world’s biggest bonfire in Ålesund, Norway. It is epic.

Please listen and I hope you enjoy…

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Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction

3:44 Midsummer Night by Nikolai Astrup

3:50 Side Conversation about The Scream by Edvard Munch

4:23 Back to Midsummer Night by Nikolai Astrup

5:45 The Astronomy and Science of the Summer Solstice

12:57 Our Ancestors and their Monuments

15:55 Stonehenge

18:10 Christianization of Europe and St. John the Baptist’s Birthday

21:09 Origins of Midsummer and Where It’s Celebrated

23:20 Midsummer/Midsommar in Sweden

27:08 World’s Biggest Bonfire - Midsummer in Ålesund, Norway

33:24 Why is Midsummer Not Recognized in the United States and Why It Should Be…

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Promised Links:

Midsummer in Sweden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SC8ccxX-44

Visit Sweden!

Slinningsbålet Bonfire 2025 in Ålesund Norway - Summer Solstice Celebration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuqqo2x7KrM

Visit Norway!

How we lit the World's tallest annual bonfire - Slinningsbålet 2015 (34m): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1bVZMWs7VQ&t=372s

Midsommar Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vnghdsjmd0&sttick=0

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#history #paintings #arthistory #astronomy #sweden #norway #ålesund #bonfire #midsummer #midsommar

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In our ‘Search for A Theory of Everything’ podcast we dive into the themes and meaning of Joseph Conrad’s classic novel, Heart of Darkness and arrive at a definitive theme and meaning.

In short, the defining quote from the book 'The Horror, The Horror' specifically describes two different horrors. Listen to find out what they are.

I am surprised the rabbit holes that this book opened up for us: Colonial Congo, King Leopold II, Apocalypse Now, Tom Bombadil, The Doors, Moby Dick, Buddhism, Hinduism and even Kali popped out at us. Phew…

Please listen and I hope you enjoy…

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Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction

3:08 Napalm Discussion!?

3:20 The Book: Heart of Darkness

4:52 The Life of Joseph Conrad

9:52 Critiques of Joseph Conrad

11:40 The Congo 

13:53 King Leopold II, The Congo Free State and Colonial Atrocities

18:05 The Plot of the Heart of Darkness

21:20 The Women of the Heart of Darkness

24:29 The Movie Remake: Apocalypse Now

25:39 The Theme and Meaning of the Heart of Darkness

27:27 Joseph Conrad’s Deleted Text and Letters

29:40 Buddhism, Hinduism and Eastern Philosophic Influences on the Heart of Darkness

31:37 Conrad Riding The Snake

32:33 ‘The End’ by The Doors

33:30 Plato and European Thought

34:54 Journey Up The River and Into The Interior of the Psyche

36:50 Are Kurtz and Marlow The Same Person?

39:10 Summary of the Themes and Meaning

43:20: More from Apocalypse Now

43:55 Relevance for Today’s World

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Promised Links:

The Rest is History Podcast, ‘Horror in the Congo: The Nightmare Begins. Part I’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqGVHgV7Eg0&t=10s

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#literature, #history, #heartofdarkness, #apocalypsenow, #spirituality, #buddhism, #hinduism, #meditation, #thedoors, #mobydick

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This week's episode of News with a Nine, er, Ten Year Old includes:

Unrest in Belfast, Moldavia, Ukraine & The E.U., The World Cup, the enormous energy demands of A.I., a woman swims California, and which direction do you naturally turn when you walk? Oh and Happy Bounty Anniversary Day on Norfolk Island!

Hi! Daughter and father duo of Effie and Pops present their take on the news for the week of 14 June 2026.

Ever wonder what kids think of what is going on around them? Check it out here. Ever wonder what Gen X thinks of what kids think of what is going on around them? Check it out here. Ever wonder what kids think of what Gen X thinks of what kids think of what... um. Ok, whatever. Check it out. 

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Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction

2:30 Bounty Anniversary Day on Norfolk Island

4:52 War with Iran

6:29 Iran War Costs $1 Trillion!

9:26 U.S. Consumer Price Index Increase in May

10:52 Unrest in Belfast

12:40 Keir Starmer & Defense Minister Resignation

13:37 Ukraine & Moldava Initial E.U. Membership Talks

15:07 The World Cup Kicks Off

17:25 The Enormous Energy Needs of A.I. Data Centers

21:32 A Woman Prepares to Swim The Length of California!

26:37 Fisherman Catches a Great White Shark

30:22 Why Does Everyone Turn Left? No, seriously, Why Does Everyone Turn Left!

37:09 Effie Tries the Experiment To See Which Way She Naturally Walks

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This weeks links:

Harvard Study on the Cost of the Iran War:

https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/international-relations-security/why-war-iran-so-expensive?utm_source=chatgpt.com

United Nations University Study on the Energy Demands of A.I. Data Centers:

https://unu.edu/inweh/collection/environmental-cost-of-AIs-Enrgy-Use-Carbon-water-and-land-footprints

Nantucket Fisherman Catches A Great White (from Good Morning America): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHd4S1H5DkA

New York Times Article Referencing Study on the Direction Humans Natural Turn When Walking: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/science/humans-walking-veer-left-counterclockwise.html

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