In this Season Finale episode Tim Holmes reflects on themes, stories and favorite moments from Season One and the future of the podcast. Join the conversation in the comments by sharing your top three favorite episodes and major takeaways from Season One of the Golden Thread. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KpCE563cg5wMusic:Leaving Home Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

What is the relationship between comedy and tragedy, and what can a medieval poet and an office sitcom reveal to us about reality? Tim Holmes explores the endlessly quotable and meme-able comedy of the Office and the ways in which we can free ourselves from the downward spiral into Hell in Episode 11 of the Golden Thread. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ETHp1CYEj0kMusic:Leaving Home Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this segment from Episode 11 Tim Holmes joins the medieval poet Dante Alighieri on his cyclical journey down through the rings of Hell in search of escape from the patterns that imprison us.Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ACL6dlSLi4QMusic:Leaving Home Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this special bonus segment of the Golden Thread Tim Holmes and friends take a trip to the AMC Lincoln Square in NYC to see Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey in 70mm Imax and give their initial reactions out of the theater, followed by a short review and where it ranks among Nolan’s filmography.Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/i01gDV9F17E⁠  

With the Odyssey in theaters it's time for our own retrospective odyssey through the filmography of the greatest filmmaker of our generation. From Following to Oppenheimer, Tim Holmes and his brother Josh take a deep dive into their shared love of movies and all things Nolan in Episode 10 of the Golden Thread. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/nARzZ7ctLH0

The story of Odysseus's mythic voyage home has been one of the foundational narratives of western civilization for millennia. What can this story still teach us about the hero's descent into the underworld in search of identity? Descend with Tim Holmes into our own history of struggle with the gods in Episode 9 of the Golden Thread. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4kXqTxTfOYhgAknZUK42Lo?si=fc2S7rBpR42Y16GFnVeAjA&nd=1&dlsi=d273428b12074f0eListen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-golden-thread-monsters-myths-and-the-modern-world/id1883385484Music:Leaving Home Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this segment from Episode 9 Tim Holmes recounts the ancient myth of Prometheus, how it relates to the discoveries of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Albert Einstein, and the scientific revolution.Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4kXqTxTfOYhgAknZUK42Lo?si=fc2S7rBpR42Y16GFnVeAjA&nd=1&dlsi=d273428b12074f0eListen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-golden-thread-monsters-myths-and-the-modern-world/id1883385484Music:Leaving Home Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

What role do faith and spirituality play in a scientific and technological world? Could it be that we're beginning to rediscover the true value of focused attention, belief, and the spiritual nature of the world that we inhabit? Tim Holmes and Spiritual Formation Pastor Christian Edwards sit down to discuss art, faith, the meaning crisis and how the parables of Christ can help us rediscover what it is to be truly human. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4kXqTxTfOYhgAknZUK42Lo?si=fc2S7rBpR42Y16GFnVeAjA&nd=1&dlsi=d273428b12074f0eListen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-golden-thread-monsters-myths-and-the-modern-world/id1883385484Music:Leaving Home Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this segment from Episode 8 Tim Holmes and guest Christian Edwards discuss the relationship between Faith and Attention and how a restoration of these formational practices can begin to lead us up and out of the spiral of anxiety, distraction, confusion and distrust.Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4kXqTxTfOYhgAknZUK42Lo?si=fc2S7rBpR42Y16GFnVeAjA&nd=1&dlsi=d273428b12074f0eListen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-golden-thread-monsters-myths-and-the-modern-world/id1883385484Music:Leaving Home Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Modern retellings of classic fairy tales such as Wicked, Into the Woods and the Princess Bride still pack theaters on Broadway and local cinemas with fans of all ages. Why do these stories told primarily for children still speak to us as adults? Follow the yellow brick with Tim Holmes in quest of the meaning of these magical stories in Episode 7 of the Golden Thread. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qdiBAZngvPcMusic:Leaving Home Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/