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The Heroes’ Journey

Episode Summary

The monomyth, otherwise known as the “hero’s journey” is a story structure popularized by Joseph Campbell in his book “The Hero With A Thousand Faces.” It’s a classic storytelling pattern that has been repeated time and time again from myths around the world. Host Jacob Shymanski and guest Red Széll explore the concept of the monomyth and debate if it really is the human story society craves. In the latter portion of the show, Red reflects on his 100th episode of the “My Life In Books” podcast. This episode was produced by Andrika De Lanerolle.

Episode Notes

The monomyth, otherwise known as the “hero’s journey” is a story structure popularized by Joseph Campbell in his book “The Hero With A Thousand Faces.”  

It’s a classic storytelling pattern that has been repeated time and time again from myths around the world.  

Host Jacob Shymanski and guest Red Széll explore the concept of the monomyth and debate if it really is the human story society craves.  

In the latter portion of the show, Red reflects on his 100th episode of the “My Life In Books” podcast.  

This episode was produced by Andrika De Lanerolle.