{"podcast":{"title":"Mythic Mind","slug":"mythic-mind-4015256","podcast_index_feed_id":4015256,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5808321/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/mythic-mind","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0a4d1f1170d0b28d7ff97976dbf1a820.jpg","author":"Andrew Snyder","episode_count":193,"summary":"Pursuing wisdom through primary and secondary worlds Mythic Mind is a conversation about stories, thought, and the inner life. We read literature and philosophy, talk through film and games when they help, and ask what these works reveal about the soul, the good life, and the Christian imagination. Hosted by Andrew Snyder, Ph.D., professor of theology and philosophy, the show gathers fellow readers and thinkers around a common table. Some episodes are lessons. Most are recorded discussions. All of them aim at seeing more clearly, not merely consuming more content. New seasons take up a shared theme across the Fellowship. Listen on your own, then join the wider conversation at mythicmindfellowship.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind--5808321/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-09-21T20:18:32.554447+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mythic-mind-4015256"},"episode":{"title":"171 - Tolkien on Allegory and Application","slug":"171-tolkien-on-allegory-and-application","published_at":"2026-06-08T17:57:22+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mythic-mind-4015256/171-tolkien-on-allegory-and-application","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mythic-mind-4015256","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/171-tolkien-on-allegory-and-application--72418606","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72418606/mux_media_audio_extraction_a2e9b525_dff1_4724_b6d5_4ad599975781.mp3","summary":"Tolkien is known to despise allegory, but he is also clear that fiction, including his own, has a relationship with the primary world that can be used as a conduit for truth. In this lesson from the 2025 Lord of the Rings study, I discuss Tolkien's approach to allegory and application. Purchase the entire course, including our recorded live meetings, here: Purchase Course Watch the video of this episode and subscribe to my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/c9-2YjcmxnM Become a patron of Mythic Mind at patreon.com/mythicmind Listen to all THREE Mythic Mind podcasts: Mythic Mind Mythic Mind Games Mythic Mind Movies & Shows (or become a patron to get all three shows in one ad-free feed) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind--5808321/support .","meta_description":"Tolkien is known to despise allegory, but he is also clear that fiction, including his own, has a relationship with the primary world that can be used as…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1980,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mythic-mind-4015256/episodes/171-tolkien-on-allegory-and-application/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mythic-mind-4015256/171-tolkien-on-allegory-and-application.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}