{"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":"181 - J.R.R. Tolkien and the Long Defeat","slug":"181-j-r-r-tolkien-and-the-long-defeat","published_at":"2026-07-13T02:27:22+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mythic-mind-4015256/181-j-r-r-tolkien-and-the-long-defeat","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mythic-mind-4015256","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/181-j-r-r-tolkien-and-the-long-defeat--72943936","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72943936/f7b5ce73_bc4f_4d2e_ad48_4c19c1815eca.mp3","summary":"What does the future hold? What has been let go by the past? How should we view the moving horizon? In this episode, I draw from Tolkien's letters, The Lord of the Rings, and his essays, \"The Monsters and the Critics\" and \"On Fairy-Stories,\" to discuss his concept of The Long Defeat. 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/R-1Yp1Z8dv4 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":"What does the future hold? What has been let go by the past? How should we view the moving horizon? In this episode, I draw from Tolkien's letters, The Lo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":655,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mythic-mind-4015256/episodes/181-j-r-r-tolkien-and-the-long-defeat/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mythic-mind-4015256/181-j-r-r-tolkien-and-the-long-defeat.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}