{"podcast":{"title":"Mythic Mind Games","slug":"mythic-mind-games-7349259","podcast_index_feed_id":7349259,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6633890/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind-games--6633890","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3588227e4cbf4812925340010110d1e7.jpg","author":"Andrew Snyder","episode_count":55,"summary":"Pursuing wisdom through primary and secondary worlds. Mythic Mind Games is a conversation about video games as secondary worlds. We look at story, design, and the moral imagination of play: what games train us to love, fear, hope for, and become. This is not a review show and not a strategy guide. Episodes sit with particular games and ask what they are doing to the soul. Grief, home, identity, freedom, and wonder show up here as often as bosses and endings. Hosted by Andrew Snyder, Ph.D., alongside friends from the Fellowship. Listen on your own, then continue the discussion at mythicmindfellowship.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-28T20:20:56.896254+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mythic-mind-games-7349259"},"episode":{"title":"36 - Skyrim and the Northern Mythos: Dragon, Doom, and Northern Courage","slug":"36-skyrim-and-the-northern-mythos-dragon-doom-and-northern-courage","published_at":"2026-01-30T10:00:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mythic-mind-games-7349259/36-skyrim-and-the-northern-mythos-dragon-doom-and-northern-courage","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mythic-mind-games-7349259","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/36-skyrim-and-the-northern-mythos-dragon-doom-and-northern-courage--69677928","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69677928/mux_media_audio_extraction_dfaaaf73_ec85_408e_8ed2_18908313c835.mp3","summary":"In this presentation, originally made for my Elder Scrolls & Philosophy study, I discuss some of the northern mythological inspirations for Skyrim. Watch the video for this episode and subscribe to my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/C907wJJN8l8 Tolkien and the Long Defeat: https://youtu.be/zQZuCpAd8t8?si=A8w-Mu_k4IXpz657 Beowulf & Boethius Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1Ayf0uZnOZGm3sKsYH7pMx5cNJUDJopl Become a patron at patreon.com/mythicmind Listen to all THREE Mythic Mind podcasts: Mythic Mind Mythic Mind Games Mythic Mind Movies & Shows (Or become a patron and get all three shows early and ad-free in a single feed.) Become a Tier 3 patron to participate in the upcoming Silmarillion study!","meta_description":"In this presentation, originally made for my Elder Scrolls & Philosophy study, I discuss some of the northern mythological inspirations for Skyrim. Wa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":797,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mythic-mind-games-7349259/episodes/36-skyrim-and-the-northern-mythos-dragon-doom-and-northern-courage/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mythic-mind-games-7349259/36-skyrim-and-the-northern-mythos-dragon-doom-and-northern-courage.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}