Podcast Episodes

Episode 411 - The Necessity of Gratitude

Michael Meade answers questions about the sources and meanings of grace and gratitude. Gratitude used to be called the "parent of all virtues" and its presence indicates the natural nobility of the…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Episode 410 - On Hope and Despair

This episode begins with the old idea that emotions travel in pairs. Sorrow tends to travel with joy, so that if we allow sorrow to penetrate us, it will pull us to a deep level of our soul where j…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Episode 409 - The Law of the Fish vs. The Rule of Law

Michael Meade turns to an ancient myth from India to show how elections can have such dire consequences that the rule of law becomes replaced with the "law of the fishes." In the great oceans the bi…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Episode 408 - To Not Be Lost

It is our mutual fate to live in a time of such disorientation and upheaval that the institutions we hoped would protect us cannot keep up with the flood of changes pouring through both nature and h…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Episode 407 - Antidotes to Uncertainty

This episode of Living Myth begins with excerpts from a new psychological survey that a majority of American adults are worried that the upcoming presidential election could be the end of democracy …

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Episode 406 - Men, the Soul and the Search for Truth

This episode addresses the issue of the "strongman" in politics and the way it exemplifies and contributes to a loss of authenticity, a lack of integrity and a loss of soul in modern cultures.

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Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Episode 405 - The Symptoms We Suffer, The Symbols We Need

This episode is about the need for living symbols that can give us a sense of unity and wholeness in a divided world. Symptom is an old Greek word that refers to something that "falls upon us or st…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Episode 404 - Finding Shelter from the Storms

This episode of Living Myth begins with the idea that the old terminology of 100-year storms and 1000-year storms makes little sense, since events of that magnitude now happen so often. It becomes di…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Episode 403 - The Divine Touch: Living Through Chaos and Fear

This episode of Living Myth focuses on the sense that we are living through a radical time when change becomes necessary and a transformation of life becomes more possible. Michael Meade uses an an…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Episode 402 - The Storm of Uncertainty and Your Authentic Self

This episode begins with the idea of the Cone of Uncertainty as the front part of a hurricane or tropical storm that can veer to the right or left and change directions frequently. Michael Meade us…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago