The Hero's Journey℠ Podcast
Author Jeff Garvin and book blogger Dan Zarzana examine books & films through the lens of The Hero’s Journey℠. Created by world-renowned teacher and mythologist Joseph Campbell, and refined by Disney story veteran Christopher Vogler, The Hero’s Journey℠ is a series of motifs and archetypes that pervade myths, folklore, and stories across all cultures and eras. Each month, Jeff and Dan will discuss a different book or film. And probably, there will be some whiskey involved. (The trademark HERO'S JOURNEY℠ is used under license from the Joseph Campbell Foundation (www.jcf.org))
Latest episodes
Jan 25, 2022 • 1h 26min
Fargo
Scrape the ice off your windshield, reserve your room at the Blue Ox, and fire up the ol’ woodchipper. This is the hero’s journey of Fargo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 21, 2021 • 1h 43min
It's a Wonderful Life
Merry Christmas, you wonderful old listeners! Make a wish, chuck a rock through the window of that dilapidated old house across the street, and hold tight to your dreams. Writers Dan Zarzana and Jeff Garvin are about to take you through the hero’s journey of It’s A Wonderful Life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 30, 2021 • 1h 40min
Goodfellas
This month, writers Jeff Garvin and Dan Zarzana dissect Scorsese’s 1990 real-live ganster tale using Joseph Campbell’s mystical framework. (Like ya do.) So, borrow a kitchen knife from your sweet ol’ ma, stuff a .38 snubnose down your pants, and take your first pinch like a champ. This is the hero’s journey of Goodfellas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 26, 2021 • 1h 49min
Halloween
Lock your doors, bolt your windows, turn off the lights — and join writers Jeff Garvin and Dan Zarzana as they use Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey as a knife to dissect John Carpenter’s 1978 horror classic, Halloween. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 28, 2021 • 1h 49min
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Writers Jeff Garvin and Dan Zarzana take apart the story of TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY using the elements of Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey (and Dan’s Arnold impression, and perhaps an adult beverage.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 31, 2021 • 1h 32min
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
String your bow, fletch an arrow, and join writers Jeff Garvin and Dan Zarzana as they use Joseph Campbell’s Hero's Journey framework to deconstruct Kevin Reynolds’s 1991 blockbuster ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 27, 2021 • 1h 15min
Jaws
Book blogger Dan Zarzana and author Jeff Garvin examine Steven Spielberg’s 1975 blockbuster Jaws (starring Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Robert Shaw) using the framework of Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey. Pack your Dramamine and fill your chum bucket. We’re going fishing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 29, 2021 • 1h 24min
American Graffiti
Gas up your hot rod, tune your radio to the Wolfman Jack show, and prepare your traffic light pick-up lines. We’re cruising the strip with American Graffiti. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 25, 2021 • 1h 22min
Apollo 13
Don your pressure suit, clear your relief tube, and calculate your gimbal angles. We’re lifting off on APOLLO 13. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 27, 2021 • 1h 25min
The Hunt for Red October
Secure the hatches, flood the ballast tanks, and man your stations. We are on The Hunt for Red October! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
