From Alien Invasions to Zombie Apocalypses (Clip)
Vervaeke et. al. trace the progression of secular apocalypses from HG Well's "The War of the Worlds," through the zombie variety. We break down what this progression might mean, and what we can do...
10 Nov 7min
A Personal Apocalypse (Clip)
The Metaphor of the Apocalyptic Disasters: Before the apocalypse in "Revelations," there is a series of disasters, and that can be taken as the mental disorder before the personal "revelation" in spir...
5 Nov 6min
A Little Bad’ll Do You Some Good (Clip)
Hair of the Dog that Bit You: the hair of a rabid dog used to be thought of as a cure for rabies, which seems to operate on the logic of like cures like. In the Brothers’ Grimm’s “The Boy Who Went F...
1 Nov 6min
The Meaning of the Zombie Apocalypse
Ian and I discuss Vervaeke et. al.’s writing on the symbol of the zombie apocalypse. They show that our use of “apocalypse” is a telling transformation of the original Christian one. The modern, sec...
28 Okt 1h 29min
Grimm’s “The Three Snake-Leaves:” Bewitched by Beauty
A poor man’s son leaves his large family with great sorrow so he will not be a burden. He joins the army of an emperor and turns the tide of a large battle and is given treasures and the chance to ma...
21 Okt 28min
Hamlet & the Boy Who Could Not Shudder (Clip)
These rational characters do not accept what others say, in their fear, and go forth. Hamlet's story continues with his indecision, but this boy is oriented to action. (From a discussion on the Bro...
16 Okt 4min
Grimm’s “The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was”
Who Do You Think You Are? Anyone interested in the education of the individual might enjoy a few minutes with this light, yet important tale. There is a folktale trope of the dummling who, useless ...
7 Okt 1h 35min
