Why A Nation Creates Its Own Mythology (Pt. 2)
In a continuation of our series on why mythologies and folklore are useful to the identity of a culture, we continue diving into the stories that have cemented themselves in the American mind.Even if ...
11 Aug 50min
Huckleberry Finn (pt 2) \\ Making the Hard Choice
We've been floating down the river having a pretty good time so far, but the events of the last chapter have sobered Huckleberry Finn up a bit to the uglier side of life. But we're back on the raft wi...
16 Juli 1h 44min
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (pt 1)
What happens when you take a story that is controversial enough to be frequently banned from libraries and mix it with an author who doesn’t care what you think about his writing?You get Mark Twain’s ...
8 Juli 1h 33min
Why a Nation Creates Its Own Mythology (Pt. 1)
Why does a culture need its own stories? Can't it just borrow someone else's? The USA is too young to have formulated a mythology like classic civilizations did, and yet from our early years we still ...
3 Juli 23min
The Scarlet Pimpernel (pt 2)
In Part 2 of our coverage of The Scarlet Pimpernel we are waiting to see what Chauvelin will discover in the dining room. Marguerite feels sick for being a spy for the villain, but it was the Pimperne...
3 Juni 1h 48min
The Scarlet Pimpernel (pt 1)
Before the acronyms MCU or DCEU ever existed, superheroes were illustrations on the page of comic books. But before comic books came to be, there was another story that first gave us a hero with a sec...
26 Maj 1h 48min
The Ancient Story Structure Hollywood Keeps Ignoring \\ Kishōtenketsu
What if I told you that you have been deprived of one of the best forms of storytelling for most of your life?The "The Three-Act" story structure has dominated Western storytelling for centuries. Hero...
4 Maj 41min
Project Hail Mary (part two) \\ Courage Is Not Optional
You ready for part 2, question?Grace is now teamed up with his alien friend Rocky, and they have worked together to the point of creating a theory that might save both of their planets. But can they f...
14 Apr 1h 47min
