At the beginning of this episode, Brandon has the beginnings of a rant about our culture's obsession with the hero's journey, adults becoming stagnated by the same coming-of-age type story structures. I just want to say I'd love to hear more of it! Whether in essay form like you teased on the ep, or just a podcast ep devoted to it.
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You may like this great video essay done by the Youtube channel Art of the Story - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGL3Oy8GGlk
I love a good hero's journey as much as the next person (nobody watches Star Wars about 30 times without loving a hero's journey), but I'd like to hear a discussion on alternative structures and examples of them.