Ep 125 - The Origins of Mythology

For the 125th episode, Rowan and Tracey go all the way back to the beginning and ask: what is mythology? They discuss the history and science behind storytelling, the chemical effects of religion on the brain, and whether or not trees have their own versions of folklore.

Tracey tells us an original love story about the sun and the moon, and Rowan’s tale explores an AI coming to terms with its sentience.

Sources

NCBI

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4445577/

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_and_ritual

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_and_mythology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Ritualists

Invisibilia - Entanglement 

https://www.npr.org/programs/invisibilia/382451600/entanglement

NPR - Mirror Touch

https://www.npr.org/2015/01/30/382453493/mirror-touch

Capitalize My Title

https://capitalizemytitle.com/page-count/750000-words/

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https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/oldest-literature

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https://www.ted.com/playlists/756/why_do_we_tell_stories

PBS

https://www.pbs.org/mythsandheroes/myths_what.html

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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/myth

NYTimes

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/special-series/the-big-question-why-do-we-tell-stories.html

NPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/04/11/815573198/how-stories-connect-and-persuade-us-unleashing-the-brain-power-of-narrative

Neuro Leadership

https://neuroleadership.com/your-brain-at-work/the-neuroscience-of-storytelling/

Berkeley

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_stories_change_brain

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dECE7285GxU&ab_channel=wocomoWILDLIFE

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/special-series/the-big-question-why-do-we-tell-stories.html#:~:text=For%20millenniums%2C%20humans%20have%20told,the%20reasons%20we%20tell%20stories.

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https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322539

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https://artofnarrative.com/2020/07/08/kishotenketsu-exploring-the-four-act-story-structure/

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https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/jul/13/three-six-or-36-how-many-basic-plots-are-there-in-all-stories-ever-written

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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-whispering-trees-180968084/

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https://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/poetics.1.1.html

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