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The Emerald
by Joshua Schrei
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| Date | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 2 | #95 |
About the show
The Emerald explores the human experience through a vibrant lens of myth, story, and imagination. Brought to life through the wise, wild, and humorous vision of Joshua Michael Schrei — a teacher and lifelong student of the cosmologies and mythologies of the world — the podcast draws from a deep well of poetry, lore, and mythos to challenge conventional narratives on politics and public discourse, meditation and mindfulness, art, science, literature, and more. At the heart of the podcast is the premise that the imaginative, poetic, animate heart of human experience — elucidated by so many cultures over so many thousands of years — is missing in modern discourse and is urgently needed at a time when humanity is facing unprecedented problems. The Emerald advocates for an imaginative vision of human life and human discourse as it questions deep underlying assumptions about societal progress.
Latest episodes
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Bronze Age Reset: De- and Re-Mythologizing the Manosphere
August 10, 2026 · 2 hr 5 minIn a time of fracture, in which people are searching for meaning and belonging, it is no wonder that men are re-exploring what manhood means. Yet the sense-making project around manhood has veered from the mythic journey it rightly could…
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Space Hex! (The Curse of Restlessness, Revisited)
June 13, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min“We don’t go to other planets because our planet is dying. Our planet dies, specifically because we perpetually want to go somewhere else.” Fresh off of the Initial Public Offering of Space X, the largest IPO in human history, it's worth…
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Seven
June 8, 2026 · 44 minSeven years ago last Tuesday, The Emerald podcast was born. This episode reflects on the journey of the podcast so far and gives hints of what's to come, all through the prism of the number 7, which is — to say the least — a mythically…
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Enter the Dragon, Part 2: On Order and Chaos
May 1, 2026 · 2 hr 12 minThe dragon, or serpent, in myth and story, is the coiling, spiraling power of nature itself. And so, how cultures have treated the dragon depends a lot on how they view nature and how they view the world. Some have celebrated and honored…
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Enter The Dragon, Terrifying and Beautiful (Part 1)
February 17, 2026 · 1 hr 59 minDragon lore is everywhere in global mythology — no matter what continent you live on, the land you inhabit holds dragon story, and quite possibly was shaped by dragons, or has sleeping dragons in it. Such dragons have captured human…
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Carry That Weight: On Mythic Burdens and Cosmic Supports
November 12, 2025 · 2 hr 16 minThere is a weight to modern existence — perhaps you've felt it. In a world in which social and environmental crises only seem to be deepening and our familial, communal and spiritual support systems are steadily crumbling, individuals are…
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I Think I Hear the Coming of a Planetary Roar (with Louder Music)
September 7, 2025 · 2 hr 6 minIn times of rising frustration over the state of nations, times of personal, ecological, societal, and planetary impasse, when cycles of senseless suffering seemingly repeat themselves over and over, and all the global upheaval still isn't…
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I Think I Hear the Coming of a Planetary Roar
August 30, 2025 · 2 hr 6 minIn times of rising frustration over the state of nations, times of personal, ecological, societal, and planetary impasse, when cycles of senseless suffering seemingly repeat themselves over and over, and all the global upheaval still isn't…