Stories for the Third Quarter: Midlife, Myth, and Meaning
Scott Bryson, PhDWriter and professor Scott Bryson, PhD, explores the power of story to help us navigate midlife. Stories for the Third Quarter is about that stretch between traditional adulthood and old age—when the roles we’ve lived inside begin to shift, success no longer always satisfies, and deeper reflections about identity, purpose, and aging rise closer to the surface. Through myth, poetry, psychology, and... more
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 12 | Founded | a month ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | EducationSelf-Improvement | |||
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One of the all-time great third-quarter poems is also one of the most misinterpreted poems of all time.In this episode, Scott Bryson, PhD, takes a fresh look at Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken.”Most of us learned to read the poem as a celebration ... more
In this episode, Scott Bryson, PhD, reflects on the haunting North Atlantic legend of the selkie—the seal-woman who sheds her skin, lives for a time among humans, and eventually feels the irresistible call to return to the sea.
We explore the story ... more
In this episode, Scott Bryson, PhD, reflects on a simple but powerful idea: every bush is burning.
We begin with the story from the book of Exodus, where Moses encounters God in the form of a burning bush. According to the story, the divine can’t ap... more
In this episode, we explore what the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel can teach us about the transition into what Scott Bryson, PhD, calls the “third quarter” of life.
Most of us remember the familiar parts of the story: two children abandoned in the fo... more
In this episode, Scott Bryson, PhD, takes a fresh look at the myth of Narcissus and Echo as told in Ovid's Metamorphoses—and suggests we may be misunderstanding the real lesson of the story.
Most of us think we know what the myth is about. Narcissus... more
In this episode, Scott Bryson, PhD, explores how to read stories mythologically through one of the most enduring tales from Greek mythology: Orpheus and Eurydice.
We begin with a simple idea. Stories can be read on at least two levels. First, we can... more
In this episode, Scott Bryson, PhD explores how to read myths mythologically through one of the most haunting stories ever told: the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.
The story is simple. Orpheus travels to the underworld to bring his beloved Eurydice b... more
In the second half of life, something strange starts to happen. Memories come back. Regrets resurface. Old decisions don’t feel as settled as they once did. Success doesn’t satisfy the way it used to. A part of you feels… followed. In this video, I t... more
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