Heather McIlvaine-Newsad, commentator for Tri States Public Radio, recently told listeners: “I hope that the stories we tell about this historic time reflect what the late Joseph Campbell called the hero’s journey. Campbell was an American professor of literature at…
Acclaimed author and podcast, Tim Ferriss is broadcasting the first episode of Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers series The Power of Myth, on episode #456 of The Tim Ferris Show. The Tim Ferriss Show is one of the most popular podcasts in…
Australian writer-director Mirrah Foulkes followed Joseph Campbell’s classic hero journey structure for her latest film, Judy and Punch, starring Mia Wasikowska. “That,” she said, “was intentional: leaning on that hero structure and subverting it. Like showing our relationship to violence…
Excitement around news of director Zack Snyder’s cut of the DC film Justice League, brought many back to talking about Joseph Campbell’s influence on Snyder. To read more about how Snyder secretly encoded a Campbell quote written in Kryptonian into…
Forbes contributor, Dede Henley, shares in her recent article Reframe Quaratine as an Adventure and Become Its Hero, her admiration for Joseph Campbell and his classic work, The Hero With a Thousand Faces. Applying Campbell and his book to current…
In the midst of the Covid-19 crisis, medical professionals are being honored for their sacrifice and significance in this season. Some doctors are pointing to Joseph Campbell in order to help others better understand their heroic work and the journey…
“A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow…
NBA legend, Kobe Bryant, who died on January 26, had been vocal about his study of Joseph Campbell, and specifically The Hero’s Journey. Ramona Shelburne, a reporter for ESPN, recounted her conversations with Bryant about Campbell and his work. “We…
Gloria Kisch had a different outlook from most of her peers, however, which, along with her gender and California provenance, made her entry into the New York art scene a challenge. In college she had studied with the mythologist Joseph…
Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey continues to be explored by storytellers in every medium, even by subverting it. New York Times best selling author, Kel Kade’s Fate of the Fallen, available from Tor Books, fulfills key aspects of the Journey and…
In a post for Asia One, James Mottram gives insight into the creation of James Grays’ newest film, Ad Astra, and how Gray drew from Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces. He wanted his character to be mythic in his…
Brandon Davis writes for the website Comic Book about the Marvel superhero Thor and his flawed journey. This article (which contains spoilers on the movie Avengers: Infinity War), explains how the God of Thunder has made his fair share of…
Leah Schnelbach writes for the website Tor about the heroic journey in Ursula Le Guin’s book, The Farthest Shore. According to Schnelbach, Le Guin’s book talks about depression in a true and reassuring way, engaging the reader while also depicting the condition…
Thomas Mooney writes for the Wide Open Country about musician Kevin Galloway and his new album, “The Change”. The article starts with the Campbell quote: “Follow Your Bliss”. It sets the tone for the telling of Galloway’s journey through this new…
Tim Midura interviews comics and TV writer Joe Casey for the website The Outhousers. Midura asks Casey about his new story, MCMLXXV, a genre-blender set in New York City featuring Pamela Evans as the Hero. According to the writer, Pamela is…
Kevin Downey writes for TV News Check about Jeff Probst and his upcoming talk-show. In the interview within the article, Probst talks about the idea behind the new show, his expectations and fear, and what the audience should expect to…
Dr. Victor Garlock writes for the website Auburn Pub about the place for Heroes in today’s society. Garlock uses Joseph Campbell’s study on Heroes found in his book The Hero With a Thousand Faces to discuss what qualifies someone as a hero,…
Christina Radish writes for Collider about the new season of Luke Cage, the third show in the Netflix-original Defenders series. Collider interviews actor Theo Rossi about which characteristics create a Hero and which create a villain. Joseph Campbell connoisseurs might already have…
Michael Marshall writes for The Crozet Gazette about a ceremonial dinner thrown for the Western Albemarle Rescue Squad. The one hundred active volunteers were celebrated, received prizes and their best and most courageous moments were highlighted. Joseph Campbell has described heroes as”(…)someone giving…
Anthony Simeone writes for the Good Men Project about toxic masculinity, and how Joseph Campbell’s teachings can help cure it. Simeone explains how children’s upbringing and societal demands on young men can create toxic people. He further dwells into the importance…
As a producer of PBS’s The Power of Myth, Joan Konner experienced Joseph Campbell’s teachings from up close and many years later, his influence is still clear on her writing. In this inciting article, Konner, now Dean Emerita at Columbia College, talks about…
In his article for The Odyssey, college-student Dan Bennington recounts how Campbell helped him follow his bliss through troublesome times. It’s no secret that life can be hard. When all hope is gone, when the light has been turned off, where…
Rabbi Bruce Warshal writes for the Jewish Journal about archetypal figures, power and progress. In the diverse, multicultural melting pot that is the United States of America, there is no overall binding myth. Joseph Campbell points out, in Bill Moyers’ The Power of Myth, that…
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