The Hero's Journey

Put on your uniform, lace your cleats, and hit the field! This is the hero?s journey of Remember the Titans.

The Hero's Journey is a podcast about books and films through then lens of Joseph Campbell's mythological framework, using Chrisopher Voglers The Writers Journey as a guide. Hosted by writers Jeff Garvin and Dan Zarzana

Prepare your copy of Final Exit, clean your skis, and withdraw two dollars from the ATM because you?re gonna need that later. This is the hero?s journey of Better Off Dead.

The Hero's Journey is a podcast about books and films through then lens of Joseph Campbell's mythological framework, using Chrisopher Voglers The Writers Journey as a guide. Hosted by writers Jeff Garvin and Dan Zarzana.

Queue up your Sonny Chiba triple feature, put on your peach chapstick, and gas up your purple Cadillac convertible. This is the hero?s journey of True Romance.

Quarter your Xanax, activate social media push notifications, and point your telescope toward the stars. This is the hero?s journey of Don?t Look Up.

The Hero's Journey is a podcast about books and films through then lens of Joseph Campbell's mythological framework, using Chrisopher Voglers The Writers Journey as a guide. Hosted by writers Jeff Garvin and Dan Zarzana.

The Hero's Journey is a podcast about books and films through then lens of Joseph Campbell's mythological framework, using Chrisopher Voglers The Writers Journey as a guide. Hosted by writers Jeff Garvin and Dan Zarzana.

The Hero's Journey is a podcast about books and films through then lens of Joseph Campbell's mythological framework, using Chrisopher Voglers The Writers Journey as a guide. Hosted by writers Jeff Garvin and Dan Zarzana.

The Hero's Journey is a podcast about books and films through then lens of Joseph Campbell's mythological framework, using Chrisopher Voglers The Writers Journey as a guide. Hosted by writers Jeff Garvin and Dan Zarzana.

Pack your gigantic suitcase, grab your .38, and hop into your BFF?s car. This is the hero?s journey of Thelma & Louise.

The Hero's Journey is a podcast about books and films through the lens of Joseph Campbell's Hero With a Thousand Faces mythological framework and its modern counterpart, The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler.

Scrape the ice off your windshield, reserve your room at the Blue Ox, and fire up the ol? woodchipper. This is the hero?s journey of Fargo.

Merry Christmas, you wonderful old listeners! Make a wish, chuck a rock through the window of that dilapidated old house across the street, and hold tight to your dreams. Writers Dan Zarzana and Jeff Garvin are about to take you through the hero?s journey of It?s A Wonderful Life. 

This month, writers Jeff Garvin and Dan Zarzana dissect Scorsese?s 1990 real-live ganster tale using Joseph Campbell?s mystical framework. (Like ya do.) So, borrow a kitchen knife from your sweet ol? ma,  stuff a .38 snubnose down your pants, and take your first pinch like a champ. This is the hero?s journey of Goodfellas.

Lock your doors, bolt your windows, turn off the lights ? and join writers Jeff Garvin and Dan Zarzana as they use Joseph Campbell?s Hero?s Journey as a knife to dissect John Carpenter?s 1978 horror classic, Halloween.

Writers Jeff Garvin and Dan Zarzana take apart the story of TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY using the elements of Joseph Campbell?s Hero?s Journey (and Dan?s Arnold impression, and perhaps an adult beverage.)

String your bow, fletch an arrow, and join writers Jeff Garvin and Dan Zarzana as they use Joseph Campbell?s Hero's Journey framework to deconstruct Kevin Reynolds?s 1991 blockbuster ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES. 

Book blogger Dan Zarzana and author Jeff Garvin examine Steven Spielberg?s 1975 blockbuster Jaws (starring Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Robert Shaw) using the framework of Joseph Campbell?s Hero?s Journey. Pack your Dramamine and fill your chum bucket. We?re going fishing.

Gas up your hot rod, tune your radio to the Wolfman Jack show, and prepare your traffic light pick-up lines. We?re cruising the strip with American Graffiti.

Don your pressure suit, clear your relief tube, and calculate your gimbal angles. We?re lifting off on APOLLO 13.

Secure the hatches, flood the ballast tanks, and man your stations. We are on The Hunt for Red October!

Lives are at stake and we have an oath to our listeners to uphold. Put on your hazmat suit and try to remain calm. We have been ordered to investigate Outbreak.

Bid your dinner party of skeptics farewell, make no effort to pack supplies, and climb on! We?re heading back to 1895 for H.G. Wells?s timeless sci-fi classic, The Time Machine.

Don your Scuba tuxedo, strap on your Walther PPK, and slide into your tricked-out Aston Martin. Your mission: defend Fort Knox from the greedy phalanges of Goldfinger!

Thanks to the generosity of our patrons, we produced a special musical bonus episode: HAMILTON! Celebrate democracy with us by listening, subscribing, and supporting at herosjourneypodcast.com.

Hang the lights on the house, trim the tree, and whip up some eggnog. We?re going on National Lampoon?s Christmas Vacation.

It?s time for an episode about recording a podcast about a movie about writing a movie: Adaptation. You should listen. Maybe if you listen, you?ll be happier.

Grab your cricket bat and collect a bouquet of flowers for Mum. It is time to get some red on us and take a bite of Shaun of the Dead.

Grab your bowling bag, make yourself a White Russian, and get ready to rescue your rug, man. It?s time to meet The Big Lebowski.

Grow three days of stubble, dust off your iconic fedora, and ready your bullwhip. It's time for RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.

Polish your badge, strap on your piece, and get in the car?it?s unlocked. Today we follow the Hero?s Journey of Officer Jake Hoyt in the Oscar-winning 2001 film by Antoine Fuqua, Training Day.

You?re on the clock and the timer is ticking. Payment is wired to your offshore account and the target is acquired. We?re dropping into Extraction.

Prep your typewriter, swipe the key to room 237, and give me bat, Wendy. Jeff and Dan are tapping into the King/Kubrick masterpiece, The Shining.

Don a Presidential mask, wax your board, and practice your pop-up because Dan & Jeff are taking on Point Break.

Wrap a wet towel around your head, take one last gasp of AIYAH, and get ready to go to MAHS, because you?re about to achieve Total Recall.

Climb into your Jacket exo-suit, unsafety your weapon, and prepare to fight, die, and fight again as Dan and Jeff take you to the Edge of Tomorrow. 

Ring in the Year of the Rat with Dan and Jeff as they uncover The Secret of NIMH.

Throw your ghost dog a bone and climb aboard your coffin sleigh, because it?s time to take a hero's journey look at The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Operation Kino is a go! Study your French phrasebook, polish your boots, and attendez la crème. It's time to drop behind enemy lines with Dan & Jeff for a Hero's Journey look at Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds.

Load your rifle, mount your horse, and join the posse as Jeff and Dan take aim at 2007?s Russell Crowe/Christian Bale western 3:10 to Yuma.

It?s time to kill some bugs with Dan & Jeff as they drop nukes on Paul Verhoeven?s satirical sci-fi classic Starship Troopers. Come on you apes?you want to live forever?

Hoist your boom box, take this pen, and join Jeff and Dan as they hit Play on Cameron Crowe's 1989 film Say Anything.

Lose your heads with Dan and Jeff as they open the box on David Fincher?s serial killer masterpiece, Se7en.

Choke down those frozen waffles, pound your mimosa, and pile in the minivan because we're going to party with BAD MOMS.

Draw your sword, hop on your white horse, and storm the castle with Jeff and Dan as they take on the fairy tale comedy The Princess Bride.

Join forces with Jeff the Butcher and Amster-Dan for a discussion of legendary director Martin Scorsese's bleak revenge flick, Gangs of New York. If you've got the sand for it.

Insert your babel fish, stick out your thumb, and catch a ride with Jeff and Dan as they explore Douglas Adams's classic farce, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Don't forget your towel!

We triple dog dare you to listen to this episode, in which Dan & Jeff argue from beginning to end over the 1983 classic A Christmas Story. You'll shoot your ears out!

Join Jeff of Clan Garvin and Danny the Shortshanks as they chase Mel Gibson across the bloodied fields of Stirling in Braveheart.

Board the Nostromo with Dan and Jeff as they latch onto the face of Ridley Scott?s 1979 Sci-Fi Horror film, Alien.

Approach the innermost Batcave with Dan & Jeff as they take on Christopher Nolan?s Oscar-Winning Batman epic The Dark Knight. (Send throat lozenges.)

Brace yourselves for intrigue, analysis, and Dan?s terrible, terrible Jimmy Stewart impression as the boys peer into Alfred Hitchcock?s Rear Window.