Popular Myths

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    • What We Should and Shouldn't Believe - and Why
    • By: Michael Shermer, The Great Courses
    • Narrated by: Michael Shermer
    • Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 09-17-19
    • Language: English
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    • The stuff of conspiracy theories makes for great, entertaining stories in movies, books, and television. And there is no shortage of subjects: from who really killed JFK to the truth behind 9/11...

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    • A Workplace Reckoning
    • By: Samhita Mukhopadhyay
    • Narrated by: Samhita Mukhopadhyay
    • Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 06-18-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • We can bury the girlboss, but what comes next? The former executive editor of Teen Vogue tells the story of her personal workplace reckoning and argues for collective responsibility to reimagine work as we know it....

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    • The Gap Between Our Fantasies and Reality
    • By: Rachel Hills
    • Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
    • Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 08-04-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 43 ratings
    • Fifty years after the sexual revolution, we are told that we live in a time of unprecedented sexual freedom: that if anything, we are too free now....

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    • From Deer Woman and Mami Wata to Amaterasu and Athena, Your Guide to the Amazing and Diverse Women from World Mythology
    • By: Jenny Williamson, Genn McMenemy
    • Narrated by: Jennifer Williamson, Genn McMenemy
    • Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 02-21-23
    • Language: English
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    • Uncover the fascinating and complex women from mythology and folklore with this collection of stories profiling powerful goddesses, mighty queens, and legendary creatures....

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    • By: M.J. Gallagher
    • Narrated by: Liam Mulvey
    • Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 12-01-21
    • Language: English
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    • Final Fantasy is one of the most iconic and beloved video game series in the world. Since its inception, its titles have adopted names, themes, and stories from across global mythology, including the beliefs of the Vikings. This book embarks on a detailed exploration....

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    • Science Tackles 58 Popular Myths
    • By: Scientific American
    • Narrated by: Janet Metzger
    • Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 08-04-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 153 ratings
    • Did NASA really spend millions creating a pen that would write in space? Is chocolate poisonous to dogs? Does stress cause gray hair? These questions are a sample of the urban lore investigated in this audiobook....

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    • 50 (More) Popular Myths Explained
    • By: Scientific American
    • Narrated by: Suzie Althens
    • Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 07-28-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 49 ratings
    • The editors of Scientific American’s best-selling Fact or Fiction: Science Tackles 58 Popular Myths return with Fact or Fiction 2: 50 (More) Popular Myths Explained....

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    • Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination
    • By: Philip Ball
    • Narrated by: Gabriel Vaughan
    • Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 07-19-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • In The Modern Myths, Ball takes us on a wide-ranging tour of our collective imagination, asking what some of its most popular stories reveal about the nature of being human in the modern age....

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    • Exposing Myth and Violence in Popular Theology to Recover the Path of Peace
    • By: Michael Camp
    • Narrated by: Adam Lofbomm
    • Length: 9 hrs
    • Release date: 11-20-23
    • Language: English
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    • Ever wonder why much of American Christianity is pro-spanking, pro-tough-on-crime, anti-gun control, pro-war, and hell-affirming, even though Jesus taught mercy, non-violence and enemy love? When Michael Camp started deconstructing his evangelical faith, he noticed a pattern....

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    • A Guide to Their Origins and Meanings
    • By: Philip Wilkinson
    • Narrated by: Hugh Kermode
    • Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 08-25-20
    • Language: English
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    • Discover the world's greatest myths and legends - from Greek mythology to Norse mythology - in this comprehensive guide....

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    • History, Myth, and Violence in the Video Game West
    • By: John Wills - editor, Esther Wright - editor
    • Narrated by: Andrew Joseph Perez
    • Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 04-25-23
    • Language: English
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    • While the Western was dying a slow death across the cultural landscape, it was blazing back to life as a video game in the early twenty-first century. Rockstar Games' Red Dead franchise has grown into one of the most critically acclaimed video game franchises of the twenty-first century....

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    • All Publicity Is Good Publicity and Other Popular Misconceptions
    • By: Rich Leigh
    • Narrated by: Neil Gardner
    • Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 08-01-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Myths of PR uses popular myths about the theory and practice of public relations as a vehicle for helping start-up owners, brand marketers...

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    • Myths and Misconceptions About Ancient Egypt
    • By: Jason Colavito
    • Narrated by: Mike Lenz
    • Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 08-03-21
    • Language: English
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    • Jason Colavito takes us back to Late Antique Egypt, where the replacement of polytheism with Christianity gave rise to local efforts to rewrite the stories of Egyptian history in the image of the Bible....

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    • By: Daniel Peretti
    • Narrated by: Scott Carrico
    • Length: 8 hrs
    • Release date: 10-17-18
    • Language: English
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    • In Superman in Myth and Folklore, Daniel Peretti explores the meaning of folklore inspired by popular culture, focusing not on the Man of Steel's origins but on the culture he has helped create. Superman provides a way to approach fundamental questions of human nature....

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    • On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds
    • By: Leo Braudy
    • Narrated by: Perry Daniels
    • Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 06-27-23
    • Language: English
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    • An award-winning scholar and author charts four hundred years of monsters and how they reflect the culture that created them....

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    • Agrarian Myth in Modern America (Food and Foodways)
    • By: Ross Singer, Stephanie Houston Grey, Jeff Motter
    • Narrated by: Marlin May
    • Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 06-07-21
    • Language: English
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    • Through a careful examination of several case studies, Rooted Resistance traverses the ground of agrarian myth in modern America....

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    • A No-Bullshit Guide to the United Myths of America
    • By: Cory O'Brien
    • Narrated by: Cory O'Brien
    • Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 06-06-23
    • Language: English
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    • Most of us are familiar with the greatest hits and legendary heroes of US history. In George Washington Is Cash Money, Cory O'Brien, author of Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes, does away with the pomp and circumstance and calls America's history what it is: one long violent soap opera....

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