Prytan Podcast
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Welcome to the Prytan Podcast, a daily practice in living well and flourishing, guided by archetypal psychology and eternal virtues through the lens of the ancient Greek world.
"The venom that is fatal in full measure is medicine in small measure."
From the Prytan Podcast's "Asclepius: The Healer Who Knows the Shadow: The Serpent and the Rod", out now on major podcast platforms.
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #virtues #archetypes #Asclepius #shadow #serpent
From the Prytan Podcast's "Asclepius: The Healer Who Knows the Shadow: The Serpent and the Rod", out now on major podcast platforms.
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #virtues #archetypes #Asclepius #shadow #serpent
August 4, 2026 at 9:48 PM
"The venom that is fatal in full measure is medicine in small measure."
From the Prytan Podcast's "Asclepius: The Healer Who Knows the Shadow: The Serpent and the Rod", out now on major podcast platforms.
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #virtues #archetypes #Asclepius #shadow #serpent
From the Prytan Podcast's "Asclepius: The Healer Who Knows the Shadow: The Serpent and the Rod", out now on major podcast platforms.
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #virtues #archetypes #Asclepius #shadow #serpent
"What the Compassionate Healer brings is different: presence."
From the Prytan Podcast's "Asclepius: The Compassionate Healer". out now on major podcast platforms
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #virtues #archetypes #Asclepius #healer #compassion
From the Prytan Podcast's "Asclepius: The Compassionate Healer". out now on major podcast platforms
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #virtues #archetypes #Asclepius #healer #compassion
August 4, 2026 at 9:46 PM
"What the Compassionate Healer brings is different: presence."
From the Prytan Podcast's "Asclepius: The Compassionate Healer". out now on major podcast platforms
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #virtues #archetypes #Asclepius #healer #compassion
From the Prytan Podcast's "Asclepius: The Compassionate Healer". out now on major podcast platforms
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #virtues #archetypes #Asclepius #healer #compassion
"The Sage reads the student, not applying a standard curriculum but perceiving what this particular person is ready for and offering exactly that."
From the Prytan Podcast's "Chiron and Asclepius: The Sage", out now on major podcast platforms.
From the Prytan Podcast's "Chiron and Asclepius: The Sage", out now on major podcast platforms.
August 4, 2026 at 9:44 PM
"The Sage reads the student, not applying a standard curriculum but perceiving what this particular person is ready for and offering exactly that."
From the Prytan Podcast's "Chiron and Asclepius: The Sage", out now on major podcast platforms.
From the Prytan Podcast's "Chiron and Asclepius: The Sage", out now on major podcast platforms.
"The deepest knowledge of what another person's pain is comes from having known your own."
From the Prytan Podcast's "Asclepius and Chiron: The Wounded Healer, live now on major podcast platforms.
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #virtues #archetypes #Asclepius #Chiron #healer
From the Prytan Podcast's "Asclepius and Chiron: The Wounded Healer, live now on major podcast platforms.
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #virtues #archetypes #Asclepius #Chiron #healer
August 2, 2026 at 6:45 PM
"The deepest knowledge of what another person's pain is comes from having known your own."
From the Prytan Podcast's "Asclepius and Chiron: The Wounded Healer, live now on major podcast platforms.
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #virtues #archetypes #Asclepius #Chiron #healer
From the Prytan Podcast's "Asclepius and Chiron: The Wounded Healer, live now on major podcast platforms.
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #virtues #archetypes #Asclepius #Chiron #healer
"The Jungians give us the imagery and the psychology for the archetypes that we already carry. Aristotle gives us the direction and the practice, the virtues that describe how to carry it well. Every episode of the Prytan Podcast brings them together with a myth that holds both."
July 31, 2026 at 7:46 PM
"The Jungians give us the imagery and the psychology for the archetypes that we already carry. Aristotle gives us the direction and the practice, the virtues that describe how to carry it well. Every episode of the Prytan Podcast brings them together with a myth that holds both."
"A life without instinct is too cold to flourish. A life without reason is too undirected to flourish."
From the Prytan Podcast's episode "Apollo and Artemis: The Complementary Whole", out now on major podcast platforms.
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #virtues #archetypes #Apollo #Artemis
From the Prytan Podcast's episode "Apollo and Artemis: The Complementary Whole", out now on major podcast platforms.
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #virtues #archetypes #Apollo #Artemis
July 31, 2026 at 7:32 PM
"A life without instinct is too cold to flourish. A life without reason is too undirected to flourish."
From the Prytan Podcast's episode "Apollo and Artemis: The Complementary Whole", out now on major podcast platforms.
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #virtues #archetypes #Apollo #Artemis
From the Prytan Podcast's episode "Apollo and Artemis: The Complementary Whole", out now on major podcast platforms.
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #virtues #archetypes #Apollo #Artemis
"The person who flourishes is not occasionally excellent. They are living in full expression of who they are, exercising their highest capacities in the directions they are meant to go."
From the Prytan Podcast's "Apollo: The Favorite Son Fulfilled", out now
#philosophy #mythology #psychology
From the Prytan Podcast's "Apollo: The Favorite Son Fulfilled", out now
#philosophy #mythology #psychology
July 30, 2026 at 5:59 PM
"The person who flourishes is not occasionally excellent. They are living in full expression of who they are, exercising their highest capacities in the directions they are meant to go."
From the Prytan Podcast's "Apollo: The Favorite Son Fulfilled", out now
#philosophy #mythology #psychology
From the Prytan Podcast's "Apollo: The Favorite Son Fulfilled", out now
#philosophy #mythology #psychology
"Wisdom requires self-knowledge, because you cannot deliberate well about your life if you do not know who you are."
Lesson from Prytan Podcast's "Apollo: The Rational Man and 'Know Thyself'", live now on major podcast platforms
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #Apollo #wisdom #knowthyself
Lesson from Prytan Podcast's "Apollo: The Rational Man and 'Know Thyself'", live now on major podcast platforms
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #Apollo #wisdom #knowthyself
July 30, 2026 at 5:22 PM
"Wisdom requires self-knowledge, because you cannot deliberate well about your life if you do not know who you are."
Lesson from Prytan Podcast's "Apollo: The Rational Man and 'Know Thyself'", live now on major podcast platforms
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #Apollo #wisdom #knowthyself
Lesson from Prytan Podcast's "Apollo: The Rational Man and 'Know Thyself'", live now on major podcast platforms
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #Apollo #wisdom #knowthyself
"Grief, when it has no place to go, destroys what it can reach."
From the Prytan Podcast's "Apollo and the Cyclopes: The Shadow: Grief Becomes Destruction", live now on major podcast platforms.
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #Apollo #Cyclops #grief #shadow
From the Prytan Podcast's "Apollo and the Cyclopes: The Shadow: Grief Becomes Destruction", live now on major podcast platforms.
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #Apollo #Cyclops #grief #shadow
July 28, 2026 at 4:39 AM
"Grief, when it has no place to go, destroys what it can reach."
From the Prytan Podcast's "Apollo and the Cyclopes: The Shadow: Grief Becomes Destruction", live now on major podcast platforms.
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #Apollo #Cyclops #grief #shadow
From the Prytan Podcast's "Apollo and the Cyclopes: The Shadow: Grief Becomes Destruction", live now on major podcast platforms.
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #Apollo #Cyclops #grief #shadow
"The healer does what the artist does: works with raw material, reads what is possible, and moves toward something better than what was there." -
From the Prytan Podcast episode "Apollo and Asclepius: The Creator as Healer" live now on major podcast platforms
#mythology #psychology #philosophy
From the Prytan Podcast episode "Apollo and Asclepius: The Creator as Healer" live now on major podcast platforms
#mythology #psychology #philosophy
July 26, 2026 at 8:27 PM
"The healer does what the artist does: works with raw material, reads what is possible, and moves toward something better than what was there." -
From the Prytan Podcast episode "Apollo and Asclepius: The Creator as Healer" live now on major podcast platforms
#mythology #psychology #philosophy
From the Prytan Podcast episode "Apollo and Asclepius: The Creator as Healer" live now on major podcast platforms
#mythology #psychology #philosophy
"That is the test of genuine character: whether it holds when the conditions stop being favorable."
From the Prytan Podcast's latest episode, "Apollo and Admetus: The Favorite Son Humbled", live on major podcast platforms.
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #virtues #archetypes #Apollo #humbled
From the Prytan Podcast's latest episode, "Apollo and Admetus: The Favorite Son Humbled", live on major podcast platforms.
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #virtues #archetypes #Apollo #humbled
July 25, 2026 at 6:58 PM
"That is the test of genuine character: whether it holds when the conditions stop being favorable."
From the Prytan Podcast's latest episode, "Apollo and Admetus: The Favorite Son Humbled", live on major podcast platforms.
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #virtues #archetypes #Apollo #humbled
From the Prytan Podcast's latest episode, "Apollo and Admetus: The Favorite Son Humbled", live on major podcast platforms.
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #virtues #archetypes #Apollo #humbled
"Cassandra faces what she knows with no illusions, and she does not turn away from it. She speaks truth in the full knowledge that it will cost her everything and change nothing." -
From the Prytan Podcast's latest episode, "Apollo and Cassandra: Truth Weaponized and the Virtue of Courage", out now
From the Prytan Podcast's latest episode, "Apollo and Cassandra: Truth Weaponized and the Virtue of Courage", out now
July 24, 2026 at 4:40 PM
"Cassandra faces what she knows with no illusions, and she does not turn away from it. She speaks truth in the full knowledge that it will cost her everything and change nothing." -
From the Prytan Podcast's latest episode, "Apollo and Cassandra: Truth Weaponized and the Virtue of Courage", out now
From the Prytan Podcast's latest episode, "Apollo and Cassandra: Truth Weaponized and the Virtue of Courage", out now
"The Rational Man, who prides himself on clarity above all things, can become the least rational in times of desire."
- From the Prytan Podcast's episode, "Apollo and Daphne: The Shadow of Emotional Distance", out now on major podcast platforms
- From the Prytan Podcast's episode, "Apollo and Daphne: The Shadow of Emotional Distance", out now on major podcast platforms
July 24, 2026 at 4:23 PM
"The Rational Man, who prides himself on clarity above all things, can become the least rational in times of desire."
- From the Prytan Podcast's episode, "Apollo and Daphne: The Shadow of Emotional Distance", out now on major podcast platforms
- From the Prytan Podcast's episode, "Apollo and Daphne: The Shadow of Emotional Distance", out now on major podcast platforms
"The capacity to be genuinely undone by true loss is the measure of what was genuinely loved."
From the latest episode of the Prytan Podcast, "Apollo: Grief for the Rational Man", out now on major podcast platforms
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #Apollo #grief #archetypes #virtues
From the latest episode of the Prytan Podcast, "Apollo: Grief for the Rational Man", out now on major podcast platforms
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #Apollo #grief #archetypes #virtues
July 22, 2026 at 7:20 PM
"The capacity to be genuinely undone by true loss is the measure of what was genuinely loved."
From the latest episode of the Prytan Podcast, "Apollo: Grief for the Rational Man", out now on major podcast platforms
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #Apollo #grief #archetypes #virtues
From the latest episode of the Prytan Podcast, "Apollo: Grief for the Rational Man", out now on major podcast platforms
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #Apollo #grief #archetypes #virtues
"The Rational Man archetype learns in love what clarity alone cannot teach: that a sealed glass room is perfectly ordered, but leads one to be perfectly alone."
From the Prytan Podcast's latest episode, "Apollo: Bridging the Emotional Distance"
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #archetypes
From the Prytan Podcast's latest episode, "Apollo: Bridging the Emotional Distance"
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #archetypes
July 21, 2026 at 7:00 PM
"The Rational Man archetype learns in love what clarity alone cannot teach: that a sealed glass room is perfectly ordered, but leads one to be perfectly alone."
From the Prytan Podcast's latest episode, "Apollo: Bridging the Emotional Distance"
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #archetypes
From the Prytan Podcast's latest episode, "Apollo: Bridging the Emotional Distance"
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #archetypes
"The Shadow of the Creator archetype is not incompetence. The Shadow of the Rational Man archetype is not chaos. The Shadow is mercilessness: the refusal to tolerate what does not conform to its vision of beauty & order."
From our episode "Apollo: the Shadow of the Creator & the Rational Man"
From our episode "Apollo: the Shadow of the Creator & the Rational Man"
July 20, 2026 at 7:17 PM
"The Shadow of the Creator archetype is not incompetence. The Shadow of the Rational Man archetype is not chaos. The Shadow is mercilessness: the refusal to tolerate what does not conform to its vision of beauty & order."
From our episode "Apollo: the Shadow of the Creator & the Rational Man"
From our episode "Apollo: the Shadow of the Creator & the Rational Man"
"Apollo and the Muses, together, are inspiration from depth, form from mastery. Vision received, given shape by craft that has earned the right to shape it."
From the Prytan Podcast "Apollo & the Muses: The Archetype of the Creator", now major podcast platforms
#mythology #philosophy #psychology
From the Prytan Podcast "Apollo & the Muses: The Archetype of the Creator", now major podcast platforms
#mythology #philosophy #psychology
July 20, 2026 at 7:07 PM
"Apollo and the Muses, together, are inspiration from depth, form from mastery. Vision received, given shape by craft that has earned the right to shape it."
From the Prytan Podcast "Apollo & the Muses: The Archetype of the Creator", now major podcast platforms
#mythology #philosophy #psychology
From the Prytan Podcast "Apollo & the Muses: The Archetype of the Creator", now major podcast platforms
#mythology #philosophy #psychology
"Before you can receive an answer from the oracle, you must know who is asking. The question you bring to the god matters less than the understanding you bring of yourself." -
From the Prytan Podcast, "Apollo: The Rational Man: Clarity and Order" out now
#philosophy #psychology #mythology
From the Prytan Podcast, "Apollo: The Rational Man: Clarity and Order" out now
#philosophy #psychology #mythology
July 18, 2026 at 8:53 PM
"Before you can receive an answer from the oracle, you must know who is asking. The question you bring to the god matters less than the understanding you bring of yourself." -
From the Prytan Podcast, "Apollo: The Rational Man: Clarity and Order" out now
#philosophy #psychology #mythology
From the Prytan Podcast, "Apollo: The Rational Man: Clarity and Order" out now
#philosophy #psychology #mythology
"This is a genuine and powerful gift. The world runs on people who can do this, who can enter chaotic situations and find the underlying order, who can hold complexity without being undone by it."
From the Prytan Podcast "Apollo: The Rational Man: Mastery Over the Unconscious"
#mythology #philosophy
From the Prytan Podcast "Apollo: The Rational Man: Mastery Over the Unconscious"
#mythology #philosophy
July 17, 2026 at 7:36 PM
"This is a genuine and powerful gift. The world runs on people who can do this, who can enter chaotic situations and find the underlying order, who can hold complexity without being undone by it."
From the Prytan Podcast "Apollo: The Rational Man: Mastery Over the Unconscious"
#mythology #philosophy
From the Prytan Podcast "Apollo: The Rational Man: Mastery Over the Unconscious"
#mythology #philosophy
"It is not arrogance. It is not false modesty. It is the difficult and precise capacity to be exactly as large as you are, and to carry that size without either collapsing under it or letting it become contempt for others."
From the Prytan Podcast: "Apollo: The Favorite Son"
#mythology #philosophy
From the Prytan Podcast: "Apollo: The Favorite Son"
#mythology #philosophy
July 17, 2026 at 7:35 PM
"It is not arrogance. It is not false modesty. It is the difficult and precise capacity to be exactly as large as you are, and to carry that size without either collapsing under it or letting it become contempt for others."
From the Prytan Podcast: "Apollo: The Favorite Son"
#mythology #philosophy
From the Prytan Podcast: "Apollo: The Favorite Son"
#mythology #philosophy
As we move from Artemis to Apollo, I released quick Q&A episode about the Prytan Podcast. Check out the latest episode
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July 16, 2026 at 5:28 PM
As we move from Artemis to Apollo, I released quick Q&A episode about the Prytan Podcast. Check out the latest episode
🍎 Apple Podcasts:
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📻 Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/1J5w...
🌳 Amazon Music:
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📺 YouTube:
youtu.be/QLw7Rj7_amA
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📻 Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/1J5w...
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📺 YouTube:
youtu.be/QLw7Rj7_amA
"Phronesis is the wisdom of the traveler by moonlight: you cannot see everything, but you can see enough, and you know how to use what you see."
The latest Prytan Podcast episode is live, "Artemis: The Archetype of the Inner Light"
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #Artemis #virtues #innerlight
The latest Prytan Podcast episode is live, "Artemis: The Archetype of the Inner Light"
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #Artemis #virtues #innerlight
July 14, 2026 at 4:28 PM
"Phronesis is the wisdom of the traveler by moonlight: you cannot see everything, but you can see enough, and you know how to use what you see."
The latest Prytan Podcast episode is live, "Artemis: The Archetype of the Inner Light"
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #Artemis #virtues #innerlight
The latest Prytan Podcast episode is live, "Artemis: The Archetype of the Inner Light"
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #Artemis #virtues #innerlight
The latest Prytan Podcast episode is live, "Artemis: The Archetype of the Autonomous Woman: Self-Sufficient"!
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #Artemis #virtues #selfsufficient #autonomy
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #Artemis #virtues #selfsufficient #autonomy
July 14, 2026 at 4:56 AM
The latest Prytan Podcast episode is live, "Artemis: The Archetype of the Autonomous Woman: Self-Sufficient"!
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #Artemis #virtues #selfsufficient #autonomy
#mythology #psychology #philosophy #Artemis #virtues #selfsufficient #autonomy
"To protect the vulnerable is a large task. It requires someone large enough to carry it - not in the sense of power, but in the sense of soul."
From the Prytan Podcast, "Artemis: The Archetype of the Activist: Defender of the Vulnerable" out on major podcast platforms.
#philosophy #psychology #soul
From the Prytan Podcast, "Artemis: The Archetype of the Activist: Defender of the Vulnerable" out on major podcast platforms.
#philosophy #psychology #soul
July 13, 2026 at 5:54 AM
"To protect the vulnerable is a large task. It requires someone large enough to carry it - not in the sense of power, but in the sense of soul."
From the Prytan Podcast, "Artemis: The Archetype of the Activist: Defender of the Vulnerable" out on major podcast platforms.
#philosophy #psychology #soul
From the Prytan Podcast, "Artemis: The Archetype of the Activist: Defender of the Vulnerable" out on major podcast platforms.
#philosophy #psychology #soul
From the Prytan Podcast, we discuss the myth of Artemis and Iphigenia in "Artemis: The Archetype of the Autonomous Woman: Initiator". Listen to it now on major podcast platforms!
July 11, 2026 at 6:41 PM
From the Prytan Podcast, we discuss the myth of Artemis and Iphigenia in "Artemis: The Archetype of the Autonomous Woman: Initiator". Listen to it now on major podcast platforms!