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: 17-09-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 335 ratings
    • 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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    • 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: 21-02-23
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • 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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    • Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination
    • By: Philip Ball
    • Narrated by: Gabriel Vaughan
    • Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 19-07-22
    • Language: English
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    • 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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    • Science Tackles 58 Popular Myths
    • By: Scientific American
    • Narrated by: Janet Metzger
    • Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 04-08-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 32 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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    • 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: 25-04-23
    • 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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    • 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: 20-11-23
    • 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 Workplace Reckoning
    • By: Samhita Mukhopadhyay
    • Narrated by: Samhita Mukhopadhyay
    • Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 18-06-24
    • Language: English
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    • 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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    • By: M.J. Gallagher
    • Narrated by: Liam Mulvey
    • Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 01-12-21
    • 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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    • Separating Myth from Biology—the Science of the Parental Brain
    • By: Chelsea Conaboy
    • Narrated by: Chelsea Conaboy
    • Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 15-09-22
    • Language: English
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    • Conaboy delves into the neuroscience to reveal unexpected upsides, generations of scientific neglect and a powerful new narrative of parenthood....

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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: 27-06-23
    • 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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    • 50 (More) Popular Myths Explained
    • By: Scientific American
    • Narrated by: Suzie Althens
    • Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 28-07-20
    • Language: English
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    • 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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    • All Publicity Is Good Publicity and Other Popular Misconceptions
    • By: Rich Leigh
    • Narrated by: Neil Gardner
    • Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 01-08-17
    • Language: English
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    • 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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    • Myth, History, Pop and Folklore in the Making of Western Culture
    • By: Noa Menhaim
    • Narrated by: Jenny Funnell
    • Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 15-07-22
    • Language: English
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    • Comparable in scope, wit, and verve with the best-selling Sapiens and A Short History of Nearly Everything, this collection of highly entertaining, mind-blowing, and incredibly wide-ranging essays will make listeners see Western culture as they've never seen it before....

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    • charlatanes, gurús y pseudociencia [Quacks, Gurus and Pseudoscience]
    • By: Luis Javier Plata Rosas
    • Narrated by: David Allende
    • Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 03-10-24
    • Language: Spanish
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    • En este libro se tratan de una manera amena y divertida las creencias populares relacionadas con el New Age, las cuales, entre religión, filosofía y ciencia, promueven un estilo de vida alternativo.

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    • By: Daniel Peretti
    • Narrated by: Scott Carrico
    • Length: 8 hrs
    • Release date: 17-10-18
    • 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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    • The Myths of America in Popular Music from Colonial Times to the Present
    • By: Timothy E. Scheurer
    • Narrated by: Gary Roelofs
    • Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 21-04-17
    • Language: English
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    • This is the first study to explore fully the myth of America as reflected in the nation's popular music....

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