The Emerald
Joshua Schrei
Topics: Arts · Religion & Spirituality · Society & Culture
The Emerald explores the human experience through a vibrant lens of myth, story, and imagination. Brought to life through the wise, wild, and humorous vision of Joshua Michael Schrei — a teacher and lifelong student of the cosmologies and mythologies of the world — the podcast draws from a deep well of poetry, lore, and mythos to challenge conventional narratives on politics and public discourse, meditation and mindfulness, art, science, literature, and more. At the heart of the podcast is the premise that the imaginative, poetic, animate heart of human experience — elucidated by so many cultures over so many thousands of years — is missing in modern discourse and is urgently needed at a...
Latest episodes
- Bronze Age Reset: De- and Re-Mythologizing the Manosphere
- Space Hex! (The Curse of Restlessness, Revisited)
- Seven
- Enter the Dragon, Part 2: On Order and Chaos
- Enter The Dragon, Terrifying and Beautiful (Part 1)
- Carry That Weight: On Mythic Burdens and Cosmic Supports
- I Think I Hear the Coming of a Planetary Roar (with Louder Music)
- I Think I Hear the Coming of a Planetary Roar
- On Powers, Great and Small
- Trickster Jumps Sides (Re-Issued for Tricky Times)
The Emerald is No. 100 in Arts on Apple Podcasts in the US today. The latest episode came out on August 10, 2026.
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| Ireland: Arts | 156 | ▼45 |
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