The Hero's Journey Podcast

The Princess Bride: Hero’s Journey

Posted April 30, 2019April 29, 2019 JeffLeave a commentPosted in Films

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.

Show Notes & Links

Buttercup Chardonnay

North starring Elijah Wood

Mandy Patinkin singing

Watching/Reading/Playing

Jeff

Love and Other Curses by Michael Thomas Ford

When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman

Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly

Free Will by Sam Harris

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Black Echo by Michael Connelly

Dan

Bosch on Amazon Prime

The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Rise of the Tomb Raider

Up Next: Bad Moms

Ep 16: Gangs of New York

Posted March 26, 2019March 25, 2019 JeffLeave a commentPosted in Films

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.

Show Notes & Links

Hudson Manhattan Rye Whiskey

Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

Assassin's Creed Unity

Peaky Blinders on Netflix

The World Beneath (Joe Tesla #1) By Rebecca Cantrell

Pillars of Eternity

Ep 15: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Posted February 27, 2019February 27, 2019 JeffLeave a commentPosted in Books

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!

Show Notes & Links

Thumbs up image by endtime on deviantart

Play the original PC text adventure here.

Check out the Netflix Documentary THE NINETIES.

Get Pillars of Eternity on Steam.

Drink Fuller's Extra Special Bitter.

Ep 14: A Christmas Story

Posted December 23, 2018December 23, 2018 JeffLeave a commentPosted in Films

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!

Show Notes & Links

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You'll DEFINITELY shoot your eye out after watching the worst video ever made for the worst Christmas song ever recorded.

Yup, Hammond, Indiana is totally a real town.

Ridgeway Brewing

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Ep 13: Braveheart

Posted November 28, 2018November 28, 2018 Jeff2 CommentsPosted in Films

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

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Have a laugh celebrating the historical inaccuracies of Braveheart with Jeff’s Wife’s favorite podcast, The Rex Factor.

Taste the centuries with Belhaven Scottish Ale.

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Ep 12: Alien

Posted October 30, 2018October 29, 2018 JeffLeave a commentPosted in Films

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

Show Notes & Links

Go see Instant Family immediately!

Then read Dan’s review of My Italian Bulldozer.

Then watch this abysmal trailer for 1990’s Hamlet.

Or this one for The Journey of Natty Gann:

Elysian Space Dust IPA

Coming Next: Braveheart

Ep 11: The Dark Knight

Posted September 25, 2018October 29, 2018 JeffLeave a commentPosted in Films

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

Show Notes & Links

Here’s that documentary we mentioned, I Am Heath Ledger.

And the correct way to pronounce Maggie’s last name:

Ace Joker Cider

Coming Next: Alien

Ep 10: Rear Window

Posted August 28, 2018September 24, 2018 JeffLeave a commentPosted in Films

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

Show Notes & Links

The book Ms. Fremont is reading at the end of the film? it’s Beyond the High Himalayas by William O. Douglas

Freemont Interurban IPA

Regarding the unidentified “chunks” (clearly, it was not particulate) – it turns out that was yeast. Since beer should not have visible yeast (because it’s f&*$%ing gross), our expert friend determined that the beer was either old or got too warm during shipping. So I guess Fremont is off the hook.