Archetopical
CJ Killmer
Show overview
Archetopical launched in 2024 and has put out 5 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 7 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 59 min and 1h 24m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. Roughly 40% of episodes carry an explicit flag from the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Education show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 1.3 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. Published by CJ Killmer.
From the publisher
In Archetopical, history professor-turned-podcaster CJ Killmer invites you along on his journey to better understand reality, the human experience, and how to find meaning and a sense of efficacy in our increasingly insane world.
Latest Episodes
Ep. 4: A Book of Job Survival Manual
CJ has had a particularly difficult last 5 years or so, including battling alcoholism & depression, only to have his wife become disabled just as he was starting to come out of those struggles, which gave him & his family a bunch of new stresses, including severe financial ones that he's still trying to battle at the moment. In this episode of Archetopical, he shares some of that story, followed by a discussion of the things that he has found most helpful to him in getting through these struggles with his life, health, & marriage still intact, in the hopes that some of them may help you if & when you have to deal with your own seemingly endless series of very unfortunate events.You can support CJ's work on Archetopical via Patreon here: CJ Killmer | creating Dangerous History & Archetopical Productions | PatreonLike this episode?You can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here:https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=D6VUYSYQ4EU6LThrow CJ a $ tip via Venmo here:https://www.venmo.com/u/dangeroushistoryOr throw CJ a BTC tip here:bc1qfrz9erz7dqazh9rhz3j7nv696nl52ux8unw79z
Episode 3: An Introduction to the Guerrilla Scholar-Warrior Concept
In this episode of Archetopical, CJ explains the Taoist ideal of a Scholar-Warrior, and his own "guerrilla" version of it, adapted to our crazy-busy high-tech world.Like this episode?You can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here:https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=D6VUYSYQ4EU6LThrow CJ a $ tip via Venmo here:https://www.venmo.com/u/dangeroushistoryOr throw CJ a BTC tip here:bc1qfrz9erz7dqazh9rhz3j7nv696nl52ux8unw79z
Episode 2: The Hardest Part of the Hero's Journey
EIn this episode of Archetopical, CJ discusses the hardest part of the hero's journey - death & rebirth - and explores why fear can make it so hard, but why, the harder it is in regard to a particular hero's journey to overcome those fears, the greater will be the boon you acquire by having the courage to do it anyway.Like this episode?You can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here:https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=D6VUYSYQ4EU6LThrow CJ a $ tip via Venmo here:https://www.venmo.com/u/dangeroushistoryOr throw CJ a BTC tip here:bc1qfrz9erz7dqazh9rhz3j7nv696nl52ux8unw79z
Episode 1: The Hero's Journey
EJoin CJ as he shares an overview of the structure & archetypes of the Hero's Journey monomyth and associated archetypes (as popularized by people like Joseph Campbell & Christopher Vogler), and explains why he thinks these are important things to understand that can actually help us to navigate through our real-life challenges & struggles.
Episode 0: A Fool's Leap of Faith
Introducing the Archetopical podcast by CJ Killmer.