Episode 46: A Digression:  The Western Movie @StevePressfield
Episode 46: A Digression:  The Western Movie  @StevePressfield
Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The hero in American Westerns (and Samurai tales and post-apocalyptic movies like "Mad Max") is the Warrior Archetype personified, at least in its latter-day configuration of the solitary man of violence, who lives by his own code and operates as a law unto himself. In this episode, we'll attempt to tie this figure in to the world we've been describing through our prior 45 episodes.

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Episode 46: A Digression: The Western Movie

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