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New American Mythos

New American Mythos

By: Michael Belch
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New American Mythos retells the legends, folktales, and myths that shaped the American soul, weaving rich narration with reflective Christian commentary on identity, memory, and moral imagination. Gather ’round the firelight as old stories speak into our time.

© 2026 New American Mythos
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Episodes
  • Justice in the King's Land: "Robin Hood" part 2
    Mar 18 2026

    The second part of our Robin Hood saga shifts from forest skirmishes to a moral reckoning between outlaw justice and royal power. As Robin offers silver to redeem a fallen knight, humiliates an abbot, and walks into the sheriff’s trap disguised among archers, the story crescendos toward betrayal, death, and the memory of a freedom that could not last. This is not just a tale of arrows: it is a warning about the costs of justice when it touches power, and the hunger for righteousness that persists even when courts fail.



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    50 mins
  • The Greenwood Outlaw: "Robin Hood" part 1
    Mar 11 2026

    In this first of a two-part retelling, New American Mythos returns to the rougher roots of the Robin Hood legend—before the polish of princes and stage-plays. Set in the shadowy greenwood of early ballads, this episode follows a sharp, morally bracing outlaw who defies corrupt sheriffs, tricks the law with wit, and seeks not rebellion but a justice beyond the reach of kings. With tones of hunger, prayer, and pride, it asks what kind of man emerges when law and righteousness part ways, and whether the forest makes saints or simply sharpens sinners.


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    42 mins
  • The Voyage Beyond the Map: "St. Brendan the Navigator"
    Mar 4 2026

    Long before maps named the world, the Irish monk Brendan set sail into the fog, searching not for conquest, but for the Promised Land of the Saints. In this richly imagined retelling of a medieval Christian voyage tale, New American Mythos brings listeners through burning islands, singing birds, and the trembling silence of mystery. What Brendan finds is not new territory, but a deeper truth: the solid ground we trust may not be ground at all, and true rest lies beyond the edge of our certainty.

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    57 mins
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