Nicholas Kotar and I discuss the relationship between traditional stories, fairy tales and how they relate to modern understanding of history, as well as how Tolkien's vision of Fantasy proposes a solution for modern storytelling. You can find Nicholas' website here: http://nicholaskotar.com/ The books we discussed can be found in the following links; Song of Sirin by Nicholas Kotar https://goo.gl/PSPi1J The Curse of the Raven by Nicholas Kotar https://goo.gl/DCyNqf Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin https://goo.gl/JmypHi Essays by Tolkien https://goo.gl/HKkZUg https://youtu.be/KiWusljSljc My links: patreon: www.patreon.com/pageauvideos paypal: www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau website: www.thesymbolicworld.com facebook: www.facebook.com/TheSymbolicW... twitter: twitter.com/pageaujonathan My website designers, Anomalist Design: www.anomalistdesign.com/ The music at the opening is Russian Eastern Overture, by Rimsky Korsakov. The podcast is edited by Justin Ward