Mythgard Academy
Mythgard Academy aims to make engaging discussions of fantasy and science fiction literature free and open to everyone. The Mythgard Academy program features live discussions with Dr. Corey Olsen, The Tolkien Professor, and other experts on speculative fiction. Books are nominated and voted on by our supporters, and recordings are available for free via podcast and the Signum University YouTube channel.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 116 minutes
- Episodes
- 476
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
MSA031: Alice’s Adventures, Session 19
Is Alice a monster? Is she in a fable? Can she cut the plum cake? All this, plus shark-bite prevention, tonight in the Mythgard Academy.
MSA031: Alice’s Adventures, Session 17
What is a poem about when it never actually says anything?
MSA031: Alice’s Adventures, Session 16
Tonight we get to meet every philologist's favorite talking egg.
MSA031: Alice’s Adventures, Session 15
Tonight we meet the White Queen and learn some more lessons in cause and effect.
MSA031: Alice’s Adventures, Session 14
It's time for more poetry, concerning which I hope your enthusiasm exceeds Alice's!
MSA031: Alice’s Adventures, Session 13
It's time for another really famous poem! I'm so excited.
MSA031: Alice’s Adventures, Session 11
Tonight we return to Looking-Glass House and immediately attempt to leave it, spending time being considered by flowers.
MSA031: Alice’s Adventures, Session 12
Tonight we consider train tickets, insects, and the use of names.
MSA031: Alice’s Adventures, Session 10
Tonight, we will join Alice in Looking-Glass House, but we may not be able to escape it.
MSA031: Alice’s Adventures, Session 9
This evening we start Through the Looking Glass!
MSA031: Alice’s Adventures, Session 8
Tonight we get towards, if not to, the end of Alice in Wonderland -- ending with intense courtroom drama!
MSA031: Alice’s Adventures, Session 7
It is time for more silly poetry this evening.
MSA031: Alice’s Adventures, Session 6
Tonight we meet the bloodthirsty Queen of Hearts, and perhaps also the musical Mock Turtle with his excellent curricular plans.
MSA031: Alice’s Adventures, Session 5
In a mad world, everyone misbehaves.
MSA031: Alice’s Adventures, Session 3
Tonight, Alice begins to reflect on her own identity and changing sizes. And she also recites more wonderful poetry.
MSA031: Alice’s Adventures, Session 2
Tonight we will look at Alice's interactions with her body and mind, neither of which seem very predictable.
MSA030: The Nature of Middle-Earth, Class 26
Join me tonight for our discussion of the last chapter of the book, looking at the rivers and beacon-hills of Gondor. We're finished!
MSA031: Alice’s Adventures, Session 1
Session 1: An Origin Poem and Foreshadowing. In a lilting and bouncy Introductory Poem, Lewis Carrol gives an origin story for the first book. Is it iambic heptameter or double quatrains of ballad st…
MSA030: The Nature of Middle-Earth, Class 25
Of Silvan speech, Sauron's armies and dwarf voices.