New American Mythos

This episode wraps up Season 2, "Echoes of Albion".  It draws the connection between the themes of the season and the American mythic legacy and lineage and asks "how do we carry the spirit of those myths forward?" It also introduces season 3, titled "Gospel and Ghostlight."Stay in touch and support the show!Mailing ListPatreon__________**We tell America’s old stories with the warmth of firelight and the weight of unanswered questions.**From haunted river valleys to whispered frontier legends, *New American Mythos* retells the myths and folktales that shaped our nation, blending immersive sound design, period-inspired music, and thoughtful reflection.**YouTube:** [@IronScrewPublishing]__________

Step into the mist-laden marshes of early medieval England with the story of Saint Guthlac, a warrior who laid down his sword to wage a far deeper battle of the soul. In this patron-exclusive episode, we explore a haunting and powerful tale of repentance, spiritual warfare, and the transformation of wilderness into holy ground. More than a legend, Guthlac’s life echoes a timeless truth: that even the darkest places, both within and without, may be reclaimed by grace, courage, and prayer.This bonus episode is available for Patreon supporters, whose generosity helps preserve and share these enduring stories."Stay in touch and support the show!Mailing ListPatreon__________*We tell America’s old stories with the warmth of firelight and the weight of unanswered questions.***YouTube:** [@IronScrewPublishing]www.ironscrewpublishing.com

In this solemn and powerful chapter of early English history, New American Mythos recounts the martyrdom of Saint Edmund, a king who chose faithfulness over survival. As Danish invaders descend upon his kingdom, Edmund is given a choice: submit and live, or stand firm in his allegiance to Christ. Refusing to bow, he endures capture, torment, and death, bearing witness not through victory in battle, but through unwavering conviction. Yet even in death, strange signs follow, as creation itself seems to honor the fallen king. This story stands as a testimony to a different kind of courage: the kind that yields the crown of earth to receive the crown of heaven.This bonus episode is available for Patreon supporters, whose generosity helps preserve and share these enduring stories."Stay in touch and support the show!Mailing ListPatreon__________*We tell America’s old stories with the warmth of firelight and the weight of unanswered questions.***YouTube:** [@IronScrewPublishing]www.ironscrewpublishing.com

In this darker chapter of the Arthurian world, New American Mythos tells the tragic legend of Tristan and Isolde: a story not of heroic triumph, but of love that refuses its rightful place. After a fateful love potion binds them together, a loyal knight and a queen find themselves caught between passion and vow, secrecy and honor. Their hidden bond slowly corrodes the trust of King Mark’s court, revealing how kingdoms are not always destroyed by enemies at the gate, but by desires that grow stronger than duty. In the end, the legend stands as a warning: when love becomes a rival king, even the brightest courts begin to fall.Stay in touch and support the show!Mailing ListPatreon__________*We tell America’s old stories with the warmth of firelight and the weight of unanswered questions.***YouTube:** [@IronScrewPublishing]www.ironscrewpublishing.com

In this episode of New American Mythos, we step into post-Roman Britain, where the death of a king leaves the realm fractured and waiting for order. When a mysterious sword appears in stone, the sign of rightful kingship comes not to the ambitious lords who seek it, but to an unknown squire named Arthur. What follows is not instant glory but a hard founding—war to secure the crown, mercy that tempers power, and the creation of Camelot’s Round Table, where strength is bound by oath and fellowship. Arthur’s rise reveals a deeper question that echoes through history: can authority be received as a burden of justice rather than seized as a prize of ambition?Stay in touch and support the show!Mailing ListPatreon__________*We tell America’s old stories with the warmth of firelight and the weight of unanswered questions.***YouTube:** [@IronScrewPublishing]www.ironscrewpublishing.com

In this episode of New American Mythos, we retell the enduring Christian legend of St. George not as a simple tale of heroism, but as a moral drama about fear, worship, and true courage. A city learns to bargain with terror until terror demands the unthinkable; a princess discovers courage not in conquest but in trembling obedience; and a lone saint confronts both the dragon in the marsh and the deeper dragon of imperial power that demands the soul’s allegiance. Moving from monster-slaying to martyrdom, this episode explores how kingdoms are defended not only by swords, but by conscience, and why the greatest victory is not surviving, but refusing to kneel when fear asks for worship.Stay in touch and support the show!Mailing ListPatreon__________*We tell America’s old stories with the warmth of firelight and the weight of unanswered questions.***YouTube:** [@IronScrewPublishing]www.ironscrewpublishing.com

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.Stay in touch and support the show!Mailing ListPatreon__________*We tell America’s old stories with the warmth of firelight and the weight of unanswered questions.***YouTube:** [@IronScrewPublishing]www.ironscrewpublishing.com

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.Stay in touch and support the show!Mailing ListPatreon__________*We tell America’s old stories with the warmth of firelight and the weight of unanswered questions.***YouTube:** [@IronScrewPublishing]

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.Stay in touch and support the show!Mailing ListPatreon__________*We tell America’s old stories with the warmth of firelight and the weight of unanswered questions.***YouTube:** [@IronScrewPublishing]

In this retelling of a true historical poem from 991 AD, the New American Mythos stands with Byrhtnoth and his men at the estuary of Maldon, where Viking raiders came not for tribute but for conquest. With honor and sorrow interwoven, the episode explores a fateful decision—to allow the enemy across the causeway, and the cost of courage laced with pride. What unfolds is not a tale of victory, but of memory: the kind of story a people carry long after their swords have rusted.Stay in touch and support the show!Mailing ListPatreon__________*We tell America’s old stories with the warmth of firelight and the weight of unanswered questions.***YouTube:** [@IronScrewPublishing]