About this episode

This episode reflects on the journey of The Emerald podcast over the past seven years through the lens of the number 7.

Seven years ago last Tuesday, The Emerald podcast was born. This episode reflects on the journey of the podcast so far and gives hints of what's to come, all through the prism of the number 7, which is — to say the least — a mythically important number. The myths often iterate in cycles and families of seven—seven swans, seven dwarves, seven ravens, and seven gates of the underworld. In many traditions, seven represents the completion of a cycle and the beginning of a new one. In Ay...

People in this episode

Host: Joshua Schrei

Topics covered

• podcast journey
• mythology
• number symbolism
• completion cycles
• cultural references

Keywords

• Emerald podcast
• number 7
• mythical importance
• completion of a cycle
• cultural myths

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