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Gina Gershon on "The Hero With a Thousand Faces" || Books That Changed My Life
04/30/2026
Gina Gershon on "The Hero With a Thousand Faces" || Books That Changed My Life
To claim your copy of Gina's latest book, AlphaPussy, click HERE: In this episode of Books That Changed My Life, host Chris "Bulldog" Collins is joined by actress, singer, and author Gina Gershon! Chris and Gina deep dive on Joseph Campbell's classic, The Hero With a Thousand Faces, talking myths, dreams, the hero's journey, and Campbell's blind spots. Gina recalls challenging her mythology professor with a simple question: "where's the heroine's journey?" His answer, that she'd have to write it, led her on a decades-long journey to re-frame the myth. Along the way, Chris and Gina dig into ego and the death of self, why the patriarchal hero myth is failing us, the Gisèle Pelicot trial, the artist Tracey Emin as a modern heroine, and the origin story of "alpha pussy," a mindset Gina developed from raising cats that saved her during the press tour for Showgirls. #books #library #bookrecs #bookreport #interview #podcast #chrisbulldogcollins 🚨 Grab the coolest book & library tees, socks, hoodies & more! https://booksthatchangedmylife.org/collections/all
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