Have you ever wondered why songs on the radio are popular?

Why does certain movies get made, even though the premise seems completely random?

Why are concert tickets costing you $3,000, but nobody makes any money touring?

Well, on my podcast, breaking down the biz, we answer all those questions and more.

I'm Seth Schachner.

I have over two decades of experience

in the entertainment and the music industry and every week I talk to insiders that lend insight

and expertise on the media you know and love, past, present, and future. Subscribe now on your

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industry together. Hi, I'm Will, and it's story time.

Every culture has stories about how gods created us.

Epic myths developed and honed over millennia,

passed down through generations, all told in service of understanding our world.

In the 21st century, we don't need those stories. We have science to explain and answer the big

questions. But just because we don't need them doesn't mean they aren't important.

What if nobody told the gods that humans don't really need them right now?

If nobody believes in them or even remembers them, do the gods even exist?

Did they ever?

And what does a god do anyway, when even their fellow immortals notice they are beginning to fade?

The answer to all of these questions is deceptively simple.

In fact, it is drawn on a Phoenix tile.

Phoenix tile by Guan Oon,

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