In an audio adaptation of our multimedia experience “Valemon the Bear: Myth in the Age of the Anthropocene,” mythologist Martin Shaw takes us on a journey to the deepest parts of ourselves. Summoning the ancient tale of a wild daughter falling in love with a bear, Martin invites us into a deep encounter with a living myth that gossips across species, drawing us back into call-and-response with the more-than-human world.Explore the multimedia experience.Sign up for our newsletter to hear more stories as they are released each week.Illustration by Martin Shaw.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices