Andrew and Rebecca reflect on what useful ideas liberals bring to the table and how to incorporate those ideas in a more effective and measured way.

Andrew and Rebecca Armstrong discuss ideological blindspots of many ideologies, the mostly emotional basis of political thinking, tribal camps around Trump and January 6th, finite and infinite games, the problem with a mindset of control, culture is downstream of biology, the biological roots of liberal and conservative mindsets, Brett Weinstein's critique on society's self-destructive evolution.

Andrew and Rebecca discuss conservative ideas and the message to liberals from the famous conservative intellectual Roger Scruton.

Rebecca and Andrew discuss talking to friends who can't be rational about certain topics because of their sacred values or trauma and how through compassionate listening we can restore justice.

Kim Perkins PHD describes DEI's pros and cons and the problems stemming from the psychology of dominator culture.

Andrew and Rebecca discuss the features of a conscious conversation that has the potential for transformation, that depends on maintaining the respectful connection between the participants. They argue that no other type of conversation is worth having.

Andrew and Rebecca dive into the religious and tribalistic nature of human thinking to understand why we are polarized and how understanding our nature can lead to a different approach to dialogue.

This episode introduces Rev. Rebecca Armstrong, professor of philosophy and comparative religion and an expert in the mythology of Joseph Campbell. She and Andrew discuss how Americans are heading toward another civil war because we've been conditioned to consume instead of create a sense of self. There is an unnamed religion of greed that manipulates us and we have over-consumed so much that we have lost our sense of identity, leaving us disgusted with each other and ultimately ourselves.