Can Virtual Reality Create a More Virtuous Reality?

Can Virtual Reality Create a More Virtuous Reality?

Corey deVos   February 28, 2018  
Jeff and Corey explore the exhilarating emergence of virtual reality technology and the far-reaching implications it has across the full spectrum of human experience, from entertainment to education, to medicine, art, journalism, spiritual practice, sexuality, communication, and any number of other exciting and potentially groundbreaking applications.
The Black Panther: A Hero for Humanity

The Black Panther: A Hero for Humanity

Jeff Salzman   February 22, 2018  
Jeff Salzman talks to Steve Harper about the superhero film The Black Panther, which illuminates the struggle of growing beyond a retributionist victim identity to a larger sense of responsibility for one’s self, one’s people, and the whole of the world.
Two Integral Eggheads (Try To) Watch the Olympics

Two Integral Eggheads (Try To) Watch the Olympics

Jeff Salzman   February 19, 2018  
Today Jeff and Corey take an anthropological look at the Olympics, noting how they express multiple stages of human development, how one’s type and kosmic address influences how you experience sports, how athletes at the peak of their performance can transmit powerful state experiences, and much more.
Guns, Madness or Evil? The Roots of Mass Shootings

Guns, Madness or Evil? The Roots of Mass Shootings

Jeff Salzman   February 16, 2018  
Is America’s rate of gun violence, which multiplies that of other developed countries, an immutable part of our character and culture? How do we respond to the steady news of mass shootings and the senseless killing of innocent people? And how about the perpetrators: are they mentally ill or just plain evil?
You Are the Hero of Your Own Story

You Are the Hero of Your Own Story

Jeff Salzman   February 11, 2018  
Today we share Jeff’s guest appearance on Steve Harper's “What’s Your Theory?“ webcast. Steve and Jeff explore the interior qualities of traditionalism (amber altitude), and how to recognize, respect and nurture their power in one’s self and others.
The Beauty (and Baggage) of Traditionalism

The Beauty (and Baggage) of Traditionalism

Jeff Salzman   February 9, 2018  
Jeff looks at the deep structures of traditionalism and how we can nurture its most healthy expression in our culture, and in our own minds and hearts.
Are We Seeing the End of American Football?

Are We Seeing the End of American Football?

Jeff Salzman   February 5, 2018  
It was Super Bowl Sunday last week, America’s great secular holiday where the nation’s top two football teams go to battle to prove who is the ultimate champion. All the attention and hoopla does not, however, hide the fact that football’s popularity is waning in American culture....
Ralph Ellison’s Integral Insight into Race and Culture

Ralph Ellison’s Integral Insight into Race and Culture

Greg Thomas   February 2, 2018  
To kick off Black History Month, Jeff connects with Greg Thomas, an integral thinker who is pioneering a new way forward in race relations in the U.S. Greg advocates transcending the postmodern emphasis on racial identity in favor or embracing what is a broader American cultural identity, of which all Americans are an inextricable part.
The State (and Stages) of the Union: 2018

The State (and Stages) of the Union: 2018

Jeff Salzman   January 31, 2018  
In this episode we look at President Trump’s State of the Union address, where he made opening moves toward a grand bargain to overhaul the U.S. immigration system and rebuild the nation’s infrastructure. What are the policy and political ramifications? Can we trust the guy who brought us birtherism? Are Democrats willing to give Trump victories they themselves want (and Republicans would never give them)?
Trump’s First Year

Trump’s First Year

Jeff Salzman   January 22, 2018  
Donald Trump has just completed the first year of the most unlikely, outrageous presidency in modern history. What do we make of it?
Is Integral Arrogant? Jeff Responds to Listeners.

Is Integral Arrogant? Jeff Responds to Listeners.

Jeff Salzman   January 19, 2018  
Does the integral project have a problem with arrogance? Jeff explains how integral theory itself helps to answer the question. 
The #MeToo Reckoning: A Conversation with Diane Musho Hamilton

The #MeToo Reckoning: A Conversation with Diane Musho Hamilton

Diane Musho Hamilton   January 17, 2018  
Diane and Jeff look at the upside of the #MeToo movement, as well as its inevitable overreach. They look at how it heals historic patterns of abuse, and what it is blind and hostile too. And they look to integral consciousness, the ability to hold multiple perspectives, as a way forward.
New Year, Less Fear: Renewing Our Faith in Progress

New Year, Less Fear: Renewing Our Faith in Progress

Jeff Salzman   January 15, 2018  
Today Jeff and Corey welcome 2018 with the recognition that in terms of human flourishing - nutrition, health, lifespan, peace, freedom – we are living in the best of times.
Never Been Better, Never Felt Worse: Inside the Rise of an Integral Global Operating System for the 21st Century

Never Been Better, Never Felt Worse: Inside the Rise of an Integral Global Operating System for the 21st Century

Robb Smith   January 4, 2018  
Integral Life CEO Robb Smith puts the tumult of 2016 into historical perspective and looks ahead at the “momentous leap into the transformation age” that he believes is underway right now. Taking a long view of history, evolutionary dynamics, culture and economics, Robb argues that we’re at the peak of a Green, pluralistic global operating system, with Orange modernism slipping into our rearview mirror, and Teal integralism just beginning to emerge, holding all the promise of overcoming the evolutionary contradictions that gave rise to populism and leaders like Donald Trump.
Lessons from Alabama and Puerto Rico

Lessons from Alabama and Puerto Rico

Jeff Salzman   December 15, 2017  
Jeff looks at the victory of Democrat Doug Jones over Republican Roy Moore in the special U.S. Senate election in Alabama. Jeff starts the episode by checking in on Puerto Rico, as political and business forces align to create a state-of-the-art, low-carbon power grid.
Why Can’t Wedding Cakes Be Gay?

Why Can’t Wedding Cakes Be Gay?

Jeff Salzman   December 11, 2017  
Today we look at the case, heard last week in the U.S. Supreme Court, of the Colorado baker who refuses to bake a cake for a gay couple’s wedding — a case that pits competing American values of freedom of speech (and freedom from compelled speech) and the principle of tolerance and equal access in the public spheres  of life.
The Shadow Side of Technology

The Shadow Side of Technology

David Riordan   December 8, 2017  
Jeff talks with David Riordan, Vice President of Media for Integral Life, about some of the ways we can inhabit the virtual world more safely and intelligently.
The Last Gasp of Late-Stage Capitalism: An Integral Look at the Republican Tax Plan

The Last Gasp of Late-Stage Capitalism: An Integral Look at the Republican Tax Plan

Jeff Salzman   December 6, 2017  
The rise of capitalism, starting a couple hundred years ago, has been a spectacularly positive development for humanity, creating enormous material weath that raised billions of people out of poverty. In the last 40 years, however, it has been tuned so that the vast majority of economic growth flows to the elites who own and manage the systems of wealth creation.  The Republican tax plan doubles down on that trend, reducing taxes for corporations and the rich at the expense of social programs that help the poor. Jeff and Corey discuss the ramifications.
Ann Coulter’s Piece of the Truth: Critiquing Trump From the Right

Ann Coulter’s Piece of the Truth: Critiquing Trump From the Right

Jeff Salzman   November 27, 2017  
We in integral land often say stuff like “everyone is right” and “no one is capable of being wrong 100% of the time.” But what about Ann Coulter? What is her piece of the truth? Listen to find out!
The Path Ahead: Politics, Globalism, and You

The Path Ahead: Politics, Globalism, and You

Ken Wilber   November 15, 2017  
Ken Wilber offers an extensive presentation to help us better understand the evolutionary pressures that led to the rise of Trump and the backlash against progressivism, and offers his own ideas around the future of the global economy.
Roy Moore Wants to Date Your Daughter

Roy Moore Wants to Date Your Daughter

Jeff Salzman   November 14, 2017  
American politics is riveted on bombshell accusations involving Judge Roy Moore, who is running for U.S. Senate from the state of Alabama. In a story reported in the Washington Post, he is accused by five women of molesting them when they were 14 - 16 years old. Watch as we explore this extra-icky story, and try to provide a more integral point of view.
Beyond Race and Victimhood

Beyond Race and Victimhood

Greg Thomas   November 13, 2017  
Today we are joined by Greg Thomas, who has thought and written extensively on one of the most vexing conundrums in our culture: race relations. Greg attempts to chart a new course, one that includes the postmodern insight into oppression and its effects, but challenges its fixation on racial and victim identity.  
Our Postmodern Personality

Our Postmodern Personality

Doshin Roshi   November 9, 2017  
Jeff is interviewed by Doshin Michael Nelson, founder of Integral Zen, about the nature of Green and the Integral way forward.
The Daily Evolver Q&A: Deep Listening, Helping People Grow, and Geopolitical Shades of Grey

The Daily Evolver Q&A: Deep Listening, Helping People Grow, and Geopolitical Shades of Grey

Jeff Salzman   November 7, 2017  
Jeff and Corey answer some questions from our listeners in this special Q&A episode of The Daily Evolver.
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