Best Dave Fogleman Podcasts (2025)

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Empathy and Action in the Face of Violence…When will we choose being fully human? 54:58

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Here’s Season 5 Podcast #4 of the Pictures Out There podcast series, “Empathy and Action in the Face of Violence…When will we choose being fully human?” We humans have had a tendency to choose violence with each other. What is the real truth about our level of violence? How would aliens and sentient AI objectively assess us? Will we ever choose ful…

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Science and Our Search for Truth! 29:25

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Here’s Season 5 podcast #3 of the Pictures Out There podcast series. We call this episode “Science and Our Search for Truth!” Science in our current culture is in a fragile state. We seem to be deeply divided and conflicted about its place in our lives. Does it provide truth or not? What is science’s value to us? Let’s talk about it! Please join us…

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Time To Wise Up Again! 41:34

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Here’s this season’s podcast #2 and we call it “Time to Wise Up Again”. Yep, we’ll walk through creating the life-changing habit of moving from ignorance to knowledge to wisdom. We’ll visit about that and the new implications for our emerging partnership with our AI friends! Please join us at Apple, Spotify, and picturesoutthere.com…

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Signs, signs...everywhere a sign! 31:10

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Woohoo! Season 5 of the Pictures Out There podcast series is here. It’s podcast #1 of the season and we are jazzed! Signs… Signs of all kinds. We humans use “signs” a lot. What do they mean and what are they used for? When are they good, and when are they bad? Let’s kick the season off, and talk it out! Please join us at Apple, Spotify, and picture…

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Reflecting on the year and season that was! 39:34

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Welcome to the Pictures Out There podcast series and episode #16, our final podcast of Season 4. Four years in, we’re taking a reflective look at where we are today with the pictures and ideals concepts. It’s the end of the season, and a good time for some reflection…serious, funny, and everything in-between. Please join us at Apple, Spotify, and p…

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Micro-Cultures! What a concept! 33:57

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Micro-Cultures! It’s a wonderful concept and picture for the future that allows each of us to peacefully and joyfully express our unique selves, while doing harm to no one. Combined with Equality for All, it beautifully brings our Ideal of We’re the Same and We’re Unique to life for our future world. Join us on Apple, Spotify, and picturesoutthere.…

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The Beautiful "Streams" of human expression! 38:59

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There are “streams” of personal expression, the experience of living, innovation, and change that are as old as humanity, and that bind the past, present, and future together. Music, theatre, drama, comedy, art, fiction, non-fiction, philosophy, science, spirituality, and more! These "streams" are there for us to learn and to enjoy. And we can jump…

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The Magic of the Storytelling of our Lives! 39:39

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We humans love Storytelling and its magic! We love to tell our stories. And we can really enjoy and benefit from the stories of other people in our lives, and from people that we meet. Their stories are enjoyable to hear and give us new perspectives! Join us today for some real-life stories that shaped the lives of a small-town boy and a big-city s…

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Equality for All, and the new Coalition of Inequality! 34:39

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Welcome to Season 4, podcast #12, and the finale in our four-podcast arc on Equality for All! We have a new Coalition of Inequality here in the U.S. in 2025. How should we think about its emergence? How should we live and act in the face of it, and how should we react to events that may now occur? We’ll share our best Ideal and Picture-driven thoug…

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Equality for All, and a societal addiction to inequality! 32:22

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Welcome to Season 4, podcast #11, and the third in our four-podcast arc on Equality for All! We chat about how voting Coalitions of Inequality get cobbled together to win elections, why they always fail in time, and the human damage and destruction that is consistently left in their wake. Why have we continued to try a human society of inequality i…

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Equality for All, and the Inevitable Failure of Inequality! 33:50

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Equality for All is the right thing to do. Inequality in all of its endless forms, permutations, and coalitions, is just wrong. But beyond that truth…political, social, and economic systems based on Inequality always end up failing! Yet, as a species, we keep trying some new flavor of Inequality, instead of just simply one time trying Equality for …

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Equality for All! Part 1 of 4! 40:07

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We begin a fun and insightful 3-podcast arc on one of our most important Pictures for the future, Equality for All! Why have humans always chosen to create Coalitions of Inequality that have a perfect record of ultimately failing? Why do we choose these coalitions of inequality that leave such immense human damage and misery in their wake every tim…

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Happy New Year, with our Ideals and Pictures! 34:30

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Happy New Year!! As we welcome 2025, Lee and Dave share how our Pictures and our Ideals in unison support and complement each other toward a brighter future. And by just doing our part, simply living our Ideals toward our Pictures helps to harmoniously make all of our Pictures happen! Please join us on Apple, Spotify and at picturesoutthere.com !…

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Our Picture for AI... Revisited! 37:42

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Welcome to the Pictures Out There podcast series with Lee Stuart and Dave Fogleman! This is Season 4, Podcast #7. Ai is an avalanche of change, and we experience more of that avalanche every single day. What’s our picture for AI, and what are some of the fascinating possibilities? Please join us at Apple, Spotify, and at picturesoutthere.com !…

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How should we process the recent U. S. election? 43:20

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Welcome to Podcast #6 in Season 4 of the Pictures Out There podcast series! How do we process the results of the recent U.S. elections through the emotional change cycle, and then move forward? Do the results change our Ideals, our values, or our Pictures for the future? When do we actually “win” with our vote? What are our personal reflections tha…

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The world of Science...one of the beacons of human hope! 38:12

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Welcome to Podcast #5 in Season 4 of the Pictures Out There podcast series! Here in the fall of 2024, we lift up and rise up from our tumultuous current events to talk about some incredible things happening in the world of science. It is a gift, and can bring a calming balance to our life, if we keep our eyes on all of the wonderful possibilities f…

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A New World of Trust and Truth! 45:18

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Welcome to our 100th podcast in the Pictures Out There podcast series! We live in a New World of Trust and Truth. Does being trustworthy matter anymore? Does telling and sharing the truth matter anymore? Does it matter in our relationships? In our jobs? In our politics? How do we thrive in this New World? Join us on our exploration of the new world…

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Living comfortably and with care, through math of all things! 28:49

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Welcome to Season 4 and Chat #3 in the Pictures Out There podcast series! With the income that we and others receive, our “community of caring” shapes and dictates our public policy and voting decisions. How many of us “live comfortably” today? How many of us could “live comfortably” if we just applied a little math along with a dose of kindness, h…

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Love our neighbor?! Just who is our neighbor? 29:27

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Welcome to Season 4 and Chat #2 in the Pictures Out There podcast series! From sports and games to spirituality, our personal sense of our “community” shapes and dictates our lives. Some variation of “love thy neighbor” is core to the largest religions. So who do we think is our “neighbor”? And who is in our own personal “community of caring”…and w…

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Sports, games, and community... Let's Play! 42:00

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We’re back! Welcome to Season 4 and Chat #1 in the Pictures Out There podcast series! Community is such an important concept in shaping our pictures, our ideals, and our perspectives. What is the impact of the sports and games that we love on our own personal sense of community? Let’s explore, and have some fun doing it! Please join us on Apple, Sp…

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What Do We For Sure Really Know? 29:34

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Welcome to Season 3 and Chat #32 of the Pictures Out There podcast series! In our last podcast we talked about the joy of all the things that we don’t know or aren’t sure about. So in this life and world of ours, are there things that we absolutely do know? Sure there are! Let’s explore!By Dave Fogleman and Lee Stuart

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The Beauty of "I Don't Know" and "I'm Not Sure"! 32:02

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After “I love you”, are the most beautiful three words in our language “I don’t know” or “I’m not sure”? Maybe! What are questions where we can joyfully answer “I don’t know” or "I'm not sure"? Let’s explore!By Dave Fogleman and Lee Stuart

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Heroes talking bravely about the way it really is with Equality! 31:35

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Welcome to Season 3 and Chat #30 in the Pictures Out There podcast series! Today we revisit the Equality for All Movement, and talk about Cecilia Payne, America Ferrera, Amanda Gorman, as well as exploring a simple solution for reparations. Please join us on Apple, Spotify and at picturesoutthere.com !…

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Staying True to Your Real and True Self! 35:27

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Welcome to Season 3 and Chat #29 in the Pictures Out There podcast series! Staying true to your real and true self can be a challenge, but it’s doable. Keeping a sense of humor in even the most difficult circumstances helps. We visit about that and also take a look at some important trends in education, with lifelong learning a key to discovering y…

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Change, change, change... what to do with it?! 38:00

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Welcome to Season 3 and Chat #28 in the Pictures Out There podcast series! If you want to think about change, or how to manage or lead change, then you’ve come to the right place. Today, Lee and Dave chat about how we can adroitly drive positive change in our daily life, our jobs, with our families and friends, and within ourselves. Expertly handli…

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Coach us up! 40:11

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Welcome to Season 3 and Chat #27 in the Pictures Out There podcast series. We constantly coach others and are coached by others, in all sorts of settings and venues. There’s coaching in our jobs… With our family or friends… Sometimes with people we’ve just met. Wanna do a little thinkin’ about how best to coach or be coached? You’ve come to the rig…

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Carbon and Water... Pretty Basic Stuff! 38:37

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Welcome to Season 3 in the Pictures Out There podcast series and Chat #26. The carbon footprint of the uber-wealthy, groundwater drying up in the U.S., Howard Zinn, Ursula LeGuin, and more… All receive mention and attention today! Please join us on Apple, Spotify and at picturesoutthere.comBy Dave Fogleman and Lee Stuart

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Humor! Always Time for a Good Laugh! 25:01

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Welcome to Season 3 in the Pictures Out There podcast series and Chat #25! Humor! The power to make us laugh and to think about the future, our Pictures, and our Ideals… Steven Wright, George Carlin, Fredric Brown, and even a very satirical and amateur attempt at improvisation by Lee and Dave! Please join us on Apple, Spotify and at picturesoutther…

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Homelessness and Hope! 30:55

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Welcome to Season 3 in the Pictures Out There podcast series and Chat #24! Houston, homelessness, math, hope, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, opportunities for societal and personal Change, Marie Curie, and more…all receive mention and attention today! Please join us on Apple, Spotify and at picturesoutthere.com…

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Sharing Power... the Road to Real Leadership! 26:01

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Welcome to Season 3 in the Pictures Out There podcast series and Chat #23! The Sporting KC Soccer team, sharing power, real leadership, humility, everyone matters, and more… All receive mention and attention today! Please join us on Apple, Spotify and at picturesoutthere.comBy Dave Fogleman and Lee Stuart

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In Any Difficulty, Hope Can Live On! 49:13

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Welcome to Season 3 in the Pictures Out There podcast series and Chat #22! Our Pictures and Ideals can guide us on how best to respond to even the most difficult public figures we encounter, while keeping our hope and optimism intact. Equality for All, Catch-22, Debbie Dingell, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and more receive mention and…

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Curiosity and Lifelong Learning! 41:50

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Welcome to Season 3 in the Pictures Out There podcast series, and Chat #21! Curiosity, Listening, Question Asking, Storytelling, and Lifelong Learning... Erich Fromm, Plato, Rick Warren, Sam Gamgee, and more… all receive mention and attention today! Please join us on Apple, Spotify and at picturesoutthere.com !…

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Spirituality and Creation! 25:38

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Welcome to Season 3 in the Pictures Out There podcast series, and Chat #20! Spirituality and creation… how small we are by ourselves… how big we are when we see our real connections… Carl Sagan, the James Webb Telescope, Kurt Vonnegut, the mud that stands up, and more… all receive mention and attention today! Please join us on Apple, Spotify and at…

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Gather 'round for master storyteller Lee! 42:51

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Welcome to Chat #19 of Season 3 in the Pictures Out There podcast series! Everybody present and future gather ‘round, aliens and AI life forms included, and listen to two more wonderful childhood stories from master storyteller Lee Stuart! Lee’s stories will make you cry, make you laugh, and leave you with a lot to think about. Please join us on Ap…

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The new book, part deux! 30:33

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Welcome to Chat #18 of Season 3 in the Pictures and Ideals Out There podcast series! In part two of a two-part podcast mini-series, we talk about Dave’s new book Ideals Out There. We describe our simple model for creating your own most satisfying and happiest life by living your Ideals and acting toward your Pictures for the future, with the additi…

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The new book, part uno! 46:59

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Welcome to Chat #17 of Season 3 in the Pictures and Ideals Out There podcast series! In part one of a two-part podcast mini-series, we talk about Dave’s new book Ideals Out There. We describe a simple model for figuring out, and then living out, our own most satisfying and happiest life. We can each get there by living our Ideals as we directly act…

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Why "Out There"? 40:08

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Welcome to Chat #16 of Season 3, in the Pictures and Ideals Out There podcast series! We talk about the reasons we do these podcasts and books, a Confederate statue in Charlottesville, Nobel Prize winner Claudia Goldin, the Equality for All Movement, the “Out There” Model, and more! We’re optimistic, imaginative, serious, funny, reflective, satiric…

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So Much to Chat About, So Little Time! 39:01

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Welcome to Chat #15 of Season 3, in the Pictures Out There podcast series! We talk about Worryland, Free Will, the Church of the Nones, Malala Yousafzai, and more…all with special guest Terry Ecklund! We’re optimistic, imaginative, serious, funny, reflective, satirical, and grateful as we chat about topics with connections to Pictures Out There con…

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And I say to myself, what a wonderful universe! 38:26

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Welcome to Chat #14 of Season 3, in the Pictures Out There podcast series! New news about how humans evolved, what’s the matter with anti-matter, screaming plants, our connections to the whole universe, curiosity, humility, Marcus Aurelius, Maya Angelou, and more! We’re optimistic, imaginative, serious, funny, reflective, satirical, and grateful as…

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In Rosalynn's memory! 25:25

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Welcome to Chat #13 of Season 3, in the Pictures Out There podcast series, with this episode dedicated to Rosalynn Carter. We talk about Narges Mohammadi, Toni Morrison, the guinea worm, Habitat for Humanity, Jimmy Carter, Madeleine Albright, and more! We’re optimistic, imaginative, serious, funny, reflective, satirical, and grateful as we chat abo…

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AI and a new Golden Rule, and then some! 42:44

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Welcome to Chat #12 of Season 3, in the Pictures Out There podcast series! We talk about Tom Friedman and AI, an updated Golden Rule, Pandora’s Box, just being there for someone, male loneliness, modern masculinity and feminism, Mark Twain, and more! We’re optimistic, imaginative, serious, funny, reflective, satirical, and grateful as we chat about…

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A Picture for Justice... Revisited! 54:12

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Welcome to Chat #11 of Season 3, in the Pictures Out There podcast series! We talk about Howard Stern, Alan Rickman, Ron DeSantis, the American Climate Corps, Unions, Taylor Swift, Mitt Romney, government dysfunction, Barbers Hill, Dalai Lama, Tony Blinken, Einstein, Confucius, special guest Krista Fogleman, and more! We’re optimistic, imaginative,…

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A Potpourri of Topics! 42:15

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Welcome to Chat #10 of Season 3, in the Pictures Out There podcast series! We talk about False Equivalences, Rufus Sewell, Carl Sagan, Football fans, Mexican Female Politicians, Rolling Stone magazine, the Lord’s Prayer, insurance companies, and more! We’re optimistic, imaginative, serious, funny, reflective, satirical, and grateful as we chat abou…

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The fear of equality and our human potential! 41:11

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Welcome to Chat #9 of Season 3, in the Pictures Out There podcast series! We talk about Charlie Chaplin, Albert Einstein, the fear of equality, Stephen Stills, big tech, satire, Ted Cruz, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Solzhenitsyn, lollipop moments, Carl Sagan, and more! We’re optimistic, imaginative, serious, funny, reflective, satirical, and grateful a…

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At our human best and worst! 40:45

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Welcome to Chat #8 of Season 3, in the Pictures Out There podcast series! We talk about Success, Desperation, the Thai cave rescue, a Montana court decision on climate change, a fishing dispute in a Georgia neighborhood, a retirement home for American politicians, George Bernard Shaw, Franz Kafka, and more! We’re optimistic, imaginative, serious, f…

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Orwell, Huxley, and Happiness! 45:24

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Welcome to Chat #7 of Season 3, in the Pictures Out There podcast series! We talk about Technology, Cancel Culture, George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Dwight Eisenhower, Dalai Lama, the happiest man in the world, Martin Sheen, and more! We’re optimistic, imaginative, serious, funny, reflective, satirical, and grateful as we chat about topics with connec…

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The 2nd Amendment, life expectancy, and Hope! 48:32

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Welcome to Chat #6 of Season 3, in the Pictures Out There podcast series! We talk about Teddy Roosevelt, Kurt Vonnegut, creating the Second Amendment, life expectancy trends, the power of hope and taglines, and more! We’re optimistic, imaginative, serious, funny, reflective, satirical, and grateful as we chat about topics with connections to Pictur…

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Comedy and Bravery! 52:33

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Welcome to Chat #5 of Season 3, in the Pictures Out There podcast series! We talk about Paris Hilton, Sarah Silverman, Fake AI images, Judge Michael Luttig, Buckminster Fuller, Jerry Garcia, and more! We’re optimistic, imaginative, serious, funny, reflective, satirical, and grateful as we chat about topics with connections to Pictures Out There con…

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Justice, tyranny, kindness, etc.! 44:04

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Welcome to Chat #4 of Season 3, in the Pictures Out There podcast series! We talk about the quirks of people, The New Theatre, the African American Museum In Washington, D.C., the Florida Board of Education, Ezra Klein, Aristotle, tyranny, Albert Einstein, a simple act of kindness, and more! We’re optimistic, imaginative, serious, funny, reflective…

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A Veritable Smorgasbord of Topics! 45:23

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Welcome to Season 3, Chat #3, in the Pictures Out There podcast series! We talk about Harry Potter, predictions, Kierkegaard, who we are, Gregg Popovich, violence, reverse trash talking, Larry Bird, John Cena, Hugh Jackman, Abraham, Martin, and John, and more! In our podcast chats this season, we’re optimistic, imaginative, serious, funny, reflecti…