RESOURCE LIBRARY
Click buttons to go to resources for all lecture series, listed chronologically
Trails West
Trails West
America's Dream or America First?
TRAILS WEST (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
TRAILS WEST (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
TRAILS WEST (SLIDES — WEEK THREE)
The Progressives
THE PROGRESSIVES (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
THE PROGRESSIVES (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
THE PROGRESSIVES (SLIDES — WEEK THREE)
Eleven Nations
ELEVEN NATION (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
ELEVEN NATION (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
ELEVEN NATION (SLIDES — WEEK THREE)
Two Americas
TWO AMERICAS (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
TWO AMERICAS (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
TWO AMERICAS (SLIDES — WEEK THREE)
Welcome to the Metaverse: Reality 3.0
MIDTERMS 2022 (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
MIDTERMS 2022 (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
MIDTERMS 2022 (SLIDES — WEEK THREE)
Midterms 2022: Another Election of a Lifetime
MIDTERMS 2022 (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
MIDTERMS 2022 (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
MIDTERMS 2022 (SLIDES — WEEK THREE)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
GOOD, BAD, UGLY (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
GOOD, BAD, UGLY (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
GOOD, BAD, UGLY (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
GOOD, BAD, UGLY (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
GOOD, BAD, UGLY (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
GOOD, BAD, UGLY (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
GOOD, BAD, UGLY (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
GOOD, BAD, UGLY (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
GOOD, BAD, UGLY (SLIDES — WEEK THREE)
American Theocracy
AMERICAN THEOCRACY (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
AMERICAN THEOCRACY (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
AMERICAN THEOCRACY (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
AMERICAN THEOCRACY (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
AMERICAN THEOCRACY (SLIDES — WEEK THREE)
Hijacked—The Supreme Court
SUPREME COURT (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
SUPREME COURT (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
SUPREME COURT (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
SUPREME COURT (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
SUPREME COURT (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
SUPREME COURT (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
SUPREME COURT (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
SUPREME COURT (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
SUPREME COURT (SLIDES — WEEK THREE)
Unravelling the Cryptoverse
THE CRYPTOVERSE (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
THE CRYPTOVERSE (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
The Right Wing's War on Science
THE RIGHT WING WAR ON SCIENCE (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
THE RIGHT WING WAR ON SCIENCE (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
THE RIGHT WING WAR ON SCIENCE (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
THE RIGHT WING WAR ON SCIENCE (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
THE RIGHT WING WAR ON SCIENCE (SLIDES — WEEK THREE)
Crisis in Ukraine — Putin's Gambit
CRISIS IN UKRAINE (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
CRISIS IN UKRAINE (VIDEO RECORDING — WEEK TWO)
CRISIS IN UKRAINE (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
CRISIS IN UKRAINE (VIDEO RECORDING — WEEK ONE)
CRISIS IN UKRAINE (VIDEO RECORDING — WEEK ONE)
The Lost Cause & the Long North-South Divide
THE LOST CAUSE & THE LONG NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE (WEEK ONE)
THE LOST CAUSE (WEEK ONE—Video Recording)
THE LOST CAUSE (WEEK ONE—Video Recording)
THE LOST CAUSE (WEEK ONE—Video Recording)
THE LOST CAUSE & THE LONG NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE (WEEK TWO)
THE LOST CAUSE & THE LONG NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE (WEEK TWO)
THE LOST CAUSE & THE LONG NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE (WEEK TWO)
THE LOST CAUSE (WEEK TWO—Video Recording)
THE LOST CAUSE (WEEK TWO—Video Recording)
THE LOST CAUSE (WEEK TWO—Video Recording)
THE LOST CAUSE (WEEK TWO—Video Recording)
THE LOST CAUSE (WEEK TWO—Video Recording)
THE LOST CAUSE (WEEK TWO—Video Recording)
THE LOST CAUSE & THE LONG NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE (WEEK THREE)
THE LOST CAUSE (WEEK THREE—Video Recording)
China—The Last Qing Emperor to Xi Jinping
CHINA—LAST QING EMPEROR TO XI JINPING (WEEK ONE)
CHINA—LAST QING EMPEROR TO XI JINPING (WEEK TWO)
CHINA—LAST QING EMPEROR TO XI JINPING (WEEK THREE)
The Real Witch Hunt...and Beyond
THE REAL WITCH HUNT...AND BEYOND (WEEK ONE)
THE REAL WITCH HUNT...AND BEYOND (WEEK TWO)
THE REAL WITCH HUNT...AND BEYOND (WEEK THREE)
Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires
AFGHANISTAN (WEEK ONE)
AFGHANISTAN (WEEK TWO)
AFGHANISTAN (WEEK THREE)
Summer Spotlights #3: Cultural Evo. Barometers
SEA CHANGE: A PRIMER ON CULTURAL EVOLUTION
NOW OR NEVER: A FOREIGN POLICY FOR THE CLIMATE
FIVE VERY GOOD REASONS FOR GLOBAL HOPE
Summer Spotlights #2: Inside the Issues
IDENTITY POLITICS, WOKENESS, CANCEL CULTURE
STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING
STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING
ARE WE ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE?
Summer Spotlights #1: The Inner Life
BUDDHISM & INTERDEPENDENCE.SELECTION (1/2)
BUDDHISM & INTERDEPENDENCE.SELECTION (2/2)
EAST AND WEST.SLIDE SELECTION (1/2)
EAST AND WEST.SLIDE SELECTION (2/2)
SCIENCE AND MIRACLES.SLIDE SELECTION (1/2)
SCIENCE AND MIRACLES.SLIDE SELECTION (2/2)
THE FIFTIES and THE SIXTIES
WEEK FOUR SLIDE SELECTION (2/2)
WEEK THREE SLIDE SELECTION (1/2)
WEEK THREE SLIDE SELECTION (2/2)
WEEK TWO SLIDE SELECTION (1/2)
WEEK TWO SLIDE SELECTION (2/2)
WEEK ONE SLIDE SELECTION (1/2)
WEEK ONE SLIDE SELECTION (2/2)
WEEK FOUR SLIDE SELECTION (1/2)
FASCISM: CAN IT HAPPEN HERE?
FASCISM: KEY SLIDES (Handout)
OUR HOME IN THE UNIVERSE
WEEK FOUR SLIDE SELECTION (1/2)
WEEK FOUR SLIDE SELECTION (2/2)
WEEK THREE SLIDE SELECTION (1/2)
WEEK THREE SLIDE SELECTION (2/2)
WEEK TWO SLIDE SELECTION (1/2)
WEEK TWO SLIDE SELECTION (2/2)
WEEK ONE SLIDE SELECTION (1/2)
WEEK ONE SLIDE SELECTION (2/2)
THE SECOND AXIAL AGE
AXIAL AGES: WEEK ONE
AXIAL AGES: WEEK TWO
AXIAL AGES: WEEK THREE
CULTURAL DECAY / CULTURAL CONVERGENCE
PROTO FASCISM (image of chart in slideshow)
SEDITION (image of chart in slideshow)
SCIENCE DENIAL MAP (image of chart in slideshow)
POST-TRUTH VIRUS (image of chart in slideshow)
SET OF SIX ARTICLES ON THE CHALLENGES
ELEVEN NATIONS MAP 1
ELEVEN NATIONS MAP 2
ELEVEN NATIONS SUMMARY SHEET
2008-20: ELECTORAL RESULTS BY ELEVEN NATIONS
THE GREAT DIVIDE
What Now? (Political / Cultural Landscape)
A map of the course's principal themes
Core groups in the American political landscape
Problem areas in our electoral system
The Two Waves of Cultural Evolutionary Sea Change
Who says "Yes" to Cultural Evolution? Who says "No"?
Is there a reason for hope? Actually, there are ten!
12 guiding principles from Jim's book on cultural
evolution, Thriving in the Crosscurrent
A graphic map of our current political landscape (w/"Trump World")
A map of our emerging political landscape
Post Truth World
Dynamics of the Post-Truth Era - One Page Diagram
Deepening Your Spiritual Path
Four quadrants depicting varieties of the religious impulse: Good, Bad, Ugly, and Best; includes a key to the quadrants
A model of religious and spiritual growth
On the Rim of the Sacred Wheel: infinite starting points
TRAILS WEST (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
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WORLD 301: THREE CHALLENGES
WORLD 301—THREE CHALLENGES (SLIDES — WK. ONE)
WORLD 301—THREE CHALLENGES (SLIDES — WK. TWO)
Globalization for the Common Good.Chicago Declaration (2009)
WORLD 301—THREE CHALLENGES (SLIDES — WK. THREE)
AMERICA'S PLACE IN THE WORLD
AMERICA'S PLACE IN THE WORLD (SLIDES — WK. ONE)
AMERICA'S PLACE IN THE WORLD (SLIDES — WK. TWO)
AMERICA'S PLACE IN THE WORLD (SLIDES — WK. THREE)
2024—The Most Perilous Election
2024—THE MOST PERILOUS ELECTION (SLIDES — WK. ONE)
2024—THE MOST PERILOUS ELECTION (SLIDES — WK. TWO)
A.I.—Living With Intelligent Machines
AI—LIVING WITH INTELLIGENT MACHINES (SLIDES — WK. ONE)
AI—LIVING WITH INTELLIGENT MACHINES (SLIDES — WK. TWO)
QAnon—Trust the Plan?
QANON—TRUST THE PLAN (SLIDES — WEEK THREE)
QANON—TRUST THE PLAN (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
QANON—TRUST THE PLAN (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
UFOs / UAPs: Is Someone Out There?
UFOs/UAPs—SOMEONE OUT THERE? (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
UFOs/UAPs—SOMEONE OUT THERE? (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
The Party of Jesus: How the GOP Captured the Evangelicals
THE PARTY OF JESUS (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
THE PARTY OF JESUS (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
THE PARTY OF JESUS (SLIDES — WEEK THREE)
America's Dream or America First?
AMERICA DREAM/FIRST? (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
AMERICA DREAM/FIRST? (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
AMERICA DREAM/FIRST? (SLIDES — WEEK THREE)
ELEVEN NATION (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
ELEVEN NATION (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
ELEVEN NATION (SLIDES — WEEK THREE)
Two Americas
TWO AMERICAS (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
TWO AMERICAS (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
TWO AMERICAS (SLIDES — WEEK THREE)
Welcome to the Metaverse: Reality 3.0
MIDTERMS 2022 (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
MIDTERMS 2022 (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
MIDTERMS 2022 (SLIDES — WEEK THREE)
Midterms 2022: Another Election of a Lifetime
MIDTERMS 2022 (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
MIDTERMS 2022 (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
MIDTERMS 2022 (SLIDES — WEEK THREE)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
GOOD, BAD, UGLY (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
GOOD, BAD, UGLY (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
GOOD, BAD, UGLY (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
GOOD, BAD, UGLY (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
GOOD, BAD, UGLY (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
GOOD, BAD, UGLY (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
GOOD, BAD, UGLY (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
GOOD, BAD, UGLY (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
GOOD, BAD, UGLY (SLIDES — WEEK THREE)
American Theocracy
AMERICAN THEOCRACY (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
AMERICAN THEOCRACY (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
AMERICAN THEOCRACY (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
AMERICAN THEOCRACY (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
AMERICAN THEOCRACY (SLIDES — WEEK THREE)
Hijacked—The Supreme Court
SUPREME COURT (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
SUPREME COURT (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
SUPREME COURT (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
SUPREME COURT (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
SUPREME COURT (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
SUPREME COURT (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
SUPREME COURT (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
SUPREME COURT (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
SUPREME COURT (SLIDES — WEEK THREE)
Unravelling the Cryptoverse
THE CRYPTOVERSE (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
THE CRYPTOVERSE (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
The Right Wing's War on Science
THE RIGHT WING WAR ON SCIENCE (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
THE RIGHT WING WAR ON SCIENCE (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
THE RIGHT WING WAR ON SCIENCE (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
THE RIGHT WING WAR ON SCIENCE (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
THE RIGHT WING WAR ON SCIENCE (SLIDES — WEEK THREE)
Crisis in Ukraine — Putin's Gambit
CRISIS IN UKRAINE (SLIDES — WEEK TWO)
CRISIS IN UKRAINE (VIDEO RECORDING — WEEK TWO)
CRISIS IN UKRAINE (SLIDES — WEEK ONE)
CRISIS IN UKRAINE (VIDEO RECORDING — WEEK ONE)
CRISIS IN UKRAINE (VIDEO RECORDING — WEEK ONE)
The Lost Cause & the Long North-South Divide
THE LOST CAUSE & THE LONG NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE (WEEK ONE)
THE LOST CAUSE (WEEK ONE—Video Recording)
THE LOST CAUSE (WEEK ONE—Video Recording)
THE LOST CAUSE (WEEK ONE—Video Recording)
THE LOST CAUSE & THE LONG NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE (WEEK TWO)
THE LOST CAUSE & THE LONG NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE (WEEK TWO)
THE LOST CAUSE & THE LONG NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE (WEEK TWO)
THE LOST CAUSE (WEEK TWO—Video Recording)
THE LOST CAUSE (WEEK TWO—Video Recording)
THE LOST CAUSE (WEEK TWO—Video Recording)
THE LOST CAUSE (WEEK TWO—Video Recording)
THE LOST CAUSE (WEEK TWO—Video Recording)
THE LOST CAUSE (WEEK TWO—Video Recording)
THE LOST CAUSE & THE LONG NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE (WEEK THREE)
THE LOST CAUSE (WEEK THREE—Video Recording)
China—The Last Qing Emperor to Xi Jinping
CHINA—LAST QING EMPEROR TO XI JINPING (WEEK ONE)
CHINA—LAST QING EMPEROR TO XI JINPING (WEEK TWO)
CHINA—LAST QING EMPEROR TO XI JINPING (WEEK THREE)
The Real Witch Hunt...and Beyond
THE REAL WITCH HUNT...AND BEYOND (WEEK ONE)
THE REAL WITCH HUNT...AND BEYOND (WEEK TWO)
THE REAL WITCH HUNT...AND BEYOND (WEEK THREE)
Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires
AFGHANISTAN (WEEK ONE)
AFGHANISTAN (WEEK TWO)
AFGHANISTAN (WEEK THREE)
Summer Spotlights #3: Cultural Evo. Barometers
SEA CHANGE: A PRIMER ON CULTURAL EVOLUTION
NOW OR NEVER: A FOREIGN POLICY FOR THE CLIMATE
FIVE VERY GOOD REASONS FOR GLOBAL HOPE
Summer Spotlights #2: Inside the Issues
IDENTITY POLITICS, WOKENESS, CANCEL CULTURE
STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING
STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING
ARE WE ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE?
Summer Spotlights #1: The Inner Life
BUDDHISM & INTERDEPENDENCE.SELECTION (1/2)
BUDDHISM & INTERDEPENDENCE.SELECTION (2/2)
EAST AND WEST.SLIDE SELECTION (1/2)
EAST AND WEST.SLIDE SELECTION (2/2)
SCIENCE AND MIRACLES.SLIDE SELECTION (1/2)
SCIENCE AND MIRACLES.SLIDE SELECTION (2/2)
THE FIFTIES and THE SIXTIES
WEEK FOUR SLIDE SELECTION (2/2)
WEEK THREE SLIDE SELECTION (1/2)
WEEK THREE SLIDE SELECTION (2/2)
WEEK TWO SLIDE SELECTION (1/2)
WEEK TWO SLIDE SELECTION (2/2)
WEEK ONE SLIDE SELECTION (1/2)
WEEK ONE SLIDE SELECTION (2/2)
WEEK FOUR SLIDE SELECTION (1/2)
FASCISM: CAN IT HAPPEN HERE?
FASCISM: KEY SLIDES (Handout)
OUR HOME IN THE UNIVERSE
WEEK FOUR SLIDE SELECTION (1/2)
WEEK FOUR SLIDE SELECTION (2/2)
WEEK THREE SLIDE SELECTION (1/2)
WEEK THREE SLIDE SELECTION (2/2)
WEEK TWO SLIDE SELECTION (1/2)
WEEK TWO SLIDE SELECTION (2/2)
WEEK ONE SLIDE SELECTION (1/2)
WEEK ONE SLIDE SELECTION (2/2)
THE SECOND AXIAL AGE
AXIAL AGES: WEEK ONE
AXIAL AGES: WEEK TWO
AXIAL AGES: WEEK THREE
CULTURAL DECAY / CULTURAL CONVERGENCE
PROTO FASCISM (image of chart in slideshow)
SEDITION (image of chart in slideshow)
SCIENCE DENIAL MAP (image of chart in slideshow)
POST-TRUTH VIRUS (image of chart in slideshow)
SET OF SIX ARTICLES ON THE CHALLENGES
ELEVEN NATIONS MAP 1
ELEVEN NATIONS MAP 2
ELEVEN NATIONS SUMMARY SHEET
2008-20: ELECTORAL RESULTS BY ELEVEN NATIONS
THE GREAT DIVIDE
What Now? (Political / Cultural Landscape)
A map of the course's principal themes
Core groups in the American political landscape
Problem areas in our electoral system
The Two Waves of Cultural Evolutionary Sea Change
Who says "Yes" to Cultural Evolution? Who says "No"?
Is there a reason for hope? Actually, there are ten!
12 guiding principles from Jim's book on cultural
evolution, Thriving in the Crosscurrent
A graphic map of our current political landscape (w/"Trump World")
A map of our emerging political landscape
Post Truth World
Dynamics of the Post-Truth Era - One Page Diagram
Deepening Your Spiritual Path
Four quadrants depicting varieties of the religious impulse: Good, Bad, Ugly, and Best; includes a key to the quadrants
A model of religious and spiritual growth
On the Rim of the Sacred Wheel: infinite starting points