Pictures Out There!

We share more on where Americans actually stand on today’s important issues. Their responses may be a surprise! Voting based on our own ideals and our own pictures is always wise. It helps ensure a true live-and-let-live democracy. What about all of us living our best lives and with harm to none? Sound good?

In our last podcast, we explored the current divisiveness, labels, and anger in the United States, and how we got here. We talk about where the American public actually stands today on some of the important issues. It may surprise you! Our way forward for a true democracy is actually clear, with our ideals and pictures paving the way. All of us can freely thrive and express ourselves, with harm to...

After this series, we think that you won’t ever look at voting the same way again! We think that you’ll look at your vote in a fresh new way that is uniquely true to you. Your vote will reflect what you really want and believe in for yourself, for your world, and for other people. This voting approach also paves the way for a true live-and-let-live democracy for all of us, where we can all freely...

Many around the globe who seek more power attempt to rewrite history to justify their social and political opinions and actions. Truth is truth and facts are facts, but an intentionally false rewrite of the past has sometimes been effective in powering fascist movements. How is such a rewrite of history done? In today’s world, how can it be nullified and neutralized?

Does helping each other within our nation really make good sense? Should we establish social policies that help those who most need it? Or is that a bad idea? Data and facts provide a very clear answer! Please join us at Spotify, Apple, and picturesoutthere.com !

Welcome to our first podcast of Season 6 of the Pictures Out There podcast series! We call it, “Helping Each Other is Smart! Not Helping Each Other? Not So Much…” (Part 1). So… Does helping another person, or letting them help us, make good sense? What about helping each other within a family?… or with our closest friends?… or with the people where we work or share activities?… or within our city...

Ahh… The "waves” of life! Our level of resilience ends up being a huge impact on our lives as we ride along, and it significantly shapes how successful we are in living our ideals and pictures. How do we best stay resilient in the face of today’s challenges? Please join us at Spotify, Apple, and picturesoutthere.com

Accurate histories give us the right lessons to learn. Those lessons help make our present-day activities positive and productive. They also help us move efficiently and effectively toward our pictures and ideals for the future. We discuss that, and all of the implications!

A LOT has happened in those 5 years! Are there new insights to gain on where the evolution of AI might be headed in our world, from experts and from software coders themselves? And is our AI Picture from 5 years ago still on target? Let's chat about it!

The twin of “Think Globally”, maintaining an “Act Locally” mindset for our life, perspectives, and actions is powerful! Every loving and helpful action we take, large or small, makes a world of difference. Each action sends out a positive ripple, from where we each live, that changes the world!

Maintaining a global mindset for our Pictures, Ideals, perspectives, and life is helpful and powerful! We can then take our best actions at any level we choose…local, regional, or global. Every loving and helpful action we take, large or small, makes a difference and sends out a positive ripple to the whole world. Let’s talk about it! Please join us at Spotify, Apple, and picturesoutthere.com

Amid the current political crisis in the United States, have we just witnessed a major step toward a wonderful Picture for global government in the future? It might have just happened! And it's courtesy of Canada’s Prime Minister.

Universal consciousness is the idea that there is a single awareness or “mind” underlying all life. This increasingly popular concept suggests that everything in our world is connected, rather than the customary belief that each individual person possesses a separate, autonomous mind. Have you ever experienced times of feeling this connection to everyone and everything? Embracing the idea could ch...

What about the Pledge of Allegiance? What about “and to the republic for which it stands…”? What about ”and liberty and justice for all”? We agree with Trump that the name “Republicans” isn’t accurate any more for his “going forward from this point” followers. But we want to suggest a more accurate and useful name for his going-forward party instead of his suggestion of “Trumplicans”, or the inacc...

Hi and Happy Holidays! Today’s podcast #8 is about all the unique cultures we can enjoy in our human future! We call them Micro-Cultures. Live and let live, harm to none, and the Golden Rule…oh my! What if we could each live in the culture and communities of our dreams… living freely, equally, and authentically… Sound good? Let’s talk about it! Please join us at Apple, Spotify, and picturesoutther...

It’s always good to use reflection and introspection to help drive our best lives to the destination of our dreams, taking good care of our real, truest, and best self along the way. Let’s talk about it! Please join us at Apple, Spotify, and picturesoutthere.com

“Empathy is the Gateway to Real and Lasting Joy!”. That’s right, Empathy is actually the best path to real Joy in life! There are two sides to the “Empathy Coin”…the more-familiar “giving side”, but also a life-changing “receiving side”. The more empathy we give to others, the more real joy we receive that comes into our hearts and into our lives. Pretty amazing! Please join us at Apple, Spotify,...

Let’s Replace Shouting Our Opinions with Having Meaningful Conversations. “That’s not true!” “You’re wrong!”“Fake news!” These phrases are heard too often in today’s conversations, particularly political ones. What if we, instead, tackled today’s tough challenges by setting aside the shouting, the interrupting, and the belittling, and began to really engage in meaningful conversations? Let’s talk...

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 full empathy with each other, and choose to be fully...

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 at Apple, Spotify, and picturesoutthere.com

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

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 picturesoutthere.com

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 picturesoutthere.com

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.com !

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 into any of them ourselves! We can "swim" in them...