Trump’s True Fantasy - And how it will make America greater

A New Politics of Culture - Steve McIntosh discusses his new book, Developmental Politics: In this episode integral philosopher Steve McIntosh and I discuss his new book: Developmental Politics—How America Can Grow Into a Better Version of Itself. Steve employs integral political philosophy to help overcome America’s hyperpolarized cultural ... by The Daily Evolver

39 min listen

Choosing the Best Psychotherapy for You - Guest: Integral Psychotherapist and Zen Priest, Chad Bennett: Like everything, the practice of psychotherapy is evolving. Emerging in the field today is a new integration of modalities that have previously been siloed, each claiming to be the best. But best for who – and what? by The Daily Evolver

42 min listen

Cultural Evolution Goes Mainstream - Considering “This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution”: In this episode, Dr. Keith Witt and I discuss evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson’s latest book, This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution, where he challenges mainstream science to broaden its inquiry to include cultural and conscio... by The Daily Evolver

57 min listen

Zoom into the Integral European Conference - The show will go on - online!: I’m a big fan of The Integral European Conference (IEC), which has become the leading event in the international integral community. The fourth and latest IEC, Global Integral Awakens, was scheduled for the end of this month at Lake Balaton in Hungary.... by The Daily Evolver

18 min listen

Conversations as Phenomena of Evolution - Cultivating the second-person at second-tier: Human beings have evolved – and continue to – within the domains of first-person, second-person, and third-person reality. In first-person (I-space) we integrate ideas and worldviews. In third-person (it-space) we create new systems and technologies ou... by The Daily Evolver

48 min listen

Integral European Conference Preview: Today my guest is Bence Ganti, the driving force behind the upcoming Integral European Conference, a major six-day event for the Integral community which will commence on May 26th at the Azur Resort at Lake Balaton in Hungary. by The Daily Evolver

34 min listen

Climate Changes at Every Stage - Guests: Gail Hochachka and Terri O’Fallon: “All of us – researchers, practitioners and activists – are all looking for what it means to meet the call for transformative change. If we can bring in developmental psychology as one of the knowledge sets, by The Daily Evolver

55 min listen

Life Beyond Outrage - Can we really be friends with our enemies?: Integral psychotherapist Dr. Keith Witt sparked this episode of our ongoing conversation, “The Shrink and the Pundit”, by writing to me about a dilemma that many evolutionaries share: In our personal relationships we are pretty good at harmonizing diff... by The Daily Evolver

44 min listen

Spotting Integral Arisings - Three comedians evolve culture and consciousness: In this episode, I point out some integral insights bursting forth from the world of comedy: Bill Maher, who ended his season of Real Time on HBO with a surprising sort-of-integral message Joel Stein, author of In Defense of Elitism, by The Daily Evolver

23 min listen

The Light in the Covid Tunnel - Dr. Keith and Jeff on life in lockdown: Dr. Keith Witt and I have way too much fun discussing the consequences, in all four quadrants, of life in the time of COVID-19. by The Daily Evolver

50 min listen

The Power of Authentic Relating and the Circling Practice - A conversation with Jason Digges by The Daily Evolver

29 min listen

Some Cheery Contemplations on Death - …. and the Self that doesn’t die: Consider, friend, as you pass by, as you are now, so once was I. As I am now, you too shall be. Prepare, therefore, to follow me. This famous epitaph from a Scottish tombstone sums up the central dilemma of human existence: it ends in death. by The Daily Evolver

30 min listen

The Path of Virtue - How an internet quiz made me a better person: Integral philosopher Steve McIntosh helps us usher in the new year (and decade) with a fresh look at an ancient formula for living a happy, productive and meaningful life. In this episode he explains “the virtues”, by The Daily Evolver

68 min listen

Judge Judy, Evolution’s Warrior - Wielding ego to liberate ego: As the star of Judge Judy, Judith Sheindlin presides over the #1 show in US daytime television, where she rules on small-claims disputes drawn from real-life litigants across the country. Now in its 23rd year, by The Daily Evolver

29 min listen

Breath and Body Vitality - Dr. Keith and I rage against the dying of the light: In this episode of “Shrink and the Pundit,” Keith and I explore breathing practices described in a powerful new book, Breath, the New Science of a Lost Art, by James Nestor, as well as a muscle conditioning program developed by Dr. by The Daily Evolver

53 min listen

Toward a Post-Progressive View of Race Relations - Part 1: How George Floyd’s murder is growing-up AmericaPart 2: Reading Ibram X. Kendi and Thomas Sowell: The videotaped murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police and the subsequent two weeks of demonstrations has galvanized the nation. In part 1 of this episode (00:10), I look at the evolutionary potency of the events of the last two w... by The Daily Evolver

41 min listen

Evolving Race and Culture - A conversation with Greg Thomas and Phil Anderson: We are in a cultural moment regarding race where we can literally see and feel the movements of history. It’s making for many great conversations among integralists, and in this episode I share one I enjoyed recently with two evolutionary thinkers, by The Daily Evolver

76 min listen

Trump Trips the Trigger on Iran: President Trump’s drone assassination of Iran’s General Qassim Suliemani has dramatically increased the tensions between the US and Iran. It also raises concerns about Donald Trump’s motives and judgment in carrying out a U.S. by The Daily Evolver

25 min listen

What’s So Good About WOKE? - Culture is getting greener and sometimes meaner: Every stage of human development is experienced by its subjects as an awakening into a new world. Traditional religious believers (amber/blue meme) “wake up” to the reality of a transcendent God or Nirvana. by The Daily Evolver

44 min listen

So It’s Joe - Biden claims the middle lane in a race with Bernie: What a difference a Super Tuesday can make! Last week I and many others wrote off Joe Biden’s candidacy as hopeless. Now he is the front runner for the Democratic nomination in a two-man race with Bernie Sanders. What happened? by The Daily Evolver

42 min listen

What is Truth? - Making sense in a truth-challenged time: Dr. Keith kicks off this episode with research showing that although virtually everybody lies, most people vastly prefer to tell the truth and believe other people are doing the same. But how do we as integralists make sense of competing truth claims, by The Daily Evolver

49 min listen

Why Not to Have a Secret Affair - Dr. Keith on How Cheating Ruins Everything by The Daily Evolver

76 min listen

The Light and Shadow of Integral Consciousness - Guest: Nomali Perera, Integral Coach, Facilitator, Trainer: Enough people have been experimenting with integral consciousness for long enough that some of its contours are becoming apparent. As with all stages of human history, integral both sheds new light and casts new shadows on the human condition. by The Daily Evolver

69 min listen

The Emergence of Post-Progressive Political Thought - A conversation with Steve McIntosh: It’s subtle but some of you have noticed: I’ve changed the tagline of the Daily Evolver to “A post-progressive look at politics and culture”. It used to read “Integral insights into politics and culture”, which still describes what I attempt to do in t... by The Daily Evolver

69 min listen

The First Presidential Debate: Nutty And Fruitful: The first debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden is over – and I didn’t start drinking! In this episode, I show how an integral view helps us see the debate for what it is instead of a defective version of “what it should be”. by The Daily Evolver

32 min listen

American Post-Progressivism Meets Swedish Metamodernism - Guest: Tomas Bjorkman, Co-author of The Nordic Secret: Welcome to Post-Progressive Inquiries, a new podcast series coproduced by the Daily Evolver and The Institute for Cultural Evolution (ICE). In each episode, ICE President Steve McIntosh and I explore new territories emerging in politics and culture. by The Daily Evolver

76 min listen

The Gebserian Practice of Integral Consciousness - Jeremy Johnson previews his new course on The Ever-Present Origin: In the lineage of Integral philosophers, Jean Gebser is a mystic. Famous for delineating the structures of human consciousness as archaic, magic, mythic, mental and integral, he regarded them as arising not just sequentially in history but also vividly... by The Daily Evolver

49 min listen

My Spiral Unfolding So Far - Jeff Salzman with Nomali Perera Lee Mason of Practical Integral: In today’s episode I recount my own evolution through the spiral of development and share how the integral vision has illuminated my world(s). I was approached for this interview by two dear friends: Nomali Perera, by The Daily Evolver

69 min listen

Befriending the State of the World - Terry Patten and I take our perennial argument to the next level: My longtime friend and integral comrade Terry Patten and I have argued for many years about the state and trajectory of the world. And though we both strive to bring an integral perspective to the question, we do see it differently, by The Daily Evolver

84 min listen

A Plague Arrives - How Integral practice helps us to meet it: This week I take a look at the Coronavirus pandemic and humanity’s response to it. The integral lens helps us see more clearly the myriad forces rising out of this crisis, which increases our wisdom and compassion in dealing with it. by The Daily Evolver

28 min listen

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Trump’s True Fantasy - And how it will make America greater

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