The links to recordings of earlier discussions are:
June 26, 2022 - Why the past 10 years of American life have been
uniquely stupid , Is Everything Falling Apart?, and the
Supreme Courts reversal of Roe v Wade and of New Yorks gun law
July 10, 2022 - Potential books for fall and the
TED talk by Yuval Noah Harari called Bananas in Heaven
July 17, 2022 - Potential books for fall and the TED talk by Joan C. Williams
We wont fix American politics until we talk about class
July 24, 2022 - Potential books for fall, videos by William Lazonick, and
the TED talk by Yasmin Abdel-Magied about What Does My Headscarf Mean to You?
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July 31, 2022 -
The TED talk by Rev. Walter Mwambazi on 5 Major Reasons Religion Is the
No. 1 Cause of Poverty in Africa and our discussion of it
The following videos are all about Jonathan Sacks book Morality: Restoring the
Common Good in Divided Times..
Introduction: Cultural Climate Change - general discussion - Jan 6
- Loneliness - David - Jan 16
- The Limits of Self-Help - Al - Jan 23
- Unsocial Media - Jack - Jan 30
- The Fragile Family - Jean - Feb 6
- From We to I - Joel - Feb 13
- Markets Without Morals - Bill - Feb 20
- Consuming Happiness - Gail - Feb 27
- Democracy in Danger - Phyllis - Mar 6
- Identity Politics - David - Mar 13
- Time and Consequence - Joel - Mar 20
- Post-Truth - Al - Mar 27
- Safe Space - Mary Jane - Apr 3
- Two Ways of Arguing - Caroline - Apr 10
- Victimhood - Caroline - Apr 24
- The Return of Public Shaming - Caroline - May 1
- The Death of Civility - David - May 1
- Human Dignity - Mary Jane - May 8
- Meaning - Phyllis - May 15
- Why Morality? - Al - May 22
- Which Morality? - Al - May 29
- Religion - Jack - June 5
- Morality Matters - Gail - June 12
- From I to We - Joel - June 19
The next set of videos are from discussions of the book Jesus and John Wayne
by Kristin Kobes Du Mez.
- 9/18/2022 - Preface and Introduction - David
- 9/11/2022 - Chapter 1, Saddling Up - Bill
- 9/25/2022 - Chapter 2, John Wayne Will Save Your Ass - Caroline
- 10/2/2022 - Chapter 3, Gods Gift To Man - Al
- 10/9/2022 - Chapter 4, Discipline and Command - Mary Jane
- 10/16/2022 - End of Chapter 4, Discipline and Command and David Brooks essay on
The Crisis of Men and Boys- Mary Jane
- 10/23/2022 - Chapter 5, Slaves and Soldiers - Joel
- 10/30/2022 - Chapter 6, Going for the Jugular - Jack
- 11/6/2022 - Chapter 7, The Greatest American Hero - Mary Jane
- 11/6/2022 - Chapter 8, War For the Soul - Mary Jane
- 11/13/2022 - Chapter 9, Tender Warriors, and Chapter 10, No More Christian Nice Guy - Al
- 11/20/2022 - Chapter 11, Holy Balls, and Chapter 12, Pilgrims Progress in Camo - Gail
- 11/27/2022 - Thanksgiving Weekend - vacation
- 12/4/2022 - Chapter 13, Why We Want to Kill You, and Chapter 14, Spiritual Badasses - Caroline
- 12/11/2022 - Chapter 15, A New High Priest, and Chapter 16, Evangelical Mulligans: A History - No leader
- 12/18/2022 - Jesus and John Waynes Conclusion and selection of our next study subject - No leader