by Joseph Lee | Jan 31, 2026 | Cultural Currents, Personal Issues
VIDEO AUDIO In this episode, Joseph, Lisa, and Deb explain why Corruption is not only a political problem, but a human one, why Power breaks trust long before it breaks laws, and why the most dangerous people are often the most certain. They reveal the core...
by Joseph Lee | Jan 22, 2026 | Core Jungian Concepts, Cultural Currents
VIDEO AUDIO Jung wrote his essay “The Undiscovered Self” in 1957, opening with “What will the future bring?”, as the Cold War, the descent of the Iron Curtain, and the proliferation of nuclear weapons seemed to threaten humanity’s survival. He argued that...
by Joseph Lee | Dec 25, 2025 | Archetypal, Cultural Currents
VIDEO AUDIO Santa Claus in the Current Zeitgeist Santa Claus occupies a shared cultural role where consumer culture, family ritual, and childhood imagination intersect. In the current zeitgeist, he appears as a brand mascot, a mall employee, a streaming character, a...
by Joseph Lee | Nov 7, 2025 | Cultural Currents
VIDEO AUDIO Lucid dreaming is an interesting ego state when we are dreaming and regain full self-awareness. Being awake in the dream world can be useful, but imposing a rigid agenda can undermine the Dream Maker’s attempts to educate and help us. Each dream is...
by Joseph Lee | Oct 23, 2025 | Cultural Currents, Guests
VIDEO AUDIO The new controversial Netflix series MONSTER: The Ed Gein Story offers a window into the devouring mother archetype, a transformation fantasy gone horribly wrong, and the human capacity for monstrous behavior. Gein’s crimes inspired the Hitchcock...
by Joseph Lee | Sep 25, 2025 | Cultural Currents
VIDEO AUDIO Dolls are human stand-ins that invite projection and play; children use them (including action figures and Barbies) to try on identities and develop imagination, then later withdraw the projection as the figure becomes inert again. Icons and idols differ...