by Joseph Lee | Dec 14, 2023 | Cultural Currents, Guests
VIDEO Art Credit: Jano Tantongco, jano.tantongco@gmail.com AUDIO Yascha Mounk is a political scientist and author focused on the challenges facing liberal democracies and the rise of populism. As a Johns Hopkins University professor and senior fellow at the Council on...
by Joseph Lee | Dec 7, 2023 | Cultural Currents
VIDEO Art Credit: Jano Tantongco, jano.tantongco@gmail.com AUDIO The great catastrophe of Jung’s generation was the rise of Nazi Germany and WWII. His insights into the collective psyche of nations remain relevant today as we grapple with war and violence...
by Joseph Lee | Nov 9, 2023 | Cultural Currents, Guests
VIDEO Art Credit: Jano Tantongco jano.tantongco@gmail.com AUDIO The digital era has potentiated emotional reactivity, especially with the rise of social media. Platforms like Twitter have weaponized emotions, intensifying polarization and complicating mutual...
by Joseph Lee | Nov 2, 2023 | Cultural Currents
VIDEO Art Credit: Jano Tantongco jano.tantongco@gmail.com AUDIO Today’s technology allows us to be seduced by the possibility of fame and celebrity tempting the ego to claim what does not belong to it. In earlier times fame was garnered slowly through work in...
by Joseph Lee | Oct 12, 2023 | Cultural Currents, Personal Issues
VIDEO Art Credit: Jano Tantongco jano.tantongco@gmail.com AUDIO We have an intrinsic desire to connect and reminisce, but fear of judgment or facing painful memories can push us away from attending reunions. We organize reunions because we yearn to reconnect with old...
by Joseph Lee | Oct 5, 2023 | Cultural Currents, Guests
VIDEO Art Credit: Jano Tantongco jano.tantongco@gmail.com AUDIO Don Kalsched is a Jungian Analyst, an expert on treating trauma, and the author of two books, The Inner World of Trauma and Trauma and the Soul. Jung discovered our inner world is populated by various...