Each society tells itself a story about where it came from. These foundation myths are built on our assumptions about the world and about human nature itself, and it often explains why we live in the political system that we do. Today on The Corbett Report we examine various foundation myths throughout history, from ancient Greece to modern America, from the Enlightenment to the post-Enlightenment.

As we stand on the brink of the age of spritual machines, are we as a society ready to face the consequences of our creation...or even to understand what those consequences are? Join us this week on The Corbett Report as we unpack the marvels and the horror of Kurzweil's law of accelerating returns.

TRANSCRIPT AND SOURCES: http://www.corbettreport.com/sunday-update-20110508/

We all know that the Republic (let alone the constitutional monarchy) has fallen, but who is going to save it? This week we talk to Adrian Salbuchi of The Second Republic Movement about an international movement to put the power of the government back in the hands of the people.

TRANSCRIPT AND SOURCES: http://www.corbettreport.com/sunday-update-20110501/

From history to engineering, philosophy to literature, The Corbett Report presents excerpts from five lectures that will make you think (or re-think) about what you know (and what you don't know).

Kenneth Trentadue was murdered in the Oklahoma City Federal Transfer Center in August, 1995. The authorities ruled it a suicide. Join us this week on The Corbett Report as we explore the incredible story of Jesse Trentadue, Kenney’s brother, who has spent the last two decades working to find out what really happened to his brother…and how it connects to the Oklahoma City Bombing.

TRANSCRIPT AND SOURCES: http://www.corbettreport.com/sunday-update-20110417/

There has been much celebration about the “freedom fever” spreading across the middle east, but is there a larger agenda at play? Join us this week on The Corbett Report as we examine the destabilization happening in these “people’s revolutions” and the steps toward confrontation with China and Russia.

TRANSCRIPT AND SOURCES: http://www.corbettreport.com/sunday-update-20110410/