Alan explains the new title of the show, "Political Dharma," and  discusses his five-point agenda for social reconstruction. He also gives  a preview of his ideas about how to actually bring the agenda into  being.

Alan discusses the ethical organization of social relations, focusing on the political and economic aspects of social life. For governance he defends the creation of a true democracy with limits on government protect individual rights. For economic organizations he defends the right of workers to act collectively without government permission and the restriction of corporate privileges only to organizations that are non-profit or worker-controlled.

Alan explains the importance of ethical concepts in working for social change, and focuses on what an ethical system of property relations could look like.

Alan compares the role of the U.S. in the current crisis in Ukraine with its use of power in the war in Vietnam over a half century ago. He  talks about the two "faces" of power, one obvious and one more hidden, and what we can learn from the latter about governance and politics.

Alan  explains his concept of "small-government socialism," and how it  differs from the strategies of Marxist socialism on one side and  libertarian socialism on the other.

Alan talks about the political implications of calls for the government  to reduce inflation. He assesses some of the causes of current  inflation, the remedies proposed for it, and the power dynamics behind  these proposals.

Alan talks about the ongoing process of social collapse in the U.S., the  three possible outcomes of this, and what could be done about the  situation. (Slightly edited recording of episode livestreamed Saturday,  Feb. 5, 2022.)

Alan reveals some upcoming changes for this show: a name change, live episodes Saturday mornings on YouTube, and moving from presenting ideas to finding ways to act on them.

Alan sums up Season 1 of this podcast and talks about political strategy for creating a better world: avoiding binary choices, our lack of control over the future, and the spirituality of political action.

Alan interviews Marco Dondi, the author of the new book "Outgrowing  Capitalism." They talk about Modern Monetary Theory, the idea that public spending "crowds out" private investments, tools for managing the money supply, a Universal Basic Income's effect on the money supply, whether economics is a science, and other topics. (Part 2 of  two.)