Once upon a time a health plan was put into law with strong provisions for "mental health." The consequences of that plan destroyed privacy and democracy in America and produced a catastrophic health crisis for all. This story tells how!

Why is the study of human history a study of unending war and not about peace? Why are those of us who seek power so often eager to start wars? Why do those of us who are led so easy to accept war? Can anything be done to change the the stories of war and peace that we currently live by?

Of all the stories humanity has created none is as powerful, life enhancing and ultimately as destructive as our collective god stories. A discussion of the psychological and sociological nature of god stories.

We must feel that we matter, that we are affirmed, needed, loved, respected, make choices and create or else we live in depression, despair, and can become dangerous to ourselves and others.

A discussion of the persistent myths and dishonesty in the field of Psychology and Psychiatry with Louis Wynne and Tracy Alexis.

A discussion about the nature of those we call geniuses and those we call mad or crazy. An analysis of the kind of stories that earn the title genius and those that get a person labeled mad.

A discussion about the fact that so many individuals in power tell the rest of us how to live and then live counter to their sermonizing. The show will include an analysis of the relationship of sex and power from the point of view of evolutionary psychology.

Discussions about selves that feel real and false, about the shaping of selves within various political and religious systems as well as the role of family size and economics in the development of self-systems

A discussion about the nature of the self and how they inevitably change and transform with maturation, trauma, and love.

A discussion of an article in the New York Times Magazine of May 12th 2009 entitled "A Long Journey in the Dark: My Life with Chronic Depression" by Daphne Merkin