Pictures Out There!
Dave Fogleman and Lee Stuart
Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, Malala Yousafzai, Greta Thunberg, Cesar Chavez, John Lennon and Yoko Ono... Why do we remember their words so well? And why do they resonate with many of us over long periods of time? A common thread is that they each effectively have ‘painted’ bold and audacious Pictures of a future of possibilities and hope, of a promising tomorrow that inspires each of us to take action. “Pictures Out There!” explores the opportunities we all have every day to ambitiously create our own Pictures of the future that will effectively inspire us to act toward t...
Episodes
“Wisdom with Our Votes” (Part One)
After this series, we think that you won’t ever look at voting the same way again! We think that you’ll look at your vote in a fresh new way that is uniquely true to you. Your vote will reflect what you really want and believe in for yourself, for your world, and for other people. This voting approach also paves the way for a true live-and-let-live democracy for all of us, where we can all freely thrive with harm to none!
“The Fascist Playbook – Rewriting History”
Many around the globe who seek more power attempt to rewrite history to justify their social and political opinions and actions. Truth is truth and facts are facts, but an intentionally false rewrite of the past has sometimes been effective in powering fascist movements.How is such a rewrite of history done? In today’s world, how can it be nullified and neutralized?
“Helping Each Other is Smart! Not Helping Each Other? Not So Much…” (Part 2)
Does helping each other within our nation really make good sense? Should we establish social policies that help those who most need it? Or is that a bad idea? Data and facts provide a very clear answer! Please join us at Spotify, Apple, and picturesoutthere.com !
“Helping Each Other is Smart! Not Helping Each Other? Not So Much…” (Part 1)
Welcome to our first podcast of Season 6 of the Pictures Out There podcast series! We call it, “Helping Each Other is Smart! Not Helping Each Other? Not So Much…” (Part 1). So… Does helping another person, or letting them help us, make good sense? What about helping each other within a family?… or with our closest friends?… or with the people where we work or share activities?… or within our city or state? Does helping each other make good sense? What about helping each other within our nation? Does THAT really make good sense?! Please join us at Spotify, Apple, and picturesoutthere.com
“Resilience and Ridin’ the Waves on the Road to Our Pictures!”
Ahh… The "waves” of life! Our level of resilience ends up being a huge impact on our lives as we ride along, and it significantly shapes how successful we are in living our ideals and pictures. How do we best stay resilient in the face of today’s challenges? Please join us at Spotify, Apple, and picturesoutthere.com
“Real and True History… Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow!”
Accurate histories give us the right lessons to learn. Those lessons help make our present-day activities positive and productive. They also help us move efficiently and effectively toward our pictures and ideals for the future. We discuss that, and all of the implications!
“5-Years Later… An Update on Our Picture for AI”
A LOT has happened in those 5 years! Are there new insights to gain on where the evolution of AI might be headed in our world, from experts and from software coders themselves? And is our AI Picture from 5 years ago still on target? Let's chat about it!
"Act Locally!"
The twin of “Think Globally”, maintaining an “Act Locally” mindset for our life, perspectives, and actions is powerful! Every loving and helpful action we take, large or small, makes a world of difference. Each action sends out a positive ripple, from where we each live, that changes the world!
“Think Globally!”
Maintaining a global mindset for our Pictures, Ideals, perspectives, and life is helpful and powerful! We can then take our best actions at any level we choose…local, regional, or global. Every loving and helpful action we take, large or small, makes a difference and sends out a positive ripple to the whole world. Let’s talk about it! Please join us at Spotify, Apple, and picturesoutthere.com
“A New World Order on the Way to A Picture for Government”
Amid the current political crisis in the United States, have we just witnessed a major step toward a wonderful Picture for global government in the future? It might have just happened! And it's courtesy of Canada’s Prime Minister.
"I'm Me AND I'm We?"
Universal consciousness is the idea that there is a single awareness or “mind” underlying all life. This increasingly popular concept suggests that everything in our world is connected, rather than the customary belief that each individual person possesses a separate, autonomous mind. Have you ever experienced times of feeling this connection to everyone and everything? Embracing the idea could change our world! Please join us at Spotify, Apple, and picturesoutthere.com !
“New Politics, a New Party, and an Old Pledge”
What about the Pledge of Allegiance? What about “and to the republic for which it stands…”? What about ”and liberty and justice for all”? We agree with Trump that the name “Republicans” isn’t accurate any more for his “going forward from this point” followers. But we want to suggest a more accurate and useful name for his going-forward party instead of his suggestion of “Trumplicans”, or the inaccurate MAGA slogan. Join us as we very logically and unemotionally share that accurate new name for his going-forward party of followers, and what we can logically expect in the future from Trump and the 1% of the American people that he actually cares about. Please join us at Spotify, Apple, and picturesoutthere.com !
Micro-Cultures... What an opportunity!!
Hi and Happy Holidays!Today’s podcast #8 is about all the unique cultures we can enjoy in our human future! We call them Micro-Cultures. Live and let live, harm to none, and the Golden Rule…oh my! What if we could each live in the culture and communities of our dreams… living freely, equally, and authentically… Sound good?Let’s talk about it!Please join us at Apple, Spotify, and picturesoutthere.com
Driving Our Best Lives and Balancing ‘We and Me'
It’s always good to use reflection and introspection to help drive our best lives to the destination of our dreams, taking good care of our real, truest, and best self along the way. Let’s talk about it!Please join us at Apple, Spotify, and picturesoutthere.com
Empathy is the Gateway to Real and Lasting Joy!
“Empathy is the Gateway to Real and Lasting Joy!”. That’s right, Empathy is actually the best path to real Joy in life!There are two sides to the “Empathy Coin”…the more-familiar “giving side”, but also a life-changing “receiving side”. The more empathy we give to others, the more real joy we receive that comes into our hearts and into our lives. Pretty amazing!Please join us at Apple, Spotify, and picturesoutthere.com
Let’s Replace Shouting Our Opinions with Having Meaningful Conversations.
Let’s Replace Shouting Our Opinions with Having Meaningful Conversations.“That’s not true!” “You’re wrong!”“Fake news!”These phrases are heard too often in today’s conversations, particularly political ones. What if we, instead, tackled today’s tough challenges by setting aside the shouting, the interrupting, and the belittling, and began to really engage in meaningful conversations?Let’s talk about it! Please join us at Apple, Spotify, and picturesoutthere.com
Empathy and Action in the Face of Violence…When will we choose being fully human?
Here’s Season 5 Podcast #4 of the Pictures Out There podcast series, “Empathy and Action in the Face of Violence…When will we choose being fully human?” We humans have had a tendency to choose violence with each other. What is the real truth about our level of violence? How would aliens and sentient AI objectively assess us? Will we ever choose full empathy with each other, and choose to be fully human? Please join us at Apple, Spotify, and picturesoutthere.com
Science and Our Search for Truth!
Here’s Season 5 podcast #3 of the Pictures Out There podcast series. We call this episode“Science and Our Search for Truth!” Science in our current culture is in a fragile state. We seem to be deeply divided and conflicted about its place in our lives. Does it provide truth or not? What is science’s value to us?Let’s talk about it!Please join us at Apple, Spotify, and picturesoutthere.com
Time To Wise Up Again!
Here’s this season’s podcast #2 and we call it “Time to Wise Up Again”. Yep, we’ll walk through creating the life-changing habit of moving from ignorance to knowledge to wisdom. We’ll visit about that and the new implications for our emerging partnership with our AI friends!Please join us at Apple, Spotify, and picturesoutthere.com
Signs, signs...everywhere a sign!
Woohoo! Season 5 of the Pictures Out There podcast series is here. It’s podcast #1 of the season and we are jazzed!Signs… Signs of all kinds. We humans use “signs” a lot. What do they mean and what are they used for? When are they good, and when are they bad? Let’s kick the season off, and talk it out! Please join us at Apple, Spotify, and picturesoutthere.com
Reflecting on the year and season that was!
Welcome to the Pictures Out There podcast series and episode #16, our final podcast of Season 4. Four years in, we’re taking a reflective look at where we are today with the pictures and ideals concepts. It’s the end of the season, and a good time for some reflection…serious, funny, and everything in-between. Please join us at Apple, Spotify, and picturesoutthere.com
Micro-Cultures! What a concept!
Micro-Cultures! It’s a wonderful concept and picture for the future that allows each of us to peacefully and joyfully express our unique selves, while doing harm to no one. Combined with Equality for All, it beautifully brings our Ideal of We’re the Same and We’re Unique to life for our future world. Join us on Apple, Spotify, and picturesoutthere.com !
The Beautiful "Streams" of human expression!
There are “streams” of personal expression, the experience of living, innovation, and change that are as old as humanity, and that bind the past, present, and future together. Music, theatre, drama, comedy, art, fiction, non-fiction, philosophy, science, spirituality, and more! These "streams" are there for us to learn and to enjoy. And we can jump into any of them ourselves! We can "swim" in them and participate in that timeless experience. Let’s chat about it!
The Magic of the Storytelling of our Lives!
We humans love Storytelling and its magic! We love to tell our stories. And we can really enjoy and benefit from the stories of other people in our lives, and from people that we meet. Their stories are enjoyable to hear and give us new perspectives!Join us today for some real-life stories that shaped the lives of a small-town boy and a big-city suburban boy!
Equality for All, and the new Coalition of Inequality!
Welcome to Season 4, podcast #12, and the finale in our four-podcast arc on Equality for All! We have a new Coalition of Inequality here in the U.S. in 2025. How should we think about its emergence? How should we live and act in the face of it, and how should we react to events that may now occur? We’ll share our best Ideal and Picture-driven thoughts! Please join us on Apple, Spotify, and picturesoutthere.com
Equality for All, and a societal addiction to inequality!
Welcome to Season 4, podcast #11, and the third in our four-podcast arc on Equality for All! We chat about how voting Coalitions of Inequality get cobbled together to win elections, why they always fail in time, and the human damage and destruction that is consistently left in their wake. Why have we continued to try a human society of inequality instead of just one time simply trying Equality for All? Please join us on Apple, Spotify, and picturesoutthere.com !
Equality for All, and the Inevitable Failure of Inequality!
Equality for All is the right thing to do. Inequality in all of its endless forms, permutations, and coalitions, is just wrong.But beyond that truth…political, social, and economic systems based on Inequality always end up failing! Yet, as a species, we keep trying some new flavor of Inequality, instead of just simply one time trying Equality for All.Beyond it being wrong, some simple math also shows us that inequality will never sustainably “work”. It will always fail. Always has, always will!Please join us as we chat about the Math of Equality for All in the second part of this four podcast arc on Apple, Spotify, and picturesoutthere.com !
Equality for All! Part 1 of 4!
We begin a fun and insightful 3-podcast arc on one of our most important Pictures for the future, Equality for All! Why have humans always chosen to create Coalitions of Inequality that have a perfect record of ultimately failing? Why do we choose these coalitions of inequality that leave such immense human damage and misery in their wake every time? Is Equality for All still available for humanity? Is it just waiting for us to try it? Absolutely, and its ultimate triumph over inequality is inevitable! Please join us for some new insights on Apple, Spotify, and picturesoutthere.com
Happy New Year, with our Ideals and Pictures!
Happy New Year!! As we welcome 2025, Lee and Dave share how our Pictures and our Ideals in unison support and complement each other toward a brighter future. And by just doing our part, simply living our Ideals toward our Pictures helps to harmoniously make all of our Pictures happen! Please join us on Apple, Spotify and at picturesoutthere.com !
Our Picture for AI... Revisited!
Welcome to the Pictures Out There podcast series with Lee Stuart and Dave Fogleman! This is Season 4, Podcast #7.Ai is an avalanche of change, and we experience more of that avalanche every single day. What’s our picture for AI, and what are some of the fascinating possibilities? Please join us at Apple, Spotify, and at picturesoutthere.com !
How should we process the recent U. S. election?
Welcome to Podcast #6 in Season 4 of the Pictures Out There podcast series! How do we process the results of the recent U.S. elections through the emotional change cycle, and then move forward? Do the results change our Ideals, our values, or our Pictures for the future? When do we actually “win” with our vote? What are our personal reflections that affirm who we each are as we move forward? Join us at Apple, Spotify, and picturesoutthere.com !
The world of Science...one of the beacons of human hope!
Welcome to Podcast #5 in Season 4 of the Pictures Out There podcast series! Here in the fall of 2024, we lift up and rise up from our tumultuous current events to talk about some incredible things happening in the world of science. It is a gift, and can bring a calming balance to our life, if we keep our eyes on all of the wonderful possibilities for the future that science offers. And there are some truly amazing things going on in the universe of science! Join us at Apple, Spotify, and picturesoutthere.com
A New World of Trust and Truth!
Welcome to our 100th podcast in the Pictures Out There podcast series! We live in a New World of Trust and Truth. Does being trustworthy matter anymore? Does telling and sharing the truth matter anymore? Does it matter in our relationships? In our jobs? In our politics? How do we thrive in this New World? Join us on our exploration of the new world of Trust and Truth, and how we move forward with joy and hope!
Living comfortably and with care, through math of all things!
Welcome to Season 4 and Chat #3 in the Pictures Out There podcast series! With the income that we and others receive, our “community of caring” shapes and dictates our public policy and voting decisions. How many of us “live comfortably” today? How many of us could “live comfortably” if we just applied a little math along with a dose of kindness, help, and hope for our neighbors and our larger community?Please join us on Apple, Spotify, and at picturesoutthere.com !
Love our neighbor?! Just who is our neighbor?
Welcome to Season 4 and Chat #2 in the Pictures Out There podcast series! From sports and games to spirituality, our personal sense of our “community” shapes and dictates our lives. Some variation of “love thy neighbor” is core to the largest religions. So who do we think is our “neighbor”? And who is in our own personal “community of caring”…and why? Please join us on Apple, Spotify, and at picturesoutthere.com !
Sports, games, and community... Let's Play!
We’re back! Welcome to Season 4 and Chat #1 in the Pictures Out There podcast series! Community is such an important concept in shaping our pictures, our ideals, and our perspectives. What is the impact of the sports and games that we love on our own personal sense of community? Let’s explore, and have some fun doing it! Please join us on Apple, Spotify, and at picturesoutthere.com !
What Do We For Sure Really Know?
Welcome to Season 3 and Chat #32 of the Pictures Out There podcast series! In our last podcast we talked about the joy of all the things that we don’t know or aren’t sure about. So in this life and world of ours, are there things that we absolutely do know? Sure there are! Let’s explore!
The Beauty of "I Don't Know" and "I'm Not Sure"!
After “I love you”, are the most beautiful three words in our language “I don’t know” or “I’m not sure”? Maybe! What are questions where we can joyfully answer “I don’t know” or "I'm not sure"? Let’s explore!
Heroes talking bravely about the way it really is with Equality!
Welcome to Season 3 and Chat #30 in the Pictures Out There podcast series! Today we revisit the Equality for All Movement, and talk about Cecilia Payne, America Ferrera, Amanda Gorman, as well as exploring a simple solution for reparations. Please join us on Apple, Spotify and at picturesoutthere.com !
Staying True to Your Real and True Self!
Welcome to Season 3 and Chat #29 in the Pictures Out There podcast series! Staying true to your real and true self can be a challenge, but it’s doable. Keeping a sense of humor in even the most difficult circumstances helps. We visit about that and also take a look at some important trends in education, with lifelong learning a key to discovering your real and true self, and then staying true to it! Please join us on Apple, Spotify and at picturesoutthere.com
Change, change, change... what to do with it?!
Welcome to Season 3 and Chat #28 in the Pictures Out There podcast series! If you want to think about change, or how to manage or lead change, then you’ve come to the right place. Today, Lee and Dave chat about how we can adroitly drive positive change in our daily life, our jobs, with our families and friends, and within ourselves. Expertly handling, managing, and leading change is important fuel toward really living our own dreams, Pictures, and Ideals! Please join us on Apple, Spotify and at picturesoutthere.com
Coach us up!
Welcome to Season 3 and Chat #27 in the Pictures Out There podcast series. We constantly coach others and are coached by others, in all sorts of settings and venues. There’s coaching in our jobs… With our family or friends… Sometimes with people we’ve just met. Wanna do a little thinkin’ about how best to coach or be coached? You’ve come to the right place, ‘cause we’ve got a few thoughts on that! Please join us on Apple, Spotify and at picturesoutthere.com
Carbon and Water... Pretty Basic Stuff!
Welcome to Season 3 in the Pictures Out There podcast series and Chat #26. The carbon footprint of the uber-wealthy, groundwater drying up in the U.S., Howard Zinn, Ursula LeGuin, and more… All receive mention and attention today! Please join us on Apple, Spotify and at picturesoutthere.com
Humor! Always Time for a Good Laugh!
Welcome to Season 3 in the Pictures Out There podcast series and Chat #25! Humor! The power to make us laugh and to think about the future, our Pictures, and our Ideals… Steven Wright, George Carlin, Fredric Brown, and even a very satirical and amateur attempt at improvisation by Lee and Dave! Please join us on Apple, Spotify and at picturesoutthere.com
Homelessness and Hope!
Welcome to Season 3 in the Pictures Out There podcast series and Chat #24! Houston, homelessness, math, hope, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, opportunities for societal and personal Change, Marie Curie, and more…all receive mention and attention today! Please join us on Apple, Spotify and at picturesoutthere.com
Sharing Power... the Road to Real Leadership!
Welcome to Season 3 in the Pictures Out There podcast series and Chat #23! The Sporting KC Soccer team, sharing power, real leadership, humility, everyone matters, and more… All receive mention and attention today! Please join us on Apple, Spotify and at picturesoutthere.com
In Any Difficulty, Hope Can Live On!
Welcome to Season 3 in the Pictures Out There podcast series and Chat #22! Our Pictures and Ideals can guide us on how best to respond to even the most difficult public figures we encounter, while keeping our hope and optimism intact. Equality for All, Catch-22, Debbie Dingell, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and more receive mention and attention today, as hope lives on! Please join us on Apple, Spotify and at picturesoutthere.com
Curiosity and Lifelong Learning!
Welcome to Season 3 in the Pictures Out There podcast series, and Chat #21! Curiosity, Listening, Question Asking, Storytelling, and Lifelong Learning... Erich Fromm, Plato, Rick Warren, Sam Gamgee, and more… all receive mention and attention today! Please join us on Apple, Spotify and at picturesoutthere.com !
Spirituality and Creation!
Welcome to Season 3 in the Pictures Out There podcast series, and Chat #20! Spirituality and creation… how small we are by ourselves… how big we are when we see our real connections… Carl Sagan, the James Webb Telescope, Kurt Vonnegut, the mud that stands up, and more… all receive mention and attention today! Please join us on Apple, Spotify and at picturesoutthere.com !
Gather 'round for master storyteller Lee!
Welcome to Chat #19 of Season 3 in the Pictures Out There podcast series! Everybody present and future gather ‘round, aliens and AI life forms included, and listen to two more wonderful childhood stories from master storyteller Lee Stuart! Lee’s stories will make you cry, make you laugh, and leave you with a lot to think about. Please join us on Apple, Spotify and at picturesoutthere.com !