The industrial revolution began around 1900. As nuclear families began to move away to larger cities for work, one of the major consequences was some loss of the centrality of the extended family. How can we as a society reclaim the importance of the elders' wisdom and how do we as the elders understand and respectfully convey what they need to hear.

What roles do the lives, histories, and stories of the older generation play in the lives of the younger generation? Have we lost something important by not remembering the wisdom of our elders or are their stories no longer relevant in this modern and fast changing world?

We continue our discussion on the subject of trust. We talk about those people and those larger agencies that have done things that have created a lack of trust and how the loss of trust can be used to manipulate. Can we forgive? Should we forgive? What can those others do or say that will make us feel safe enough again to offer trust? We discuss apologies and the willingness to admit fault on the altar of regaining trust.

Who doyou trust? Who do you not trust? Who have you lost trust in? How important isit to have trust in relationships and also with entities like the medical community and so on? These are the questions that Ken, Larry, and Raleigh beginto tackle in this episode. This is part one of what we believe is a discussion on an important topic.

In this episode, James Fowler's and Lawrence Kohlberg's theories on the development of moral reasoning set the frame around our discussion of how thinking and moral constructs change over time - or not! Is growth/change inevitable? Do we have to let go of old ideas and beliefs, even those that brought comfort in the past? Why are these sorts of changes scary but also why is never allowing for challenges, doubts, and questions at least as scary, if not more so?

In his song The Secret of Life, James Taylor wrote that "It's okay to feel afraid but don't let it stand in your way." In this episode of Exploracast, we acknowledge and discuss the fears that are in all of us and those that are exacerbated by the very nature of society and government

This talking stuff can be hard! In this episode, Ken, Larry and Raleigh deal with some of the necessary components of genuine civil discourse. They discuss how to create safe spaces for being vulnerable and the necessary courage it takes for others and ourselves to take that risk, especially when we disagree.

I am convinced that men hate each other because they fear each other. They fear each other because they don't know each other, and they don't know each other because they don't communicate with each other, and they don't communicate with each other because they are separated from each other.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.