Alex O'Connor on God, Faith and Philosophy
What do we mean when we talk about God—and how far can philosophy take us in answering the deepest questions of religion? In this wide-rangi...
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Closer To Truth presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions in Cosmos, Consciousness, and Meaning.
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20 of 319 episodesGeorge Smoot on Dark Matter, Cosmology and Gravitational Lensing
How can we measure the universe—and determine what it is made of? Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist George Smoot joins Robert Lawrence Kuhn...
David Brin on the Future of Humanity
What might humanity look like decades, millennia—or even millions of years—from now? Science-fiction author and futurist David Brin joins Ro...
Michio Kaku on The God Equation
Could a single theory explain the fundamental workings of the universe? Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku joins Robert Lawrence Kuhn to disc...
Woodenfish Forum on Buddhism, Science & Future — Landscape of Consciousness — Robert Lawrence Kuhn
Can your theory of consciousness determine your answers to the biggest questions in philosophy, science, and religion — AI sentience, life a...
How do Brains Work?
Everything we know, everything we think, comes from our brain. Are brains our window to reality, seeing what truly exists? Or are we bound b...
Celia Deane-Drummond on the Evolution of Wisdom and the Nature of Evil
Celia Deane-Drummond talks the evolution of wisdom, COVID-19 and the boundary between natural and moral evil, Christian theology, and redeem...
What Would Multiple Universes Mean?
Is there more than one universe? According to current cosmology, our entire gigantic universe is only one of innumerable universes, each uni...
What is Nothing?
What is “nothing”? What does it mean for nothing to exist—or for nothing to have ever existed? In this episode, Robert Lawrence Kuhn explore...
Saleem Ali on Natural Laws and Human Life
How do natural laws shape human societies? In this conversation, Saleem Ali discusses Earthly Order: How Natural Laws Define Human Life, exp...
Mario Livio on Galileo, Science Denial, and the Future of the Universe
What can Galileo still teach us about science, truth, and discovery? In this conversation, Mario Livio discusses Galileo’s scientific legacy...
Gregg Caruso on Free Will: Philosophy and Moral Responsibility
Do we really have free will? In this conversation, Gregg Caruso explores the philosophy of free will, moral responsibility, determinism, com...
Wendy Freedman on the Hubble Constant, Standard Candles, and Cosmology
How do we measure the expansion of the universe? In this conversation, Wendy Freedman discusses the Hubble constant, standard candles, redsh...
Michael Ruse on Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, and Philosophy of Biology
What does evolution imply about human nature and human value? In this conversation, Michael Ruse explores the philosophy of biology, the mec...
Thomas Hertog on the Origin of Time
How did the universe begin—and what determines the laws of physics we observe? In this conversation, Thomas Hertog discusses On the Origin o...
David Chalmers on Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy
Can virtual worlds be genuinely real? In this conversation, David Chalmers explores the philosophical implications of virtual reality, simul...
Anil Seth on a New Science of Consciousness
In this conversation, Anil Seth discusses a new scientific approach to consciousness — moving beyond the traditional “hard problem” toward e...
Why Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology?
Why do we need philosophy to understand evolution? Robert Lawrence Kuhn explores the philosophy of evolutionary biology — not just how evolu...
Arnold Zuboff on Why You Are Every Conscious Being
What if the boundaries between you and every other conscious being are an illusion? Philosopher Arnold Zuboff makes the case for Universalis...
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein on The Mattering Instinct
Philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein introduces the idea of the “mattering instinct”—the deep human drive to see our lives as significant...