Closer To Truth is a continuing television series on PBS[1] and public television originally created, produced and hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn. The first premiere series aired in 2000 for 2 seasons, followed by a second series aired in 2003 for a single season.
The third series of the program, Closer To Truth: Cosmos. Consciousness. Meaning. launched in 2008, with 22 full seasons to date. Kuhn is the creator, executive producer, writer and presenter of the series.[2] Peter Getzels is the co-creator and producer / director.[3]
The show is centered on on-camera conversations with leading scientists, philosophers, theologians, and scholars, covering a diverse range of topics or questions from the size and nature of the universe (or multiverse), to the existence and essence of God, to the mystery of consciousness and the notion of free will.[4]
Episodes
Season 22 (2023)
| No. in Series | No. in Season | Episode Title | Featured Guest / Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 271 | 1 | "Why is Mathematics True & Beautiful?" | Robbert Dijkgraaf, Edward Witten, Max Tegmark, Sabine Hossenfelder, Jim Holt |
| 272 | 2 | "Is Mathematical Truth & Beauty Intrinsic or Imposed?" | Paul Davies, Gregory Chaitin, David Chalmers, Michio Kaku, Licia Verde, David Wallace, Leonard Mlodinow |
| 273 | 3 | "Why the 'Unreasonable Effectiveness' of Mathematics?" | Robbert Dijkgraaf, Edward Witten, Sabine Hossenfelder, Leonard Mlodinow, Max Tegmark |
| 274 | 4 | "What does the 'Unreasonable Effectiveness' of Mathematics Mean?" | Michio Kaku, David Wallace, Michael Hopkins, Stuart Kauffman, Jim Holt, Paul Davies |
| 275 | 5 | "What are Breakthroughs in Mathematics?" | Karen Uhlenbeck, Edward Witten, Michael Hopkins, Ivan Corwin, Gregory Chaitin, Paul Davies |
| 276 | 6 | "What's the Deep Meaning of Probability?" | Ivan Corwin, Licia Verde, Sabine Hossenfelder, David Wallace, Aaron Clauset |
| 277 | 7 | "Why do Power Laws Work so Widely?" | Geoffrey West, Stuart Kauffman, Aaron Clauset |
| 278 | 8 | "Can Mathematics Explain Biology?" | Leon Glass, Martin Nowak, Geoffrey West, Paul Davies, Robbert Dijkgraaf |
| 279 | 9 | "Can Mathematics Elucidate Evolution?" | Paul Davies, Aaron Clauset, Martin Nowak, Stuart Kauffman |
| 280 | 10 | "Roger Penrose: Math, Black Holes, Consciousness" | Roger Penrose, Stuart Hameroff |
Season 21 (2022)
| No. in Series | No. in Season | Episode Title | Featured Guest / Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 258 | 1 | "Freeman Dyson, Part I: From Physics to the Far Future" | Freeman Dyson |
| 259 | 2 | "Freeman Dyson, Part II: Mind, God, Religion" | Freeman Dyson |
| 260 | 3 | "What are Scientific Breakthroughs in Physics?" | Sabine Hossenfelder, Leonard Mlodinow, Edward Witten, Karen Uhlenbeck, Robbert Dijkgraaf |
| 261 | 4 | "What are Scientific Breakthroughs in Biology?" | Geoffrey West, Michio Kaku, Stuart Kauffman, Antonio Damasio, V. S. Ramachandran |
| 262 | 5 | "What is Philosophy of Scientific Breakthroughs?" | Paul Davies, David Chalmers, David Wallace, Jim Holt, John Horgan |
| 263 | 6 | "How do Breakthroughs Happen in Physics?" | Robbert Dijkgraaf, Karen Uhlenbeck, Edward Witten, Gregory Chaitin |
| 264 | 7 | "What is Philosophy of the Breakthrough Process?" | Jim Holt, John Horgan, Michio Kaku, David Wallace, David Chalmers |
| 265 | 8 | "How Do Breakthroughs Happen in Biology?" | Paul Davies, V. S. Ramachandran, Antonio Damasio, Leon Glass, Daniel Chamovitz |
| 266 | 9 | "How to Decipher Deception in Evolution?" | Robert Trivers, Max Tegmark, Jennifer Mather, Daniel Chamovitz |
| 267 | 10 | "How Does Deception Affect Human Behavior?" | Joshua Greene, V. S. Ramachandran, Max Tegmark, Robert Trivers |
| 268 | 11 | "How Do Human Brains Experience Music?" | John Iversen,[5] Mark Tramo, Elizabeth Margulis, Diana Deutsch |
| 269 | 12 | "Can Music Probe Human Mentality?" | Diana Deutsch, Suzanne Hanser, John Iversen, Elizabeth Margulis |
| 270 | 13 | "What Would Transhuman Brains Mean?" | Michio Kaku, Leonard Mlodinow, David Chalmers, Antonio Damasio, V. S. Ramachandran |
Season 20 (2020)
| No. in Series | No. in Season | Episode Title | Featured Guest / Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 248 | 1 | "Art Seeking Understanding I: Foundations" | Justin Barrett, Christopher R. Brewer, David Brown, Anjan Chatterjee, Matthew Milliner, Simone Schnall, W. Christopher Stewart |
| 249 | 2 | "What is Philosophy of Art?" | Gordon Graham, Nicholas Wolterstorff, E. Thomas Lawson, Jean-Luc Jucker, Anjan Chatterjee, Stephan van Erp, Nathan A. Jacobs |
| 250 | 3 | "Can the Brain Explain Art?" | Anjan Chatterjee, Semir Zeki, V.S. Ramachandran, Raymond Tallis, Antonio Damasio |
| 251 | 4 | "Can Art Clarify the Mind-Body Problem?" | Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, W. Christopher Stewart, Gordon Graham, Nathan A. Jacobs, Anjan Chatterjee, Raymond Tallis |
| 252 | 5 | "Can Art Engage Philosophy of Religion?" | W. Christopher Stewart, Nicholas Wolterstorff, E. Thomas Lawson, Nathan A. Jacobs, Stephan van Erp, David Brown |
| 253 | 6 | "Can Art Reveal God's Traits?" | Nicholas Wolterstorff, Gordon Graham, Matthew Milliner, Jonathan Anderson, David Brown |
| 254 | 7 | "Can Art and Knowledge Enhance Each Other?" | Gordon Graham, David Brown, Jonathan Anderson, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Nathan A. Jacobs |
| 255 | 8 | "Did Art and Religion Co-Evolve?" | Justin Barrett, Pascal Boyer, Simone Schnall], E. Thomas Lawson |
| 256 | 9 | "Can Art Probe Creativity?" | Aaron Rosen, Antonius Roberts, Alfonse Borysewicz, Murray Watts, Carl Plantinga |
| 257 | 10 | "Art Seeking Understanding II: Meaning" | Christopher R. Brewer, Justin Barrett, Jonathan Anderson, Judith Wolfe, David Brown, W. Christopher Stewart |
Season 19 (2019)
| No. in Series | No. in Season | Episode Title | Featured Guest / Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 235 | 1 | "What is Philosophy of Cosmology?" | Barry Loewer, Mario Livio, George Ellis, David Albert |
| 236 | 2 | "What is Fine Tuning in Cosmology?" | Geraint Lewis, Luke Barnes, Avi Loeb, Fred Adams, Joseph Silk |
| 237 | 3 | "What is Fine-Tuning in Physics?" | Bernard Carr, Luke Barnes, Avi Loeb, George Ellis |
| 238 | 4 | "Is the Anthropic Principle Significant?" | Bernard Carr, Pedro Ferreira, Avi Loeb, John Peacock, Luke Barnes |
| 239 | 5 | "What is Strong Emergence?" | George Ellis, David Albert, Barry Loewer, Tim Maudlin |
| 240 | 6 | "What Exists II?" | Barry Loewer, David Albert, Luke Barnes, Raymond Tallis, George Ellis |
| 241 | 7 | "Why Anything At All II?" | Tim Maudlin, Mario Livio, George Ellis, David Bentley Hart |
| 242 | 8 | "Epistemology: How Can We Know God?" | Robert Audi, Meghan Sullivan, David Bentley Hart, Menachem Fisch, Bas C. van Fraassen |
| 243 | 9 | "Jesus as God: A Philosophical Inquiry" | Sarah Coakley, N.T. Wright, Oliver Crisp, Eleonore Stump, C. Stephen Evans, Ian McFarland |
| 244 | 10 | "What is the Trinity: A Philosophical Inquiry" | Peter van Inwagen, Oliver Crisp, Michael Rea, Brian Leftow, Richard Swinburne |
| 245 | 11 | "What is the Incarnation: A Philosophical Inquiry" | Richard Swinburne, Ian McFarland. Timothy Pawl, N.T. Wright, John Hick |
| 246 | 12 | "What is the Atonement: A Philosophical Inquiry" | Eleonore Stump, Alan Torrance, Oliver Crisp, Richard Swinburne, N.T. Wright |
| 247 | 13 | "What is Salvation: A Philosophical Inquiry" | Oliver Crisp, Eleonore Stump, Alan Torrance, N.T. Wright |
Season 18 (2017-2018)
| No. in Series | No. in Season | Episode Title | Featured Guest / Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 222 | 1 | "The Multiverse: What's Real?" | Max Tegmark, Laura Mersini-Houghton, Paul Davies, Andreas Albrecht, Alan H. Guth, Anthony Aguirre, Carlo Rovelli |
| 223 | 2 | "Critical Realism in Science and Religion" | Ernan McMullin, Bas C. van Fraassen, Paul Allen, Michael Ruse, Francisco J. Ayala, J. Matthew Ashley |
| 224 | 3 | "Why Consonance in Science and Religion?" | Andrew Pinsent, Francisco J. Ayala, Menachem Fisch, Tom McLeish, Michael Ruse |
| 225 | 4 | "Does Consciousness Require a Radical Explanation?" | Giulio Tononi, David Chalmers, Sean Carroll, Max Tegmark, David Wallace, Bernard Carr, Paul Davies |
| 226 | 5 | "Cosmology and Creation" | Stephen Barr, David Bentley Hart, Nancey Murphy, Tom McLeish, Andrew Pinsent |
| 227 | 6 | "What is Philosophy of Biology?" | Michael Ruse, Francisco J. Ayala, Celia Deane-Drummond, Louis Caruana |
| 228 | 7 | "Epistemology: How Do I Know?" | Robert Audi, Meghan Sullivan, Bas C. van Fraassen, Louis Caruana, David Bentley Hart |
| 229 | 8 | "What is Analytic Theology?" | Oliver Crisp, Sarah Coakley, Michael Rea |
| 230 | 9 | "Being in the World: A Tribute to Hubert Dreyfus" | Hubert L. Dreyfus |
| 231 | 10 | "If God, What's Evolution?" | Michael Ruse, Nancey Murphy, Celia Deane-Drummond, Francisco J. Ayala, Michael Murray |
| 232 | 11 | "What is Extended Mind?" | David Chalmers, Andy Clark, Raymond Tallis |
| 233 | 12 | "God's Sovereignty: A Tribute to Hugh McCann" | Hugh McCann |
| 234 | 13 | "Challenges of Analytic Theology" | Alan Torrance, N.T. Wright, Eleonore Stump, Michael Murray |
Season 17 (2017)
Season 16 (2016)
Season 15 (2015)
Season 14 (2015)
| No. in Series | No. in Season | Episode Title | Featured Guest / Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 170 | 1 | “Can the Mind Heal the Body?" | Deepak Chopra, Rudolph Tanzil, Elissa Epel, Gino Yu, P. Murali Doraiswamy |
| 171 | 2 | “Is God Responsible for Evil" | Dean Zimmerman, Holmes Rolston III, Jesse Couenhoven, John Bishop, Keith Ward |
| 172 | 3 | “What is Information" | Max Tegmark, Paul Davies, Seth Lloyd, Giulio Tononi, Scott Aaronson |
| 173 | 4 | “Can Design Point to God?" | Owen Gingerich, Ernan McMullin, Colin McGinn, Paul Davies |
| 174 | 5 | “What is Truth?" | Simon Blackburn, Raymond Tallis, John Hawthorne, John Hick, Michael Shermer |
| 175 | 6 | “Does Information Create the Cosmos?" | Seth Lloyd, Sean Carroll, Raphael Bousso, Alan Guth, Christof Koch |
| 176 | 7 | “Why Body in a Resurrection?" | Eleonore Stump, Dean Zimmerman, Peter Van Inwagen, Eric Steinhart |
| 177 | 8 | “Must Multiple Universes Exist?" | Alexander Vilenkin, Alan Guth, Raphael Bousso, Max Tegmark, Don Page, Paul Davies |
| 178 | 9 | “Toward a Science of Consciousness?" | Stuart Hameroff, David Chalmers, John Searle, Daniel Dennett, Deepak Chopra, Susan Blackmore, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein |
| 179 | 10 | “Big Questions in Free Will Part 1" | Alfred Mele, Galen Strawson, John Searle, Peter Van Inwagen, Christof Koch, Uri Maoz, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Thalia Wheatley, Peter Tse |
| 180 | 11 | “Big Questions in Free Will Part 2" | Bertram Malle, Eddy Nahmias, Roy Baumeister, Patrick Haggard, Adina Roskies, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Alfred Mele |
| 181 | 12 | “Can Free Will Survive God's Foreknowledge?" | Dean Zimmerman, David Hunt, Katherin Rogers, Jesse Couenhoven |
| 182 | 13 | "How Can God Not Be Free?" | Michael Almeida, Hugh McCann, Matthews Grant, David Hunt |
Season 13 (2014)
Season 12 (2013)
Season 11 (2013)
Season 10 (2012)
Season 9 (2012)
Season 8 (2011)
Season 7 (2011)
Season 6 (2010)
Season 5 (2010)
Season 4 (2009)
Season 3 (2009)
Season 2 (2008)
Season 1 (2008)
Roundtables (2000-2003)
Season 3 (2003)
| No. in Series | No. in Season | Episode Title | Featured Guest / Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Is Science Fiction Science?" | Michael Crichton, David Brin, Octavia Butler |
| 2 | 2 | "Can We Believe in Both Science and Religion?" | Nancey Murphy, Muzaffar Iqbal, Michael Shermer |
| 3 | 3 | "How Does the Autistic Brain Work?" | Eric Courchesne, Eric Shuman, Terry Sejnowski, Tito Mukhopadhyay, Soma Mukhopadhyay, Portia Iversen |
| 4 | 4 | "How Weird is the Cosmos?" | David Goodstein, Alan Guth, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Roger Blandford |
| 5 | 5 | "Microbes - Friend or Foe" | Agnes Day, Paul Ewald, Alice Huang, Lucy Shapiro |
| 6 | 6 | "How Does Order Arise in the Universe?" | Murray Gell-Mann, David Baltimore |
| 7 | 7 | "Why is Music So Significant?" | Jeanne Bamberger, Robert Freeman, Mark Jude Tramo |
| 8 | 8 | "Will Computers Take a Quantum Leap?" | David DiVincenzo, Seth Lloyd, Birgitta Whaley |
| 9 | 9 | "Does Psychiatry Have a Split Personality?" | Nancy Andreasen, Robert Epstein, Peter Loewenberg |
| 10 | 10 | "How Does Basic Science Defend America?" | Steven Koonin, Llewellyn “Doc” Dougherty, David Herrelko |
| 11 | 11 | "Who Gets to Validate Alternative Medicine?" | Hyla Cass, William Jarvis, Daniel Labriola, Wallace Sampson |
| 12 | 12 | "Is Consciousness Definable?" | Joseph Bogen, Christof Koch, Leslie Brothers, Stuart Hameroff |
| 13 | 13 | "Is the Universe Full of Life?" | Shri Kulkarni, Bruce Murray, Neil deGrasse Tyson |
| 14 | 14 | "Can Religion Withstand Technology?" | Donald Miller, Muzaffar Iqbal, Michael Shermer |
| 15 | 15 | "Testing New Drugs: Are People Guinea Pigs?" | Alexander Capron, Andrea Kovacs, Robert Temple |
Season 2 (2000)
| No. in Series | No. in Season | Episode Title | Featured Guest / Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 1 | "Can We Imagine the Far Future—Year 3000?" | Edward de Bono, Bart Kosko, Graham T. T. Molitor, Bruce Murray |
| 16 | 2 | "How Do Breakthroughs Change Science?" | Neil deGrasse Tyson, Timothy Ferris, Francisco Ayala, Patricia Smith Churchland, Rochel Gelman |
| 17 | 3 | "How Does Creativity Work at Work?" | Stephen J. Cannell, Ray Kurzweil, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Robert Freeman, John Kao |
| 18 | 4 | "Do Brains Make Minds?" | David Chalmers, John Searle, Marilyn Schlitz, Fred Alan Wolf, Barry Beyerstein |
| 19 | 5 | "Will Gene Therapy Change the Human Race?" | Francisco Ayala, French Anderson, Sherwin Nuland, Gregory Stock, Allan Tobin |
| 20 | 6 | "Why are Music and Art So Exhilarating?" | Ray Kurzweil, Rhoda Janzen, Todd Boyd, Todd Siler, Robert Freeman |
| 21 | 7 | "Why is Quantum Physics So Beautiful?" | Leon Lederman, Andrei Linde, Steve Koonin, Gregory Benford, Charles Buchanan |
| 22 | 8 | "How Did We Think in the Last Millennium?" | Edward de Bono, Graham T. T. Molitor, Bruce Murray, Edward Feigenbaum, Sherwin Nuland |
| 23 | 9 | "Who Needs Sex Therapy?" | Cliff Penner, Joyce Penner, Sherwin Nuland, Paul Abramson, Vern Bullough |
| 24 | 10 | "How Does Technology Transform Society?" | Francis Fukuyama, Marvin Minsky, George Kozmetsky, Gregory Benford, Gregory Stock |
| 25 | 11 | "Can You Learn to Be Creative?" | Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, John Kao, Todd Siler, Rhoda Janzen |
| 26 | 12 | "What is Parapsychology?" | James Trefil, Dean Radin, Barry Beyerstein, Marilyn Schlitz, Charles Tart |
| 27 | 13 | "Will This Universe Ever End?" | Leon Lederman, Wendy Freedman, Andrei Linde, Nancey Murphy, Frank Tipler |
| 28 | 14 | "Will Intelligence Fill This Universe?" | Leon Lederman, Francisco Ayala, Bruce Murray, Frank Tipler, Gregory Benford |
Season 1 (2000)
References
- ↑ "Closer to Truth". NHPBS.org. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ "Robert Lawrence Kuhn « Chopra". Chopra.com. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ "Reel Life". Bethesdamagazine.com. 2013-08-26. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ↑ "Closer to Truth: Episodes Season 21". TV Guide. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ↑ "John Iversen Official Website".
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