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13 Episodes 2014 - 2014
Episode 1
Mon, Mar 3, 201427 mins
Some scientists claim that the universe did not have a beginning. Some theologians contend that the universe did not need a beginning.
Episode 2
Mon, Mar 10, 201427 mins
Physically, humans and animals seem similar. Mentally, humans seem so superior. What's so special about human nature?
Episode 3
Mon, Mar 17, 201427 mins
God is said to be all-powerful, all-knowing, all-good. But what is God's private mental life? Can we appreciate God as a Supreme Being?
Episode 4
Mon, Mar 24, 201427 mins
I hope God exists, which is why I listen to atheists and follow their arguments. If hope trumps reason I may be entombed in false belief.
Episode 5
Mon, Mar 31, 201427 mins
Is the self an illusion? Decades roll by; every molecule of my body changes many times. Yet I sense myself the same-continuous, a unity. How can this be?
Episode 6
Mon, Apr 7, 201427 mins
Does God exist? What are God's attributes and traits? How to examine such questions about God? Can philosophy provide insights about God?
Episode 7
Mon, Apr 14, 201427 mins
Why do we spend so much of our lives not awake? What do sleeping and dreaming reveal about consciousness?
Episode 8
Mon, Apr 21, 201427 mins
Does cosmic fine tuning demand explanation? The universe works for us because of deep physical laws. But if the values of these laws would much change, then all we see and know could not exist.
Episode 9
Mon, Apr 28, 201427 mins
Why obsess about free will? Free will probes consciousness, examines what it means to pick, choose, select, decide. But some say that 'free will' is just a trick of the brain.
Episode 10
Mon, May 5, 201427 mins
Is God, if there is a God, a personal, conscious, all-powerful supreme being? Some offer radically different concepts of "God."
Episode 11
Mon, May 12, 201427 mins
The search for God leads to strange ideas. Panentheism claims that the world is in God but God is more than the world. Can this new kind of God make sense?
Episode 12
Mon, May 19, 201427 mins
What if nothing ever existed? Scientists claim that the universe came from nothing. But what's the nature of nothing? That's where the confusion lies.
Episode 13
Mon, May 26, 201427 mins
Why is there a world, a cosmos, something-instead of absolutely nothing at all? Of all the big questions, this is the biggest. Why? What can we learn from "Nothing"?