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Closer to Truth Season 17 Episodes
Season 17 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2017 - 2017
Episode 1
Death Disrupted?
Thu, Feb 12, 202626 mins
Religions offer life after death. Many people are skeptical. Evidence for post-mortem survival? Again, skeptics abound. Can death ever be defeated? Are these possible ways?
Episode 2
How Does Faith Work?
Thu, Feb 12, 202626 mins
Can God be known only by faith? What is faith? What does faith feel like? Can faith be actionable, practical? Describing faith is one thing; having faith, quite another.
Episode 3
How Does the Subconscious Affect Us?
Thu, Feb 12, 202626 mins
There is more to our mental lives than the current content of our awareness. Our subconscious affects what we sense, think, feel and do. How does the subconscious work its magic?
Episode 4
Can Metaphysics Discern God I?
Thu, Feb 12, 202626 mins
How to think about God rationally, logically, profoundly, critically? Have no illusion that metaphysics can find God, but can a kind of progress be made?
Episode 5
Can Metaphysics Discern God II?
Thu, Feb 12, 202626 mins
Metaphysics seeks insights into fundamental features of existence. It does not depend on human emotions or personal testimonies. When metaphysics focuses on God, what happens?
Episode 6
What is God's Own Being?
Thu, Feb 12, 2026
To what kind of entity does the word "God" refer? What is this God that all worship or dismiss? What, supposedly, is God's nature? What are God's traits?
Episode 7
A Tribute to Huston Smith
Thu, Feb 12, 202626 mins
Huston Smith, world religion scholar and seeker of the Divine in diverse religions, died on December 30, 2016. We had the privilege of discussing God, spirit, soul, eternal life, judgment, existence.
Episode 8
Observing Quanta, Observing Nature
Thu, Feb 12, 202626 mins
Why is an observer key to quantum physics? Does the act of observation affect what exists and what happens in the external world? Why is Observation in the quantum world a mystery?
Episode 9
Why Philosophy of Physics & Cosmology?
Thu, Feb 12, 202626 mins
The observable universe may contain two trillion galaxies and there may be innumerable universes. Is there ultimate unification, a final theory? Search for deep harmony. Discern deep meaning.
Episode 10
What Exists?
Thu, Feb 12, 2026
Lots of things exist. But what's truly fundamental? The challenge is to discern the minimum number of basic categories that explains the entirety of existence.
Episode 11
To Seek Cosmic Origins
Thu, Feb 12, 202626 mins
How things start helps reveal what things are. How to conceive the beginning of the universe? What are latest theories? Are they all speculation? What's the recent evidence?
Episode 12
Is the Universe Theologically Ambiguous?
Thu, Feb 12, 202626 mins
Scientists split on whether the universe confirms or denies God. Though most leading scientists do not believe in God, some do. What can we learn from the dispute?
Episode 13
Science and the Future of Humanity
Thu, Feb 12, 202626 mins
Humankind has learned so much, so fast. What are the risks of scientific knowledge? Look to the future. Artificial intelligence. Genetic engineering. Benefits? Dangers?