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26 Episodes 0 - 2008
Episode 1
Fri, Aug 29, 200827 mins
How can you know whether God really exists, if you do not know what God really is? Diverse religions have diverse views.
Episode 2
Fri, Sep 5, 200827 mins
Everyone knows that the universe is huge, but no one could have imagined how staggeringly immense the universe, or multiple universes, may actually be. It stops your breath.
Episode 3
Fri, Sep 12, 200827 mins
How can the mindless microscopic particles that compose our brains "experience" the setting sun, the Mozart Requiem, and romantic love?
Episode 4
Mon, Sep 22, 200827 mins
Everything in the universe has a beginning, but how can the universe as a whole have a start date? Does a universal commencement make sense? What would it possibly mean?
Episode 5
Fri, Sep 26, 200827 mins
As far as we know, brains are the most highly organized matter in the universe. How they make their magic is just astonishing.
Episode 6
Fri, Oct 3, 200827 mins
You've heard the raucous noise about God; now listen to the cogent arguments, con and pro. Not that determining the existence of God is up for vote; when searching for Truth, majority opinion counts for nothing.
Episode 7
Fri, Oct 10, 200827 mins
How can so many numbers of nature, the constants and relationships of physics, be so spot-on perfect for humans to exist? Beware: there is more than one answer lurking here.
Episode 8
Fri, Oct 17, 200827 mins
Is the "Real You" a special substance that is both nonphysical and immortal? Most people think "Certainly". Most scientists think "Certainly Not". What some theologians think may trouble you.
Episode 9
Fri, Oct 24, 200827 mins
The world certainly appears to be designed. Are appearances deceiving? Discover new twists to this old argument.
Episode 10
Fri, Oct 31, 200827 mins
Perhaps our entire universe is like a gigantic computer game, the creation of super-smart hackers existing somewhere else? Before you smirk and laugh, watch and think.
Episode 11
Fri, Nov 7, 200827 mins
Some claim that their scientific study of extrasensory perception, or parapsychology, overturns the worldview of science. Should we take these startling pronouncements seriously?
Episode 12
Fri, Nov 14, 200827 mins
Does everything need a cause? Everything in the universe surely does. But what about the universe as a whole? And what about God - assuming God exists - does God need a cause?
Episode 13
Fri, Nov 21, 200827 mins
Science can deal with God in at least three ways: Showing how God is not necessary; showing how God is likely; not relating to God at all. Only one way can be correct.
Episode 14
Fri, Nov 28, 200827 mins
Do we survive bodily death? Can our personal awareness transcend physical decay? There are no bigger questions and there are no shortages of answers. Some claim to have evidence.
Episode 15
Fri, Dec 5, 200827 mins
Humans have a sense of right and wrong. Does this mean that morality is absolute? And if absolute, would God be needed to make it so? Even theologians are perplexed by God & Morality; some even admit it.
Episode 16
27 mins
More than one universe? A ridiculous question no more. How could multiple universes be generated, and can we ever find evidence, one way or another? Talk about expanding your horizons: you can't imagine what's in store.
Episode 17
27 mins
What is it about the brain that enables some scientists to claim they can explain mind? And what is it about scientific explanations that some philosophers reject?
Episode 18
27 mins
How is it possible that mushy masses of brain cells, passing chemicals and shooting sparks, literally are mental sensations and subjective feelings? They seem so radically different.
Episode 19
27 mins
Some scientists take time travel seriously. Should you? What does time travel reveal about the nature of space and time and the laws of physics under extreme conditions?
Episode 20
27 mins
God and Time are two huge mysteries; relating them probes the nature of God, and perhaps even the existence of a Creator. If God is in Time and experiences its passage, then how could God have created Time? Also Leibniz's famous question: "Why didn't God create the world sooner?"
Episode 21
27 mins
Theologians have no tougher task than explaining evil, its enormity even more than its existence. Give the clergy their due: they've devised clever, even profound, rationale. But at the end of the long day, do these explanations, or rationalizations, really work?
Episode 22
27 mins
They warp space and time, squeeze matter to a vanishing point, and trap light so that it cannot escape. How can black holes perform such stupendous tricks, and what can we learn from them?
Episode 23
27 mins
If it seems obvious that you are perfectly free to choose and decide, then it seems perfectly clear that you underestimate the problem (and have never questioned a philosopher). Free will is a huge problem.
Episode 24
27 mins
Turn the tables on whether God exists. Atheists take their best shots at disproving God; theists deflect the arguments, defending God. Atheists come harder still; theists fight back. We keep the arguments tough-minded and the thinking critical.
Episode 25
27 mins
If God exists, and if God ordains history and generates miracles, how does He do it? Fiddle with each and every atom? Command all of them? What possibly could be God's technique?
Episode 26
27 mins
Consider humanity's astounding progress in science during the past three hundred years. Now take a deep breath and project forward, oh say, three billion years.