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Cover image for Aomawa Shields on Life on Other Planets

Astronomer and astrobiologist Dr. Aomawa Shields discusses her latest book, Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe. The book charts her life as...

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Aomawa Shields on Life on Other Planets

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1:05:00

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Cover image for Sara Manning Peskin on the Deepest Mysteries of our Brains

Neurologist Sara Manning Peskin discusses her book, A Molecule Away From Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain.

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Sara Manning Peskin on the Deepest Mysteries of our Brains

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1:09:31

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Cover image for Thomas Hertog on the Origin of Time

Thomas Hertog discusses his book on the origin of time and Stephen Hawking.

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Thomas Hertog on the Origin of Time

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1:13:09

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Cover image for Nicholas Humphrey on the Invention of Consciousness

Neuropsychologist Nicholas Humphrey talks about his book, Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness. He tackles the hard problem of consciousness, Phenomenal Consciousness...

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Nicholas Humphrey on the Invention of Consciousness

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1:15:16

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Cover image for Sir Roger Penrose on Consciousness and New Physics

Sir Roger Penrose joins Closer To Truth to discuss consciousness and new physics. Can the known laws of physics explain consciousness? Can the mind be duplicated by a...

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Sir Roger Penrose on Consciousness and New Physics

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Cover image for Roger Penrose on Spacetime, Quantum Theory, and General Relativity

Sir Roger Penrose talks about the work that earned him a Nobel prize in physics, developing mathematics to analyze spacetime, his 1965 paper “Gravitational Collapse and...

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Roger Penrose on Spacetime, Quantum Theory, and General Relativity

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Cover image for Michio Kaku on Quantum Supremacy

Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku discusses his new book, Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything.

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Michio Kaku on Quantum Supremacy

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1:12:59

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Cover image for Noam Chomsky on the Big Questions (Part 4)

Closer To Truth is proud to present this four-part miniseries with distinguished theoretical linguist, analytic philosopher, and cognitive scientist Noam Chomsky. In our...

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Noam Chomsky on the Big Questions (Part 4)

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1:08:29

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Noam Chomsky on Linguistic Theories and the Evolution of Language (Part 3)

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Cover image for Noam Chomsky on Theories of Linguistics (Part 2)

Closer To Truth is proud to present this four-part miniseries with distinguished theoretical linguist, analytic philosopher, and cognitive scientist Noam Chomsky. In Part 2,...

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Noam Chomsky on Theories of Linguistics (Part 2)

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Cover image for Noam Chomsky’s Reflections on Philosophy and Linguistics (Part 1)

Closer To Truth is proud to present this four-part miniseries with distinguished theoretical linguist, analytic philosopher, and cognitive scientist Noam Chomsky. In Part 1,...

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Noam Chomsky’s Reflections on Philosophy and Linguistics (Part 1)

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Cover image for Roger Penrose on Mathematics, Physics, and the World

Sir Roger Penrose shares his thoughts on mathematics and world reflections. He discusses his “three worlds and three deep mysteries” theory, pure mathematics, the...

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Roger Penrose on Mathematics, Physics, and the World

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Cover image for Saleem Ali on Natural Laws and Human Life

Saleem Ali discusses his sweeping, globally integrative new book, Earthly Order: How Natural Laws Define Human Life. Earthly Order explores patterns of deep structural...

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Saleem Ali on Natural Laws and Human Life

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1:20:42

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Cover image for Tim Palmer on Doubt: From Quantum Physics to Climate Change

Tim Palmer discusses his new book, The Primacy of Doubt: From Quantum Physics to Climate Change, How the Science of Uncertainty Can Help Us Understand Our Chaotic World. In...

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Tim Palmer on Doubt: From Quantum Physics to Climate Change

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Cover image for Manil Suri on How to Build the Universe with Math

Mathematician Manil Suri talks about about his insightful new book, The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Math. He explores if math describes the...

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Manil Suri on How to Build the Universe with Math

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Cover image for Sean Carroll on the Biggest Ideas in the Universe

Sean Carroll talks about about his terrific new book, The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion. He also dives into the importance of equations in popular...

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Sean Carroll on the Biggest Ideas in the Universe

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Cover image for Sabine Hossenfelder on Physics and the Big Questions

Sabine Hossenfelder talks about if the past exists, how the universe began and how it will end, information, math as reality, time, and consciousness. She also discusses her...

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Sabine Hossenfelder on Physics and the Big Questions

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Cover image for Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam on How Thinking Emerged from Chaos

Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam, neuroscientists and authors of Journey of the Mind: How Thinking Emerged from Chaos, discuss why consciousness exists, how consciousness works, and...

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Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam on How Thinking Emerged from Chaos

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Cover image for William Lane Craig Retrospective

Closer To Truth is pleased to present this Retrospective Series with William Lane Craig, an overview and summary of his primary research, theories and arguments in...

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William Lane Craig Retrospective

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Cover image for William Lane Craig: In Quest of the Historical Adam

Analytic philosopher and Christian apologist William Lane Craig discusses his recent book, In Quest of the Historical Adam. Was Adam a real historical person? And if so, who...

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William Lane Craig: In Quest of the Historical Adam

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Cover image for Frank Wilczek on Thinking, Writing, and Science

Theoretical physicist and mathematician Frank Wilczek discusses his way of thinking about fundamental science, his writing and philosophy, humanity’s place and purpose,...

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Frank Wilczek on Thinking, Writing, and Science

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Cover image for Frank Wilczek on the Future of Science

Theoretical physicist and mathematician Frank Wilczek discusses humankind’s place and purpose, what is and what could be in science, and the laws of physics....

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Frank Wilczek on the Future of Science

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Cover image for Yujin Nagasawa GPRP Conclusion

Yujin Nagasawa is the H.G. Wood Professor of the Philosophy of Religion and Co-Director, Birmingham Centre for the Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham...

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Yujin Nagasawa GPRP Conclusion

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Cover image for Hilary Lawson on Closure

English philosopher Hilary Lawson discusses his book, Closure: A Story of Everything, a text that develops a comprehensive system of non-realist metaphysics.Hilary Lawson is...

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Hilary Lawson on Closure

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