Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDo You Ever Think About Dying? | Lydia Dugale & Susanna Siegel
Season 13
Anthropologist Ernest Becker, in his Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Denial of Death, says that denying death is a necessary part of functioning in …
2 years, 8 months ago
Where Is God in Places of Pain? | John Lennox
Season 13
On November 8th, 2013, one of the most powerful tropical cyclones in recorded history hit the Philippines. Winds as high as 145 MPH tore through comm…
2 years, 8 months ago
Searching for Proof, Finding Faith w/ Tom Rudelius | Beyond the Forum
Season 13
Watching a few “how-to” videos on YouTube doesn’t make you an expert. To really know “how-to” change a tire, make puff pastry, or play the piano, you…
2 years, 8 months ago
What Our Genes Can (and Can't) Tell Us | Praveen Sethupathy
Season 13
Do you remember your last biology class? Maybe it’s been decades since your junior year of high school. Or maybe you just went to lab last Thursday. …
2 years, 9 months ago
What Can We Know about the Soul? | Miller & Byrne
Season 13
There’s a sort of spark to life — moments that stir up something inside of us that we can’t explain. Maybe you've experienced this while playing with…
2 years, 9 months ago
It's Brain Science: Ethics, Purpose, and Our Complex Minds | Picard & Khosbin
Season 13
If new and improved A.I. tools can write your next essay, create Picasso-style art, or produce a believable deep-fake, it’s fair to ask: Are we manuf…
2 years, 10 months ago
It's Time to Think More Deeply about A.I. | Swamidass & Wolf
Season 13
A.I. is no longer the stuff of science fiction. From Siri and Alexa to Chat GPT, our world is now inundated with artificial intelligence. One senses …
2 years, 11 months ago
Everything Sad Is Untrue w/ Daniel Nayeri | Beyond the Forum
Season 12
Do the stories we tell about ourselves have the power to change us? Our guest today says they can.
To wrap up our season on meaning and purpose, we …
3 years ago
Where Is God in Suffering? | John Lennox
Season 12
For the religious believer and the atheist alike, the problem of evil and suffering is troubling. If there is a God, why does he allow so much evil? …
3 years ago
How Much Faith Is Enough? | Satyan Devadoss
Season 12
What matters isn't how much faith you have, but what you're putting your faith in.
In this forum episode, University of San Diego mathematics profes…
3 years ago