Podcast Episodes

Spring 2023 Trailer: Meaning & Purpose

Season 12

For the twelfth season of The Veritas Forum Podcast, we're exploring some of life's biggest questions: “What’s the purpose of my work?” “How do I kno…

3 years, 3 months ago

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Winterlude | Can doctors "do no harm"? w/ Dr. Lydia Dugdale

In this Winterlude episode, we interview Dr. Lydia Dugdale — a physician and medical ethicist at Columbia University — about the historic medical ple…

3 years, 3 months ago

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Winterlude | An Insider's Guide to the University w/ John Inazu

In this Winterlude episode, we interview Dr. John Inazu, the Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law and Religion at Washington University i…

3 years, 4 months ago

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Beyond the Forum | You Are Not Your Own w/ Alan Noble

Season 11

This season we've asked: "What does it mean to be human?" And not too far downstream from this question is one you probably ask on a regular basis: "…

3 years, 5 months ago

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Can anyone know your authentic self? | University of Chicago

Season 11

You — like most of us — are likely fed up with social media. The apps that promised us more social connection and genuine communication instead gave …

3 years, 5 months ago

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Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Humanity | John Lennox & Paul Davies

Season 11

We live in a culture saturated with technology. From a helpful autocorrected text to a friend to the suspiciously targeted ads in your Instagram feed…

3 years, 6 months ago

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How to Disagree | Harvard Law School

Season 11

Last week, you heard from Dr. Jennifer Frey about how you need other people to know who you are.

That sounds great when these "other people" are kin…

3 years, 6 months ago

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Beyond the Forum | What makes a good friend? w/ Jennifer Frey

Season 11

We're going *beyond the forum* with Dr. Jennifer Frey, our guest from last week. Dr. Frey is a philosopher at the University of South Carolina, and s…

3 years, 6 months ago

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What Good is Happiness? | Jennifer Frey & Jonathan Masur

Season 11

If you're wondering if you'll get the "happily ever after" promised by fairy tales, you're not alone. For the past three decades, the General Social …

3 years, 6 months ago

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Healing the Whole Person | Praveen Sethupathy & Lori Alvord

Season 11

How would you answer the question, "How much are you worth?"? Based on your body's iron, magnesium, oxygen, etc., you could sell your body for around…

3 years, 7 months ago

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