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Podcast Profile: Closer To Truth

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100 episodes
2023 to 2025
Median: 27 minutes
Collection: Philosophy


Description (podcaster-provided):

Closer To Truth presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions in Cosmos, Life, Consciousness, and Meaning. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Seek your own answers.


Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):

➤ Cosmos and universe exploration • Deep philosophical questions • Consciousness and mind • Science and religion debates • Artificial intelligence and technology • Human nature and evolution • Interfaith perspectives

"Closer To Truth" is a podcast that brings together some of the world's foremost thinkers to explore profound and enduring questions about existence, consciousness, and the cosmos. The show delves into a wide range of topics, traversing the mysteries of life, the nature and limits of human understanding, and the ultimate questions of meaning. Central themes include the exploration of consciousness, the nature of reality, and the intersection of science and religion, especially concerning cosmology, life after death, and artificial intelligence.

Discussion on consciousness often considers its potential origins, manifestations, and implications. The podcast examines whether consciousness is a fundamental aspect of the universe or an artifact of biological processes. The relationship between consciousness and large-scale philosophical questions, such as free will and the mind-body problem, is a frequent subject of inquiry.

Another recurrent theme is the relationship between science and spirituality. The podcast explores how different religious and philosophical traditions interpret consciousness, creation, and the nature of existence. It questions the role and significance of God or spiritual entities in a universe described by science. Topics like dualism, cosmological fine-tuning, and the potential for life and intelligence beyond Earth further illustrate this dialogue.

Moreover, the podcast addresses advancements in technology and their implications on fundamental philosophical questions. Aspects of artificial intelligence and its potential to influence human understanding and societal structure are critically examined, considering themes like transhumanism and AI-consciousness.

Through interviews with experts in diverse fields, "Closer To Truth" challenges listeners to confront and question deeply ingrained assumptions about the universe and human experience, inviting them to seek their own answers to humanity's deepest questions.


Episodes:
Daniel Whiteson on Aliens, Physics, and the Nature of Reaity
2025-Nov-05
81 minutes
Death, Life After Death, & Reincarnation
2025-Oct-29
50 minutes
Is Consciousness Ultimate?
2025-Oct-22
27 minutes
Roger Penrose on Deep Reality and Quantum Mechanics
2025-Oct-15
47 minutes
Is Mathematics Eternal?
2025-Oct-08
44 minutes
What is Global Philosophy of Religion?
2025-Oct-01
27 minutes
Stephen Wolfram on Physics and Computation
2025-Sep-24
42 minutes
What Does Transhumanism Foreshadow?
2025-Sep-17
27 minutes
Can We Explore Transcendence Via Art and Mind?
2025-Sep-10
27 minutes
Can Philosophy Discern Sex and Gender?
2025-Sep-03
27 minutes
Can Near-Death Experiences Affect Consciousness Theories?
2025-Aug-27
28 minutes
Evolution vs. Religion: Anything New?
2025-Aug-20
27 minutes
Clément Vidal on Life's Biggest Questions
2025-Aug-13
89 minutes
How did Cognition and Emotion Evolve?
2025-Aug-06
27 minutes
Mark Bailey on AI: Consciousness, Dangers, and Morality
2025-Jul-30
42 minutes
What is Human Nature?
2025-Jul-23
27 minutes
Julia Mossbridge on AI: Is There a Soul in the Machine?
2025-Jul-16
47 minutes
How do Reductionism and Emergence Dance?
2025-Jul-09
27 minutes
James Hughes on AI Consciousness: Buddhism & Posthuman Futures
2025-Jul-02
46 minutes
What are Units or Levels of Selection?
2025-Jun-25
27 minutes
Zoltan Istvan on AI: Transhumanism and Deepfakes
2025-Jun-18
52 minutes
How Can Philosophy Probe Evolutionary Biology?
2025-Jun-11
27 minutes
Chris French on the Science of Weird Shit
2025-Jun-04
84 minutes
What Would Alien Life & Intelligences Mean?
2025-May-28
27 minutes
Jonathan Schooler on the Psychology of Artificial Intelligence
2025-May-21
23 minutes
Joseph Corabi: Could Superintelligent AI Defeat Itself?
2025-May-16
79 minutes
Eastern Traditions: What are Ultimate Existence and Essence?
2025-May-14
27 minutes
Zorana Pringle on the Science of Creativity & Decision-Making
2025-May-07
65 minutes
Can Dualism Explain Consciousness?
2025-Apr-30
27 minutes
Robin Hanson on the Age of AI and Large Language Models
2025-Apr-25
46 minutes
Terry Sejnowski on ChatGPT and the Future of AI
2025-Apr-22
81 minutes
What is the Philosophy of Scientific Breakthroughs?
2025-Apr-15
27 minutes
Aspects of Consciousness
2025-Apr-09
37 minutes
What is Extended Mind?
2025-Apr-02
27 minutes
Does a Fine-Tuned Universe Lead to God?
2025-Mar-26
27 minutes
Annaka Harria on Consciousness and the Cosmos
2025-Mar-19
93 minutes
Do Human Brains Have Free Will?
2025-Mar-12
27 minutes
Janna Levin on Cosmology: Black Holes, the Big Bang, and More
2025-Mar-05
73 minutes
Implications of Cosmology?
2025-Feb-26
27 minutes
Philip Goff and Helen De Cruz on Finding (and Losing) Their Religion
2025-Feb-19
74 minutes
Why Explore Consciousness and Cosmos?
2025-Feb-12
27 minutes
Nathan Lents on The Sexual Evolution
2025-Feb-05
89 minutes
The Ultimate Questions of Existence
2025-Jan-29
27 minutes
Why is the Quantum So Strange?
2025-Jan-22
27 minutes
Richard Swinburne on Evil, Atonement, and Evidence Against God
2025-Jan-15
89 minutes
Robert Lawrence Kuhn on "A Landscape of Consciousness"
2025-Jan-08
54 minutes
How is God the Creator?
2024-Dec-25
27 minutes
What's Real About Time?
2024-Dec-18
27 minutes
Arguments Against God?
2024-Dec-11
27 minutes
What is the Large-Scale Structure of the Universe?
2024-Dec-04
27 minutes
Solutions to the Mind-Body Problem?
2024-Nov-27
27 minutes
Sara Imari Walker on Physics, Emergence, and Life on Other Planets
2024-Nov-20
83 minutes
Richard Dawkins on Evolution, Atheism, and Aliens
2024-Nov-13
67 minutes
Would Intelligent Aliens Undermine God?
2024-Nov-06
27 minutes
Greg Epstein on Technology, Morality, and Religion
2024-Oct-30
65 minutes
How do Breakthroughs Happen in Physics?
2024-Oct-23
27 minutes
What's Beyond Physics?
2024-Oct-16
27 minutes
Is Race Real?
2024-Oct-09
26 minutes
What are the Limits of Science?
2024-Oct-02
26 minutes
What is the Far Future of the Universe?
2024-Sep-25
27 minutes
David Papineau on Consciousness, Physics, & the Mind-Body Problem
2024-Sep-18
74 minutes
How Do Human Brains Think and Feel?
2024-Sep-11
27 minutes
Is Consciousness Ultimate Reality?
2024-Aug-28
26 minutes
Does the Cosmos Provide Meaning?
2024-Aug-21
27 minutes
What is God?
2024-Aug-14
27 minutes
Or Graur on the Big Bang and the Physics of Galaxies
2024-Aug-07
63 minutes
Can We Survive Death?
2024-Jul-31
26 minutes
Does Philosophy Help Science?
2024-Jul-24
27 minutes
Is Human Consciousness Special?
2024-Jul-17
27 minutes
Ned Block on Perception, Cognition, and Consciousness
2024-Jul-10
78 minutes
Are Plants Sentient?
2024-Jul-03
47 minutes
Are Suffering and Ritual Vital?
2024-Jun-26
27 minutes
Why is There Anything at All?
2024-Jun-19
27 minutes
Brian Swimme on Consciousness, Cultural Evolution, and the Noosphere
2024-Jun-12
42 minutes
What is Evolutionary Developmental Biology?
2024-Jun-05
27 minutes
Eastern Traditions: What is the Human Person?
2024-May-29
26 minutes
Sean Carroll on Physics, the Multiverse, and Quantum Mechanics
2024-May-24
58 minutes
What are Scientific Breakthroughs in Biology?
2024-May-15
27 minutes
Why are Black Holes so Astonishing?
2024-May-08
26 minutes
Anna Abraham on the Neuroscience of the Creative Brain
2024-May-01
71 minutes
Robert Wright on Evolution and the Future of Humanity
2024-Apr-24
57 minutes
Eastern Traditions: What is World? What is Reality?
2024-Apr-17
27 minutes
Nick Bostrom on Superintelligence and the Future of AI
2024-Apr-10
71 minutes
Paul Thagard on AI, Animal Consciousness, and Human Intelligence
2024-Apr-03
72 minutes
Helen De Cruz on What Makes Life Worth Living
2024-Mar-27
57 minutes
Why Philosophy of Biology?
2024-Mar-20
27 minutes
Marcelo Gleiser on Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience
2024-Mar-13
73 minutes
Does Consciousness Require a Radical Explanation?
2024-Mar-06
26 minutes
What Does the “Unreasonable Effectiveness” of Mathematics Mean?
2024-Feb-28
27 minutes
Carlo Rovelli on White Holes
2024-Feb-21
77 minutes
Ilia Delio on Evolution, Quantum Physics, and Neuroscience in Theology
2024-Feb-14
47 minutes
Can Mathematics Explain Biology?
2024-Feb-07
26 minutes
Roger Penrose: Mathematics & What Exists
2024-Jan-24
27 minutes
Is Mathematics Invented or Discovered?
2024-Jan-16
26 minutes
What is the Deep Meaning of Probability?
2024-Jan-10
26 minutes
Martin Rees on Cosmology and Existential Risk
2024-Jan-03
43 minutes
When Brains Go Bad
2023-Dec-27
26 minutes
Jesus as God: A Philosophical Inquiry
2023-Dec-20
26 minutes
Freeman Dyson: From Physics to the Far Future
2023-Dec-13
27 minutes
How Does the Subconscious Affect Us?
2023-Dec-06
26 minutes