Is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Like Prayer?

 

Funding the Fight for Meaning: Talking with Templeton Foundation's President

John Templeton created a unique foundation dedicated to inspiring creativity, morality, and curiosity. Heather Templeton Dill discusses how one man turned riches into a life's mission to enrich humanity.

 

Are We Immortal? A Scientific View

A mind-blowing discussion with Dr. Frank J. Tipler, professor of Mathematics and Physics at Tulane University.

 

Overcoming Failure Through Science

Did science create optimism? A discussion with Professor of Neuroscience at Columbia University, Dr. Stuart Firestein.

 

What Would You Do If You Weren't Afraid

A candid, In-depth discussion with Michal Oshman, who despite being consumed by anxiety and fears, has held leadership positions at major corporations including Facebook and TikTok.

 

Logic, Darwin and God

Exploring some astounding discoveries of modern science that impact Darwinian model of evolution, with Michael Behe, a Professor of Biochemistry at Lehigh University.

 

The Search for Life on Other Planets

Are we getting closer to discovering life on other planets? And what would it mean if we did? A conversation with Bill Diamond, CEO of SETI Institute.

 

Talking with Renowned Physicist Brian Greene: Life, Meaning and the End Of the World

Bestselling author and theoretical physicist Brian Greene joins Beyond Belief to explore the human quest for meaning as well as other topics, including his most recent book, "Until the End of Time" called "encyclopedic in its ambition and its erudition" by the New York Times.

 

State of the Art: A Shmooze with Jews in TV and Film

Is there room for good art in today's media? What about making the world a better place? Join this frank and open discussion with four highly successful Jewish TV and film creatives.

 

The Order of Time: Conversation with Physicist Carlo Rovelli

Unpacking the nature of Time from a scientific and a theological perspective.

 

Is israel the Solution? A Conversation with Ambassador Michael Oren

Despite adversity, controversy and intense opposition, Israel has emerged as a force for good for the region and, in some ways, as a world leader. Is it positioned to become the next global superpower?

 

The Crypto-Jews: The Story of a Slow Awakening

Meet four people of Latin descent in four different stages of their discovery of their Jewish roots and the remarkable story of the end point of the 500-year journey of a hidden community.

 

Can We Know if the Exodus Happened?

Can a rigorous and convincing case be made for the Biblical Exodus?

Jewish Mother: Badge of Shame or Pride?

Itโ€™s time to drop the negative stereotypes and reclaim the title Jewish mother.

Letโ€™s Make a Deal

Monty Hallโ€™s best deal changed his life.

 

Evolution 2.0: The Coming Darwinian Revolution

Rabbi Adam Jacobs speaks to Perry Marshall about Darwinism and his Origin of Life Challenge for $10 Million.

Faith: the Axis Upon Which the Wheel of Science Turns

Beneath every "fact" lies a series of assumptions that cannot be proven. Like it or not, even science requires a leap of faith.

Love - Not Just About Chemicals Anymore!

Science Enters the Mysterious Inner World of Consciousness

Does everything in the universe have some sort of consciousness? Some philosophers and scientists say that it does.

Can a Moral Truth Ever Change?

Can a moral truth ever change or does morality need constant upgrading to be truly moral?

 

The Tyranny of Materialism

Dr. Edward Kelly, Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia, discusses the existence of non-material reality.

 

Science, Spirituality or Both?

Oxford physicist Chiara Marletto shares her thoughts on some of life's deepest mysteries and explores if there can be any true synergy with the spiritual way of considering them.

Prayer: a Strange (Yet Very Popular) Human Activity

If we assume that God is good, He will always do what's best for us. If that's true, then why do we need to pray to Him?

"All Is Foreseen"

There is an ancient conundrum that asks "if God already knows what's going to happen, how can we possibly have freedom of choice?" Could both be true?

 

Love: an Artifact of a Higher Dimension?

Where did love come from and what ultimate purpose does it serve? A conversation with Oxford anthropologist Anna Machin.

Help, I Don't Exist!

How can a material entity be consciously aware of itself?

 

The Quaker Cosmologist

Rabbi Adam Jacobs discusses science, religion, and philosophy with Dr. George Ellis, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of Cape Town.

Can We Still Believe in a Soul?

โ€‹โ€‹Is there really any such thing as a soul? If so, what's the evidence for it? And if not, is it time to let it go?

Free Will: The Choice to Choose

How much of your decision-making are you actually responsible for? When it comes to making a choice, how much of it is actually in our hands?

Why We Canโ€™t See True Reality

Is reality determined only by that which can be measured and quantified, or is there an aspect of reality that transcends measurement?

The Strange Face of Change

Is change a fundamental feature of existence that is always occurring or is it simply an illusion?

Why Really Everyone Believes in Free Will

If free will doesn't exist, then there is no meaningful truth or morality. That's why, deep down, pretty much everyone believes in it.

Consciousness and Psychedelics

For hundreds of years, philosophers have wrestled with "the hard problem of consciousness." Can the psychedelic experience teach us anything new about it and about reality itself?

Most Philosophy is Just Noise

Big ideas can be so complex and often seem so unsolvable. Is the best move just not to bother with them?

 

How I Learned to Love the Multiverse

The idea of a multiverse has captivated humanity for thousands of years (including two current major films about it). Do many worlds actually exist? What are the implications if they do?

 

Atheist vs Rabbi: Is Life Meaningless?

Philosopher James Tartaglia believes that existence has no ultimate purpose. He also believes that there is an immaterial world beyond our own which "opens the door" for religious thinking. Can these two ideas co-exist?

The Divine Book of Nature

The starry sky is beautiful but is it anything more than that? What other significance might knowledge of the heavens hold for us?

 

A Rabbi Walks Into A Bar

A one-hour video where a nihilistic existentialist meets a theistic idealist...in a bar.

Heisenberg, Tao and the Unbreakable One

The more closely we examine the physical world, the more it seems to recede from us. Our mistake is trying to grasp the whole by only looking at a part.

Sara Yoheved Rigler

What Happens After You Die?

From time immemorial people have pondered what will happen to them after their bodies breathe their last. What does Judaism have to say about it?

 

DMT and Prophecy: The Biology of Spiritual Experience

Dr. Rick Strassman is fascinated with what he perceives is an overlap of the psychedelic experience with the states of consciousness described by the Hebrew prophets.

How Do We Know Anything?

Everything we experience in life is filtered through our own minds. How do we truly know if anything exists beyond ourselves?

 

The Joy of Dying: Understanding Near Death Experience

The study of Near Death Experiences (NDE's) has entered the scientific mainstream. Dr. Jeffrey Long is one of the world's leading researchers on the topic and has many fascinating facts and accounts to share.

Everyone โ€“ and Everything โ€“ Is Going to Die, and Thatโ€™s Okay

The fact that the Universe will inevitably come to an end seems pretty unsettling at first glance. Are there any good reasons to be optimistic despite it?

 

What Does It Mean To Be Good?

Most of us consider ourselves to be "good" but how do we truly know? Is there any objective standard? Dr. Massimo Pigliucci skillfully tackles this important question and others.

Youโ€™re Not Who You Think You Are

If someone else's personality was somehow uploaded into your brain, would you then be that person?

Can Science Prove Thereโ€™s No Free Will? Can Anything?

How sure are you that you have free will? How would you go about proving it?

 

What if Reality ISN'T Real?

Dr. Donald Hoffman has made the astounding discovery that everything that we experience through our senses is an illusion. Space and time do not exist and consciousness is the true building block of reality.

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