Season 1 Episodes
29 episodes1
Perfect Being, God & Consciousness
Yujin Nagasawa, professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, tackles questions such as how the brain creates a consciousness of the cosmos. As well he explores philosophy of religion and the existence of God by reference to philosophers Bertrand Russell and St. Anselm.
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Implications Of Astrobiology: Understanding Our Unseen Reality
Steven Dick, author of "Implications of Astrobiology: Understanding our Unseen World", discusses the search for life outside Earth and our solar system, and the meaning of a "post-biological" universe, among other topics.
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Cosmic Jazz & Quantum Consciousness
Stephon Alexander, a theoretical physicist at Dartmouth, whose work studies the interface of sub atomic particles with super clusters, tackles defining Quantum Gravity and its relation to String Theory. He and Deepak Chopra discuss whether there is an "objective reality".
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Biofield Science & The Future Of Healing
Shamini Jain, a professor at UC San Diego, talks about her work in biofield healing and psychoneuro immunology. She discusses the mind/brain/body relationship, bioelectromagnetics in medicine and new developments in biofield science.
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Essential Conundrums: What Is & What Matters
Rebecca Goldstein, of the New College of Humanities in London, discusses her career as a writer, trying to embed ethical questions and philosophy into storytelling to look more closely into areas in which philosophy and science work to answer the same questions.
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Is There A Connection Between Quantum Mechanics And Consciousness?
Paavo Pylkkanen, a Finnish philosopher of mind at the University of Helsinki, discusses how modern physics affects our world view. Can you scientifically prove an observer-independent universe? What do Bohmian mechanics tell us about real life?
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Revisiting Evolution Of Species
Neil Theise, Professor of Pathology and of Medicine at the Beth Israel Medical Center of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discusses the significance of the stem cells in the human body. In light of what we are learning about stem cells, do we need to revise our picture of evolution?
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Creative Cosmos
Menas Kafatos, Professor of Computational Physics at Chapman University and author of "The Conscious Universe", engages in a wide ranging discussion of science, religion and philosophy and how they intersect and diverge.
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The Knobe Effect: The World As We Are
Joshua Knobe, a Yale Professor in experimental philosophy, asks many questions about human nature -- how people become capable of evil, and if we can empirically measure "intention". Why is war thought of as a solution to, not a symptom of, of a problem?
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A Beautiful Question, Part 1
Frank Wilczek, Nobel Laureate and Professor of Physics at MIT, discusses his work in particle physics, dark matter and dark energy.
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A Beautiful Question, Part 2
Frank Wilczek, Nobel Laureate and Professor of Physics at MIT, talks about his latest book "A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design". Why is a physicist exploring the notion of beauty in the universe? Does the universe embody beautiful ideals?
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Understanding Our Unseen Reality
Quantum Physics mathematically describes reality at the smallest scales. However, scientists argue over its interpretation and what it means. Dr Kastner, Philosophy of Physics expert, explains the transactional interpretation.
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The Non Local Universe
A conversation with physicist Jenny Nielsen on the nature of fundamental reality, space and time and the nature of entanglement.
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Non-Dual Reality
Rupert Spira, a masterful teacher, talking with Deepak Chopra, discusses using meditation as a skill to grow closer to the fundamental reality of existence.
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Consciousness Is The Way The Universe Turns Nothing Into Something
Fred Alan Wolf, a theoretical physicist specializing in quantum physics and author, explains why he thinks consciousness may be the stuff of the universe.
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The Super Human Mind
Does a mind element exist in the fabric of space-time? What is Panpsychism? Berit Brogaard, noted philosopher and author, discusses these and other questions with Deepak Chopra.
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Is Mind/Body Medicine Becoming Mainstream?
James Gordon, MD, and Deepak Chopra MD discuss the science of healing and advances in medicine aligned with mind/body connections.
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Iranian Woman - Space Hero
Anousheh Ansari, an engineer and the first Muslim woman in space, the fourth overall self-funded space traveler, and the first self-funded woman to fly to the International Space Station, reflects on life, space travel, and being a role model for young women.
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The Mind Body Code
How do culture, context and interpretation shape our biology ? Dr. Mario Martinez, founder of the Institute of Biocognitive Psychology, discusses this with Deepak Chopra.
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The Garden Of Truth: The Vision And Promise Of Sufism, Islam's Mystical Tradition
Professor Nasr, who has written extensively on mystic traditions in Islam, discusses the idea that the absolute reality of all mystical traditions is one and the same.
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How We Create Our Reality
Jenny Wade, author and consultant, discusses awareness with Deepak Chopra. Consciousness expands our cognition, and as our perceptions change, our experience of the world changes.
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God That Could Be Real
According to historian and author, Nancy Abrams, the study of the Science God could be an emergent phenomenon in the 21st Century.
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Solution To The Hard Problem Of Consciousness
Deepak Chopra and Bernardo Kastrup, philosopher and author discuss why consciousness could be the fundamental reality of the universe.
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Waking Up To Our Immortal Being
At the fundamental level of existence is death an illusion? Deepak Chopra and philosopher Bernardo Kastrup discuss this and other elemental questions.
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The Living Universe
Are we part of a living universe that evolves, grows and is conscious ? Duane Elgin, noted speaker and author, discusses this and other questions with Deepak Chopra.
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The World Of Astrology
Deepak Chopra talks with Susan Miller, astrologer, about the logic behind the study of Astrology.
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The Neuroscience Of Consciousness
How do we or can we measure consciousness scientifically? Deepak Chopra talks with Heather Berlin, who focuses her studies on brain-behavior relationships.
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Cosmic Evolution: Current Understanding Of The Universe
Astrophysicist Joel Primack discusses our current theories of the universe and its origins with Deepak Chopra.
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What Your Thoughts Cannot Tell You
Deepak Chopra interviews Kleopatra Ormos, psychiatrist and author, about her book, "Journey of the Human Sculptor: What your thoughts cannot tell you".