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The Veritas Forum
At the Veritas Forum, we believe we were made to seek truth and be changed by it. We are a community of students, faculty, campus ministers, and more, who are pursuing a vision of the university that seeks and stewards truth and invites people of all backgrounds to explore the ideas that shape our lives. Since 1992, we’ve shared lectures and conversations with a firm belief that generous dialogue is essential for universities and the Christian faith alike. In this podcast, we're pulling from…
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That's A Wrap! Top Episodes of 2023
This year has been another incredible one for The Veritas Forum podcast — all thanks to you, our amazing listeners. Thanks for making The Veritas Forum…
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Can Truth Be Found Through Fantasy? | Madeleine L'Engle
This time of year, fantasy is in the air — tales of a red-nosed reindeer, a jolly North Pole resident, a virgin birth of God incarnate, and more. In this…
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Does Belief Need a Reality Check? | Sean McDowell & Matthew Vess
Sometimes belief can get you the job, secure the win, or help you make a difference. And, sometimes, belief doesn't seem to help at all. So, can we know which…
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Is Faith More Than Fiction? | Meghan Sullivan & Sam Mitchell
In the US, more and more adults believe in “nothing in particular.” Recent surveys from Pew Research and the Associated Press suggest that around…
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Can we engineer a perfect world? | Tyler VanderWeele & Steven Pinker
Today, you may be wrestling with what "progress" means — whether it's in relation to your own journey, your family’s, or your community’s…
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What Gods Do We Believe in Now? | N.T. Wright
Much of our external circumstances differ from how they were 2,000 years ago — largely, to our benefit. However, our internal lives are surprisingly…
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Should You Be a Know-It-All? | Jonathan Feng
What would your life be like if you knew everything? While it would be nice to remember everyone’s names and not have to study for tests, knowing…
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I Could Be Happy, If Only... w/ Arthur Brooks | Beyond the Forum
Today’s guest has some unexpected news for you: being happy isn’t possible. Instead, he says, work towards being happy-er. You'll hear today from…
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Do You Ever Think About Dying? | Lydia Dugale & Susanna Siegel
Anthropologist Ernest Becker, in his Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Denial of Death, says that denying death is a necessary part of functioning in the world…
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Where Is God in Places of Pain? | John Lennox
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 communities…
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Searching for Proof, Finding Faith w/ Tom Rudelius | Beyond the Forum
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…
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What Our Genes Can (and Can't) Tell Us | Praveen Sethupathy
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. But…
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What Can We Know about the Soul? | Miller & Byrne
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…
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It's Brain Science: Ethics, Purpose, and Our Complex Minds | Picard & Khosbin
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…
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It's Time to Think More Deeply about A.I. | Swamidass & Wolf
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 that…
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Everything Sad Is Untrue w/ Daniel Nayeri | Beyond the Forum
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 talk with…
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Where Is God in Suffering? | John Lennox
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? And if…
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How Much Faith Is Enough? | Satyan Devadoss
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 professor, Satyan…
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Encore | Hope for Our Loneliness Epidemic | Curt Thompson
Scholars, journalists, practitioners, and other thought leaders all agree — we’re facing a loneliness epidemic that’s as grave a threat to…
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Beyond the Forum | Three Questions That Change Every Teenager w/ Kara Powell
At every age, we ask questions of identity, community, and meaning — Who am I? Where do I belong? What is my purpose? But college students today are…
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How to become failure-resilient | Charles Lee at Vanderbilt
Want to be successful? You might need to get better at failing. In this episode, Charles Lee (Stanford) and Andy Van Schaack (Vanderbilt) explore what it takes…
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Is College Worth It? | Nancy Hill & Rakesh Khurana at Harvard
With the average college student graduating with about $40,000 of student debt, you may be asking: Is college worth it? To answer that question, though, you…
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A decision-making tool that’s flexible, not fixed | Dave Evans & Bill Burnett
“What’s my passion?” “What do I want to do for the rest of my life?” These aren’t great questions because they’re…
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What's the value of truth? | Meghan Sullivan & Katja Vogt
In today's world of misinformation and misrepresentation, it's wise to be skeptical. But has our skepticism gone too far? What does it look like to not only…
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Is Science Enough? | Troy Van Voorhis
The same facts can lead to different stories. You see this daily in your news feed — major events produce dozens of headlines, and each article has its…
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Beyond the Forum | Do I have to have God to have meaning? | Ard Louis
In this episode, we're going Beyond the Forum with theoretical physicist Dr. Ard Louis (Oxford). He’s on the cutting edge of research about symmetry, and…
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Encore | Meaning, Evidence, and Truth | Ard Louis
Science is powerful — and our speaker today, Oxford theoretical physicist Dr. Ard Louis, agrees. But when it comes to life's biggest questions, like…
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Spring 2023 Trailer: Meaning & Purpose
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?&rdquo…
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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…
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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 in St…
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Beyond the Forum | You Are Not Your Own w/ Alan Noble
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: "Who am I?"…
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Can anyone know your authentic self? | University of Chicago
You — like most of us — are likely fed up with social media. The apps that promised us more social connection and genuine communication instead…
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Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Humanity | John Lennox & Paul Davies
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 to the…
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How to Disagree | Harvard Law School
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 kind, generous…
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Beyond the Forum | What makes a good friend? w/ Jennifer Frey
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 she teaches…
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What Good is Happiness? | Jennifer Frey & Jonathan Masur
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 Survey has…
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Healing the Whole Person | Praveen Sethupathy & Lori Alvord
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 $18. Or…
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Time, Eternity, & Finding Value in Our Lives | Meghan Sullivan & Alan Lightman
Do you find yourself frustrated by life's inefficiencies? Wouldn't it be better if we could live entirely productive, completely predictable lives?…
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Beyond the Forum | How to Inhabit Time w/ James K. A. Smith
If only you had 15 more minutes, or were 5 years younger, or a year into the future — then, things would be better. Maybe even *you* would be better. But…
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Encore | You Are What You Love | James K. A. Smith
Whether it's a scoop of ice cream each night or a quick look at notifications on my phone, our unconscious habits — and their underlying desires &mdash…
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What Does it Mean to Be Human? | Joshua Swamidass & Scott Lilienfeld
There's a lot that humans can do that other animals can't — we can make beautiful works of art and develop life-saving medicines. But, there's a lot we…
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Fall 2022 Trailer: What does it mean to be human?
What makes you, *you*? And how can you live into the fullness of your life? We're coming through a global pandemic that may have forced you to face your own…
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Beyond the Forum | What do we do when things break? | Makoto Fujimura
PART OF A SPECIAL 6-WEEK SERIES | This season is all about character and virtue — and how we can close our “character gaps” to become better…
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Beyond the Forum | Can we change our brains for good? | Nii Addy
PART OF A SPECIAL 6-WEEK SERIES | The pandemic upended all of our lives. As a response, we started different habits — and perhaps even formed addictions…
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Beyond the Forum | What’s up with kids these days? | Nancy Hill
PART OF A SPECIAL 6-WEEK SERIES | People today reach the standard markers of adulthood — finishing education, getting married, becoming financially…
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Beyond the Forum | Is "what's my passion" the right question? | Dave Evans
PART OF A SPECIAL 6-WEEK SERIES | Career searches often begin with the same question: “What’s my passion?” If you’re in a period of job…
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Beyond the Forum | Why should you care about philosophy? | Meghan Sullivan
PART OF A SPECIAL 6-WEEK SERIES | What academic study can help you live a better life today? Medicine, Business, Anthropology, Social Science… Our guest…
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Beyond the Forum | I’m a good person…right? | Christian Miller
PART OF A SPECIAL 6-WEEK SERIES | To kick off our third season, we’re starting with the question we’ve all asked ourselves: “Am I a good…
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AI, Religion, & Humanity: How Might (or Should?) We Shape the Future?
This program was recorded at a Veritas Forum event on Northwestern University in 2022. The original title was "AI, Religion, & Humanity: How Might (or Should?)…
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The Closing of the Modern Mind | Tim Keller & Jonathan Haidt
This program was recorded at a Veritas Forum event at NYU in 2017. The original title was "The Closing of the Modern Mind" and featured Tim Keller, Pastor, and…
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Living with Uncertainty in Science and Religion | John Lennox & George Church
This program was recorded at a Veritas Forum event at Columbia in 2021. The original title was, "Living with Uncertainty in Science and Religion" and featured…
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Is Christianity Good for the Scientific University? | Veritas Weekend 2022
This program was recorded at the annual Veritas Weekend 2022 event in Boston. The original title was, "Is Christianity Good for the Scientific University?" and…
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Imagination & What It Means to Be Human
This program was recorded at a Veritas Forum event on University of Cincinnati in 2021. The original title was, "Imagination & What It Means to Be Human" and…
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Can science and God mix? | John Lennox & Pascal Wallisch
This program was recorded at a Veritas Forum event on NYU in 2021. The original title was "Cosmic Chemistry: Do Science and God Mix?" and featured John Lennox…
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Living Well in Light of Death | N.T. Wright & Shelly Kagan
This program was recorded at a Veritas Forum event on Yale in 2014. The original title was, "Living Well in the Light of Death" and featured N.T. Wright, Bible…
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Does Science Point To Atheism? | Satyan Devadoss & Conor Mayo-Wilson
This program was recorded at a Veritas Forum event on University of Washington in 2019. The original title was, "Does Science Point to Atheism?" and featured…
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Can Science & Spirituality Coexist? | Beyond the Forum Edition
This program was recorded at a Veritas Forum event on Princeton University in 2021. The original title was "Can Science & Spirituality Coexist?" and featured…
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Scientific Inquiry and Faith | Ted Davis & Michael Ruse
This program was recorded at a Veritas Forum event on University of Minnesota in 2017. The original title was "Scientific Inquiry and Faith" and featured Ted…
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Can a Scientist Believe in God? | Cullen Buie
This program was recorded at a Veritas Forum event on Montana Tech in 2018. The original title was "Can A Scientist Believe in God?" and features Cullen Buie…