List of Closer to Truth episodes
No . in Series No . in Season Episode Title Featured Guest / Contributor
1 1 Does God Make Sense ? Richard Swinburne , Alvin Plantinga , Daniel Dennett , Seyyed Hossein Nasr , Varadaraja V. Raman , Huston Smith , Michael Shermer
2 2 How Vast is the Cosmos ? Martin Rees , Max Tegmark , Alan Guth , Andrei Linde , Paul Davies
3 3 Why is Consciousness so Mysterious ? Ven . Yifa , Susan Blackmore , Keith Ward , Daniel Dennett , David Chalmers , John Searle , Colin McGinn
4 4 Did Our Universe have a Beginning ? Wendy Freedman , Alan Guth , George Smoot , Alexander Vilenkin , Martin Rees
5 5 How are Brains Structured ? Arnold Scheibel , Carmine Clemente , John Schlag , Christof Koch , Michael Merzenich , Rodolfo Llinas
6 6 Arguing God 's Existence Keith Ward , Owen Gingerich , William Lane Craig , Walter Sinnott-Armstrong , Alvin Plantinga , Steven Weinberg
7 7 Why a Fine-Tuned Universe ? John A. Leslie , Steven Weinberg , David Gross , John Polkinghorne , Robin Collins , Paul Davies
8 8 Do Persons have Souls ? JP Moreland , Nancey Murphy , Richard Swinburne , Daniel Dennett , Peter van Inwagen , Huston Smith
9 9 Arguing God from Design Richard Swinburne , Bede Rundle , Steven Weinberg , William Dembski , Francisco Ayala , Michael Shermer , Freeman Dyson
10 10 Could Our Universe Be a Fake ? David Brin , Nick Bostrom , Ray Kurzweil , Marvin Minsky , Martin Rees
11 11 Does ESP Reveal the Nonphysical ? Marilyn Schlitz , Charles Tart , Susan Blackmore , Rupert Sheldrake , Dean Radin , Michael Shermer
12 12 Arguing God from First Cause William Lane Craig , Quentin Smith , Alister McGrath , David Shatz , Charles Harper , Jr. , Peter van Inwagen
13 13 Can Science Deal With God ? Lawrence Krauss , Francis Collins , Robert John Russell , Ian Barbour , Freeman Dyson , Michio Kaku
Episodes -- Series Three : `` Closer to Truth : Cosmos . Consciousness . God . ''
Closer to Truth is a continuing television series on PBS and public television originally created, produced and hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn. The first premiere series aired in 2000 for 2 seasons, followed by a second series aired in 2003 for a single season. The current / third series of the program, Closer to Truth: Cosmos. Consciousness. God, launched in 2008, with 19 full seasons to date. Robert Lawrence Kuhn is the creator, executive producer, writer and presenter of the series. Peter Getzels is the co-creator and producer / director. The show is centered on on-camera conversations with leading scientists, philosophers, theologians, and scholars, covering a diverse range of topics or questions from the size and nature of the universe (or multiverse), to the existence and essence of God, to the mystery of consciousness and the notion of free will.