The stunning new images of outer space from the Webb Space Telescope might prompt people of faith to ponder big questions: How do I square my belief in the Big Bang with my belief in the creator-God of the Book of Genesis? Could we really have an all-loving God who cares about such a tiny little speck of dust in this massive universe?
Guest Fr. Adam Hincks, ... Show More
Aug 13
What Fr. Jack Bentz, SJ, Is Learning from Young Catholics
Father Jack Bentz, SJ, is a Jesuit priest who works in campus ministry at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. He also has a new podcast called “Catholics in Ordinary Time,” which is just an awesome title. The podcast was inspired in large part by his work during the Synod ... Show More
50m 40s
Aug 6
Faith, Ethics and Artificial Intelligence with Brian P. Green
The Saturday after Pope Leo XIV was elected, he gave an address to cardinals in which he described his reasoning for selecting the name Leo. He said there were different reasons for his choice, “but mainly because Pope Leo XIII in his historic Encyclical Rerum Novarum addressed t ... Show More
52m 39s
Jul 2024
463. Heaven, the Matrix, Dark Matter, and Aliens | Dr. David Kipping
Dr. Jordan Peterson sits down with the director of the Cool Worlds Lab at Columbia University, Dr. David Kipping. They discuss the likelihood of finding life elsewhere in the universe, what it means to be a Type I civilization, why Mars is our best chance at interplanetary expans ... Show More
1h 25m
Jul 2024
The Church and Modern Science | Prof. Christopher Baglow
This lecture was given on May 7th, 2024, at University of California, San Diego.
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About the Speaker: Dr. Baglow is Professor of the Practice of Theology and the Director of the Science and ... Show More
1 h
Jun 2020
Brian Greene, "Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe" (Random House, 2020)
Brian Greene is a Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Columbia University in the City of New York, where he is the Director of the Institute for Strings, Cosmology, and Astroparticle Physics, and co-founder and chair of the World Science Festival. He is well known for his TV ... Show More
2 h
Jan 2025
I'm Still Standing
Pete Hegseth, Israel-Gaza ceasefire, and LA wildfires.Find us on Youtube.This week, Russell, Mike, and Clarissa welcome Michael Wear to review the week’s cabinet hearings and the potential ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel. Then, Katharine Hayhoe and Kutter Callaway join to ... Show More
1h 5m
Jan 2025
512. Time, Space, and the Miraculous | Dr. Brian Keating
Jordan Peterson sits down with experimental cosmologist Dr. Brian Keating. They discuss the importance of awe for the human spirit, the fundamental ethos behind all true science, the idea of the useless genius, and the necessity of sacrifice for improvement of the self and the br ... Show More
1h 36m
May 2022
How We Found the Universe (Science and Faith)
How did humanity come to know the world around us, the structure of our planet, our solar system, and the universe. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the mystery of the nature of the universe and the historical figures who found the answers we have today.
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1h 29m