Alan Lightman

33 Podcast Episodes

67 - When Science Meets Spirituality (Ft. Alan Lightman)

67 - When Science Meets Spirituality (Ft. Alan Lightman)

Special guest Alan Lightman takes us through a fascinating discussion of consciousness, and tells us how he reconciles s... Read more

17 Jul 2023

42mins

Alan Lightman: Can Science Explain Spirituality?

Alan Lightman: Can Science Explain Spirituality?

A physicist whose world has no room for spirits, but who has experienced many eerily transcendent moments – both in natu... Read more

4 Jul 2023

38mins

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Alan Lightman, "The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science" (Pantheon, 2023)

Alan Lightman, "The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science" (Pantheon, 2023)

Are science and spirituality incompatible? From the acclaimed author of Einstein’s Dreams comes a rich, fascinating answ... Read more

26 Apr 2023

30mins

Alan Lightman, "The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science" (Pantheon, 2023)

Alan Lightman, "The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science" (Pantheon, 2023)

Are science and spirituality incompatible? From the acclaimed author of Einstein’s Dreams comes a rich, fascinating answ... Read more

26 Apr 2023

30mins

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Alan Lightman, "The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science" (Pantheon, 2023)

Alan Lightman, "The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science" (Pantheon, 2023)

Are science and spirituality incompatible? From the acclaimed author of Einstein’s Dreams comes a rich, fascinating answ... Read more

26 Apr 2023

30mins

Can Scientists Be Spiritual? Alan Lightman | Into The Impossible Podcast

Can Scientists Be Spiritual? Alan Lightman | Into The Impossible Podcast

Please support the podcast by taking our short listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/intotheimpossible Watch ... Read more

27 Mar 2023

57mins

Searching: Our Quest For Meaning In The Age Of Science / Film School Radio interview with Host Alan Lightman

Searching: Our Quest For Meaning In The Age Of Science / Film School Radio interview with Host Alan Lightman

In “SEARCHING: Our Quest For Meaning In The Age Of Science,” physicist and best-selling author Alan Lightman investigate... Read more

10 Jan 2023

Alan Lightman: Probable Impossibilities

Alan Lightman: Probable Impossibilities

As a theoretical physicist, Alan Lightman writes about the wonders of the universe with the soul of a philosopher. As sc... Read more

24 Aug 2022

54mins

129: In Praise of Wasting Time by Alan Lightman

129: In Praise of Wasting Time by Alan Lightman

We are all worried about wasting time. Especially in the West, we have created a frenzied lifestyle in which the twenty-... Read more

9 Feb 2022

33mins

Alan Lightman: Astronomy's Tolstoy -- Improbable Possibilities, Einstein's Dream, & More

Alan Lightman: Astronomy's Tolstoy -- Improbable Possibilities, Einstein's Dream, & More

Einstein's Dreams is a fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, when he worked in a patent offic... Read more

6 Jul 2021

56mins

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