Webcasts & Podcasts

Spiritual Enterprise: Doing Virtuous Business
February 17, 2009
Matthew Bishop of the Economist interviewing Theodore Malloch, author of Spiritual Enterprise: Doing Virtuous Business.

Professor Ying-shih Yu
October 7, 2008
The Cosmos and Humanity in Chinese Thought

World Science Festival
May 28-June 1, 2008
Video excerpts from the Big Ideas Series

Dinesh D'Souza debates Daniel Dennett
November 30, 2007
Is God a Manmade Invention?

Dinesh D'Souza debates Michael Shermer
February 2007
Is Religion a Force for Good or Evil? and Can you be Good without God?

von Neumann Memorial Lectures
October 5-6, 2007
On the occasion of remembering the 50th anniversary of his death, the von Neumann Memorial Lectures reflect upon von Neumann's life and legacy by exploring key issues facing humanity in the arenas of science, technology, and global ethics.

Charity Connects American Doctors to Developing Countries
June 4, 2007
Purpose Prize winner Frank Brady featured on PBS Newshour with Jim Lehrer.

Templeton Prize Award Ceremony
Buckingham Palace 2007

Charles Taylor interview on PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
March 20, 2007

Announcement of the 2007 Templeton Prize Laureate, Charles Taylor
Professor Charles Taylor, a Canadian philosopher who for nearly half a century has argued that problems such as violence and bigotry can only be solved by considering both their secular and spiritual dimensions, has won the 2007 Templeton Prize.

Does Science Make Belief in God Obsolete?
Discussion with William D. Phillips and Michael Shermer moderated by Michael Novak
American Enterprise Institute
May 15, 2008

The Intersection of Faith and Evolution: A Civil Dialogue
November 14, 2007
Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute and author of the book "The Language of God," Dr. Jeffrey McKee of the OSU Department of Anthropology, Dr. Patricia Princehouse of the Case Western Reserve University Department of Philosophy, and Dr. David Ruppe, a scholar of religion. The panel was moderated by WOSU's Fred Anderle.

Islam and Science: Beyond the Troubled Relationship
Ziauddin Sardar lectures at The Royal Society

CREATIVITY: the mind, machines, and mathematics
A Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of Alan Turing's Seminal Paper "On Computable Numbers" featuring a debate on the limits of intelligent machines and a lecture on Turing's contributions.

Announcement of the 2006 Templeton Prize Laureate, John D. Barrow
Dr. Barrow, who serves as Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge, has used insights from mathematics, physics, and astronomy to set out wide-ranging views that challenge scientists and theologians to cross the boundaries of their disciplines if they are to fully realize what they may or may not understand about how time, space, and matter began, the behavior of the universe (or, perhaps, "multiverses"), and where it is all headed, if anywhere.
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Video Tribute to Charles Townes, 2005 Templeton Prize Laureate