EPISODE 1: BEYOND BELIEF

IN STORY VS. REALITY: IS IT BETTER FOR ME TO BELIEVE OR TO KNOW? (EPISODE 1 OF 3)

THE ESSAY: SHOULD I DELUDE MYSELF TO BELIEVE?

HOST URMI DESAI READS HER ESSAY IN RESPONSE TO THE 1942 NON-FICTION BOOK, MERE CHRISTIANITY, BY THE CELEBRATED CHILDREN AND FANTASY WRITER, C. S. LEWIS.

THE INTERVIEW: JESUS AS A METAPHOR, NOT A FACT

TALKING TO Gretta Vosper, A TORONTO-BASED CHRISTIAN MINISTER OF THE UNITED CHURCH, ON HOW SHE CAN BE BOTH A CHRISTIAN AND AN ATHEIST - AND WHY MANY THINK HER APPROACH MAY REVITALIZE THE CHURCH.

EPISODE 2: OTHER PEOPLES’ STORIES

IN STORY VS. REALITY: IS IT BETTER FOR ME TO BELIEVE OR TO KNOW? (EPISODE 2 OF 3)

THE ESSAY: IS EVERYTHING JUST A STORY?

HOST URMI DESAI READS HER ESSAY IN RESPONSE TO THE INFLUENTIAL 1961 NON-FICTION BOOK, MADNESS & CIVILIZATION, BY THE FRENCH PHILOSOPHER, MICHEL FOUCAULT.

THE INTERVIEW: THE STORY OF BEING GAY

TALKING TO ROBERT LECKEY, DEAN OF LAW, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL, CANADA, ON THE CHANGING STORY OF GAYNESS - AND HOW HE AVOIDED BEING TRAPPED BY IT.

EPISODE 3: THE TRUTH ABOUT SCIENCE

IN STORY VS. REALITY: IS IT BETTER FOR ME TO BELIEVE OR TO KNOW? (EPISODE 3 OF 3)

THE ESSAY: WHEN DOES A THEORY BECOME A FACT?

HOST URMI DESAI READS HER ESSAY IN RESPONSE TO ONE OF THE MOST CITED BOOKS IN THE WORLD, PHYSICIST THOMAS KUHN’S 1965 WORK, THE THEORY OF SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS.

THE INTERVIEW: THE BIGGEST FLIP-FLOP IN SCIENCE

TALKING TO X ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY-HELD BUT NOW DISCREDITED BELIEFS IN MODERN SCIENCE - AND HOW ITS REVERSAL IS INFLUENCING EVERYTHING AROUND US.