

The Veritas Forum
The Veritas Forum
At the Veritas Forum, we believe we were made to seek truth and be changed by it. We are a community of students, faculty, campus ministers, and more, who are pursuing a vision of the university that seeks and stewards truth and invites people of all backgrounds to explore the ideas that shape our lives. Since 1992, we’ve shared lectures and conversations with a firm belief that generous dialogue is essential for universities and the Christian faith alike.
In this podcast, we're pulling from our archives of recorded events. Learn more about each episode in the show notes and visit veritas.org to learn more about the mission of the Veritas Forum and join us as we explore the ideas that shape our lives.
In this podcast, we're pulling from our archives of recorded events. Learn more about each episode in the show notes and visit veritas.org to learn more about the mission of the Veritas Forum and join us as we explore the ideas that shape our lives.
Episodes
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Aug 5, 2021 • 1h 39min
Audacious Love: How Daryl Davis Convinced 200 Racists to Leave the KKK
Daryl Davis is a Black blues musician who builds friendships with members of white supremacy organizations. Through these relationships, he has helped convince over 200 white supremacists to renounce their ideology and leave their organizations. He is joined by one of these men, Jeff Schoep, former director of a Neo-Nazi organization, who is now a human rights advocate.
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Aug 4, 2021 • 1h 10min
Can Truth and Tolerance Coexist? | Miroslav Volf
A dialogue between Dr. Miroslav Volf of Yale University and Dr. Vijay Pendakur of Cornell University discussing truth, tolerance, and safe spaces. From the Veritas Forum at Cornell University, a discussion titled "Can Truth and Tolerance Coexist?"
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Jul 29, 2021 • 1h 24min
Mental Health, Human Flourishing, and Religion | Beyond the Forum Edition
Dr. Curt Thompson, a board certified Psychiatrist and Neurologist, discusses the power of the narrative we tell ourselves and how it affects us throughout our lives. A lecture and conversation covering mental health, human flourishing, and religion.
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Jul 22, 2021 • 1h 25min
What Big Questions Can We Be Asking? | Beyond the Forum Edition
From the archives, we bring you our first ever Virtual Veritas Forum. We hear from a panel that includes Lydia Dugdale, MD and Director of Columbia Center for Clinical Medical Ethics; David Brooks, bestselling author and NYT cultural commentator; and Andy Crouch, executive editor of Christianity Today, author, and partner at Praxis Labs. Moderated by executive director of The Veritas Forum, Andrew Schuman.
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May 25, 2021 • 1h 16min
Living and Dying in the Time of Covid | Lydia Dugdale
Lydia Dugdale, MD, MAR is the Silberberg Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics in the Department of Medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons.
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Shelly Kagan is Clark Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, where he has taught since 1995.
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May 18, 2021 • 1h 7min
God's Undertaker: Has Science and Philosophy Buried God | John Lennox
John Lennox, Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University, is an internationally renowned speaker on the interface of science, philosophy and religion. In a forum event in 2021 hosted by the Veritas Forum at the University of Georgia, Yohannes Abate, Susan Dasher and Charles Dasher MD Professor of Physics, interviews Dr. Lennox.
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May 11, 2021 • 1h 21min
Why Science and Faith Need Each Other: Eight Shared Values that Move Us Beyond Fear | Elaine Ecklund
From the Veritas Forum at Arizona State comes a series titled Pursuing Science and Christian Faith for Human Flourishing. Professor Elaine Howard Ecklund from Rice University presents, "Why Science and Faith Need Each Other."
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May 4, 2021 • 1h 12min
Cancelled: Redeeming Public Virtue in a Cancel Culture Age
A Conversation about Forgiveness and the Ethics of Cancel Culture hosted by the Veritas Forum at Harvard University.
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Speakers:
Christine Emba, Columnist at The Washington Post
Willie Jennings, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at Yale University
Suzanne Nossel, Chief Executive Officer at PEN America
Moderated by Sung Kwang Oh and Lizzie Bond
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Made possible through sponsorship by The Donahue Foundation
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Apr 27, 2021 • 1h 13min
Science, Ignorance, and the Pursuit of Meaning | Satyan Devadoss & Stuart Firestein
Dr. Satyan Devadoss, Professor of Mathematics at the University of San Diego, and Stuart Firestein, Professor of Neurobiology at Columbia University, discuss science, ignorance and the pursuit of meaning on the stage at Columbia.
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Apr 20, 2021 • 1h 16min
Wholeness Beyond What Fractures: Inner Wholeness Beyond Isolation, Shame, and Despair
Dr. Curt Thompson is a psychiatrist and the author of Anatomy of the Soul and The Soul of Shame. He is also the founder of Being Known, which develops teaching programs, seminars, and resource materials to help people explore the connections between interpersonal neurobiology and Christian spirituality which lead to genuine change and transformation.
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Miwa Yasui is an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration. Her research focuses on the influences of culture, ethnic-racial socialization, and family systems in mental health, development, and identity formation.
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