The Really Big Questions

Series produced by SoundVision Productions

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Hosted by NPR’s Lynn Neary, in four one-hour programs, The Really Big Questions considers the intersection of empirical science and the humanities and what that conversation can or cannot tell us about who we are and what we value.

BROADCAST WINDOW EXTENDED TO MARCH 31, 2010

TRBQ, the latest series from the award-winning producers of The DNA Files, considers some of the great questions of humanity. What is the nature of consciousness? How do we face death? How do emotions shape our worldview? What is the significance of religious experience? These questions have inspired great works of art, literature, and philosophy and are recurrent themes in human history.

They have also inspired scientific inquiry. Provocative new work in the sciences — such as evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and psychology — gives us a chance to have a broader discussion about human nature and human understanding, but science does not have all the answers; sometimes it just shows us how much we still don’t know.
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Wherever we look, in every corner of human history, we find religion. No other living species has it—why do we? How did it evolve, and what’s it for?

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Emotions play a role in every minute of our lives, yet what exactly is an emotion?

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The quest to define consciousness has inspired philosophers and scientists for much of human history. SoundVision’s The Really Big Questions (TRBQ)...

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  • Added: Sep 10, 2009
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Death is a fact of life, an absolute and unavoidable certainty. And yet, death often comes as a shock, as if unexpected. Why?

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  • Added: Sep 10, 2009
  • Length: 53:29
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