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The Seekers (Video)
Marcelo’s short documentary, in collaboration with Peter McBride and Insignia Films, about a young Navajo leader and a scientist in search of our lost connection to Nature.
- Insignia Films
January 6, 2023
Great Issues, New Perspectives (Video)
Marcelo joined Latif Nasser, host of the Radiolab podcast series and Netflix’s "Connected: The Hidden Science of Everything" for a live conversation about science skepticism and the need for empirical evidence as a way to keep our society whole.
- Dartmouth Advancement
February 11, 2021
The Theory of Everything Is a Fabrication
What makes us, as humans, so peculiar? And why do we seek answers to the toughest questions? Marcelo discusses with SophieCo.
- RT
January 29, 2021
Life During and After the Pandemic. Can We Reinvent Ourselves? (Video)
Marcelo in conversation with FullCycle Managing Director Stephan Nicoleau
- The Future, with FullCycle
May 8, 2020
How to Ignite Secular Spirituality: Exploring Our Quest for Meaning (Video)
In this recording of a virtual convening, we hear from Marcelo on how Covid-19 is impacting our worldviews and discuss ways to co-create a new world through our individual and collective actions.
- Synergos
April 15, 2020
The Enigma of Life: Confronting Marvels at the Edges of Science (Video)
Marcelo, experimental psychologist Tania Lombrozo, and physician Gavin Francis analyze the impact of awe and wonder on their own work and on the mindsets of their colleagues carrying out cutting-edge scientific research.
- The New York Academy of Sciences
February 5, 2020
Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method, Prize-Winning Physicist Says
In conversation, the 2019 Templeton Prize winner does not pull punches on the limits of science, the value of humility, and the irrationality of nonbelief.
- Scientific American
March 20, 2019
Science Meets Spirituality: Dartmouth Professor Marcelo Gleiser Awarded Templeton Prize (audio)
Marcelo calls science “a flirt with the mysterious,” and said it’s scientists’ job to explore things that aren’t yet understood.
- VPR
March 20, 2019
Marcelo Gleiser Wins Templeton Prize for Quest to Confront ‘Mystery of Who We Are’
The prestigious award comes with nearly $1.5 million in winnings. The physicist, who teaches at Dartmouth and has written for NPR, says he’s driven by the “many questions we still have no clue about.”
- NPR
March 19, 2019
Marcelo Gleiser Wins the 2019 Templeton Prize
Previous award winners include Mother Teresa, Desmond Tutu, and the Dalai Lama.
- Dartmouth News
March 19, 2019
Science as an Unending Quest (audio)
Marchelo chats with Stefani Ruper about science, the limits of knowledge, and the search for meaning.
- The Meaning of Everything podcast
January 18, 2019
‘Brief Answers to the Big Questions’ Is Stephen Hawking’s Parting Gift to Humanity
Marcelo reviews the physicist’s posthumous book, which highlights his belief in the rationality of nature and in our ability to uncover its secrets—and a faith in science’s ability to solve humanity’s biggest problems.
- NPR
October 16, 2018