MEDIA
The Seekers
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. Produced by Insignia Films, January 6, 2023.
Great Issues, New Perspectives
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. 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. Visionaires. RT, January 29, 2021.
Life During and After the Pandemic. Can We Reinvent Ourselves?
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
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
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
Marcelo Gleiser 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
Science as an Unending Quest
Marchelo chats with Stefani Ruper about science, the limits of knowledge, and the search for meaning. The Meaning of Everything podcast, January 18, 2019
Unknowns in Heaven and Earth
Marcelo delivers the Drawbridge Lecture on science and religion at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. Christian Evidence Society, May 22, 2018