Closer to Truth
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Closer To Truth is a television series on public television[1] originally created, produced, and hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn. The original series aired in 2000 for two seasons, followed by a second series aired in 2003 for a single season. The third series of the program, Closer To Truth: Cosmos. Consciousness. Meaning.,[2] launched in 2008, with 22 seasons to date. Closer To Truth airs on over 200 PBS and public television stations and has had over 200,000 station broadcasts.[3]
| Closer to Truth | |
|---|---|
 Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Peter Getzels and J. L. Schellenberg on the set of Closer To Truth | |
| Also known as | Closer To Truth: Cosmos. Consciousness. Meaning. |
| Created by | Robert Lawrence Kuhn |
| Written by | Robert Lawrence Kuhn |
| Directed by | Peter Getzels |
| Presented by | Robert Lawrence Kuhn |
| Theme music composer | Joseph Schwantner |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 22 |
| No. of episodes | 280 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Robert Lawrence Kuhn |
| Producer | Peter Getzels |
| Production companies | The Kuhn Foundation, in association with Getzels Gordon Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syndication, PBS |
| Release | 2000 (2000) – present (present) |
The show is centered on on-camera conversations with leading scientists, philosophers, theologians, and scholars, covering a diverse range of topics or questions, from the cause, size and nature of the universe (or multiverse), to the mystery of consciousness and the notion of free will, to the existence and essence of God,[4] to the mystery of existence (i.e., why there is anything at all).[5][6]
Robert Lawrence Kuhn is the creator, executive producer, writer, and presenter of the series.[7] Peter Getzels is the co-creator, producer, and director.[8]