Closer to Truth

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 21 full 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	21
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
Release
Original network	Syndication
Original release	2000 (2000) – 2023 (2023)

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]