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Do you create your own destiny? Or do you merely play whatever hand the universe has dealt you? This provocative audieries will stimulate your mind by raising these and other timeless questions about free will and determinism. In this series, host Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn welcomes a total of 13 guest experts to discuss free will, identity, and the possibility of the afterlife. Each episode is crafted as a series of one-on-one interviews.

Using real life examples, Deal Maker reveals the behavioral and psychological dimensions of deal making and gives practical advice on planning a negotiating strategy to achieve the best possible results. This book, authored by a venture capitalist with experience structuring deals for entrepreneurial firms and Wall Street takeovers, tells you what skills are needed for successful deal making. It describes how to develop a negotiating strategy explaining the behavioral and psychological dimensions of deal making.

Faced with the challenge of building a new team, Sierra and Joshua accept a landmark paranormal activity case. After receiving Midas's blessing, the McBrides quickly call in favors to meet the deadline so the new owners of Wayland Manor can safely open the historic home to the public. The new paranormal investigators include Macie Graves, the sister of the late Jocelyn Graves. Everyone brings their A-game to discover who or what may be haunting the historic home, but will it be enough?

It's another paranormal investigation for the Gulf Coast Paranormal team but this one is at the scene of an infamous murder at Brady Hall. While Midas and Cassidy enjoy a small getaway, Sierra and Joshua take the lead on this ghost hunt

When Midas and his crew of paranormal investigators take on the Historic Oakleigh Mansion they assume they'll encounter a few residual haunts but they're completely wrong. Besides the standard Lady in Black sightings and the sounds of crying children, a newer more modern entity threatens the Mobile landmark. The paranormal activity escalates in the cookhouse and an evil presence hides in a hidden room. When Midas enters the forgotten space he meets a spirit he'll never forget.

Midas, Cassidy, and the Gulf Coast Paranormal team take on a new client, one with a disturbing problem. Reports of tree knocks, scratch marks, screams in the woods, and even a missing hunter have made Crenshaw Road a frightening place to live. Midas isn't quite sure what he's up against, but he agrees to help Aaron's grandmother, Nina, get to the bottom of it all. The investigation takes a surprising turn when an unknown entity appears and the team is put to the test, in more ways than one. Will the answers lead them to the Creature on Crenshaw Road?

Whether you’re a believer or nonbeliever, you’ve undoubtedly struggled to understand the existence of evil in our world. Now, in light of huge strides in psychology and neuroscience, this compelling series invites you to reconsider the problem of evil with today’s leading minds. In simplest terms, the “problem of evil” questions whether an almighty, all-knowing, and benevolent God can coexist with the evil we witness in the world.

Everything we know and do - all the depth of thought, all the range of emotion, all the fullness of human achievement - springs from the brains in our heads. But how exactly does your brain work? And how much can science discover about its processes? In three exciting episodes, your host, Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn, welcomes 14 guest experts to share their inspiring knowledge of the human brain. Each episode is crafted as a series of one-on-one interviews.

For Sergeant David Griffin, a "peacetime" Marine, Beirut was a chance to prove himself capable to the generation of Marines who had been blooded in the Vietnam War. For Corporal Steven Downs, Beirut was a struggle to separate the civilian from the soldier, his distrust of the politicians' decisions from the military mission. For all the Marines serving in Lebanon, it was another war in a foreign country where the enemy could be anywhere or anyone.

Can our physical brains fully explain the phenomenon of our minds? The same question that Descartes pondered in the 17th century continues to fascinate philosophers, theologians, and scientists in the 21st. Now, in this engaging three-part series, your host, Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn, conducts wide-ranging interviews with 13 leading experts about the relationship between brain and mind. Each episode is crafted as a series of one-on-one interviews that respond to the title question.

The call comes at midnight. It looks like a tragic and petty murder - a rising star in San Francisco's legal firmament found shot in a dark alley. But for homicide lieutenant Abe Glitsky, the crime cuts horribly close to home - unknown to anyone, the victim was his daughter. Seething, Glitsky leans hard on his only suspect - a homeless heroin addict found lingering over his daughter's body, with her jewelry in his pocket and a smoking gun in his hand.

When the head of San Francisco's largest HMO dies in his own hospital, no one doubts that it is anything but the result of massive injuries inflicted by a random hit-and-run accident. But the autopsy soon tells a different story - an overdose of potassium killed him, and the attending physician, Eric Kensing, becomes the prime suspect in a high-profile homicide.

Is causation a fundamental principle that orders the universe, or a construct invented by human beings? What does it mean to exist? In this provocative audio series, Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn, creator and host of the hit PBS series Closer to Truth, probes causality, existence, and other heady philosophical topics in intimate conversations with 13 of the world’s greatest thinkers. Known for his erudite yet down-to-earth interviews, Kuhn takes you on a fascinating and accessible journey into the world of philosophy.

What is truth? As humans, how can we know what is real? How can the philosophies of science, cosmology, and biology help us understand the mysteries of our existence? In this compelling audio series, Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn, creator and host of the hit PBS series Closer to Truth, probes the nature of truth and other heady philosophical questions in intimate conversations with 13 of the world’s greatest thinkers.

In a conversation with Robert John Russell, founder and director of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, Kuhn asks how Russell reconciles his roles as a physicist and an ordained minister. As you listen to a fascinating array of perspectives, you’ll understand Kuhn’s claim that “the nexus of science and theology is the place where we explore human reality.”

How, Dr. Kuhn asks his interlocutors, can consciousness be explained? How do the microscopic particles that make up our brains cause us to experience the tranquil beauty of a setting sun, the haunting strains of Mozart’s "Requiem", or the flush of romantic love? These interviews - with cosmologists, computer scientists, philosophers, paranormal researchers, and more - explore key questions such as these about the nature and mystery of consciousness.

Why has science - religion dialogue gotten so heated? What do the world’s leading experts see as the path forward? For some, science and religion occupy separate, irreconcilable spheres. For others, they share a common goal: to explore big questions and synthesize knowledge. Now, in this series of 17 one-on-one interviews, you have the privilege of hearing from leading voices in the debate. Most of the featured experts are professional scientists. While some consider religion irrelevant to science, many more find fulfillment in harmonizing their work with their beliefs.

In 1935, Nancy Allison, a young telephone operator is relentlessly stalked by a stranger. Despite pleas for help, Nancy is found viciously murdered in the rose gardens at Champion Gardens. Nearly a hundred years later, the case remains unsolved until a horrible accident reveals a surprising truth about Nancy's secret life. When her bloody apparition appears to a terrified gardener and a few guests, the Gulf Coast Paranormal team is summoned to quietly check things out.

As an archaeological team cares for the Indian Shell Mounds on Dauphin Island, they discover a strange metal key—in a skeleton's hand! Questions loom about the key's origin and what mysteries it might unlock. Could it be an artifact left behind by Spanish explorers, the first people besides the First Nation People to reside on the island? Or is the skeleton one of the unfortunate Casket Girls who died when the island was called Massacre Island?