Each of the following paragraphs summarizes a Closer To Truth television show and book chapter. The title links to its topic page, with streaming video (as broadcast), extended transcript (book chapter), HyperForum (some), participants, and resources.

What's Creativity and Who's Creative? (show 103), first airs May 2000.
Are you creative? Would you like to be? Why? Don't creative people just cause trouble? If you're still game.. Creativity is exciting, but also demanding, consuming, frustrating, and addicting. Creativity is inspiring, but also fickle, erratic, tricky, and risky. Creativity can be found anywhere, at home or work as easily as in art or science. It can erupt suddenly, or emerge slowly. The study of creativity combines sweeping theories, fascinating stories, clever experiments, and personal confessions. 
Participants: Cannell, Csikszentmihaly, Freeman, Kao, Kurzweil

How Does Creativity Work At Work? (show 203), first airs September 2000.
Is your business or organization creative? Can it survive without innovation? What about you personally? Are you creative at work?. Pay attention: Your career just might depend on it. Creativity and Innovation on the job? Can the process be replicated and focused to benefit companies and careers? What's the difference between Creativity and Innovation? Creativity, forms "Something" from nothing, while Innovation, shapes that Something into practical products and services. Creativity without Innovation, is aimless; while Innovation without Creativity, is sterile. So, how can working people be Creative and Innovative?
Participants: Cannell, Csikszentmihaly, Freeman, Kao, Kurzweil

Can You Learn to be Creative? (show 211), first airs November 2000.
How do creative people create? Like Artists? Writers? Poets? Scientists? Entrepreneurs? Maybe you can do it too? Everyone wants to be creative, but the many methods will just drive you crazy. We start with some Myths. What is believed about creativity that is dead wrong? 1) Creativity is a rare form of genius. No! Everyone can learn to be more imaginative; 2) Creativity is only for the arts and sciences. No! Any area of human endeavor can be fertile soil for fresh ideas to flourish; 3) Creativity can be made very easy. No! You need high energy and strong motivation to generate original ideas. 
Participants: Benford, Csikszentmihaly, Janzen, Kao, Siler

How Did We Think in the Last Millennium? (show 208), first airs October 2000.
What will the new millennium bring? To forecast the future, we must process the past. What happened in the last millennium? Why such extremes? If change is marked as a function of time, the last thousand years were astonishing. Humanity transformed -- from knights on horses to kids on computers -- but the price paid was very high. So much collective suffering; so much personal agony. How did humanity think during the last millennium? What were the thought processes that simultaneously built civilization and spread devastation? And what lessons can we learn for the next millennium? Let's understand thinking, its categories and applications. If you can think clearer, you can think better. 
Participants: De Bono, Feigenbaum, Molitor, Murray, Nuland

How Does Technology Transform Thinking?  (show 111), first airs July 2000.
I get cranky when there's a 10-second delay in downloading a Web Site. A few years ago, I was thrilled to receive a same-day fax; and a few years ago before that, a same-week letter was just fine. It's not time that's accelerating; it's our thinking. What's the real impact of technology? Don't let the superficial glitz of flashy gadgets and light-speed information fool you. The true transformation is in thinking. What are the characteristics of technology that affect our modes of thought? How has thinking changed? And how do we keep up? 
Participants: Fukuyama, Kosko, Kozmetsky, Minsky, Murray

Why Do We Make Music & Art?  (show 206), first airs October 2000.
What's your favorite Music or piece of Art? How do they make you feel? What do they reveal about you? What is it about music and art that causes such exuberance - we seem transported, connected, floating outside ourselves, tuned in to Something Larger. Do music and art reflect our Culture? Or do they change it? And what about education? How can we enrich our children through aesthetic appreciation?
Participants: Boyd, Freeman, Janzen, Kurzweil, Siler