Intelligent Design The Future
By Discovery Institute
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Podcast Description
The ID The Future (IDTF) podcast carries on Discovery Institute's mission of exploring the issues central to evolution and intelligent design. IDTF is a short, weekly podcast providing you with the most current news and views on evolution and ID. IDTF delivers brief interviews with key scientists and scholars developing the theory of ID, as well as insightful commentary from Discovery Institute senior fellows and staff on the scientific, educational and legal aspects of the debate.
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CleanDr. Stephen Meyer: Why Are We Still Debating Darwin? pt. 2 | On this episode of ID The Future, hear more from Dr. Stephen Meyer's recent talk for Socrates in the City in Washington, D.C. Meyer, Director of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science & Culture, explained why we are still debating Darwin and why it matters. Part 2 gives listeners a sneak preview of the topic of Dr. Meyer's next book, a follow-up to his 2009 landmark book Signature in the Cell. Tune in now! | 5/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean"Background Checks" to Root Out Doubts About Darwin? | On this episode of ID The Future, Discovery Institute Senior Fellow David Klinghoffer explores the latest developments involving Dr. Ben Carson and the protests surrounding his doubts over Darwinian evolution after being invited to speak at Emory University’s commencement this year. Klinghoffer reveals that administration at Emory are now considering an additional “background check” for future invited speakers, so as to root out anyone that may have differing opinions from the academic or scientific mainstream. This assault on academic freedom just keeps getting worse! Listen in as Klinghoffer explains. Read more about it at Evolution News & Views. | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAn Atheist Discusses the Scientific Merits of Intelligent Design | On this episode of ID the Future, atheist philosopher Bradley Monton defends intelligent design as science, discussing methodological naturalism and the evidential force of ID with Casey Luskin. Listen in as Professor Monton shares how ID-critic Robert Pennock tried to intimidate him (and click here for more of that story). Bradley J. Monton, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder, is the author of Seeking God in Science: An Atheist Defends Intelligent Design (Broadview Press, 2009). | 5/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDr. Stephen Meyer: Why Are We Still Debating Darwin? | On this episode of ID The Future, hear excerpts from a recent Socrates in the City event in Washington, D.C., where Dr. Stephen Meyer, director of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science & Culture, answers the question "Why are we still debating Darwin, and why does it matter?" As Socrates once said, "the unexamined life is not worth living." In speaking at a Socrates in the City event, Dr. Meyer joins a host of other thinkers who try to address life's most important questions by encouraging thoughtful discourse and debate. The event was hosted by author Eric Metaxas. Listen now! | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRichard Weikart on Dr. Ben Carson and the Implications of Evolutionary Ethics | On this episode of ID The Future, professor and Center for Science & Culture fellow Dr. Richard Weikart discusses a recent attack on esteemed neurobiologist Dr. Ben Carson for his doubts about Darwinian evolution. Carson is the speaker at Emory University's 2012 Commencement. Last week, an open letter from a handful of Emory faculty members appeared in the school's newspaper criticizing Carson's lack of respect for evolution and accusing him of making inappropriate statements about ethics and morality. Weikart explores the implications of evolutionary ethics and sheds light on this current academic freedom issue. Read more about this issue at Evolution News & Views. | 5/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSign the Petition Urging Emory University to Stand Up to Darwinist Bullies | On this episode of ID the Future, host David Boze and Dr. David Klinghoffer discuss how Darwinist bullying at Emory University illustrates how the scientific consensus on Darwinian evolution is maintained through an atmosphere of intimidation, distortion, and oppression. Dr. Ben Carson, a widely acclaimed neurosurgeon, was invited to give the Commencement address and receive an honorary degree. Now he's being targeted by Darwinists at the university for being a Darwin skeptic. Perhaps even more disturbing is the university's failure to reaffirm Dr. Carson's welcome and support his right to academic freedom. An online petition urging Emory University to uphold academic freedom has already received over two thousand signatures. Add yours and encourage Emory University to stand up to the bullies that threaten scientific dissent. Don't forget to tell your friends and family to do the same! | 5/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDefending Academic Freedom: Dr. Ben Carson and Emory University | Pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson is under attack by Darwinists trying to discredit him ahead of his invitation to deliver a commencement at Emory University on May 15th. Listen in as Casey Luskin shares the backstory and provides details of an online petition you can sign now to show your support for Dr. Carson's right to express honest doubts about Darwinian evolution! It's not just about Dr. Carson. It's about all the people who are being intimidated by a culture of bullying from the Darwin lobby. People we haven't even heard about yet, who are afraid to speak up for fear of their jobs and their livelihood. Will you help us protect their freedom? Sign the petition now. | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNature's "Evolutionary Gems": Microevolution Meets... Microevolution | On this episode of ID the Future Casey Luskin continues his examination of Nature's "15 Evolutionary Gems" packet, going through the literature on small-scale, micro-evolutionary changes -- and how they fail to account for larger, macro-evolutionary changes. Listen in as Luskin discusses changes in birds' beaks and guppies' spots and what they really tell us about evolutionary theory. For more on the "evolutionary gems," Check out Evolution News & Views. | 5/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPro-ID Paper Examines Irreducible Complexity of Birds in Flight | On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin reports on a 2009 peer-reviewed paper arguing for the irreducible complexity of two systems vital to bird flight -- feathers and the avian respiratory system. The author, Leeds University professor Andy McIntosh, challenges his critics to consider the design hypothesis as a valid scientific assumption "borne out by the evidence itself." Read more about the paper on Evolution News & Views. | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Darwin-Fueled Ideas of John Derbyshire and Robert Weissberg | On this episode of ID The Future, Discovery Institute Senior Fellow David Klinghoffer discusses the recent move by National Review editor Rich Lowry to sever ties with two regular contributors, John Derbyshire and Robert Weissberg, after discovering their connections to racialist groups promoting race superiority, eugenics, and other decidely un-American ideas. Klinghoffer illustrates how Darwinian evolution informs proponents of these ideas, and how important it is to identify and root out this kind of thinking before it has a chance to pollute respectable institutions and publications. Read Klinghoffer's coverage of this issue on Evolution News & Views. | 5/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEvangelizing Evolution: A Look at Nature's Evolutionary Gems | Are refereed scientific journals vehicles for progress or propaganda? The journal Nature was first published in 1869 as a vehicle for promoting "progressive" and "controversial" ideas like Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection and universal common ancestry. In 2009, Nature released a free online packet entitled "15 Evolutionary Gems", designed to help people promote and defend the theory of evolution. Listen in as Casey Luskin explores this modern attempt to promote Darwinism and how it misses the mark. Listen to part 2,3, and 4 of this podcast series. Read more about Nature's evolution promotion packet on Evolution News & Views. | 4/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDr. Cornelius Hunter: Evidence Against Darwinian Evolution in the Hammerhead Shark | On this episode of ID the Future, host David Boze interviews Dr. Cornelius Hunter about serveral lines of evidence against Darwinian evolution found in the hammerhead shark. The unique design of the hammerhead's aerodynamic head, or cephalofoil, includes electromagnetic tracking of prey and binocular vision. Although new research reported in Science Daily gratuitously presents these unique features as a product of unguided evolution, the Darwinian framework fails to offer any insight into how they might have arisen. Dr. Cornelius G. Hunter is Adjunct Professor at Biola University and author of the award-winning Darwin’s God: Evolution and the Problem of Evil. His blog can be found at darwins-god.blogspot.com. | 4/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMedia Matters Misconstrues Tennessee's Academic Freedom Law | On this episode of ID the Future, David Boze addresses the false claims of Media Matters, a popular leftist website that has framed the new Tennessee academic freedom law as a "slickly crafted proposal to allow religion in the science classroom" while ignoring the actual content of the law. In similar fashion, Media Matters has also disregarded public documents while making false assertions against the Discovery Institute. Listen in as Boze responds to these wrongful attacks and explains why they're being waged. | 4/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTennessee's New Academic Freedom Law Protects Teachers and Defends Science | On this episode of ID the Future, host David Boze interviews Casey Luskin about the recent passing of an academic freedom law in Tennessee that allows teachers to discuss both the scientific strengths and weaknesses of controversial scientific theories. Although the bill had overwhelming bipartisan support, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam opted to let it pass into law without his signature, issuing a statement that mirrored the rhetoric of the Darwin Lobby. Such critics claim that the bill is unnecessary, but as Luskin points out, there have been several incidences over the last few years that have illustrated the need to support critical thinking in the classroom. | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhy Academic Freedom Matters: A Look Back at the 2009 Texas State Board Hearings | As Tennessee becomes the latest state to enact academic freedom legislation, listen in on testimony to the Texas State Board of Education, who in 2009 held public hearings on revised science education standards. As one college instructor put it: "We need for our students to come to us at the college level able to think, and simply giving them a one-sided view of thinking in a purely Darwinian model is, in my opinion, not right." Ultimately, the board decided to improve the "strengths and weaknesses" language of the original standards in a victory for scientists and educators in favor of teaching the scientific evidence for and against evolution. Tune in to hear the arguments that influenced their decision. Follow the latest news on the Tennessee academic freedom law at Evolution News & Views. | 4/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGorilla Gene Sequencing Casts New Doubt on Human Origin Assumptions | On this episode of ID The Future, Casey Luskin discusses how the recent complete sequencing of the gorilla genome has challenged conventional thinking about human ancestry and explains what neo-Darwinists are doing to try to minimize the impact of this new information. Says Luskin: "There is not a clear signal of ancestral relationships that is coming out of the gorilla genome once you add it into the mix." Tune in to hear about this interesting development! | 4/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPeer-Review: Ensuring Quality or Enforcing Orthodoxy? | Is the only good science peer-reviewed science? Are there other avenues to present important scientific work? On this episode of ID The Future, Professor of Mathematics Dr. Frank Tipler discusses the pros and cons of peer review and refereed journals. More than fifty peer-reviewed papers discussing intelligent design have been published, but critics of the theory still proclaim a lack of peer-reviewed work as an argument. Listen in as Tipler shows how things have changed with the peer review process and what we can do about it. | 4/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Importance of Academic Freedom: A Biology Teacher's Perspective | Tennessee could soon become the second state to enact academic freedom legislation. Tune in to this episode of ID the Future and learn why academic freedom on evolution in education is so necessary. Anika Smith interviews biology teacher Roger DeHart about teaching the strengths and weaknesses of evolution in South Korea. Mr. DeHart famously taught both sides of Darwin's theory in a Burlington, WA, public school biology class, as documented in the film Icons Of Evolution. | 4/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGlobal Warming Dissenters: Same Attacks, Different Issue | On this episode of ID The Future, we explore how the attacks on skeptics of man-made global warming are similar to those against proponents of intelligent design. Host David Boze talks with Casey Luskin about recent examples of these attacks, why they are happening, and how to handle them. Says Luskin: "Academic freedom for dissenters from global warming and dissenters from Darwinian evolution are being marginalized and, in some cases, being censored in many of the same ways." Tune in to learn more about this interesting development! | 4/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFordham Institute Supports the Latest Texas Science Education Standards | On this episode of ID the Future, host David Boze and Casey Luskin discuss the 2012 Fordham Report, which has declared the latest science education standards in Texas to be “exemplary." These standards, which have been decried by the NCSE as "creationist jargon," require students to analyze and evaluate both the strengths and weaknesses of Darwinian evolution. Although the Fordham Report is typically favorable towards science standards that are dogmatically pro-Darwin, its approval of the recent Texas science standards aligns with the Discovery Institute's support of a more thorough study of Darwinian evolution. | 4/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDr. Robin Zimmer on Tennessee's Academic Freedom Bill | On this podcast David Boze interviews biotech consultant Dr. Robin Zimmer about Tennessee's House Bill 368, which promotes academic freedom on science issues. The bill would protect teachers and school districts who wish to promote critical thinking and objective discussion about controversial science issues such as biological evolution, climate change and human cloning. Dr, Zimmer clears up some of the misconceptions of the bill that have appeared in the media since it was passed. The bill is now being considered by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam. | 3/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBerlinski & Denton, pt. 4: Envisioning a Post-Darwinian Science | On this episode of ID The Future, mathematician David Berlinski and biochemist Michael Denton discuss what a post-Darwinian future will look like as it relates to mathematics and biology. Berlinski explores the timelessness of numbers, while Denton expounds on his compelling top-down view of biology. Berlinski is author of the recent book 1,2,3: Absolutely Elementary Mathematics. Denton's most recent work is Nature's Destiny. Tune into the final portion of this exciting discussion! | 3/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGet Informed About Tennessee's Senate Bill 893 | On this episode of ID the Future, host David Boze interviews Casey Luskin about the controversy surrounding the passage of Tennessee's Senate Bill 893. This bill supports academic freedom in the classroom by protecting the rights of teachers to discuss scientific controversies, including the controversies over Darwinian evolutionary theory. However, there are those that denounce the bill as merely a medium for putting religion in the classroom. Is this a legitimate accusation? Listen in as Casey explains the true content and purpose of TN Senate Bill 893. | 3/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBerlinski & Denton, pt. 3: Top-Down versus Bottom-Up Worldview | On this episode of ID The Future, mathematician David Berlinski joins biochemist Michael Denton for continued discussion on the difficulties of Darwinian evolution to be a viable modern theory of the origin and development of life and the cosmos. On this episode, Berlinski explains why many conservative intellectuals have trouble doubting Darwin. Denton suggests that the mechanistic, Darwinian framework will eventually collapse, and reviews the essential differences in worldview between the Darwin supporter and the Darwin doubter. Tune in to the final episode of this stimulating exchange! | 3/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDavid Berlinski & Michael Denton, pt. 2: Darwinian Stalemate? | On this episode of ID The Future, philosopher and author David Berlinski joins geneticist and researcher Michael Denton for continued discussion on the debate over Darwinian evolution. Why has the theory persisted? What weaknesses threaten its existence in the 21st century? As Berlinski puts it: "...applying Darwinian principles to problems of this level of complexity is like putting a Band-Aid on a wound caused by an atomic weapon. It's just not going to work." Listen in as Berlinski and Denton explain why the Darwinian mechanism is being widely questioned as a viable theory of the origin and development of life. | 3/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 25 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Why Not Do a Show on the Wedge Document?
Interesting how the Discovery Institute hasn't yet done a show about its infamous 'wedge document'. I guess they want to deny their true fundamentalist creationsist motivations and internal dialouge while attempting to coopt the legitimacy of science. The wedge document was written by the Discovery Institute for internal purposes only and was latter leaked on the internet. It openly states the DI's agenda has as its ultimate goal is to "affirm the reality of God". The attack on biological evolution arises from the classic fundamentalist erroneous belief that evolution is itself a religious form of atheism, an equation that is false as many of evolution's greatest defenders are in fact practicing theists. I encourage everyone to google "wedge document" or "wedge strategy" and view the words that the DI's associates are so desperate to hide from the public. Finally, I find it ironic that a group of fundamentalist who view themselves as crusading for God are so two-faced and dishonest about their true motivations and intentions. Ah, another great idea of a DI podcast!
Where is the science?
interesting discussion but where is the real peer reviewed science applied? Evolution 101 is a much better podcast explaining research in term's us non-scientific minds can handle. This podcast is just discussion based on opinon and beliefs, not reality.
Heresy
Pay no attention to the negative reviews - most haven't listened to the podcasts. This is a great podcast by those committed to the scientific principles of observation and going where the evidence leads...Current, scientifically solid, and fascinating. Detractors would love to dismiss I.D. as "Creationism" because they have no credible replies to challenges of I.D. or its continued erosion of the church of Darwinian macro-evolution. Those who ignore the message of I.D. and choose instead to insult the messengers will have about the same success as those who initially labeled rock and roll nothing but a Negro fad.
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