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Date September 17, 2018
Tagged , __edited , Darwin , Darwinian Evolution , Darwinism , Evolution , Materialism , Natural Selection , scientific racism
Empowerment or Exploitation? P.T. Barnum and the “Man Monkey”
John G. West
September 17, 2018
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Episode 1154
Guest(s) John G. West
Duration 00:06:14 Download Audio File (7.1 mb)
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On this episode of ID the Future , CSC Associate Director John West exposes the darker side of P.T. Barnum. Maybe you’ve watched The Greatest Showman – but have you heard of Barnum’s “What Is It?” exhibit? Listen in for more about racist displays of human “freaks” and how the science of the day endorsed Social Darwinism. For more, watch the newly released documentary, Human Zoos , Please consider donating to support the IDTF Podcast.
Photo by Chris Morgan, © Discovery Institute Senior Fellow , Managing Director , and Vice President of Discovery InstituteDr. John G. West is Vice President of the Seattle-based Discovery Institute and Managing Director of the Institute’s Center for Science and Culture. Formerly the Chair of the Department of Political Science and Geography at Seattle Pacific University, West is an award-winning author and documentary filmmaker who has written or edited 12 books, including Darwin Day in America: How Our Politics and Culture Have Been Dehumanized in the Name of Science , The Magician’s Twin: C. S. Lewis on Science, Scientism, and Society , and Walt Disney and Live Action: The Disney Studio’s Live-Action Features of the 1950s and 60s . His documentary films include Fire-Maker , Revolutionary , The War on Humans , and (most recently) Human Zoos . West holds a PhD in Government from Claremont Graduate University, and he has been interviewed by media outlets such as CNN, Fox News, Reuters, Time magazine, The New York Times , USA Today , and The Washington Post .
