ID the Future Intelligent Design, Evolution, and Science Podcast
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Casey Luskin

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Dr. Charles Garner on Chirality and Origin of Life Research

On this episode of ID the Future Casey Luskin interviews Baylor University chemistry professor Dr. Charles Garner in Austin, TX, where they both were for the Board of Education hearings last week. Listen in as Dr. Garner explains his research in chemistry, particularly the chirality of molecules and the importance of homochirality to origin of life research.

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“Junk-RNA” Meeting Same End as “Junk-DNA”

What will Darwinists do now? On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin examines a new paper published in Nature which threatens the Darwinian “junk-RNA” paradigm. Listen in as Luskin explains how we’re still waiting for Darwinists to let go of their precious “junk” arguments for blind evolution and common descent.

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Academic Freedom Update: Where Are We in 2009?

On this episode of ID the Future, CSC’s Casey Luskin gives listeners an update on what’s going on with academic freedom legislation around America. Academic freedom bills submitted in five states already this year, including Oklahoma, Iowa, New Mexico, Missouri and Alabama. Listen in to today’s podcast as Luskin explains how Darwinist opposition to the bills is showing why academic freedom legislation is necessary to protect teachers from a climate of intimidation.

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Darwin, Intelligent Design, and Freedom of Discovery on Evolutionists’ Holy Day

In this podcast, Casey Luskin presents his piece from U.S. News and World Report titled, “Darwin, Intelligent Design, and Freedom of Discovery on Evolutionists’ Holy Day.” Luskin describes how many modern day evolutionists reject Charles Darwin’s call for academic freedom in the debate over evolution. The op-ed also recounts a recent incident where Ben Stein, star of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, was himself “expelled” from the University of Vermont due to his views on evolution. The original article can be read here.

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Another Scientist Dissents From Darwinism: Dr. Mauricio Alcocer Ruthling

In this ID the Future podcast, Casey Luskin interviews Scientific Dissent From Darwinism signer, biologist Mauricio Alcocer Ruthling, about scientific problems with evolution. Dr. Alcocer Ruthling received his Ph.D. in plant science from the University of Idaho and is now Director of Graduate Studies at the Universidad Autónoma in Guadalajara, Mexico. Dr. Alcocer Ruthling has studied the importance of fitness costs to the use of herbicides and explains why fitness costs demonstrate the existence of genetic barriers to evolution.

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Academic Freedom Day — What Can You Do?

On this episode of ID the Future we take a look at the need for academic freedom on evolution. As Darwinists around the world gear up for Darwin Day 2009, we hope they remember Darwin’s own words on the need for free scientific inquiry:

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Intelligent Design Doesn’t Go There: Opposing Views, Part 4

On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin makes the case that intelligent design has scientific merit because it is does not try to address religious questions about the supernatural. ID limits its claims to what can be scientifically inferred from the empirical domain, setting it apart from creationism. Listen in as Luskin shows how ID is a legitimate scientific alternative to neo-Darwinism that has key differences from creationism.

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Intelligent Design’s Implications Don’t Discredit Its Scientific Merit: Opposing Views, Part 3

On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin explains why any philosophical implications of intelligent design, or any religious motives, beliefs, and affiliations of ID proponents, do not disqualify ID from having scientific merit.

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Top 10 Darwin and Design Resources from 2008

On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin interviews Kevin Wirth and Dennis Wagner of Access Research Network (ARN) on their top ten Darwin and Design resources from 2008. Listen in as they take a look back on the year that brought us ID in a video game, books by both agnostics and theists supporting design, and the number 1 political documentary of 2008.

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Intelligent Design’s Scientific Merit in Paleontology: Opposing Views, Part 2

On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin explores intelligent design’s scientific merit in paleontology. While many of our listeners may be familiar with the evidence for ID in biology, the fossil record shows us that there’s a strong argument for intelligent design worth examining in paleontology, as well. Listen in to learn more. This podcast is taken from a series of articles published at OpposingViews.com and can be read here.