ID the Future Intelligent Design, Evolution, and Science Podcast

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Denyse O’Leary Explores Cultural Differences

Today on ID The Future, Denyse O’Leary draws on her experience with cultural issues to trace differences between Canadian and American attitudes toward evolution, the question of origins, and religion. O’Leary also analyzes the European mentality toward the status quo and, more specifically, Darwinism.

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Denyse O’Leary versus the Darwinbots

Today author and journalist Denyse O’Leary talks about the ongoing ID-evolution debate on the internet. O’Leary reveals how she handles so-called “Darwinbots” on her Post-Darwinist blog, relishing the chance to take on her chattering detractors. She also looks at how the debate generates publicity for intelligent design.

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Baylor University Attacks Scientists for Questioning Evolution

Today ID The Future examines Baylor University’s decision to take offline the Evolutionary Informatics Laboratory website that had been administered by Dr. Robert Marks, Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Baylor. The school’s administration claims there were anonymous complaints linking the lab to intelligent design. The site has since been moved to a third party’s server.

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Dr. John West Reads from Darwin Day in America

On this episode of IDTF, Dr. John West reads from the preface and introduction to his forthcoming book, Darwin Day in America: How Our Politics and Culture Have Been Dehumanized in the Name of Science. Darwin Day in America tells the disturbing story of scientific expertise run amuck, exposing how an ideological interpretation of Darwinian biology and reductionist science have been used to degrade American culture over the past century through their impact on criminal justice, welfare, business, education, and bioethics. The book will be released by ISI Books in October.

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Brain Matter: Denyse O’Leary and The Spiritual Brain

Today on ID The Future, CSC’s Anika Smith sits down with journalist and blogger Denyse O’Leary to discuss the focus of her new book The Spiritual Brain. In this interview, O’Leary grapples with materialist arguments concerning the mind and spirituality. She also explains why materialism is a monistic philosophy and explores the effect this has on its line of reasoning.

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Nothing Up His Sleeve: Executive Producer Walt Ruloff and Expelled (Part II) 

ID The Future presents the second installment of a two-part interview with Walt Ruloff, executive producer of the upcoming docudrama Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. Today Ruloff explains how interviews were obtained with top Darwinists including Richard Dawkins and PZ Myers, and dispels claims that trickery and deception were used. He also provides an overview of the movie’s website, staff, and future projects.

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Expelling Dogma: Executive Producer Walt Ruloff and Expelled(Part I)

Today on ID The Future we catch up with Walt Ruloff, executive producer of the new Hollywood docudrama starring Ben Stein, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. Today’s interview is the first of a two-part series about the making of the film. In this installment, Ruloff gives a brief overview of Expelled, explains how he came to spend over two years making the film, talks about intelligent design as a disruptive technology compared to dogmatic Darwinian evolution, and tells how the film will show that Darwinian evolution is a science stopper. Rather than get mired in the politics of the debate, Ruloff explains that Expelled gets to “where the rubber meets the road, where the science is being done.” To watch the Expelled movie trailer, click here.

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Blogophile: Denyse O’Leary and the Blogosphere

ID The Future continues its interview with journalist and author Denyse O’Leary. In this episode, CSC’s Casey Luskin speaks with O’Leary about the nature of the blogosphere, her history as a blogger, and the array of blogs she writes for, including Post-Darwinist and William Dembski’s Uncommon Descent. Stay tuned to ID The Future for additional interviews with Denyse O’Leary.

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New Video Podcast: Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed the new film on the ID controversy

Premise media has just announced the release of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, a new film on the intelligent design controversy starring Ben Stein, due out this February.

Expelled takes a fresh look at the debate as Ben Stein interviews the prominent scientists and academics on both sides of the issue, including ardent Darwinists Richard Dawkins, PZ Myers, and Eugenie Scott, and design proponents such as Stephen Meyer, Jonathan Wells, and Guillermo Gonzalez.

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Chance Encounter: Denyse O’Leary and By Design or By Chance

In this episode of ID The Future, CSC’s Casey Luskin interviews journalist and author Denyse O’Leary about the Darwin-ID debate, her writing career, and her book By Design or By Chance?: The Growing Controversy on the Origins of Life in the Universe. O’Leary describes how David Berlinski’s 1996 piece The Deniable Darwin first introduced her to the dispute between intelligent design and Darwinian evolution. Her subsequent research and writing on this topic eventually led to her 2004 book By Design or By Chance, which presents an unbiased and journalistic view of the controversy. O’Leary concludes with a discussion about other facets of her career, including the nature of her research and the criticism she has received as a journalist writing about intelligent design. Stay tuned to ID The Future for more interviews with Denyse O’Leary.

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