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David Coppedge

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March 2, 2026

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, coordinated systems, Darwinian Evolution, Darwinism, David Coppedge, engineering, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, gut health, homeostasis, Intelligent Design, interoception, irreducible complexity, Materialism, Neo-Darwinism, nervous systems, neurons, proprioception, second brain, senses, systems biology}

Discovering Interoception, The Body’s Internal Dialogue

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March 2, 2026

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On this episode of ID the Future, host Andrew McDiarmid sits down with freelance science reporter David Coppedge to explore the fascinating and emerging field of interoception. Unlike our five external senses or proprioception (the awareness of our limbs in space), interoception involves the constant internal communication between our organs and the brain. While much of this signaling happens unconsciously, it's vital in maintaining homeostasis, that dynamic equilibrium that allows our bodies to function under varying conditions. In this discussion, Coppedge delves into the intricate mechanics behind this internal dialogue, highlighting the role of Piezo proteins—receptors that translate physical pressure into electrical signals via calcium ions. As an example of interoception in action, Coppedge explains how the gut functions effectively as a "second brain," utilizing a massive network of neurons to decide between "attack mode" against pathogens and "repair mode" for healing. By viewing the body as a system of systems, says Coppedge, rather than a collection of isolated organs, researchers are able to uncover new details of the stunning layers of engineering in the human body. Read More ›

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Stuart Burgess

Date
February 18, 2026

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, Academia, bad design, biodiversity, Darwinism, ear, engineer, engineering, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, eye, Intelligent Design, macroevolution, Materialism, Natural Selection, Neo-Darwinism, nervous system, optimal design, origin of life, suboptimal design, Ultimate Engineering, wrist joint}

Bioengineer Stuart Burgess Reads From New Book Ultimate Engineering

_{Stuart Burgess
February 18, 2026

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A good way to evaluate scientific theories of origins is to ask what we’d expect to find if the given hypothesis were true and compare that to what we actually observe. Under a Darwinian explanation of life, we’d expect to see designs cobbled together by a blind, undirected process, substandard designs that work but that, in the words of one scientist, wouldn’t win any prizes at an engineering competition. But when we compare that expectation with the scientific evidence, they don’t match up at all. On today's ID The Future, award-winning British engineer and designer Stuart Burgess reads excerpts from his new book Ultimate Engineering. He’s going to share just enough with you today to whet your appetite for reading his book, which is chock full of evidence that humans and other organisms contain countless examples of not just so-so, not just good or very good, but optimal engineering in the design of systems and structures that keep living things alive. Read More ›

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Stuart Burgess

Date
February 16, 2026

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, bad design, engineer, engineering, European Space Agency, Evolutionary Biology, Homology, irreducible complexity, macroevolution, mechanical engineer, space rocket, Stuart Burgess, suboptimal design, Ultimate Engineering, vertebrate limb, wrist joint}

Rockets & Wristbones: Optimal Engineering in Biology

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February 16, 2026

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Is life the result of purposeful design or unintended evolutionary accidents? It’s an ongoing debate that’s about to be impacted by new scientific evidence that suggests living things are full of optimal engineering. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes his conversation with award-winning British engineer and designer Stuart Burgess about his new book Ultimate Engineering. In it Burgess gathers together compelling examples of advanced structures and systems in the human body and other vertebrates that go far beyond what humans have produced and point to intelligent design, not the cobbled-together results of a blind, purposeless process. In Part 2, Burgess compares his professional work on European Space Agency satellites to the far more sophisticated systems found in biology. This is Part 2 of a two-part conversation. Look for Part 1 in a separate conversation. Read More ›

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Author
Stuart Burgess

Date
February 11, 2026

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, bad design, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, design constraints, design trade-offs, engineer, engineering, engineering principles, engineering trade-offs, Evolution, human eye, human throat, Intelligent Design, Materialism, multifunctional, Natural Selection, Naturalism, Neo-Darwinism, poor design, Stuart Burgess, substandard design, Ultimate Engineering}

Ultimate Engineering: An Interview with Bioengineer Stuart Burgess

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February 11, 2026

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Evolutionary theory predicts a living world crowded with substandard designs. But as today’s guest reveals, the latest science has discovered just the opposite—designs so advanced they are at the limit of the possible, precisely as proponents of the theory of intelligent design have anticipated. On this episode of ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes to the show award-winning British engineer and designer Stuart Burgess to begin a two-part conversation with me about the extraordinary engineering feats of the human body: ingenious systems and devices that demonstrate what Burgess calls Ultimate Engineering. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Look for Part 2 in a separate episode! Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 10, 2025

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, bad design, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Darwinism, Emily Reeves, engineering, engineering principles, Engineering Research Group, Evolution, flawed design, four-bar linkage system, glucose transporter, glycolysis, ID 3.0 research, Intelligent Design, Jonathan McLatchie, recurring design logic, suboptimal design, two-component regulatory systems}

When Engineering Meets Biology: More From Our Scientist Roundtable

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December 10, 2025

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A Quick Message From Host Andrew McDiarmid: Hey thanks for joining me! Did you know that although ID The Future is free content, it’s not free to produce? If you’re enjoying the interviews, commentaries, and readings you hear on the podcast, would you consider partnering with me to create more new content next year? Support the CSC today to help me generate another amazing lineup of interviews with ID scientists and scholars. Thanks for your support! When biologists use principles of engineering to study living systems, they can gain a richer, deeper understanding of how and why life works. But most biologists are trained to view design as the product of a blind, purposeless, gradual evolutionary process. Today on ID Read More ›

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Casey Luskin

Date
December 8, 2025

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, anticipatory system, complex specified information, Darwinism, engineering, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Intelligent Design, irreducible complexity, language processing, Materialism, Natural Selection, Neo-Darwinism, sexual reproduction, specified information, sperm cells}

Scientist Roundtable: Examples of Intelligent Design in the Human Body

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December 8, 2025

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It's easy to be blown away by the examples of engineering prowess in the human body. But it can be challenging to turn that evidence into a robust argument for intelligent design you can share with skeptical friends and colleagues. To help you learn to do that, host Andrew McDiarmid begins a roundtable discussion with not one, not two, not three, but four guests to the podcast, all part of our team of resident scientists at Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture: geologist and lawyer Casey Luskin, biochemist and metabolic nutritionist Emily Reeves, biologist Jonathan McLatchie, and physicist Brian Miller. The first half of the discussion kicks off with a review of the basics of design detection, including various methods for empirically detecting the hallmarks of design in nature. After that, these four experts take turns diving into examples of extraordinary design in the human body. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Read More ›

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Author
Robert J. Marks

Date
November 5, 2025

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, abiogenesis, appropriate technology, Charles Thaxton, chemical evolution, Christianity, Darwinism, Dignity Coconuts, engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Materialism, Mystery of Life’s Origin, Neo-Darwinism, origin of life, prebiotic evolution, Roger Olsen, Science and faith, Walter Bradley}

Robert Marks Remembers ID and Tech Pioneer Walter Bradley

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November 5, 2025

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In 1984, three scientists dared to probe the mystery of life's origin by putting the prevailing theories of prebiotic and chemical evolution to the test. One of those men was engineer Walter Bradley. Today, Dr. Robert J. Marks joins host Andrew McDiarmid to share some of his personal anecdotes and professional insights about Dr. Bradley, a scientist, humanitarian, and trailblazer in the world of intelligent design who passed away this summer at the age of 81. A Distinguished Fellow of the Discovery Institute, Bradley taught mechanical engineering at Texas A&M University, Baylor University, and the Colorado School of Mines. His book, co-authored with chemist Charles Thaxton and geochemist Roger Olsen, deeply influenced prominent figures in the intelligent design research community like Stephen Meyer, Douglas Axe, and Jay Richards and helped to catalyze a new generation of inquiry into life’s beginnings. The Mystery of Life's Origin was re-released in 2020 as a new, expanded second edition. Read More ›

Snowboardfahrerin gleitet durch den Pulverschnee

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Steve Laufmann

Date
November 3, 2025

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, cellular respiration, Charles Darwin, coordination, Darwinism, differentiation, embryo, engineering, engineering problems, Evolution, eye, hearing, human body, human development, Intelligent Design, Isaac Newton, Materialism, Natural Selection, Neo-Darwinism, organization, Secrets of the Human Body, Steve Laufmann, vision, Your Amazing Body, Your Designed Body, zygote}

Engineering on Steroids: The Incredible Design of the Human Body

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November 3, 2025

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Every day your body must solve hundreds of hard engineering problems simultaneously, or else you’ll die. These problems involve multiple coordinated, integrated systems that have to come online, not gradually, but all at once and at just the right time and place. Can an evolutionary process explain the development of these systems? You be the judge. On today's ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes Steve Laufmann, co-author with Dr. Howard Glicksman of the new book Your Amazing Body, a fresh, abridged version of their previous book Your Designed Body. In this discussion, Laufmann brings his engineering background to bear on the marvels of human anatomy, showing us how the human body is not just functional but brilliantly designed. We’ll explore how engineering intersects with biology, how an engineer and a physician worked together to lay out this evidence, and what the new streamlined book can offer readers. Read More ›

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Howard Glicksman

Date
October 15, 2025

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, balance, Darwinism, engineering, engineering principles, equilibrium, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, homeostasis, Howard Glicksman, human body, Intelligent Design, Materialism, movement, Neo-Darwinism, oxygen, physician, pregnancy, respiration, Steve Laufmann, Your Amazing Body, Your Designed Body}

Dr. Howard Glicksman: Why Evolution Fails to Explain Life’s Design

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October 15, 2025

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In a universe of non-living space and matter, life is incredibly rare. And in order to stay alive, humans and other organisms have to overcome a myriad of engineering challenges. Just how is this done? And more to the point, is an evolutionary process capable of producing the solutions to these many challenges? On today's episode, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes his conversation with Dr. Howard Glicksman, co-author with engineer Steve Laufmann of the new book Your Amazing Body. The book explores some of your body’s greatest marvels, including how your hearing and vision work, how you coordinate your movements, and — perhaps the greatest miracle of them all — how you developed from a single cell at conception. In Part 2, Dr. Glicksman dives into some examples of the countless challenges life must overcome. This is Part 2 of a two-part conversation. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
October 13, 2025

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, biologist, cognition, coherence, control systems, Darwinism, engineering, engineering perspective, engineering principles, enginner, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, functional capacity, hospice physician, Howard Glicksman, human body, integrated systems, intelligent causes, Intelligent Design, material causes, Steve Laufmann, Your Amazing Body, Your Designed Body}

Do or Die: How Life’s Engineering Keeps Us Alive

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October 13, 2025

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Is the human body a cosmic accident, or is it the handiwork of a master engineer? Today on ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid begins a two-part conversation with physician Dr. Howard Glicksman, co-author with engineer Steve Laufmann of the new book Your Amazing Body, a fresh, abridged version of their previous book Your Designed Body. In Part 1 of the conversation, Dr. Glicksman begins by contrasting unguided material causes (Darwinism) with intentional intelligent causes, emphasizing that intelligent design better explains the intricate, interdependent coherence found within the human body. He argues that Darwinian evolution only describes how life looks, failing to explain the complex functional capacity, control systems, and engineering principles required for life to actually work and survive. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Look for Part 2 in a separate episode. Visit www.idthefuture.com for more episodes! Read More ›