ID the Future Intelligent Design, Evolution, and Science Podcast
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The Origin of Life and the New Atheists

Why is the origin of life so important when it comes to the debate between the new atheists and those who see evidence for intelligent design? On this episode of ID the Future, Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Paul Nelson interviews Rabbi Moshe Averick on the clues he gleaned from the new atheists themselves.

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The Top 10 Problems with Darwinian Evolution, pt. 1

On this episode of ID the Future, hear the first podcast in a series discussing the top 10 problems with biological and chemical evolution. This series is based upon Casey Luskin’s chapter in the volume More than Myth, edited by Paul Brown and Robert Stackpole (Chartwell Press, 2014). In this first segment, Casey discusses how there is no viable mechanism to generate a primordial soup.

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Examining the Evidence for Evolution, pt. 2

On this episode of ID the Future, hear part two of a recent talk Casey Luskin gave on evolution and intelligent design, in which he presents some of the biggest problems with the case for Darwinian evolution. In this segment, Casey discusses Darwinism and the origin of life.

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The Universe Next Door: Dr. Paul Nelson, pt. 2

On this episode of ID the Future, Dr. Paul Nelson is again on The Universe Next Door with Dr. Tom Woodward, this time discussing the levinthal paradox. They also talk more about the origin of life, and what orphan genes can contribute to the topic.

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The Universe Next Door: Dr. Paul Nelson

On this episode of ID the Future, hear Dr. Paul Nelson’s latest discussion with Tom Woodward on The Universe Next Door. Nelson and Woodward talk about what can be conceptualized about the origin of life from the story of Humpty Dumpty; Dr. Nelson’s experience in graduate school, and his recent visit to the intelligent design community in Brazil; and finally, current research around self-replicating RNA and the origin of life.

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The Universe Next Door with Tom Woodward: Featuring Casey Luskin

On this episode of ID the Future, hear an episode of Tom Woodward’s radio show The Universe Next Door, which features CSC Research Coordinator Casey Luskin. Luskin explains the mystery of the Cambrian explosion, gives examples of human designs that copy designs in nature, and gives 5 major problems with current theories about the chemical origin of life.

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Dr. David Snoke, pt. 1

On this episode of ID the Future, Dr. David Snoke, a professor of physics and President and Founder of the Christian Scientific Society, is on the show to talk with Research Coordinator Casey Luskin. Listen in as Dr. Snoke discusses how he got started in science as a career, his research in the field of physics, and his interest in the science of life’s origins and intelligent design.

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Intelligent Design in Prometheus

On this episode of ID the Future, David Boze discusses the intelligent design undertones in Prometheus that have many critics riled up. Prometheus, the long-awaited prequel to the classic sci-fi horror film Alien, entertains the idea of the creation of life by questioning the origin of complex information. While the film primarily aims to provide horror thrills and rushes of adrenaline, Prometheus also raises important philosophical and scientific questions about who we are and why we’re here. Warning: this podcast contains a few spoilers, but nothing you couldn’t have gathered from the trailers, clips, and commercials about the film.

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Dr. Michael Denton on Complexity and the Failure of the Machine Metaphor

On this episode of ID the Future, Dr. Michael Denton predicts the breakdown of the mechanistic explanation of cell biology and discusses the current impasse between materialism and origin of life research. In light of the incredible complexity of biological systems, Dr. Denton asserts that the Darwinian framework fails to account for even a relatively simple red blood cell, and recognizes the viability of intelligent design as an explanation of biological life.

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The Origin of Life and the New Atheists

Why is the origin of life so important when it comes to the debate between the new atheists and those who see evidence for intelligent design? On this episode of ID the Future, Discovery Institute fellow Paul Nelson interviews Rabbi Moshe Averick on the clues he gleaned from the new atheists themselves.

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