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Intelligent Design the Future

Discovery Institute
Intelligent Design
Sexual Reproduction
Evolutionary Theory
Darwinism
Irreducible Complexity
Natural Selection
Philosophy
Discovery Institute
Origin Of Life
Philosophy Of Science
Richard Dawkins
Seminal Fluid
Sperm Capacitation
Evolution
God Hypothesis
Margaret Gatty
A Meaningful World
Microbiology
Stephen Meyer
Specified Complexity

The ID The Future (IDTF) podcast carries on Discovery Institute's mission of exploring the issues central to evolution and intelligent design. IDTF is a short podcast providing you with the most current news and views on evolution and ID. IDTF delivers brief interviews with key scientists and scholars developing the theory of ID, as well as insightful commentary from Discovery Institute senior fel... more

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No amount of small, blind, and gradual changes to the steam engine could ever have produced the internal combustion engine. To get to that fundamentally new type of engine, an infusion of new information was required. That analogy can be applied to t... more

Failed ideas tend to eventually crumble under the weight of contrary evidence. Is modern evolutionary theory heading for the same fate? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid speaks to biochemist Michael J. Behe about his core arguments for int... more

What happens when science leaves human values behind? Or when governments become beholden to scientists? On this classic ID The Future out of the vault, we mark the 60th anniversary of the death of British writer C. S. Lewis as host Andrew McDiarmid ... more

Did God use evolution to create life? On this ID The Future, we’re sharing the second half of a recent conversation with Dr. Casey Luskin that originally aired on the Truthful Hope podcast. Casey is critiquing theistic evolution, the view that God us... more

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Recent Guests

Dr. John West
Vice President and Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute; managing director of the Center for Science and Culture.
Discovery Institute
Episode: C. S. Lewis’s Prophetic Legacy on Scientism
Dr. Jonathan McLatchie
Fellow and resident biologist at the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture
Discovery Institute
Episode: Bayesian Probability and Intelligent Design: A Beginner’s Guide
Dr. Michael Kent
Fellow with the Center for Science and Culture and a recently retired bioscientist from Sandia National Laboratories.
Center for Science and Culture
Episode: Don’t Let Scientific Elites Settle the Question of Design in Nature For You.
Steve Laufmann
Co-author of the book Your Amazing Body
Discovery Institute
Episode: Engineering on Steroids: The Incredible Design of the Human Body
Dr. Michael Egnor
Neurosurgeon, professor of neurosurgery at Stony Brook University, and prolific writer
Stony Brook University
Episode: Live Not By Lies: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Intelligent Design
Michel Bolloré
Computer engineer and businessman, co-author of 'God, The Science, The Evidence'
Episode: The Scientific Discoveries That Make Materialism an Irrational Belief
John Lennox
Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and Fellow in Mathematics and the Philosophy of Science at Green Templeton College.
University of Oxford
Episode: Can Genesis and Science Agree? A Classic Conversation with John Lennox
Dr. Howard Glicksman
Co-author of the book "Your Amazing Body" and a physician with extensive experience in hospice care.
Episode: Do or Die: How Life’s Engineering Keeps Us Alive
Richard Buggs
Senior Research Leader on Plant Health and Adaptation at Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and Professor of Evolutionary Genomics at Queen Mary University in the UK.
Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, Queen Mary University
Episode: How Faith Can Improve Rigor and Creativity in Scientific Research

Host

Andrew McDiarmid
Co-host known for engaging with scientific topics in relation to intelligent design, often featuring expert guests to provide diverse perspectives.

Reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars from 1.4k ratings
  • Truth in a Time of Lies

    This podcast is just what I need; deep thinking in bite sized portions. It reminds me of what is true and good in an atmosphere of lies.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    SaltandPepper63
    United States19 days ago
  • My favorite podcast

    Love the show. Been listening for 5 years. Full of great content and hosts. Can’t get enough. Thank you!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Dan the ups man
    United States3 months ago
  • Suggestion

    It’s a good podcast however it can be difficult to listen to at times. This is because one of the cohosts yells when he talks. He talks very fast at a high volume and it’s somewhat stressful to listen to as they go back-and-forth between a calm slower, normal talker and a fast yelling cohost.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Corey Lambrecht
    United States5 months ago
  • very interesting

    Podcast Addict
    5
    SkepticalLee
    6 months ago
  • This is bad

    I just listened to an episode reporting that the genetic similarity of chimps to humans is more like 14-15% as opposed to 1-2%. They literally say after repeating this over and over again that it doesn’t actually prove or even reinforce any ID arguments. They insinuate some sort of intentionality behind the finding be “buried”. The hosts are the ones with an agenda, that much is clear.

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    Whathefungus
    United States6 months ago

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Listeners appreciate the depth and critical examination of science within a framework that challenges mainstream evolutionary narratives.
The podcast is lauded for its insightful content and engagement with expert guests, providing a rich learning experience on intelligent design.
Some critiques mention the need for improved sound quality and echo concerns regarding the nature of debates presented, but overall, feedback reflects a positive reception for thought-provoking materials.

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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

C. S. Lewis’s Prophetic Legacy on Scientism
Q: Can you unpack what he's trying to communicate in this article?
Lewis critiques the technocratic governance that emerges from scientism, warning it can lead to tyranny and corruption.
C. S. Lewis’s Prophetic Legacy on Scientism
Q: What is scientism for those who are new to that word and how does it figure in to Lewis's writings?
Scientism is the idea that modern science is the only way to know truth, relegating other aspects like religion and morality to subjective opinions.
Life’s Informational Discontinuities: Where Unintelligent Processes Fail
Q: Based on all these informational discontinuities that we've been talking about, from the cosmos to the cell, why is a mind the only known cause capable of generating specified complexity?
Dr. Kent argues that the evidence of complexity in biological systems points to an intelligent designer rather than random chance, as methodological naturalism restricts considering external intelligence.
Life’s Informational Discontinuities: Where Unintelligent Processes Fail
Q: Why is this system considered irreducibly complex?
Dr. Kent explains that systems like the tRNA and the associated enzymes that produce it are complex and interdependent, showcasing the intricacies of biological processes that cannot occur through simple evolutionary processes.
Life’s Informational Discontinuities: Where Unintelligent Processes Fail
Q: Can you touch on just very briefly for those who didn't get to that yet, just what got you into this career and some of the highlights?
Dr. Kent shares that he received his bachelor's and PhD degrees in chemical engineering and material science and spent several decades conducting research at Sandia National Laboratories.

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2. Dr. Jonathan McLatchie
3. Dr. Michael Kent
4. Steve Laufmann
5. Dr. Michael Egnor
6. Michel Bolloré
7. John Lennox
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