Intelligent Design the Future
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 fellows and staff on the scientific, educational and legal aspects of the debate. Episode notes and archives available at idthefuture.com.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 232
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Paul Nelson on Freeing Minds Trapped in a Framework of Naturalism
How often do we get to have a respectful conversation with someone who disagrees with us? On this ID the Future out of the archive, philosopher of biology Paul Nelson continues sharing with host Andr…
00:23:55 |
Fri 11 Oct 2024
Forrest Mims on Winning the Rolex Award (And How You Can Too!)
Rolex is well-known the world over for crafting high-quality, innovative time-pieces. But did you know they also award funds to people with innovative ideas in science and technology? On this ID The …
00:27:24 |
Wed 09 Oct 2024
How Animal Joints Challenge Evolutionary Pathways
Dr. Stuart Burgess has been studying the arrangement, design, and shape of vertebrate limbs and joints for years. He shares what he learns with engineers working in the field of biomechanics. On this…
00:25:31 |
Mon 07 Oct 2024
Jonathan Wells Puts Natural Selection In Its Place
Dr. Jonathan Wells was a true giant of the intelligent design research community. As we mourn his recent passing, we also celebrate anew his considerable contributions to the arguments for intelligen…
00:20:01 |
Fri 04 Oct 2024
Sunlight And Water: Uniquely Fit to Sustain Life
f the sun didn't power the photosynthesis of green plants, we wouldn't be breathing right now. And without the finely tuned properties of water, Earth would be a frozen, lifeless wasteland. Coinciden…
00:22:54 |
Wed 02 Oct 2024
The Life-Friendly Properties of Carbon And Other Non-Metal Atoms
In his book Darwin’s Black Box, biochemist Michael Behe writes that in order to understand the barriers to evolution, we have to “bite the bullet of complexity.” On this episode of ID The Future, Dr.…
00:21:13 |
Mon 30 Sep 2024
Jonathan Wells Discusses His Classic Book Icons of Evolution
We were saddened to learn of the recent passing of Dr. Jonathan Wells, a true giant of the intelligent design research community. As we mourn his passing, we are also celebrating anew his considerabl…
00:19:44 |
Fri 27 Sep 2024
Physician Howard Glicksman on Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
The culture of death wrongly interprets the term compassion to mean “to get rid of” rather than its true meaning, “to suffer with.” On this episode, host Eric Anderson welcomes hospice physician Dr. …
00:36:57 |
Wed 25 Sep 2024
Guillermo Gonzalez on His Love For Astronomy
On this episode, we’re pleased to share a recent conversation between astronomer Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez and author and teacher Dr. Ken Boa on the Explorers Podcast. The topic is Dr. Gonzalez’s passio…
00:28:42 |
Mon 23 Sep 2024
Lee Spetner Critiques Convergent Evolution
On this episode of ID the Future out of the vault, we bring you the last of three short interviews with MIT-trained physicist Dr. Lee Spetner. We were saddened to learn of the recent passing of Dr. S…
00:11:49 |
Fri 20 Sep 2024
Stephen Meyer & Ben Shapiro Discuss the Origin of Information
On this episode of ID The Future, we’re bringing you the concluding half of a 2019 interview between Daily Wire host Ben Shapiro and philosopher of science Dr. Stephen C. Meyer. The conversation is n…
00:32:46 |
Wed 18 Sep 2024
Stephen Meyer and Ben Shapiro Talk Intelligent Design
On this ID The Future, we bring you the first half of Daily Wire host Ben Shapiro’s 2019 interview with philosopher of science Dr. Stephen Meyer on The Ben Shapiro Sunday Special. This exchange happe…
00:30:47 |
Mon 16 Sep 2024
Lee Spetner Takes Aim at Natural Selection and Population Genetics
On this episode of ID the Future from the vault, we bring you the second of three short interviews with MIT-trained physicist Dr. Lee Spetner. We were saddened to learn of the recent passing of Dr. S…
00:13:43 |
Fri 13 Sep 2024
Twilight Science: Forrest Mims Unlocks the Secrets of the Atmosphere
Many of us have enjoyed a colorful twilight or a stunning sunset. But how often do we think about the science behind these memorable conditions? Forrest Mims has been measuring the Earth's atmosphere…
00:34:28 |
Wed 11 Sep 2024
No Place Like Home: A Reading From The Privileged Planet
On this episode of ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid reads an exclusive excerpt from the newly revised, rewritten, and updated twentieth anniversary edition of The Privileged Planet. In 2004, astr…
00:28:51 |
Mon 09 Sep 2024
Lee Spetner Takes Aim at Darwin, Malthus and Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
On this episode of ID the Future from the vault, we bring you the first of three short interviews with MIT-trained physicist Dr. Lee Spetner. We were saddened to learn of the recent passing of Dr. Sp…
00:12:07 |
Fri 06 Sep 2024
Guillermo Gonzalez on 20th Anniversary Edition of The Privileged Planet
In 2004, Dr. Jay Richards and Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez published a bold hypothesis: not only is Planet Earth well-suited for advanced life like ourselves, it’s also finely tuned for scientific discover…
00:34:24 |
Wed 04 Sep 2024
Jay Richards on New Expanded Edition of The Privileged Planet
In 2004, Dr. Jay Richards and Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez published a bold hypothesis: not only is Planet Earth well-suited for advanced life like ourselves, it's also finely tuned for scientific discover…
00:35:58 |
Mon 02 Sep 2024
Alfred Russel Wallace and His Friendly Battle with Darwin
On this ID the Future episode out of the vault, science historian Michael Flannery concludes his conversation with host Michael Keas about his book Intelligent Evolution: How Alfred Russel Wallace’s …
00:11:35 |
Fri 30 Aug 2024
A Universe Charged with Meaning and Purpose
In 1936, Albert Einstein wrote that "the fact that [the world] is comprehensible is a miracle." But why is the universe comprehensible to us? And is it an evolutionary fluke or a hallmark of design? …
00:37:43 |
Wed 28 Aug 2024
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