Episode 35: Inherit the Wind (1960)

Inherit the Wind (1960) is a fictional retelling of the Scopes “Monkey” Trail of 1925, the seminal case which pitted science vs. religion. Turns out the movie is actually a parable for McCarthyism, and there is barely any evolution in it at all. In this episode we talk about evolution anyway, and finally settle the debate between evolution and creationism once and for all

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The Scopes “Monkey” Trial: https://www.npr.org/2005/07/05/4723956/timeline-remembering-the-scopes-monkey-trial

Cain’s wife was from the land of Nod: https://www.bible.com/bible/59/gen.4.16-17

The form of wordplay where the sentence is repeated with words reversed is called antimetabole: https://www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/antimetabole

Examples of antimetabole in Mystery Men: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5I94bT23cQ&list=PL95B3D3AC4209F503&t=58s

A “Chopraism” is something else, but it’s also fun: http://wisdomofchopra.com/

Kitzmiller v. Dover: https://www.aclu.org/other/trial-kitzmiller-v-dover

A phylogenetic and Evolutionary History of the Pokemon: https://improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume18/v18i4/Phylogeny-Pokemon.pdf

Notes on Racial Phylogeny (Skyrim): https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Notes_on_Racial_Phylogeny

Ross’s hecklers in the Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/reader-comments/p/comment/link/605328923

Why anthropologists don’t accept the Aquatic Ape theory: https://johnhawks.net/weblog/topics/pseudoscience/aquatic_ape_theory.html

Wrinkly fingers are caused by a nervous response: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322705#causes