Intelligent Design the Future

Discovery Institute

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.

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Astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez Reads His Solar Eclipse Poem “Totality”
On this episode of ID The Future from our archive, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes astrophysicist Guillermo Gonzalez back to the program to read and discuss his poem Totality: A Celestial Theater, written to commemorate the total solar eclipse that occurr
Today · 28 min
Why Aliens Won’t Solve the Origin of Life on Earth
Does invoking aliens to explain the origin of life on Earth solve the problem of biological information, or does it simply kick the can down the road? On this ID The Future, enjoy the second half of a conversation with geologist Dr. Casey Luskin and his
Wednesday · 34 min
Signs of Intelligence: ID, Evolution, and the Search for Alien Life
If alien life were to be discovered elsewhere in the cosmos, would it be evidence of intelligent design or blind evolutionary forces? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid brings you the first half of a recent conversation with geologist Dr. Casey
Monday · 39 min
Giving Up Darwin’s “Brilliant and Beautiful Theory”
Seven years ago, Yale University professor of computer science David Gelernter wrote that he was bidding farewell to neo-Darwinian evolutionary theory. Why would he take such a bold step? What convinced him that the neo-Darwinian paradigm no longer satis
July 24 · 37 min
High School Science That Teaches an ID Perspective? Yes, Please!
Is it possible to integrate the evidence for intelligent design into full-length high school biology and chemistry courses? Of course! Are such courses currently available to homeschool students? Absolutely! Discovery Institute Academy offers innovative
July 22 · 43 min
Stephen Meyer & Piers Morgan: The Story of Everything
Is there clear and present scientific evidence that life and the universe were purposefully designed? On this ID The Future, we highlight Dr. Stephen Meyers recent conversation with Piers Morgan on Piers Morgan Uncensored. This is Dr. Meyers second inter
July 20 · 37 min
Why Human Cognition Remains Unique
Todays episode of ID The Future comes from our sister podcast Mind Matters News. The age of AI is upon us and is already changing the way we conduct our lives. What is the optimal division of tasks between humans and machines? On this episode of Mind Ma
July 17 · 47 min
How Modern Science Resolves the Dilemma Over Evolution
If theistic evolution doesn’t work, and Darwinian evolution is scientifically inadequate, what alternative framework better explains the origin of life and the universe? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes his two-part conversation wit
July 16 · 54 min
Creation vs. Evolution: Re-evaluating a Catholic Dilemma
To reconcile faith and science, is it enough to say God could have used evolution? Many Christians are attracted to this idea, and it is now treated as the quasi-official Catholic position. But can this view, known as theistic evolution, really harmonize
July 13 · 44 min
As Neo-Darwinism Fails, Vitalism Makes a Comeback
Vitalism is the age-old idea that living things possess a vital force – some fundamental element that generally does not exist in non-life. As a Darwinian paradigm took hold of the natural sciences in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, vitalism fell
July 10 · 33 min
Mind Over Matter: Darwin, AI, and the Future of Reason
If our minds are the product of a blind and aimless process, what reason do we have to believe what we think? But if we can be rational because a rational intelligence designed life and the universe, how does that change how we should think about thinkin
July 8 · 31 min
The Anchor of Reason: Beyond Naturalism and Materialism
Before we can ask whether the universe is designed, we should first ask if we can trust the minds we’re using to investigate it. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes to the show science teacher and writer Rebekah Valerius to discuss an e
July 6 · 34 min
What’s Next in the Search for Habitable Worlds
Are we common or rare? You can be on either side of the question and still be excited about the search for habitable planets capable of harboring life. On this classic episode of ID the Future from the archive, host and amateur astronomer Eric Anderson c
July 3 · 24 min
Algorithms vs Souls: The Use of AI in Global Missions
ID The Future listeners now get to enjoy two episodes each month from our sister podcast Mind Matters News, a production of the Discovery Institute’s Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence. The Mind Matters News podcast brings you
July 1 · 1 hr 11 min
Take a Tour of the Cell in an Incredible Shrinking Submarine!
Imagine you have been invited to a futuristic discovery center, a lavishly funded facility that has pioneered the ability to shrink people and objects many orders of magnitude. What if you could climb aboard an incredible shrinking submarine and travel i
June 29 · 20 min
Bijan Nemati on the Search for Habitable Planets
One of the most exciting areas of space research is the search for Earth-like planets around other stars. Since the first discovery some 30 years ago, thousands of exoplanets have been identified and catalogued, but the vast majority bear little resembla
June 26 · 36 min
Beyond DNA: Evidence for Intelligent Design at the Frontier of Biology
A second revolution is underway in biology today. DNA isn’t the whole story for the development of living things. The deeper scientists look into the cell, the more they find layers of coding, regulation, communication, and control. Where did all this ad
June 24 · 34 min
DNA’s Partner in the Dance of Life
Many of us have heard about one of the biggest discoveries in modern biology: the discovery of the information code embedded in DNA. But perhaps an even bigger discovery than that would be that DNA isn’t running the show by itself. A second revolution is
June 22 · 23 min
The Evaporating Promise of AGI: An Economist’s View
ID The Future listeners now get to enjoy two episodes each month from our sister podcast Mind Matters News, a production of the Discovery Institute’s Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence. The Mind Matters News podcast brings you
June 20 · 1 hr 10 min
Stephen Meyer: New Ways to Stream and Share The Story of Everything
The new documentary film The Story of Everything is no longer available in movie theaters, but there are now new ways to stream and share this intriguing documentary! Host Andrew McDiarmid recently caught up with our friend and colleague Dr. Stephen Meye
June 17 · 17 min

Intelligent Design the Future

Astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez Reads His Solar Eclipse Poem “Totality”

Why Aliens Won’t Solve the Origin of Life on Earth

Signs of Intelligence: ID, Evolution, and the Search for Alien Life

Giving Up Darwin’s “Brilliant and Beautiful Theory”

High School Science That Teaches an ID Perspective? Yes, Please!

Stephen Meyer & Piers Morgan: The Story of Everything

Why Human Cognition Remains Unique

How Modern Science Resolves the Dilemma Over Evolution

Creation vs. Evolution: Re-evaluating a Catholic Dilemma

As Neo-Darwinism Fails, Vitalism Makes a Comeback

Mind Over Matter: Darwin, AI, and the Future of Reason

The Anchor of Reason: Beyond Naturalism and Materialism

What’s Next in the Search for Habitable Worlds

Algorithms vs Souls: The Use of AI in Global Missions

Take a Tour of the Cell in an Incredible Shrinking Submarine!

Bijan Nemati on the Search for Habitable Planets

Beyond DNA: Evidence for Intelligent Design at the Frontier of Biology

DNA’s Partner in the Dance of Life

The Evaporating Promise of AGI: An Economist’s View

Stephen Meyer: New Ways to Stream and Share The Story of Everything