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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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#2253
August 17 · 51 min
An Oncologist’s Journey Out of Scientific Atheism
Can a blind, evolutionary process account for who we are and why we’re here? Is there anything beyond this life? On this ID The Future, enjoy a conversation with veteran oncologist, author, and speaker Dr. Stephen Iacobini. In this conversation, original
#2252
August 14 · 22 min
Sleeping and Waking, By Design
Are we to credit an unguided evolutionary process for the gift of sleeping and waking? Or are these intricate systems further evidence of design? On this ID The Future selected out of the archive, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes his conversation with Dr.
#2251
August 12 · 32 min
The Biochemical Challenge to Darwinian Evolution Turns 30
In 2026, one of the most influential books on science in our lifetime turns 30 years old. It’s Darwin’s Black Box, written by biochemist and professor Michael J. Behe. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes his conversation with Dr. Behe
#2250
August 10 · 27 min
Michael Behe on Thirty Years of Darwin’s Black Box
One of the seminal books of the modern intelligent design movement is Darwin’s Black Box, written by biochemist and professor Michael J. Behe. In 2026, that book turns 30. On this episode of ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid talks to Dr. Behe about th
#2249
August 7 · 21 min
The Intelligent Design of Sleep
We’re asleep an average of about 26 years of our life! Most people have a sense that sleep is important, but many of us arent sure exactly why. Why is sleep so crucial to survival? And how did the processes of sleep emerge in living things? Could a gradu
#2248
August 5 · 1 hr 26 min
Neurosurgeon and Engineer Critique a Materialist Theory of Consciousness
Todays episode of ID The Future comes from our sister podcast Mind Matters News. Today, guest host Pat Flynn welcomes Dr. Robert Marks and Dr. Michael Egnor to the show to critique Integrated Information Theory (IIT), a popular mathematical model that at
#2247
August 3 · 23 min
Enjoy a Reading From the Landmark Book Darwin’s Black Box
Its the book that helped launch the biochemical challenge to Darwinian evolution. It has been hailed as one of the most influential books on science in our lifetime. And this year, it celebrates thirty years in print! On todays ID the Future, host Andrew
#2246
August 1 · 28 min
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
#2245
July 29 · 34 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
#2244
July 27 · 39 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
#2243
July 24 · 37 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
#2242
July 22 · 43 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
#2241
July 20 · 37 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
#2240
July 17 · 47 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
#2239
July 16 · 54 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
#2238
July 13 · 44 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
#2237
July 10 · 33 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
#2236
July 8 · 31 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
#2235
July 6 · 34 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
#2234
July 3 · 24 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

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