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Intelligent Design the Future

by 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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#7
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59
days in the top 10 since Nov 2024

Latest episodes

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Stephen Meyer and Ben Shapiro Talk Intelligent Design

#16 trending · Life Sciences

On this ID The Future selected out of the vault, we bring you the first half of Daily Wire host Ben Shapiro's 2019 interview with philosopher of science Dr. Stephen Meyer

Sep 4
30 min

Angus Menuge: A Defense of the Soul in the Age of AI

#26 trending · Life Sciences

Today’s episode of ID The Future comes from our sister podcast Mind Matters News, a production of Discovery Institute’s Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial I

Sep 2
1 h 13 min

Physicist Robert Sheldon on Wonder, Discovery, and The Story of Everything

By now, you’ve likely heard of the new documentary film The Story of Everything. It’s a cinematic exploration of the evidence for intelligent design in the cosmos, from t

Aug 31
51 min

Medicine’s Descent From Healing to Killing

If we believe there is no qualitative distinction between animals and humans, are we more likely to protect human life or devalue it? On this episode of ID The Future out

Aug 28
35 min

The Real-Life Medicine and Science Behind Oppenheimer’s Demon

Most people know about the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945. But Robert Oppenheimer’s Manhattan Project had on hand another nuclear core. After claiming the live

Aug 26
24 min

Science & Suspense: Geoffrey Simmons Talks Oppenheimer’s Demon

Have you ever read a book wherein both the origin and end of man hang in the balance? That's a rare combination that comes together in a new disaster thriller novel now a

Aug 24
22 min

Why AI and Darwinian Theory Share the Same Computational Limits

Today’s episode of ID The Future comes from our sister podcast Mind Matters News, a production of Discovery Institute's Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial I

Aug 22
41 min

Race Against the Clock: Geoff Simmons Reads From Oppenheimer’s Demon

There are many books written by intelligent design scientists and scholars that explore the scientific evidence for intelligent design and the debate over evolution. But

Aug 19
30 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

Aug 17
51 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 se

Aug 14
22 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

Aug 12
32 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

Aug 10
27 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 aren't sure exactly why. Why is sleep so crucial t

Aug 7
21 min

Neurosurgeon and Engineer Critique a Materialist Theory of Consciousness

Today's 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

Aug 5
1 h 26 min

Enjoy a Reading From the Landmark Book Darwin’s Black Box

It's 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

Aug 3
23 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 "Tota

Aug 1
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 Futu

Jul 29
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 M

Jul 27
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

Jul 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 availabl

Jul 22
43 min

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