Evolution 2.0

Many have claimed atheism was only incidental to the operation of communism under Lenin, Stalin and the old Soviet Union. Victoria Smolkin's new book "A Sacred Space is Never Empty" is the first book to closely examine the role of atheism in Russia. She explains why the Soviet government promoted atheism so assiduously and expended great efforts to crush religion. In this conversation, Dr. Smolkin approaches this issue with scholarly precision, and explains the true meaning behind her book's intriguing title. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Podcaster Joe Rogan sat down with Elon Musk. They discussed AI & Evolution. (Full interview at https://youtu.be/ycPr5-27vSI.) Entrepreneur Tim Berthold mentioned the Elon interview to bestselling author, speaker, engineer and strategy consultant Perry Marshall. Perry explains why the "Singularity" (the prediction that we're all going to upload ourselves into the cloud someday and live on the web) is a crackerjack distraction from the REAL problems. Perry is acutely aware of the *real* dangers after teaching over one million marketers how to advertise on Google. Sleep with one eye open.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I just did a rock-em-sock-em interview with Audie Cashion of World Peace Center. We dug into…The business secrets of blue-green algaeWhy you gotta pay attention to the pendulum swings in cultureThe germ of the idea of equality…and what it means in an unequal 80/20 worldWhy you must find your tribe…and how to know when you’ve found itHow non-profits need to think if they really want to save the worldAnd a lot more. Listen to the interview here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For a century, the belief was that genetic information built organisms, never the other way around. A new paper by Denis Noble definitively proves otherwise. The paper is called “Central Dogma or Central Debate.” In this interview, Denis explains the revolution that is going on in genetics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Quammen's book "The Tangled Tree: A New History of Life" tells the story of evolution through the eyes of Carl Woese, a not-terribly-famous but truly ingenious revolutionary who flipped evolution on its side, literally 90 degrees. He upended Darwin's famous tree of life, showing that genes can come from almost anywhere. Woese's contributions are believed by some to be as great as Darwin's. The view of evolution that Woese brought truly was a genuine revolution. Here, David Quammen engages with Perry Marshall in a wide ranging conversation about who the real heroes in evolutionary science actually are. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Claude Shannon made our modern digital world possible. He wrote a landmark paper called "The Mathematical Theory of Communication" which gave birth to computer networks, cell phones, compact discs, digital recording and video. It also lent huge insights into genetics and biology. Rob Goodman & Jimmy Soni have written the first full biography of Claude Shannon and it’s great. It’s called "A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age". In this video, we discuss the quirky world of one of the 20th Century's great geniuses. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did people in the Middle Ages believe the Earth was flat? Were Christians the enemy of Copernicus? Are science and religion enemies? Dr. Ted Davis, professor of the history of science and religion tells us the real story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Young Earth Creationist and His Curious Daughter.Dinner with my friend Bob, a Young Earth Creationist, and his 12 year old daughter Melanie takes a peek at how evolution really works. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What we know about codes has sweeping implications for not only science but philosophy and religion as well. We define terms and make clear who should read this book, and who will likely be too offended to bother reading it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In four years, my younger brother Bryan went from seminary grad and missionary in China to the doorstep of atheism - and he was dragging me with him. This was an earthquake for everyone in my family, because we’re pastor’s kids. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.