On this episode of ID the Future, Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Dr. Benjamin Wiker discusses his new book, 10 Books That Screwed Up the World: And 5 Others That Didn't Help. In this first of a two-part series, Wiker starts his skim through the book's list of the ten philosophical works most responsible for cultural decay. Those on the docket today are Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the two philosophers, according to Wiker, whose irresponsible inversions of morality have served as the foundation for our culture's increasingly animalistic notions of human identity, purpose, and relationship.

On this Episode of ID the Future, Anika Smith reports on the CSC-supported, independent research facility, Biologic Institute. Headed by Dr. Douglas Axe, Biologic's purpose is to scientifically put the claims of Neo-Darwinian evolution and intelligent design to the test in a laboratory setting. Work is already well under way, with Discovery Institute Fellows conducting biological studies to test each theory's assumptions from an unapologetically ID frame of reference. This should prove to be a huge addition to the cause of intelligent design.

On this episode of ID The Future, Anika Smith reports on the nationwide movement in support of academic freedom with updates on legislation currently being considered in five U.S. states that will allow teachers room to teach the controversy surrounding evolutionary theory.
With a bill quickly gaining ground in Michigan, continued vehemence for and against the film Expelled: No Intelligence allowed, and a growing list of supporters of the Academic Freedom Petition, the movement has clearly lost none of its momentum.

What happens when a professor decides to present students with evidence that challenges Darwin's theory? Find out on this episode of ID the Future, where we've highlighted comments from biochemist Nancy Bryson, a professor who knows firsthand the importance of academic freedom on college campuses.

Dr. Bryson was removed from her position as head of the division of natural sciences at Mississippi University for Women when she presented criticisms of evolution to a group of honor students. Listen as she recounts the chilling effect the university's censors' actions had on academic freedom and students' ability to question and engage in their material.

On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin responds systematically to Michael Shermer's recent critique of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. Shermer, founder of The Skeptic Society and editor of Skeptic magazine, denies the film's claims that scientists Richard Sternberg and Guillermo Gonzalez were unfairly persecuted for their support of intelligent design. After a careful review of the documented facts, Luskin proves the accuracy of the film and concludes that Shermer ought to try truly being a skeptic by doubting and investigating all parties equally.

To read Casey Luskin’s complete rebuttal to Michael Shermer, click here.

For more information on the debates surrounding Expelled, click here.

On this episode of ID the Future, Dr. David Berlinski shares with Casey Luskin about his star turn in Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed and the controversy surrounding the film, which opens today.

Listen in as Dr. Berlinski explains the connection between Darwin and Hitler and his predictions for evolutionary biology, and be sure to go see him this weekend in Ben Stein's Expelled.

For more on Expelled, click here.

On this episode of ID the Future, Discovery Institute senior fellow David Berlinski shares about his new book The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions.

Are the new atheists really new? Has anyone provided scientific proof of God's nonexistence (or existence)? What is the source of militant atheism?

Listen in as Dr. Berlinski explains his new book, and be sure to catch him in Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed this Friday.

On this episode of ID the Future, Anika Smith reports on Discovery Institute's newly expanded summer seminars on intelligent design.

In 2007, the Discovery Institute’s Center for Science & Culture launched its Summer Seminar on intelligent design — an intensive mentoring program for college students to gain exposure to the science of intelligent design first hand from researchers and scientists. The 2008 summer seminars on intelligent design will cultivate new leaders in the intelligent design movement among the next generation.

Applications to the summer seminars will be accepted until April 30, 2008. For more information, or to apply, click here.

On this episode of ID the Future, CSC’s Casey Luskin interviews Iowa State University alumnus Dave Eaton on FreeGonzalez.com, a new organization created by ISU alumni concerned about supporting renowned astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez, who was recently denied tenure at ISU.

Dave Eaton explains how FreeGonzalez.com came about and why it’s necessary to support scientists such as Dr. Gonzalez who have been expelled.

FreeGonzalez.com is dedicated to telling the story of Dr. Gonzalez’s struggle for academic freedom and to providing the financial resources to support his continuing research.

On this episode of ID The Future, Casey Luskin continues the series begun in the previous podcast (Intelligent Design 101: State of the Debate), rebutting an argument for common ancestry between humans and chimpanzees in Dr. Francis Collins' book The Language of God. Taken from a recently finished appendix to Intelligent Design 101: Leading Experts Explain the Key Issues, Luskin responds to the notion that similar chromosomal structure between the two species is proof of a common lineage by saying plainly that the discovery is equally compatible with a theory of common design.

On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin announces the release of Intelligent Design 101: Leading Experts Explain the Key Issues, a new anthology that tackles intelligent design from scientific, philosophical, and legal perspectives. Luskin shares from an insightful new essay by Phillip Johnson about the state of the debate over intelligent design and evolution.

On this episode of ID the Future Logan Gage interviews Dr. Jonathan Wells on his recent review of Francis Collins' The Language of God, addressing questions of common ancestry, mistaken definitions of intelligent design, and Collins' use of so-called "junk"-DNA to advance a "Darwin-of-the-gaps" argument.

On this episode of ID the Future, Jonathan Wells discusses Darwinism's war on traditional Christianity with Casey Luskin. Listen in as Dr. Wells explains how Darwinism became a weapon of materialist philosophy to discredit traditional Christianity.

On this episode of ID the Future, Logan Gage interviews professor of neurosurgery at SUNY, Stony Brook Michael Egnor. Dr. Egnor discusses his current research into cerebral blood flow and the buffering of the brain from the force of blood pumped by the heart. Dr. Egnor's approach to this problem is that of an engineer, using the design inference to understand how the brain protects itself from the pulsatility of the arterial blood flow of the heart.

On this episode of ID The Future you will hear from Robin Brown a Florida school teacher who is supporting the Academic Freedom Act recently introduced in the state legislature. Robin spoke at a press conference about the legislation which also included Discovery Institute's Casey Luskin and star of the coming film Expelled, Ben Stein.

If you'd like to hear for yourself what was said at the press conference in support of Florida's proposed Academic Freedom Act in Tallahassee you can download an MP3 part 1 here and part 2 here. Part 1 features a number of speakers including Rep. Hays describing his bill. Part 2 features CSC's Casey Luskin and Ben Stein at the end, among others.)