Intelligent Design the Future podcast

Intelligent Design the Future

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.

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.

 

#200

Sexual Reproduction: Engineered for Success

Sexual reproduction depends on an irreducibly complex core of components for its success. ... more

Yesterday

26 MINS

26:05

Yesterday


#199

Dr. Edward Peltzer: The Messy Reality of Prebiotic Chemistry

On today's ID the Future, host Casey Luskin continues a deep dive into the mounting hurdle... more

14 Jan 2026

21 MINS

21:09

14 Jan 2026


#198

Expert: Without Intelligence, Organic Chemistry Leads to Degradation, Not Life

By now, you may have heard about some of the problems facing the field of origin-of-life r... more

12 Jan 2026

32 MINS

32:17

12 Jan 2026


#197

Sex: A Spicy Problem for Evolutionary Theory

Sexual reproduction ought to be a recipe for evolutionary disaster. It's a waste of resour... more

10 Jan 2026

25 MINS

25:04

10 Jan 2026


#196

20 Years After Dover: Steve Fuller on Science, Censorship, and the “Church of Darwin”

In this ID The Future, host Casey Luskin concludes a two-part conversation with University... more

07 Jan 2026

42 MINS

42:26

07 Jan 2026


#195

Professor Steve Fuller on the Rich Tradition of Intelligent Design

On this episode of ID the Future, host Casey Luskin begins a two-part conversation with Un... more

05 Jan 2026

29 MINS

29:29

05 Jan 2026


#194

How Lightning and Water Make Life on Earth Possible

On this classic episode of ID The Future, we conclude a 2019 conversation between ID pione... more

02 Jan 2026

16 MINS

16:34

02 Jan 2026


#193

Integrity in Science: More with Maverick Scientist Forrest Mims

Honesty, humility, respect. Just a few of the essential qualities scientists need to do go... more

31 Dec 2025

27 MINS

27:59

31 Dec 2025


#192

Forrest Mims: The Essential Role of Skepticism in Science

Science is a very human enterprise, so it can fall prey to very human problems. How a scie... more

29 Dec 2025

27 MINS

27:49

29 Dec 2025


#191

Marcos Eberlin and Jonathan Wells on Life’s Problem-Solving Engineering

On our latest visit into the ID The Future archive, we stumbled on this little gem: a 2019... more

26 Dec 2025

15 MINS

15:00

26 Dec 2025


#190

Casey Luskin on the Rising Tide of Intelligent Design Research

Any scientific theory for the origin of life and the universe is only as strong as its res... more

24 Dec 2025

47 MINS

47:22

24 Dec 2025


#189

Creepy Crawly Complexity: The Intelligent Design of Insects

Bugs. Some of them we enjoy more than others! But there’s no denying they’re a part of lif... more

22 Dec 2025

26 MINS

26:05

22 Dec 2025


#188

Nancy Pearcey: How Darwinism Fueled a Toxic War on Masculinity

Today’s ID the Future out of our archive spotlights the book The Toxic War on Masculinity,... more

19 Dec 2025

35 MINS

35:03

19 Dec 2025


#187

Casey Luskin: How the ID Movement Has Flourished Since the Dover Trial

Was the modern intelligent design (ID) movement "over after Dover," as many ID critics hop... more

18 Dec 2025

43 MINS

43:07

18 Dec 2025


#186

Casey Luskin: ID Over After Dover? Not Even Close

Over After Dover. That was the hopeful mantra of many critics of intelligent design (ID) a... more

16 Dec 2025

33 MINS

33:40

16 Dec 2025


#185

Eric Hedin on Free Will and Morality in a Designed World

Are we responsible for our choices? What can the laws of nature teach us about morality? O... more

12 Dec 2025

20 MINS

20:13

12 Dec 2025


#184

When Engineering Meets Biology: More From Our Scientist Roundtable

A Quick Message From Host Andrew McDiarmid: Hey thanks for joining me! Did you know that a... more

10 Dec 2025

39 MINS

39:26

10 Dec 2025


#183

Scientist Roundtable: Examples of Intelligent Design in the Human Body

It's easy to be blown away by the examples of engineering prowess in the human body. But i... more

08 Dec 2025

21 MINS

21:35

08 Dec 2025


#182

Eric Hedin on Suffering in a Designed World

Is natural evil an argument against intelligent design? And is human evil more consistent ... more

06 Dec 2025

27 MINS

27:35

06 Dec 2025


#181

Why Intelligent Design Best Explains the Laws of Nature

On today’s ID The Future, host Brian Miller concludes a two-part conversation with physici... more

03 Dec 2025

26 MINS

26:05

03 Dec 2025