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  • I Sympathize with Trans People, but... | Richard Dawkins in Conversation with Colin Wright

    I Sympathize with Trans People, but... | Richard Dawkins in Conversation with Colin Wright
    Apr 26 2025
    In this episode of The Poetry of Reality, Richard Dawkins joins Colin Wright for an insightful conversation touching on evolution, gender, science, and culture. They explore Richard's latest book, The Genetic Book of the Dead along with a wide array of topics including the nature of truth, the reliability of science, evolution, and the controversies surrounding sex and gender. This episode was filmed as part of Richard Dawkins' tour. Colin Wright is an evolutionary biologist and science writer whose work spans research on animal behavior, particularly social insects, and public advocacy for evidence-based discussions on sex and gender. Join Substack: https://richarddawkins.substack.com/ Subscribe to Poetry of Reality Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmwfdgHA_R9fzr1L0_hxdVw Follow: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richard_dawkins/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RichardDawkinsBooks Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ThePoetryofReality
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    1 h y 33 m
  • A Conversation with Nick Gillespie in Milwaukee | Richard Dawkins' Final Tour

    A Conversation with Nick Gillespie in Milwaukee | Richard Dawkins' Final Tour
    Apr 18 2025
    In this episode of The Poetry of Reality, Richard Dawkins joins Nick Gillespie, editor-at-large at Reason magazine, for an insightful conversation touching on evolution, genetics, science, and culture. They explore Richard's latest book, The Genetic Book of the Dead, along with his previous works such as The Selfish Gene. The discussion expands into science’s ongoing tensions with ideology, religion, and postmodern thought, followed by a spirited audience Q&A session. This episode was filmed at Pabst Theatre, on the September 20th 2024, as part of Richard Dawkins' tour. Nick Gillespie is editor-at-large at Reason magazine, a prominent journalist, and commentator known for insightful coverage of politics, culture, and free speech.
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    1 h y 33 m
  • The Most Misunderstood Thing about Dawkins | A Conversation with Alex O Connor

    The Most Misunderstood Thing about Dawkins | A Conversation with Alex O Connor
    Apr 11 2025
    1 h y 23 m
  • Richard Dawkins in Conversation with Patrick House | Richard Dawkins’ Final Tour in Warwick

    Richard Dawkins in Conversation with Patrick House | Richard Dawkins’ Final Tour in Warwick
    Apr 3 2025
    In this episode of The Poetry of Reality, Richard Dawkins engages with neuroscientist and author Patrick House in a wide-ranging conversation covering the differences between physics and biology, the role of elegance in science, and surprising insights into camouflage, animal behavior, and artificial selection. They also explore topics like the extended phenotype, parasites and parasitic ideas followed by an audience Q&A session. This episode was filmed at the Warwick Arts Centre, on the 23rd of Oct 2024, as part of Richard Dawkins' tour. ​Patrick House is a neuroscientist and writer whose work explores the complexities of the human brain, particularly focusing on consciousness and the influence of mind-controlling parasites. He earned his Ph.D. in neuroscience from Stanford University and currently serves as the writer-in-residence at Stanford's Center for the Explanation of Consciousness.
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    1 h y 24 m
  • Space meets Earth, Porco and Dawkins in Glasgow

    Space meets Earth, Porco and Dawkins in Glasgow
    Mar 27 2025
    In this episode of The Poetry of Reality, Richard Dawkins engages in an insightful conversation with Carolyn Porco about gene immortality, ancestral traits, the extended phenotype, extraterrestrial life, criticisms of religion and atheism, followed by audience questions. This episode was filmed at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on the Oct 31st 2024, as part of Richard Dawkins' tour. Carolyn Porco is a renowned planetary scientist and science communicator best known for leading the imaging science team on NASA’s Cassini mission to Saturn, where she played a pivotal role in major discoveries such as the geysers on Enceladus and the potential for extraterrestrial habitability.
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    1 h y 22 m
  • Is There More Wonder In Genes Than In Gods? - A Conversation with Alex O' Connor

    Is There More Wonder In Genes Than In Gods? - A Conversation with Alex O' Connor
    Mar 6 2025
    As part of his 2024 tour, Richard Dawkins engaged in an insightful conversation with Alex O'Connor at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles on September 28th. They discuss Dawkins' latest book; The Genetic Book of the Dead, religion, evolution, and concludes with a Q&A session. Alex O’Connor is a YouTuber, writer, and public speaker, best known as the host of the Within Reason podcast, with over one million subscribers on YouTube. He has appeared on television programs such as Piers Morgan Uncensored, BBC Sunday Morning Live, and Channel 4 News. O’Connor has debated and discussed topics including the philosophy of religion, free speech, monarchy abolitionism, and skepticism with notable figures such as Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Slavoj Žižek.
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    1 h y 23 m
  • What Evolution Really Tells Us About Life | A Conversation with Steven Pinker

    What Evolution Really Tells Us About Life | A Conversation with Steven Pinker
    Feb 27 2025

    In this episode of The Poetry of Reality, Richard Dawkins engages in an insightful conversation with Steven Pinker about evolution, his motivation for writing The Blind Watchmaker, and a breakdown of his latest book, The Genetic Book of the Dead Steven Pinker is a Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, psycholinguist, popular science author, and public intellectual. He is an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind. This was filmed in Boston, Massachusetts, as part of Richard Dawkins' tour.
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    1 h y 29 m
  • Atheism is growing in America but.....| Richard Dawkins Talks to Coleman Hughes

    Atheism is growing in America but.....| Richard Dawkins Talks to Coleman Hughes
    Feb 9 2025
    1 h y 22 m
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