Playboy Interview with Richard Dawkins

Chip Rowe - Playboy - 20 August 2012 Comments

Richard Dawkins, the patron saint of nonbelievers, caused a stir earlier this year during a debate with the Archbishop of Canterbury, who noted that his opponent is often described as the world’s...

TAGGED: ATHEISM, INTERVIEWS, RICHARD DAWKINS

Derren Brown talks to Tim Minchin

- - BBC Radio 4 - 18 August 2012 Comments

Episode 4 of 6, Series 8 DURATION: 30 MINUTES Last week's interviewee, Illusionist Derren Brown, dispenses with the trickery and gets inside the mind of Tim Minchin by cleverly asking him some...

TAGGED: INTERVIEWS

Jeremy Paxman religious comments were offensive, rules BBC Trust

John Plunkett - The Guardian - 31 July 2012 Comments

BBC Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman 'went too far' with comments about religion. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman went too far when he...

TAGGED: CENSORSHIP, INTERVIEWS, RICHARD DAWKINS

Great Grandson Of L. Ron Hubbard Blasts Scientology

- - CBS - 26 July 2012 Comments

The Church of Scientology is known for its famous followers and its reputation for secrecy. In an interview with CBS 5, the great grandson of the church’s founder L. Ron Hubbard blasts Scientology,...

TAGGED: CULTS, INTERVIEWS

A Bone Here, a Bead There: On the Trail of Human Origins

John Noble Wilford - New York Times - 18 July 2012 Comments

Thanks to Quine for the link Who are we, and where did we come from? Scientists studying the origin of modern humans, Homo sapiens, keep reaching deeper in time to answer those questions...

TAGGED: BEHAVIOR, INTERVIEWS, PALEONTOLOGY

UPdate - listen to the interview - Richard is on BBC Radio World Service this evening 16th July, around 21.20 British Summer Time (= 20.20 GMT)

- - RichardDawkins.net - 16 July 2012 Comments

Update Listen to the interview Richard is on BBC Radio World Service this evening 16th July, around 21.20 British Summer Time (= 20.20 GMT). Interviewed by James Menendez about the fish genus...

TAGGED: ANNOUNCEMENTS, INTERVIEWS, RICHARD DAWKINS

Richard Dawkins on Radio Ulster - Causeway centre gives creationist view

- - UTV - 06 July 2012 Comments

Update 6-Jul Richard Dawkins on BBC Radio Ulster with Wendy Austin Listen on BBC Radio Player You'll need to skip to 42:35 for the start of the section on the Giant's Causeway The...

TAGGED: CREATIONISM, EDUCATION, INTERVIEWS, RICHARD DAWKINS

Evolution, Humanism, and Conservation: The Humanist Interview with Richard Leakey

Ryan Shaffer - The Humanist - 04 July 2012 Comments

Thanks to James Smithwick for the link Richard Leakey is a world-renowned paleoanthropologist whose career has been marked by famous scientific finds, political office, and conservation...

TAGGED: EVOLUTION, INTERVIEWS, PALEONTOLOGY

Miracle buster: Why I traced holy water to leaky drain

Jon White - New Scientist - 04 July 2012 Comments

What was the so-called "miracle" you recently investigated in Mumbai? The priest and the very active Catholic laity organisations associated with the Our Lady of Velankanni church in Mumbai were...

TAGGED: CRITICAL THINKING, INTERVIEWS