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“Story of Everything” Producer Has a Huge Fan Base: David Klinghoffer; March 31, 2026; 2; Intelligent Design

Condemning Slavery in the Name of a “Vibe”?: David Klinghoffer; March 30, 2026; 2; Intelligent Design

One-Year Anniversary of a Historic Executive Order: Keri D. Ingraham; March 31, 2026; 3; Education

Attending the White House St. Patrick’s Day Celebration: Keri D. Ingraham; March 25, 2026; 3; Education

Wisconsin Governor Vetoes Anti-“Nature Rights” Legislation: Wesley J. Smith; March 23, 2026; 3; Human Exceptionalism

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Addiction Is a Disease — Policy May Finally Catch Up

_{Michele Steeb
March 23, 2026
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More than 48 million Americans are battling substance use disorder. Many are deteriorating in plain sight — on sidewalks, in encampments, and in emergency rooms. Others decline behind closed doors. Overdoses are shattering families, especially within the homeless population where the death rate among people living on the streets has surged by 77 percent.

Video

America’s Founders and Intelligent Design: The Center for Science and Culture; March 30, 2026; Intelligent Design

Keri D. Ingraham Discusses Shrinking the Department of Education on The Tony Kinnett Cast: American Center for Transforming Education; March 23, 2026; Education

The Tragic Tale of the Las Vegas “Mole People”: Jonathan Choe; March 10, 2026; Homelessness

HB 2266: Call Your Legislator Today: Center on Wealth & Poverty; March 2, 2026; Homelessness

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Podcast

The Cultural Mythology and Scientific Frailty of Darwinism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 30, 2026}

Why has Darwin’s theory of evolution succeeded so dramatically? The official story, of course, is that it provides a sweeping and complete explanation of the development of life on Earth, with the claim that it’s rock solid because it’s grounded in an abundance of evidence. But when we take a closer look at that official story, we see that it actually resembles more of a myth, a legendary origin story that has been championed and propped up successfully for over 160 years. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid treats you to a reading from False Messiah, a book by Neil Thomas recently published by Discovery Institute Press. The book provides valuable insight around the mythology of Darwinism as well as the mythical figure of Charles Darwin himself. The evidence for …

Kepler’s Pursuit of a Mathematical Cosmology

_{Melissa Cain Travis
March 27, 2026}

Why is the cosmos intellectually accessible to us? On this classic ID The Future from vault, host Andrew McDiarmid continues his conversation with Dr. Melissa Cain Travis about her book Thinking God’s Thoughts: Johannes Kepler and the Miracle of Cosmic Comprehensibility. In Part 2, Travis illuminates Kepler’s university years to show us how his study of mathematics and astronomy complemented his interest in theology. We learn about obstacles he overcame during his education and how an unexpected appointment to assist imperial mathematician Tycho Brahe jump-started his career as an astronomer and gave him the tools he needed to develop and advance his revolutionary ideas. Travis unpacks Kepler’s major works, from Mysterium Cosmographicum to his magnum opus Harmonices …

Fossil Feuds and Scientific Secrecy

_{Casey Luskin
March 25, 2026}

How do you separate the facts from the narrative? That can be challenging these days, and the realm of science is no exception. On this ID The Future, enjoy the second half of a conversation with Dr. Casey Luskin that originally aired on the Come Let Us Reason Together Podcast hosted by Lenny Esposito. Casey discusses the growing controversy surrounding Sahelanthropus tchadensis, a fossil often described as one of the earliest human ancestors. But what began as a celebrated evolutionary discovery has now sparked open disagreement among evolutionary scientists themselves. In this concluding segment, Casey will discuss the telling researcher-to-specimen imbalance in the field of paleoanthropology, the nuance between error and deception in human origins narratives, and the broader …

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The CSC Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences will prepare participants to make research contributions advancing the growing science of intelligent design (ID). The seminar will explore cutting-edge ID work in fields such as molecular biology, biochemistry, embryology, developmental biology, paleontology, computational biology, ID-theoretic mathematics, cosmology, physics, and the history and philosophy of science. The seminar will include presentations on the application of intelligent design to laboratory research as well as frank treatment of the academic realities that ID researchers confront in graduate school and beyond, and strategies for dealing with them. Although the primary focus of the seminar is science, there also will be discussion on worldview …

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C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society

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The C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society will explore the growing impact of science on politics, economics, social policy, bioethics, theology, and the arts during the past century. The program is named after celebrated British writer C.S. Lewis, a perceptive critic of both scientism and technocracy in books such as The Abolition of Man and That Hideous Strength. Topics to be addressed include the history of science, the relationship between faith and science, the rise of scientific materialism, the debate over Darwinian theory and intelligent design, evolutionary conceptions of ethics, science and economics, science and criminal justice, stem cell research and abortion, eugenics, family life and sexuality, ecology and animal rights, climate …

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