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Galloping Flagella and Cilia Railroads: David Coppedge; August 4, 2026; 7; Intelligent Design

Polling the Physicists: What a Survey Shows: Bruce Gordon; August 4, 2026; 8; Physics

Breaking: San Francisco Passes Legislation Expanding Drug-Free Housing for Homeless: Center on Wealth & Poverty; July 30, 2026; 2; Homelessness

New Bill Proposes to Establish a “Commission on Human Dignity”: Wesley J. Smith; July 29, 2026; 3; Human Exceptionalism

Nuns Sue New York Over Forced Complicity in Assisted Suicide: Wesley J. Smith; July 23, 2026; 3; Human Exceptionalism

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It’s Essential to Educate the Next Generation About Free Enterprise

_{Keri D. Ingraham
July 31, 2026
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Free enterprise is more than just an economic system — it is about freedom. It gives individuals the power to make their own choices and turn ideas into reality, empowering them to overcome obstacles, create businesses, and contribute to their communities. At its core, free enterprise protects liberty, drives prosperity, and rewards responsibility.

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Keri D. Ingraham Talks Free Enterprise on NTD Evening News

Kevin Dahlgren Discusses Skid Row on Newsmax: Center on Wealth & Poverty; August 3, 2026; Homelessness

The Story Behind Darwin’s Black Box by Michael Behe: Michael J. Behe; August 3, 2026; Intelligent Design

Michael Behe Was Right: Darwin’s Black Box at 30: John G. West; August 2, 2026; Intelligent Design

Andrea Suarez Advocates for Treatment First in KOMO News Town Hall on Homelessness: Center on Wealth & Poverty; July 21, 2026; Homelessness

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Enjoy a Reading From the Landmark Book Darwin’s Black Box

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 3, 2026}

It’s the book that helped launch the biochemical challenge to Darwinian evolution. It has been hailed as one of the most influential books on science in our lifetime. And this year, it celebrates thirty years in print! On today’s ID the Future, host Andrew McDiarmid invites you to join him as he reads selections from Darwin’s Black Box, authored by biochemist Michael J. Behe. The landmark book was an intellectual bombshell when it was published in August of 1996. It was reviewed by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and other major outlets. It was published by a major New York publishing house, The Free Press, then a division of Simon and Schuster. It was included in a list of the hundred most influential books of the century by National Review. And it has sold …

Astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez Reads His Solar Eclipse Poem “Totality”

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
July 31, 2026}

On this episode of ID The Future out of the archive, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes astrophysicist Guillermo Gonzalez to the program to read and discuss his poem “Totality: A Celestial Theater,” written to commemorate the total solar eclipse that occurred in April 2024. You may already be familiar with Gonzalez’s popular book The Privileged Planet, co-authored with Dr. Jay Richards, unpacking the arguments for our privileged place in the cosmos. You might also have heard about his young adult novel The Farm at the Center of the Universe, co-written with Dr. Jonathan Witt. But you likely didn’t know this accomplished scientist and author is also a poet! Gonzalez first discusses his experience of the 2024 total solar eclipse and his co-hosting of Discovery …

Why Aliens Won’t Solve the Origin of Life on Earth

_{Casey Luskin
July 29, 2026}

Does invoking aliens to explain the origin of life on Earth solve the problem of biological information, or does it simply kick the can down the road? On this ID The Future, enjoy the second half of a conversation with geologist Dr. Casey Luskin and his wife, science educator Kristin Marais, as they discuss intelligent design, evolution, and alien life with host Daniel Ray on the Apologetics Profile podcast. In Part 2, the conversation shifts from the theoretical framework of intelligent design to the physical and biological hurdles that challenge both Darwinian evolution and the search for extraterrestrial life. Dr. Luskin also discusses the professional risks and academic pressures faced by scientists who dare to suggest that the design evident in nature may be actual design from an …

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