VSI Episode 31

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VSI Episode 31

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VSI Episode 31

nobody expects the modern Inquisition

Randall Hayes

Jul 14, 2021

Original Website Blurb from 2011

Forgot for a second there whether I was referencing Rocky & Bullwinkle or Monty Python.

In any case, thanks to Tom Drury for our new theme music.

Links and such from today's show:

The Spanish Inquisition

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Inquisition

Cullen Murphy's new book, which actually covers all the Inquisitions

interview on Fresh Air

http://www.npr.org/2012/01/23/145512271/the-inquisition-a-model-for-modern-interrogators

Atlantic article

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/01/torturer-8217-s-apprentice/8838/

Robert Wright's book http://www.evolutionofgod.net/

interview with philosopher Alvin Plantinga about his new science/religion book

http://www.npr.org/2012/01/29/145108456/exploring-the-real-conflict-science-vs-naturalism

Thomas Frank's new book http://www.tcfrank.com/books.php

Discussion about this podcast

Doctor Eclectic

For now, I'm reposting episodes of my first podcast, VSI: Variation Selection Inheritance, a show about evolution in all its forms. That includes life, culture, and technology, examined through interviews with experts, reviews of pop science and pop culture, and my own individual rantings.

This show was made possible by the National Science Foundation, through the BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action.

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