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  • Why Darwin Stopped Believing in GOD | Richard Dawkins with Patrick House

    Why Darwin Stopped Believing in GOD | Richard Dawkins with Patrick House
    Apr 11 2025
    1 h et 24 min
  • Space meets Earth, Porco and Dawkins in Glasgow

    Space meets Earth, Porco and Dawkins in Glasgow
    Apr 3 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. 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 et 22 min
  • Sonnets by ChatGPT

    Sonnets by ChatGPT
    Mar 24 2025
    Following my dialogue with ChatGPT on whether it is conscious, I thought it would be interesting to look at its poetic creativity. I decided to give it a subject dear to my heart. Link to my Substack - https://richarddawkins.substack.com/
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    6 min
  • Exploring AI, Evolution & the Universe ft. Taryn Southern

    Exploring AI, Evolution & the Universe ft. Taryn Southern
    Mar 20 2025
    Richard Dawkins and Taryn Southern are back for another thought-provoking Q&A session, tackling a wide range of fascinating topics. From Richard’s personal epiphany moments to his thoughts on AI, alien life, and the origins of the universe, this episode delves deep into the mysteries of evolution, intelligence, and existence. Other audience questions dive into topics like inherited knowledge, the evolution of survival instincts, and whether animals truly understand death. Richard also shares his thoughts and experiments on ChatGPT, the limits of human invention, and the most compelling theories about how our universe came to be. Referenced Articles: A conversation between Dawkins and ChatGPT - https://substack.com/home/post/p-1573... Sonnets by ChatGPT - https://substack.com/home/post/p-1583...
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    32 min
  • 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 13 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 Richard Dawkins, Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Slavoj Žižek.
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    1 h et 24 min
  • 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 et 29 min
  • 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 13 2025
    In this episode of The Poetry of Reality, Richard Dawkins engages in an insightful conversation with Coleman Hughes. Coleman Hughes is a writer, podcast host, and social commentator, known for his work on race, culture, and social issues. He hosts the podcast Conversations with Coleman, where he engages in deep discussions on various social topics, often challenging conventional views. This was filmed at Winspear Opera House Dallas, Texas, USA, on the 4th of September 2024, as part of Richard Dawkins' tour.
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    1 h et 23 min
  • Is Elon Musk Our Only Hope? | Richard Dawkins in Conversation with Andrew Gold

    Is Elon Musk Our Only Hope? | Richard Dawkins in Conversation with Andrew Gold
    Jan 19 2025

    In this episode of The Poetry of Reality, Richard Dawkins engages in an insightful conversation with Andrew Gold, host of the Heretics podcast. This was filmed at Ulster Hall in Belfast, United Kingdom, on the 14th of November 2024, as part of Richard Dawkins' Tour.
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    1 h et 22 min