Humanize
by Discovery Institute Center on Human Exceptionalism
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Austin Ruse on Cultivating a 500-Year Vision for Your Family
Austin Ruse on Cultivating a 500-Year Vision for Your Family
About this podcast
Humanize with Wesley J. Smith from Discovery Institute's Center on Human Exceptionalism, where human rights meet human responsibilities. We speak on the controversial issues of human life and human thriving that impact our daily lives.
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- Austin Ruse on Cultivating a 500-Year Vision for Your Family · 1 h 0 min · Season 6 Episode 3We are often told that the family is the basic unit of society. But these days, the family is in trouble as an institution. Fewer people are getting married. Divorce rates are…
- Sam Brownback on Current Challenges to Religious Freedom · 51 minReligious freedom — the ability to live and act according to one’s faith — is one of our most fundamental human rights. But as Western society has secularized, religious freedom…
- Mayor Warren Wilson on Environmentalists Caring More About Birds Than the Lives of King Cove Residents · 54 min · Season 6 Episode 1King Cove is a remote town in the Aleutian Islands, adjacent to the 300,000-acre Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. In 1980, the refuge was designated a wilderness area. That…
- Robert J. Marks II on the Benefits and Potential Perils of Artificial Intelligence · 1 h 8 min · Season 5 Episode 16We are in the age of artificial intelligence. But what does that mean for the human future? Some claim that AI is merely a very sophisticated tool that will lead to stunning…
- Stephen C. Meyer on “The Story of Everything” · 1 h 5 min · Season 5 Episode 15In 50 BC, the great Roman statesman Cicero expressed a thought that has been echoed by thinkers down the generations: “The celestial order and beauty of the universe compel me to…
- Timothy S. Goeglein on Restoring a Legacy of Faith, Freedom, and Family · 55 minThe United States is in a cultural crisis. Our young are experiencing unprecedented levels of mental illness. Family structures are crumbling with out-of-wedlock births…
- Dr. Benjamin S. Carson Sr. on His Life and the Importance of America’s Founding Principles · 1 h 0 minIn our badly fractured society, can public servants and politicians act with decency and argue about policy with restraint and dignity? We believe the answer is yes, and so…
- Jan Jekielek on China’s Forced Organ Harvesting Atrocity · 1 h 5 minIn one of the great atrocities in human history, Chinese political prisoners are tissue-typed and later murdered and harvested to supply the country’s thriving organ transplant…
- The Trouble with Transhumanism: Wesley J. Smith’s Guest Appearance on Bioethics Babe · 1 h 41 minTurnabout is fair play, they say. So on this episode of Humanize, Wesley is the guest, interviewed by the “Bioethics Babe,” the podcast of Center on Human Exceptionalism Fellow…
- Melissa Ortiz on the Disability Rights Movement · 1 h 7 minDisability rights is a global social and civil rights movement that advocates for equal opportunities, accessibility, and freedom from discrimination. The goal is to ensure that…
- Dr. Casey Luskin on the Genetic Differences Between Humans and Chimpanzees and Why They Matter · 48 minChimpanzees, we are told, are the closest relatives to human beings. Indeed, for years scientists claimed that there is only about a one percent difference separating the human…
- Dr. Michael J. New on Abortion, the Dobbs Decision, Sidewalk Counseling, and the Annual March for Life · 54 min · Season 5 Episode 9The struggle over the legality of abortion has roiled the country for more than fifty years. On one side, the pro-life movement insists that innocent life must be protected by…
- Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick on the Nature of Evil · 54 min · Season 5 Episode 8Is evil a metaphysical reality, or is it merely a word we use to describe intentionally destructive behavior or horribly painful outcomes? If evil is real, what is its nature?…
- Robert P. George on the Reality and Importance of Human Exceptionalism · 1 h 3 min · Season 5 Episode 7Whether or not human beings are exceptional is one of the most important questions of our age. Either we have unique value and moral responsibilities, or we are just another…
- Aaron Kheriaty, MD, on How to Heal Modern Medicine · 1 h 1 min · Season 5 Episode 6Something has gone terribly wrong with American medicine. The COVID pandemic broke the back of trust in our public health officials. There is an affordability crisis. Medical…
- Olivier Bonnassies and Brian Miller on the Scientific Evidence for God · 1 h 3 min · Season 5 Episode 5The Epistle to the Hebrews tells us that “faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” That isn’t science. It is religion, and these days, many…
- Michael Grunwald on How Factory Farms Can Save the Planet · 1 h 3 min · Season 5 Episode 4Mark Twain is generally credited with the quip, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” The same can’t be said about climate change, which has…
- Michael Egnor, MD, and Denyse O’Leary on Evidence for the Existence of the Soul · 1 h 2 min · Season 5 Episode 3The existence of the human soul is usually described as a matter of faith unprovable by science. But is that true? What if evidence exists that we each do indeed have souls and…
- Megan Basham on Faith, a Cancer Diagnosis, and the Assassination of Charlie Kirk · 1 h 1 min · Season 5 Episode 2It is a hard fact of life that — if we live long enough — we or those we love will receive a devastating medical diagnosis. How we cope in such difficult circumstances can both…
- Sam Brownback on the Urgency of Religious Freedom · 55 min · Season 5 Episode 1Religious freedom — the ability to live and act according to one’s faith — is one of our most fundamental human rights. But as Western society has secularized, the importance of…
