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Interview on 'How on Earth'

Richard Dawkins - KGNU

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Aired: October 18, 2005

Richardd Dawkins is interviewed by KGNU about becoming a scientist, his book "The Ancestor's Tale," religion in Amreica, teaching science, the idea of "teaching controversy," children and science, and more.

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