1. Comment #424789 by Nails on October 18, 2009 at 11:16 pm

Nice to hear an interviewer who doesn't ask the stupid questions, but unfortunately it means that there is nothing new here.

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2. Comment #424793 by Sally Luxmoore on October 18, 2009 at 11:24 pm

A nice interview, with a friendly and sympathetic interviewer.
It's good to hear how well Richard has been received on this tour so far.

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3. Comment #424804 by Dhamma on October 18, 2009 at 11:37 pm

Sally Luxmoore,

While Richard certainly may face some serious opposition, I think Americans are generally a kind people. I'm not surprised he's been well received.

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4. Comment #424807 by Sally Luxmoore on October 18, 2009 at 11:40 pm

Comment #424804 by Dhamma

Oh I wouldn't want to be misunderstood - in my experience Americans can be some of the kindest and most hospitable of people.
I was referring to the apparent lack of demonstrators and opponents.

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5. Comment #424814 by Dhamma on October 18, 2009 at 11:58 pm

Sally,

Well, to be fair you didn't really imply it either. I just wanted to add my view and state I'm not surprised he's been well received.

I haven't met particularly many Americans, but most of them have been more kind than most, and far better than their reputation. I just wish they dropped their silly beliefs!

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6. Comment #424835 by mcbender on October 19, 2009 at 12:54 am

It was very jarring to hear the interviewer introduce himself, as I have an uncle by the same name (although this wasn't him).

This was a good interview and a pleasant one to listen to.

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7. Comment #424840 by BigJohn on October 19, 2009 at 1:04 am

I would rather have heard more from Richard than the interviewer, who seemed enthralled with his own voice.

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8. Comment #424844 by Ohnhai on October 19, 2009 at 1:41 am

@BigJohn...
the Interviewer is a Radio DJ, thus being absorbed by his own voice is pretty much a given....

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9. Comment #424853 by NewEnglandBob on October 19, 2009 at 2:36 am

Professor Dawkins was inspiring in this interview.

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10. Comment #424861 by the pudding on October 19, 2009 at 4:27 am

@BigJohn & Ohnhai

I thought that the interviewer was quite likeable, he did sound a little "babbley" but it did sound like it was in an attempt to try and sound cool and intelligent for Richard's benefit. Probably much the same as both of you would behave if either of you met him.

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11. Comment #424870 by seabala on October 19, 2009 at 5:24 am

Y do they all spend so much time on TGD and ask questions about TGSOE as bonus material?

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12. Comment #424882 by seabala on October 19, 2009 at 8:40 am

Love the quote.

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13. Comment #424946 by DeusExNihilum on October 19, 2009 at 2:51 pm

I quite liked this interview, very relaxed and friendly, the Host did a very good job IMO.

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14. Comment #424985 by mordacious1 on October 19, 2009 at 4:47 pm

I just noticed that TGSoE is now #8 on the NYT nonfiction hardcover list, which was put out on Oct.16. Glenn Beck's book is #2, but is that really nonfiction?

I don't see Palin's book there (now listed under fiction?). Amazon lowered the price of her book to $9 to compete with Walmart...you'd think there would be a jump.

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15. Comment #424995 by EoghainOKeeffe on October 19, 2009 at 5:16 pm

What a great interview! It's nice to listen to an interview where the interviewer respects his guest and actually has real knowledge about the topics and issues his guest has been writing about.

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16. Comment #425020 by gerard26 on October 19, 2009 at 6:22 pm

Great interview! it will help in the discussion about the rationality of believing in god's and other unseen agents in how life and the world evolved.

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17. Comment #425024 by SplendidMonkey on October 19, 2009 at 6:42 pm

I hear that Richard will be interviewed tomorrow (Oct. 20, 2009) on MPR (Minnesota Public Radio) 9 am Central US time. This is his second interview this year with host Kerri Miller. Last time I found her tone a little antagonistic.

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/

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18. Comment #425042 by crusader234 on October 19, 2009 at 8:20 pm

I dragged my wife to NY last night to see prof Dawkins at the kaufmann concert hall. It was wonderful to see Richard, and his talk was really interesting. At the end of the lecture questions were invited. I couldnt think of a decent question of course.and the ones that were asked were pretty lame...if i could only have come up with a " if allopolyploids were blah blah then what if....?" etc.
im seeing him again this thursday night in Philly NJ. if any one has an original question i would gladly wave my hand around madly and ask it for you...any ideas?

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19. Comment #425048 by bendigeidfran on October 19, 2009 at 8:40 pm

Comment #425042 by crusader234

Could you ask him to change 'plausible' to 'certain' in TGSoE....in the paragraph about high atmospheric oxygen and insect gigantism. It's for my bank manager.

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20. Comment #425076 by Witticism on October 19, 2009 at 10:25 pm

The interviewer certainly had a 'man crush on Richard'. I think the word count was 2-1 in the interviewer's favour.

@crusader234 Look, its bad enough we get a bum rap for eating babies, now you are saying we drag our wives around. ;)

Seriously though, you could ask the Prof does he get pissed off when in the Q&A section of his lectures, some people never ask a question, rather they make a statement about how he is wrong and they a right? WTF?

Or if they say, 'I'll make this quick ..." and they never are!

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21. Comment #425137 by amorrow on October 20, 2009 at 5:24 am

That quote mentioned at the start is available at

http://richarddawkins.net/quotes

Again:

Life results from the non-random survival of randomly varying replicators.

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22. Comment #425259 by SplendidMonkey on October 20, 2009 at 3:29 pm

This morning's interview on MPR - http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/10/20/midmorning1/

Richard got to make some excellent points this morning.

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23. Comment #425383 by madmax0412 on October 20, 2009 at 8:57 pm

Thanks SplendidMonkey for the link. That was an excellent interview. Unfortunately for Professor Dawkins he'll always be answering questions that he addressed in TGD.

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24. Comment #425428 by dsainty on October 21, 2009 at 12:25 am

"Life results from the non-random survival of randomly varying replicators."

I'd definitely buy a t-shirt with that on it. Functional and educational.

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25. Comment #425614 by shemp333 on October 21, 2009 at 7:48 pm

Comment #425259 by SplendidMonkey

Thanks for that link! That was a good interview. You're such a good little monkey!

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26. Comment #425749 by cpromise on October 22, 2009 at 8:56 am

Going to see the good Professor tonight in Philly. I'm paying $7.00 to see him at the "Free" library ( would have paid much more ). Not so sure I will ask a question or just spectate.

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27. Comment #425763 by Tyler Durden on October 22, 2009 at 10:26 am

Comment #425749 by cpromise

Not so sure I will ask a question or just spectate.

Ask Richard if he's gotten over the experience of being "interviewed" by Hugh Hewitt ;)

Enjoy, I saw Richard speak in Dublin a few weeks back, very enjoyable.

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28. Comment #425774 by crusader234 on October 22, 2009 at 11:51 am

@ cpromise hay ill see you there, i saw him in ny york last sunday ,it was great. im still agonising over a question which will stump Richard,or a least be worth asking. umm umm ummm er......

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29. Comment #425780 by Sally Luxmoore on October 22, 2009 at 12:34 pm

Comment #425774 by crusader234

a question .... at least worth asking...

He has described Darwin as an invalid; he was certainly frequently unwell. You could ask him if anyone knows what illness Darwin was suffering from? I've often wondered! People quite often get retrospectively diagnosed nowadays.

If by any slim chance you ever hear an answer to this, please post it here!

Maybe you could ask him if he has had his own genome sequenced and if he therefore knows from his Y chromosome whether he's one of the millions of men apparently descended from Ghenghis Khan!

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30. Comment #425949 by crusader234 on October 23, 2009 at 3:41 am

Richard Dawkins lecture in philly was fantastico,the guys an absolute genius he sighed my TGSoE and my photoshop Darwin picture.Im happy like a fat kid eatin cake...yay!
didnt ask question....

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31. Comment #425978 by cpromise on October 23, 2009 at 8:02 am

Had my book signed as well. I had to watch the presentation via simulcast. The library had to open an overflow room to accommodate everyone. It is so encouraging to see so many like minded people.

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32. Comment #426108 by SurfDude on October 23, 2009 at 4:51 pm

I just clicked on Splendid Monkey's link to Minnesota Public Radio and the advertising sponsor for the broadcast showcasing RD's interview was ......

The National Lutheran Choir.

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33. Comment #428682 by Follow Peter Egan on November 1, 2009 at 10:57 am

A reassuring interview, and another breakfast treat, so thanks for posting.

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34. Comment #428797 by GOTT MIT UNS on November 1, 2009 at 11:04 pm

Religion is based on :
-fear of death
-superstition
-dishonesty
-intellectual laziness

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35. Comment #429130 by ricklend on November 3, 2009 at 1:20 am

Ref: GOTT MIT UNS No. 34

Sorry, this is slightly off topic but I couldn't help but comment on #34's icon.

I had an original Gott Mit Uns (God is with us) belt buckle and it always amused me to think Hitler approved of this article of wear; especially for Hitler youth.

Don't all religious people think or wish God is on their side when in a conflict? It also reminds me of a Bob Dylan song which essentially alludes to the same thing. Wasn't God actually on our side in WWII?? Ha,Ha,Ha -- maybe that is not so funny. "Too many people have died" -- Bob Dylan.

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36. Comment #429221 by GOTT MIT UNS on November 3, 2009 at 12:08 pm

Dear Ricklend,
Great comment and ....a great concept of un-holy Trinity :-).

Personally I am a bit surprised that Richard Dawkins in his keynote addresses never usees this belt buckle to refute those shamelessly false allegations by the likes of Ben Stein and Dinesh de Sousa, who notoriously claim that the Nazism was an atheistic movement.

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