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May 2024
59m 30s

God Delusion UC Berkeley Lecture

Richard Dawkins
About this episode

In 2008, touring America to promote The God Delusion, I spoke to a large audience at the University of California at Berkeley. It was a nostalgic visit for me, as I had spent two eventful years there as a young man. Today I stand by everything I said in the lecture.

 

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