In this episode of The Poetry of Reality, Richard Dawkins joins Matt Ridley for an insightful conversation touching on evolution, genetics, science, and culture.
Matt Ridley is a science writer and journalist whose work spans evolutionary biology, economics, and the role of innovation in human progress.
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Oct 2025
If God designed it, why is it so badly built?
In this episode, Richard Dawkins revisits a 2012 conversation from the Great Minds program, produced by the Educational Broadcasting System in South Korea. He examines why life looks designed yet is full of flaws, showing how imperfections in nature reveal the true workings of ev ... Show More
13m 46s
Sep 2025
Why Ants Tear Off Their Own Wings
In this episode, Richard Dawkins revisits a 2012 conversation from the Great Minds program, produced by the Educational Broadcasting System in South Korea. Drawing on themes from his book Flights of Fancy, Dawkins explores humanity’s ancient dream of flight, the physics that gove ... Show More
15m 47s
Sep 2025
Why Ideas Spread Like Viruses
In this episode of The Poetry of Reality, Richard joins a live audience in Edinburgh to discuss his latest book, The Genetic Book of the Dead. In this wide-ranging conversation, he reflects on how DNA preserves the story of evolution, describing organisms as “living books” that r ... Show More
1h 15m
Dec 2020
Matt Ridley || How Innovation Works
Today we have Matt Ridley on the podcast. Matt is the author of the recently-released How Innovation Works, as well as The Rational Optimist and several other books related to science and human progress, which have sold over a million copies. He is also a biologist, newspaper col ... Show More
47m 35s
Mar 2021
#107 Matt Ridley: Infinite Innovation
Matt Ridley is the author of several books related to science and human progress, biologist, newspaper columnist and member of the House of Lords in the UK. Matt and Shane discuss writing books about science, the age-old battle between viruses and humans, rational optimism, the d ... Show More
1h 4m
Jun 2024
Darwin’s Daring Idea with Richard Dawkins
<p>Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with evolutionary biologist and author of <i>The Genetic Book of the Dead</i> Richard Dawkins to talk about evolution, whether we were “designed,” how we are living reflections of our ancestors, and much much more. </p><p>NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons ... Show More
56m 41s
Jan 2021
153. Rational Optimism | Matt Ridley
This episode was recorded on January 11, 2021.
Matt Ridley and I discuss, among other topics, economic optimism, trade through the reciprocity of nations, enlightened self-interest, virtues relation to trade, feeding nine billion people, the triumphs of cities, escape of Malthusi ... Show More
2h 22m
Jun 2025
Net Zero Must Go - Matt Ridley
Matt Ridley is a British science writer, journalist, and businessman. He is known for his writings on science, the environment, and economics. Follow Matt on X - https://x.com/mattwridley SPONSOR. We’re honoured to partner with Hillsdale College. Learn for free at https://hillsda ... Show More
1h 7m
<p>Matt Ridley is a writer, biologist & Rational Optimist. He joins me to talk about his views on science, economics, innovation and how they apply to Bitcoin.</p>
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