Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist, author, and emeritus fellow at the University of Oxford.

I spoke to Richard on stage in Austin Texas as a part of his final ever live tour. The next day we got to sit down and discuss all the things we didn't have time to talk about the night before.

Expect to learn what Richard thinks about the recent rise of cultural Christianity, whether religion was an influential factor on the evolution of humans, what Richard meant by “Race Is A Spectrum, Sex Is Pretty Damn Binary”, where people without a religious worldview should get their meaning from, Richard's explanation for evolution for those who don’t believe in it and much more...

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0:00 The Rise of Cultural Christianity
02:44 Dealing With a Shattered Worldview
05:13 Why Religion Arises in Every Culture
10:47 Biological Sex is an Obvious Binary
18:01 Race From an Evolutionary Perspective
25:43 Is Social Justice a Replacement for Religion?
28:04 Darwin’s Marriage Wish List
33:50 Richard’s Message to Evolution Sceptics
40:56 The Link Between Primates & Humans
45:49 Biology’s View of Consciousness
51:42 Why Behavioural Genetics is Still Controversial
54:16 The Ethics of Embryo Selection & Manipulation
1:04:37 What’s Next for Richard

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