#66 Charles Darwin and American History w/ Randall Fuller
The Road to Now
Benjamin Sawyer
4.8 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2017
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Charles Darwin's Origin of Species is one of the most controversial books ever written. For most Americans, Darwin's theories are associated with the 1925 Scopes trial and the near century-long "evolution vs creation" debate has that emerged as a dominant theme in American society in the years since the trial. In this episode of The Road to Now, we speak with Dr. Randall Fuller about his new book The Book That Changed America: How Darwin's Theory of Evolution Ignited America, and the various ways that Darwin's work has been interpreted since its publication in 1858. As it turns out, Darwin and Origin of Species are far more complex and have a much deeper history in the United States than most of us realize.
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| 0:00.0 | Our friend Dolphus Ramser was born and raised in Concord, North Carolina, a town so rich |
| 0:07.4 | with history that it provided the inspiration for its independent record label and management |
| 0:12.6 | company. |
| 0:13.7 | So great was the city's influence on Ramser that he continues to live and work in Concord today, |
| 0:19.9 | with a full-time staff located in both North Carolina |
| 0:22.7 | and California. He and his team always put their clients music first, work as hard as they can, |
| 0:28.7 | and have fun along the way. Visit ramser.com to learn more. |
| 0:36.9 | Welcome to the road to now where we look to the past and everywhere in between. |
| 0:41.1 | To understand the present. |
| 0:42.5 | I'm Bob Crawford, and I'm joined today, as always, by Dr. Ben Sawyer. |
| 0:48.5 | Today, I'm on FaceTime. |
| 0:50.9 | FaceTime. |
| 0:52.4 | And Ben is recording us. |
| 0:56.4 | I'm literally phoning it in, Ben. |
| 0:58.4 | Oh, but you're not just phoning it in. |
| 0:59.8 | You're facing it in too, Bob. |
| 1:01.0 | So don't give your social change yourself. |
| 1:03.1 | Ben, tell everybody about who we have on the show today. |
| 1:05.5 | Great. |
| 1:06.0 | Today we have Dr. Randall Fuller, who just recently published a book called The Book |
| 1:10.5 | that Changed America, |
| 1:11.9 | How Darwin's Theory of Evolution ignited a nation. And if you're thinking Scopes Monkey Trial, |
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