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Intelligent Design the Future

Comedian Evan Sayet on the Failure of the Atheist Origin Myth

Intelligent Design the Future

Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture

Astronomy, Life Sciences, Science, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.31K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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On this classic ID The Future out of the vault, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes comedian and author Evan Sayet to the podcast to discuss the failure of the atheist origin myth, his journey from liberalism to conservatism, and the role of humor in the scientific debate. His latest book, Magic Soup, Typing Monkeys, and Horny Aliens From Outer Space, takes a cuttingly humorous approach to dismantling the origin myths promoted by atheists to explain away the evidence for design in life and the universe. Philosopher of science Dr. Stephen Meyer calls Sayet's book “a rambunctious romp...With his trademark humor, Sayet exposes the absurdities of the materialist superstition of our age.”

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0:00.0

ID the Future, a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.

0:12.0

Welcome to ID the Future. I'm Andrew McDermott, your host. Well, today, my guest is comedian, speaker, and author Evan Sayett to discuss the topic of his latest book

0:22.0

on the failure of the atheist origin myth.

0:25.1

Sayet was a top Hollywood writer and producer for 20 years, and his credits include the

0:29.6

Arsenio Hall Show and politically incorrect with Bill Maher.

0:33.2

A leading conservative political comedian, he has been an in-demand master of ceremonies and speaker at events across the United States.

0:41.7

He is also author of The Kindergarten Eden, How the Modern Liberal Thinks, as well as woke supremacy, an anti-socialist manifesto.

0:51.4

Evan, welcome to the idea of future.

0:53.5

Well, thanks. It's good to be with you. Well, Evan,

0:56.4

you know, before we jump into the content of your latest book on the atheist origin myth,

1:01.2

I wanted to give our listeners some idea of your journey and how you came to write such a book.

1:06.4

Now, you grew up as a liberal Jew in New York City. Tell us a little about your childhood.

1:11.5

Well, I'm pretty satisfied with your description, you know, New York City born liberal Jew,

1:17.2

with all that that entails in the era starting in the 60s when I was born, 70s when I started

1:23.6

to come of age. It's also a fairly good description. It's an accurate description

1:27.9

my parents, you know, New York City born liberal Jews. So that was the environment in which I grew up.

1:34.8

Although it has to be understood, liberal, my liberalism as well as my Judaism were not thoughtful,

1:42.8

active positions and beliefs that I came to. They were sort of

1:46.9

the default factory setting for somebody born into my demographics. You know, if you were a New York

1:52.8

city born Jew, you were a liberal. And it's not like I gave liberal ideology or liberal policy any

1:59.9

thought whatsoever. I just knew growing up what all liberals

2:03.8

know, which is that liberals are good and conservatives are evil. You know, liberals like peace,

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