The universe is the way it is because some intelligent force designed it to be that way.

And so for me, you know, when I was looking at all of this stuff coming out of my atheism and just saying, whoa, you know, really this is the best explanation.

And because I was raised with zero religion, and so I arrived at all of this with the minimum amount of baggage.

And so to me, it was just like, of course, some kind of transcendent intelligence makes the most

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

Well, welcome to ID the Future.

I'm your host, Andrew Ming Dermit.

Thank you for joining us today.

While on the show today, we have astrophysicist Sarah Salvander,

one of the experts featured in the new movie, The Story of Everything.

The movie, which opens April 30th, 2026 in theaters, is a cinematic exploration of

the cosmos that traces the evidence for intelligent design from the precise laws that govern

the stars, all the way down to the intricate structures found in every living cell. It is quite an

adventure. And it's going to be available very soon, so I hope you can join in and see the movie, wherever you might be.

Now, Sarah is a former researcher in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Texas.

She studies extreme deep space phenomena, mostly quasars, supermassive black holes, and giant galaxies.

She has authored peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, as well as popular-level magazine

articles.

She also regularly brightens social media feeds as a science educator.

And who doesn't need a brighter social media feed these days?

Sarah, welcome to the podcast.

Hi, thank you. Yeah, and it's

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