I d the future a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.

Hello I'm Eric Anderson and today on our show I'm pleased to be joined by Dr. Michael Behe,

author of the newly released book, A Mastrap for Darwin.

Dr. Behe is a senior fellow with Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture and a professor

in the Department of Biological Sciences at Lehigh University.

He received his PhD in biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania, and while he has published dozens of professional papers, he is best known for his previous books, Darwin's Black Box, The Edge of Evolution, and Darwin devolves.

His books have been reviewed by the New York Times, Nature, Philosophy of Science, and numerous

other venues.

Welcome, Mike.

Thanks, Eric, it's great to be with you.

As we begin, I know many listeners are already aware of this, and you'd probably prefer just to dive

into the science rather than hearing some praise, but I think it would be remiss if I didn't mention that your first book in 1996, Darwin's Black Box, was an absolute watershed in the debate over evolution and intelligent design.

This book caused a stir that continues to this day and

was named by National Review and World magazine as one of the 100 most important

books of the 20th century which is just an astounding achievement. It's hard to

overstate the impact this book has had on the debate generally and on so many

people individually. And Mike at the risk of being a little personal I'll tell you

that Darwin's Black Box was the key book

that got me interested in intelligent design many years ago and is still one of the

primary resources I recommend to people who want to learn more about it

evolution and intelligent design. So personally and on

behalf of many many others thank you for all you've done and all you continue to do

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