Monkey Business
The Last Archive
Pushkin Industries
4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In 1925, John Scopes, a high school teacher from Dayton, Tennessee, was put on trial for teaching evolution. It came to be called the "monkey trial," a landmark in the history of doubt. All over the country, Americans tuned in on their radios as science and faith battled in the courtroom. But the nation also witnessed something else: the beginnings of a culture war that’s been waged ever since. This episode on The Last Archive, a skeptical chronicle of an early battle in that war.
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| 0:00.0 | I want to tell you about another podcast to add to your cue. |
| 0:14.2 | The Jordan Harbinger Show. |
| 0:16.3 | Jordan's podcast is aimed at making you a better informed critical thinker, so you |
| 0:19.9 | can come to your own conclusions about what's happening in the world. |
| 0:22.9 | He dives into the minds of fascinating people, from authors and activists, to mobsters, spies, |
| 0:27.8 | and hostage negotiators. |
| 0:29.7 | You might enjoy Jordan's interview with Yuval Noah Harari, the author of Sapiens, |
| 0:34.0 | a brief history of humankind, or his recent deep dive into modern, flatter theory, and |
| 0:39.2 | why some still believe the Earth is flat despite thousands of years of evidence to the contrary. |
| 0:45.0 | Whether Jordan is conducting an interview or giving advice to a listener, you'll find |
| 0:48.1 | something useful you can apply to your own life in every episode of the Jordan Harbinger |
| 0:51.7 | Show. |
| 0:52.7 | Whether it's asking for advice the right way, or discovering a slight mindset tweak that |
| 0:56.9 | changes how you see the world. |
| 0:59.3 | Search for the Jordan Harbinger Show. |
| 1:01.3 | That's H-A-R-B-I-N-G-E-R on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, or ever listen to podcasts. |
| 1:12.5 | There's a place in our world where the known things go, a corridor of the mind. |
| 1:19.7 | I haven't been down here in a while, but this is good to be back. |
| 1:25.9 | Down here where the walls are lined with shelves, cluttered with proof, especially books. |
| 1:32.9 | Huh, on the origin of species by Charles Darwin. |
| 1:37.9 | Oh, and right next to that, the Menace of Darwinism by William Jennings Bryan. |
| 1:45.1 | More of a pamphlet, really. |
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