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

Welcome to ID the Future. I'm Andrew McDermott.

Today, as per usual on Fridays, we're sharing an episode from our extensive archive.

Let me give you a little context on our choice of episode this time around. My colleagues and I were saddened to learn of the

recent loss of Tom Gilson. His name I ring a bell, since he has hosted occasional episodes of

ID the Future in recent years. But even if you haven't heard him host, if you've been listening

to the podcast for a while, you've been listening to his work regularly. For several years, Tom

sound engineered this podcast. He took raw audio files and applied his wide knowledge of audio

engineering and experience as an editor to create a polished, finished product.

In 2023, I became Discovery Institute's director of podcasting,

and in that role, I've had the privilege of working with Tom regularly.

His reliable, professional work, week in and week out,

coupled with his extensive knowledge of the arguments for intelligent design,

made him an ideal colleague to work with.

I'm grateful to have joined forces with him.

In addition to editing the podcast, Tom was a senior editor of the stream,

where he wrote and published over a thousand articles.

He was also author of six books and co-founder of the

Apologetics Fellowship in the Cincinnati and Dayton area of Ohio. Today, in honor of Tom's

important contribution to ID the Future, I selected out of the archive an episode that really

highlights his ability to communicate important ideas in a creative and memorable way.

Here, Tom offers advice to opponents of intelligent design on how to improve their persuasive strategy.

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