well, charles darwin, great hero of the religious, wrote that we bear the stamp of our origin. and that statement applies is to the religious right, because there's a common misperception out there that the christian conservative movement began as oppositional toward abortion and maybe gay rights, but in reality, christian evangelicals voted the first time in large numbers for jimmy carter. in 76, they turned against him in 1980 and supported his opponent ronald reagan because carter been aggressive in punishing christian elementary and secondary schools in the south that, refused to admit black, latino and native american students. so the religious right was born and and by way the religious right leaders all discussed this openly. randall balmer, who's one of the best historians of american christianity, he's written about this in a number of his books. this isn't something they tried to hide. they began as a move meant for racial segregation. so in some sense, it's that they would continue as a movement sort of resistance against. the integration of lgbt people, integration,

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even though charles darwin wrote about insect meeting and reproduction in the 19th century, one of the most common answers, bug sex biologist give is. yeah, i don't know what to compare with. most of us don't know anything about them. i don't know. i don't know the this is he low on the big island of hawaii. it's a place where a sea turtle share the pacific shore with humans and the small port city buses with daytime activity. what is night falls? a whole other world wakes up. are these specific fields crickets or wandering this urban lawn looking for someone to have sex with? one of the most interesting things about insects is that they're so different from people. and yet they're so abundant and so variable that almost anything you can find or think of an insect will illustrate. and i think what that helps us do is stop getting so hung up on the idea that life has to be a certain way. and that the way humans do things is the only way to do them. marlene look is an evolutionary biologists and a behavioral ecologist and the pacific deal. crickets have got her attention several years ag

as charles darwin once wrote, "trump might win? screw it, i'm going back to being a monkey.h ah-ah!'" darwin said that. this group has some heavy hitters in the brain department: vaccine developer drew weissman, economist claudia goldin, and one prominent scientist even released this fiery anti-trump statement. "mee-mee mee-mee mee-mee-mee mee jeffrey epstein." yeah. yes. it's not just science. harris is also getting a boost from the arts. because starting tonight, bruce springsteen is performing for harris in battleground states! [cheers and applause] yeah! that's tonight. that's this week, right? bruce! and next week, he'll appear in philadelphia with barack obama. they're gonna go out there. that's gonna be a hot concert. they're gonna sing duet on the springsteen classic, "born to run, but i've already had two terms." and the boss will be getting reinforcements from queen bey. because tomorrow night, beyonce will join kamala harris at a rally in houston. [cheers and applause] i mean, i'm not surprised. we saw that coming. we knew she was never gonna vote for trump and j.

a cousin of charles darwin put it this way. he went to a county fair in england and there was a guess the weight of an ox contents. he averaged of all of the gases by the ordinary people and he found that the average of the guesses of the ordinary people are closer than any of the experts. that is how the system was designed, right? we would make the laws in the legislature where the representatives come together and debate. they disagree, hash it out and the best ideas will emerge from the process. that is something that i think woodrow wilson didn't value enough. he denigrated democracy and said we need a fourth branch of government or really, in his mind, one superior branch of government. i am not here to second-guess that we need expertise in our world, but there is another kind of wisdom we can get about too and i think daniel put it in a way we can relate to. he is relating a story of lyndon johnson talking to sam rayburn, then speaker of the house that the beginning of the kennedy administration. johnson is bragging on

we call it today francis galton, who was a cousin of charles darwin, put it this way he went to a county fair in england and there was a guest. the weight of the ox contest and he looked at all the guesses by the experts and then he averaged up all the guesses by the ordinary people. and he found that the average of the guesses by the ordinary people was closer than any guessed by the experts. and that's how our system of government was designed, right? was that we would make our laws in the legislature where our representatives come together and they debate. they disagree, but they hash it out. and the best ideas we trust will emerge from that process. and that's something that i think that woodrow wilson didn't value enough. he denigrate a democracy and said, we need a fourth branch of government or really in his mind, maybe once superior branch of government. and again, i'm not here to second guess that we need expertise in our world. but there is another kind of wisdom that we can forget about to. and i think daniel halberstam put it maybe in a way that we can all relate to, is relat

i think also in the realm of science around conservation -- so, you know, charles darwin's, on the origin of species, comes out in 18 -- 50 or something. yeah. and the idea of extinction, which very quickly becomes relevant, painfully relevant during this time. and we talk about some of those extinctions -- the way in which you sort of had the spread of an awareness that extinction -- >> the extension ideas a little older than darwin's book that i think both the fact that there are -- there is a relatedness in the animal world and humans are part of that family tree, alongside the scientific, the natural history tradition, sort of, realizing the implications of extinction and the fact that they were actually witnessing it happen. >> right. and the idea that it was something humans could actually do to animals, right? and that's part of the development of this sensibility, at least when it comes to wild animals too. and then, you know, the meat industry, as we talk about. so, you know, back to the point of the overall arc is that when we talk about it, i mean, the subtitle of the book is h

also, in the realm of science, around conservation, so you know, charles darwin's "origin of species" comes out in 18 -- care. 15 something. yeah. and -- and the idea of extension quickly becomes relevant and we talk about some of the extinctions. the sort of way in which you have the spread of an awareness that extension -- the extinction ideas a little bit older than darwin's book. but the fact that there are sort of -- there is a relatedness in the animal worldd and humans are part of that family tree alongside this sort of scientific natural history tradition. realizing the implications of extinction and the fact they're actually witnessing and happen. >> and idea that it was something humans could actually do to animals. that is a part of the development of the sensibility, at least when it comes to wild animals. you know? and then the meat industry as we talk about it . so sort of back to the point of the overall arc is that when we talk about the subtitle of the book, "how americans came to feel the way they do about animals," and the way we think about that is by the end of th

so, you know, charles darwin's, on the origin of species comes out in 1815. yeah. 50 something i think. yeah. and, and the idea of extinction which quickly becomes relevant, you know, painfully relevant during this time period. and we talk about some of those extinctions, this sort of way in you sort of have the spread of an awareness that extinction the extinction is a little bit older than darwin's book, but but i think both the sort of the fact that there are sort of there's a relatedness in, in the animal world, humans are part that family tree alongside the sort of scientific or the natural history sort of realizing the implications of extinction and the fact that they were actually witnessing it were right. yeah. the idea that was something that humans could actually do to animals. right. and that's a that's a part of the development, this sensibility at least when it comes to wild animals, too, you know, and then, you know, and then the meat industry as we talk about. so, you know the sort of back the point of the overall arc is when we talk about i me

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kind of the sense that we can explain our existence sort of starting with the rise of evolution, charles darwinat might be pushing it out, but actually my experience on the ground is that it's not on the ground is that it's not on the ground is that it's not on the decline. there's loads of spiritual hungry, loads of people who are interested in christianity, loads of people wandering into churches, actually, rather than us having to go out. so i'm not sure at an experiential level, we're sort of on the decline. i think the survey just reflects the reality that for a long time we've been a post—christian society . a post—christian society. >> what do you make of this? what do you make of the research? why do you think so many people are turning their backs on religion ? backs on religion? >> so is that a question for me ' 7 m. again? >> sorry. no, no again? >> s o rry. no, no , again? >> sorry. no, no , that's for cathy. >> yeah. i think the survey shows us what we see in the census and what we've seen in many other polls over the last 20 or 30 years, that there's just a growth in the non—relig