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When someone says anything about “religion and science,” people tend to think of polar opposites, warfare, and sworn enemies. However, we see people finding ways to navigate their scientific and religious commitments every day. This leaves us with a question: How do religion and science interact? Down the Wormhole is a show created to examine the strange and fascinating relationship between science and religion. This relationship is sometimes generative and sometimes destructive, but it always requires a closer look to understand the committed people on either side of the aisle, and often in-between. Down the Wormhole’s hosts seek to have open and honest conversations that pinpoint questions many of us share: What does it mean for someone to be a religious person? How does that identity inform their relationship to science? Why are scientific topics like evolution, geologic time, climate change, etc., controversial for some people? What does machine ethics have to do with religion? Our
Unknown Host hosts Down the Wormhole, a religion show with 100 episodes published.
Episode 139 In part 30 of our Sinai and Synapses interview series, we are talking with Dr. Olapeju Simoyan. She is an addiction medicine physician and an adjunct professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Drexel Univer
Episode 138 In part 29 of our Sinai and Synapses interview series, we are talking with Dr. David Adler Gold. He is a geobiologist, combining genetics and the fossil record to study the relationship between Earth and life
Episode 137 In part 28 of our Sinai and Synapses interview series, we are talking with Andrew Rick-Miller. He is a co-founder and the current Executive Director of Science for the Church, a ministry seeking to help stren
Episode 136 In part 27 of our Sinai and Synapses interview series, we are talking with Rev. Danny Lybarger. Danny is the Lead and Founding Pastor of The Well, a vibrant and inclusive United Methodist Church plant in Weld
Episode 135 In part 26 of our Sinai and Synapses interview series, we are talking with Dr. Randy Wedin. He is a freelance science writer and a Lay Teacher at the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center (MZMC). He earned his PhD
Episode 134 How do our religious communities become breeding grounds for bad science and misinformation? Is religion itself to blame or is there something else at work? Secret foreskin heists, biblical breakfast wisdom,
Episode 133 In part 25 of our Sinai and Synapses interview series, we are talking with Rabbi Daniel Swartz. He is the spiritual leader at Temple Hesed of Scranton and Executive Director of the Coalition on the Environmen
Episode 132 The Trump Administration has waged an all out war on gender and sex. They claim to be motivated by "common sense science" and religious truths, but are disingenuous and incomplete on both fronts. We talk abou
Episode 131 In part 24 of our Sinai and Synapses interview series, we are talking with Dr Taylor Thomas. She is an interdisciplinary scholar, artist, and educator specializing in philosophy and religion. Currently, she s
Episode 130 In part 23 of our Sinai and Synapses interview series, we are talking with Dr Fred Ledley. He is a professor of natural & applied science and management at Bentley University in Waltham, MA and director of th
Episode 129 Why do smart people believe dumb things? We unpack cognitive biases, like how judges might deny parole just because they're hungry (or maybe not?). Learn why Steve Jobs wore black turtlenecks, why knowing a l
Episode 128 In part 22 of our Sinai and Synapses interview series, we are talking with Dr Ciara Reyes-Ton. She is a biologist, science writer, and editor who is passionate about science communication to faith communities
Episode 127 In part 21 of our Sinai and Synapses interview series, we are talking with Rabbi Dr Jack Shlachter. Jack Shlachter is a physicist who worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory for over thirty years with briefe
Episode 125 This conversation was recorded at the Sinai and Synapses alumni gathering in November 2023. In it, we talk with Dr. Briana Pobiner about the earliest cannibals, fad diets, and what life was like for our paleo
Episode 125 In part 21 of our Sinai and Synapses interview series, we are talking with JD Stillwater. He is a science ambassador and author who writes and speaks about profound insights from natural reality, insights tha
Episode 124 We're back! After over two years, we have recorded a new episode, but it's better than that. We've actually recorded a couple of new episodes with a plan in place to record dozens more. Oh, and we have a whol
Episode 123 This conversation was recorded at the Sinai and Synapses alumni gathering in November 2023. In it, we talk with Dr. Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad about the ethics of AI in Islam, the future of human-computer inter
Episode 122 Today we are joined by author, speaker, and podcaster Rob Bell to talk about his new novel "Where'd You Park Your Spaceship". We talk about delighting in our work, a faith that could survive the end of the wo
Episode 121 Today we are joined by Dr. Chris Impey to talk about exoplanets, the search for life in space, and the search for meaning on Earth. Dr Impey is a University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy at the Univers
Episode 120 Today we are joined by Dr Emily Smith to talk about epidemiology, the dangers of truth telling, and how the story of the Good Samaritan changed everything for her. She is an assistant professor in the departm
Taylor Thomas
dual obstetric and adult cardiothoracic anesthesia fellow · Massachusetts General Hospital
1 appearance on this show
Rob Bell
sport psychology coach, speaker, 8x author, podcast host · The Robcast
1 appearance on this show
Emily Smith
assistant professor in the department of emergency medicine/surgery at Duke University and at the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) · Concord Free Public Library
1 appearance on this show
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