The Poetry of Reality with Richard Dawkins
The Poetry of Reality is hosted by world renowned evolutionary biologist and best-selling author, Professor Richard Dawkins. He has been celebrated globally for his honest critique of religion and tradition and his push for critical thinking. His books include The Genetic Book of the Dead, Selfish Gene, Climbing Mount Improbable, The God Delusion and Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide.
Dawkins has long been known for his uncompromising passion for science, calling out for the pressing need in modern societies for scientific literacy and rational thinking, especially in the education of young minds. His relentless pursuit of truth, and his recognition of the beauty of life on earth, will feature in this podcast, as he charts his way through scientific and existential inquiries like ‘What are we doing here?’ and ‘When did life begin?’
The Poetry of Reality with Richard Dawkins
Delighted that The Genetic Book of the Dead will soon appear in German as Das große Buch der Evolution.
Join me on 7 Nov at Hamburg’s Laeiszhalle as I discuss the book and how our genes are a living record of ancestral worlds.
Ich freue mich sehr auf einen besonderen Abend in Hamburg. Bis dann!
www.elbphilharmonie.de/de/programm/ein-abend-mit-r…
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Science is not a social construct. Science’s truths were true before there were societies; will still be true after all philosophers are dead; were true before any philosophers were born; were true before there were any minds, even trilobite or dinosaur minds, to notice them.
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Brilliant review of The Genetic Book of the Dead, by @NathanLents in Free Inquiry, now under the predictably excellent Editorship of Ron Lindsay. Lents’s review is exactly what a review should be, going beyond the book to say things the author wishes he had thought of himself. secularhumanism.org/2025/05/the-dead-speak/
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You are a book—an unfinished work of literature, a comprehensive dossier of colourful worlds long vanished.
On Thursday 29 May at @HayFestival, I’ll join Vivienne Parry to discuss The Genetic Book of the Dead and the deep history inscribed in our genes.
🎟️ www.hayfestival.com/p-23017-richard-dawkins-talks-…
#HayFestival2025
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Supreme Court rules that a woman is legally defined as . . . a woman. Congratulations.
And “The concept of sex is binary, a person is either a woman or a man”. Yes, the science was settled in the Precambrian. Nice that the law has finally caught up.
thetimes.com/uk/society/article/supreme-court-live…
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This June, I shall be lecturing in the Arctic — where glaciers gleam beneath a sleepless sun, and polar bears roam the drifting silence. If you're driven by curiosity and a reverence for the natural world, I hope you'll join me.
www.newscientist.com/tours/new-scientist-arctic-cr…
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Aggressively dominant male mammals typically urinate to scent-mark their territory.
“I’ll piss where I like." "I❤️pissin' on TERFs."
They think they’re women. But can you imagine a better walking, talking, reeking advertisement for toxic masculinity? #SexMatters
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I’m greatly looking forward to this event tonight. Prof Turi King is interviewing me on The Genetic Book of the Dead, but I hope to turn the tables with at least one question to her on DNA fingerprinting and how she identified Richard III. richarddawkins.com/
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The Discontinuous Mind. Does it ever get it right?
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