Darwin Day redux and link to Massimo Pigliucci interview

They put on a fantastic Darwin Day celebration in Iowa City. Excellent camaraderie, good times good people good beer and whatnot, and the turnout for all the events was exceptional.

Massimo Pigliucci gave a nice interview for the local NPR station which you can find here.

Darwin Day with evolutionary biologist

Massimo Pigliucci

In an event co-sponsored the University of Iowa Department of Biological Sciences to celebrate Darwin Day in Iowa City featuring renowned evolutionary biologist, philosopher, and professor at SUNY Stonybrook, Dr Massimo Pigliucci. His book Denying Evolution has been praised for its clear and wise advocacy of the Darwinian view of life.

Just scroll down to the archives. The direct link is here. Massimo's a really great, good-natured guy, and if you get a chance you should check out his blog.

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Sunday morning at 9am, tune in to Atheist Talk radio to listen to Massimo Pigliucci.
In a post from 2012, I wrote the following as part of a discussion about reconciling science and religion:
Philosophy professor and author Dr. Massimo Pigliucci joins us to discuss his new book "Nonsense On Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk." We'll discuss why people embrace pseudoscientific beliefs, and how it affects our culture.
... Being interviewed by ME! (So don't expect this to go well!!!!)