The Book of Nature Castos http://www.christianhumanist.org Conversations about science, faith, culture, and their intersections with three practicing scientists. Wed, 26 Oct 2022 11:00:00 +0000 en © 2022 https://episodes.castos.com/62606055986397-20842277/images/BON.jpg The Book of Nature http://www.christianhumanist.org Conversations about science, faith, culture, and their intersections with three practicing scientists. Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar episodic Conversations about science, faith, culture, and their intersections with three practicing scientists. Todd Pedlar pedlto01@luther.edu false https://feeds.castos.com/kwmn2 yes <![CDATA[Book of Nature, Ep. 40: They Live]]> Wed, 26 Oct 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/41016/episode/1305160 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-ep-40-they-live In the Book of Nature’s triumphant return to the airwaves after two years, Dan Dawson and Danny Anderson join Todd Pedlar to discuss John Carpenter’s 1988 film, They Live as part of the 2022 Christian Humanist Radio Network Crossover series discussing five films of the American filmmaker John Carpenter.

In this episode, the hosts discuss the film as a part of Carpenter’s body of work (pun intended), the nature of the film as commentary on late 1980’s America, his casting choices, featuring primarily his choice of the inimitable “Rowdy” Roddy Piper as John Nada, the film’s protagonist. It was a rollicking good time and we are glad as the Book of Nature to be back in black.

]]> full 40 false In the Book of Nature’s triumphant return to the airwaves after two years, Dan Dawson and Danny Anderson join Todd Pedlar to discuss John Carpenter’s 1988 film, They Live as part of the 2022 Christian Humanist Radio Network Crossover series discussing five films of the American filmmaker John Carpenter.

In this episode, the hosts discuss the film as a part of Carpenter’s body of work (pun intended), the nature of the film as commentary on late 1980’s America, his casting choices, featuring primarily his choice of the inimitable “Rowdy” Roddy Piper as John Nada, the film’s protagonist. It was a rollicking good time and we are glad as the Book of Nature to be back in black.

]]> 01:18:09 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 39: CHRN Crossover: The Sixth Sense]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar c0e716b0-aeb8-4071-b2ca-a6e33fefd2ac https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-39-chrn-crossover-the-sixth-sense false 00:55:50 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 38: The Challenges of COVID-19]]> Wed, 08 Jul 2020 10:00:00 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar f67dd498-b4f3-40e5-beb1-7d440e271213 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-38-the-challenges-of-covid-19 false 00:57:50 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 37: DNA]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2020 09:00:00 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar e4af8d17-f8bd-4d4b-91f5-26b7695199f8 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-37-dna false 01:02:34 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 36: Adventures in Abstract and Concrete Thought]]> Wed, 20 Nov 2019 09:00:00 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar c7499351-134d-409f-862b-ba1ebc9b7f5e https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-36-adventures-in-abstract-and-concrete-thought false 01:08:58 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 35: The Shining]]> Wed, 30 Oct 2019 09:00:00 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar f53fff36-c05b-498b-b6c4-339dc3328e64 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-35-the-shining false 01:09:24 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 34: Teaching Science]]> Wed, 23 Oct 2019 09:00:00 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar 63a6253a-6dd7-49c0-84e3-7addecc13979 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-34-teaching-science false 01:20:10 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 33: Parapsychology!]]> Fri, 04 Oct 2019 14:00:00 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar 80eaccb3-3bba-4d62-84da-05eb2093ff48 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-33-parapsychology false 00:49:05 <![CDATA[The Christian Humanist Radio Network Presents Core Curriculum 1.1: Iliad Books 1-2]]> Wed, 11 Sep 2019 11:13:56 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar 3ea07062-00b3-4af1-9309-e5c95b2f3743 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/the-christian-humanist-radio-network-presents-core-curriculum-11-iliad-books-1-2-3 false 01:00:16 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 32: Comets!]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2019 06:00:00 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar 7fefdbd0-76bc-4542-afd0-a5348ba7d500 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-32-comets false 01:18:48 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 31: Artificial Intelligence]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2018 09:45:00 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar cd286343-3898-424d-9f23-749eb9d2dd5d https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-31-artificial-intelligence false 01:30:41 <![CDATA[Booklets of Nature 3: Mars Insight]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2018 09:45:00 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar 5513ceb3-ed1e-4fdd-9298-cc31b431f46b https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/booklets-of-nature-3-mars-insight false 00:07:07 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 30: Psycho]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2018 09:45:00 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar dce9693d-9849-4095-933a-72e30698ead7 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-30-psycho false 01:16:11 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 29: Twister]]> Wed, 24 Oct 2018 09:45:00 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar f4d59188-2094-46db-a166-c3a3f10abb8f https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-29-twister false 01:15:08 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 28: Volcanos]]> Wed, 17 Oct 2018 09:45:00 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar 701d7c3d-8ae5-4b1b-aa94-8dc9df6d3650 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-28-volcanos false 01:53:12 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 27: Star Trek]]> Fri, 12 Oct 2018 23:00:00 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar 470f8e39-145f-4268-9d96-2be32e9f49ba https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-27-star-trek false 01:37:58 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 26:Arrival]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2018 22:20:00 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar d63dfa82-5d5e-4ede-b6b8-ae78997069ac https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-26arrival false 01:12:24 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 25:Moon vs. Mars]]> Wed, 21 Feb 2018 11:00:00 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar 8aae569c-5739-4fbd-aedb-578a5b3b2928 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-25moon-vs-mars false 01:11:21 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 24:CRISPR and Gene Editing]]> Wed, 07 Feb 2018 07:00:00 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar c5784d2f-7633-4b8a-8051-e577a150aa69 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-24crispr-and-gene-editing false 01:13:15 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 23: The Flat Earth]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2018 11:00:00 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar 5c81c3bd-748d-426c-b9dc-8297f1caaf5a https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-23-the-flat-earth false 00:58:48 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 22: Consciousness]]> Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:00:00 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar 1abb33cd-970e-49b5-b000-07857da440c6 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-22-consciousness false 01:34:26 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 21: Frankenstein]]> Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:00:00 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar a474a2ac-fa47-4128-b6bf-1278145a9d39 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-21-frankenstein false 01:05:50 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 20: The Conflict Thesis]]> Sat, 28 Jan 2017 16:00:00 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar 1aabe2cc-a305-40f6-839c-4207839543f2 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-20-the-conflict-thesis false 00:55:11 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 19: Cosmological Fine Tuning]]> Thu, 05 Jan 2017 13:45:00 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar 7fd154e5-995f-47b8-ac30-9f677f79ef6b https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-19-cosmological-fine-tuning false 01:14:32 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 18: Private Space Ventures]]> Mon, 02 Jan 2017 20:40:02 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar 48540ff3-66a7-4f91-abef-c0eb2cd44c48 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-18-private-space-ventures false 01:17:10 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 17: The Twilight Zone]]> Wed, 02 Nov 2016 11:13:56 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar f262cdfc-87c2-454a-a006-356227d7b233 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-17-the-twilight-zone false 01:19:00 <![CDATA[Booklets of Nature 1: Disappearing Particles]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2016 12:13:56 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar 9ef8245a-cce4-4865-8ee9-0b8109f70d02 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/booklets-of-nature-1-disappearing-particles false 00:08:20 <![CDATA[Booklets of Nature 0: Introduction to the Booklets]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:13:56 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar ea21fd99-fca8-4b93-b05a-e2c8e737c722 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/booklets-of-nature-0-introduction-to-the-booklets false 00:03:10 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 16: What's My Line?: Todd Pedlar]]> Wed, 20 Jul 2016 11:13:56 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar b2ad03ec-b741-48e7-9a95-cfa13971450e https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-16-whats-my-line-todd-pedlar false 01:18:02 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 15: What's My Line?: Charles Hackney]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2016 11:13:56 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar 72b895dd-6344-4cff-87c0-cc506a553e18 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-15-whats-my-line-charles-hackney false 01:18:20 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 14: What's My Line?: Dan Dawson]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:13:56 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar d4556980-1233-41c2-88b9-757c1313dac8 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-14-whats-my-line-dan-dawson false 00:54:51 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 13: Scientific Fraud]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2016 11:13:56 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar 93bdaeca-b602-4331-b55d-fa6ec64e13ce https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-13-scientific-fraud false 01:06:29 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 12: Metaphysics and Science]]> Wed, 27 Jan 2016 11:13:56 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar ee6bd9c1-8611-416e-8c35-f84a19e33351 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-12-metaphysics-and-science false 01:19:52 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 11: Firefly]]> Wed, 16 Dec 2015 11:13:56 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar b7a67edb-9eac-4155-a9a5-6933faf4ccaf https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-11-firefly false 01:52:17 <![CDATA[The Christian Humanist Thanksgiving Special]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2015 11:13:56 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar 98641ab8-179d-4035-9171-0b1fc522be7d https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/the-christian-humanist-thanksgiving-special-3 false 00:50:39 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 10: The Large Hadron Collider]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2015 11:13:56 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar 23205cd9-933a-4bb8-8d0f-cc7e9e24576c https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-10-the-large-hadron-collider false 01:31:53 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 9: Psychology's Replication Problem]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2015 11:13:56 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar 9dffae74-f905-46ba-a597-2a4f89882adb https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-9-psychologys-replication-problem false 01:00:58 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 8: Pluto]]> Wed, 07 Oct 2015 11:13:56 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar abe84a42-09ff-4987-b968-523f7425504c https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-8-pluto false 01:36:11 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 6: Virtues of a Scientist]]> Wed, 20 May 2015 11:13:56 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar 3ec60ce2-144b-4fa5-81a0-53188c2a9aaf https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-6-virtues-of-a-scientist false 01:11:03 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 5: Dystopia!]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2015 11:13:56 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar 0934d5f8-0507-417e-b96e-9d974ff1237b https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-5-dystopia false 01:01:07 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 4: Faith and Reason]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 11:13:56 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar 5bbe89d8-0dc3-45d9-85a6-930e03e5f5c3 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-4-faith-and-reason false 01:23:51 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 3: Is Psychology a Science?]]> Wed, 03 Dec 2014 11:13:56 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar 7b960cfa-1e67-456c-a0c2-3574c501c68d https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-3-is-psychology-a-science false 01:07:21 <![CDATA[Book of Nature 2: Science vs. Scientism]]> Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:13:56 +0000 Dan Dawson, Charles Hackney, and Todd Pedlar aec91058-571e-4de6-a5c9-f4c70d429cb9 https://the-book-of-nature.castos.com/episodes/book-of-nature-2-science-vs-scientism false 01:20:06